Johnny Depp to Receive Desert Palm Achievement Award, Gets One Step Closer to Oscar
Welp, it looks like Johnny Depp’s about face in terms of campaigning for Black Mass and for an Oscar nomination is happening as he... Read More
Film Festivals
38TH Mill Valley Film Festival Wraps, ROOM Wins Audience Award
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (October 19, 2015) – The 38th Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) concluded last night with the California premiere of Suffragette, capping... Read More
MERYL’S CHOICE: Meryl Streep is President of the Jury of the 66th Berlin Intl. Film Festival
Streep, marking her first participation in a festival jury, will lead the panel in selecting the Gold and Silver Bears for best film, best actor and... Read More
MVFF38: ‘Carol’ starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara
Set in an era when glances an small gestures speak volumes, Todd Haynes’s Carol is a luscious and profound piece on relationships, sexuality and... Read More
MVFF38 Review: ’45 Years’
Is there anything more insidious than a secret? Kate and Geoff Mercer (Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay) lead a quiet and charmingly simple life... Read More
MVFF38 Review: ‘Spotlight’
Telling the story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe reporters whose 2001 investigation broke through the systemic cover-up of Catholic priests sexually abusing kids... Read More
MVFF38 Preview: ‘Brooklyn’
The story of young Irish immigrant Eilis Lacey (played by Saiorse Ronan) coming to America in the 1950s, Brooklyn is so carefully crafted and... Read More
MVFF38 Preview: ‘I SMILE BACK,’ starring Sarah Silverman
Comedian Sarah Silverman is a complete revelation in her first leading dramatic film role as an upper class soccer mom with daddy issues and... Read More
Will Smith’s ‘Concussion’ to World Premiere at AFI Fest as Centerpiece Gala
AFI Fest will see the world premiere of the NFL drama Concussion starring Will Smith a the Centerpiece Gala. Past Centerpiece Galas have included... Read More
MVFF38 Preview: ‘TRUTH,’ starring Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford
Based on the book “Truth and Duty: The Press, The President and the Power of Privilege” by Pulitzer and Emmy winning television producer Mary... Read More
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