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Berlinale Goes Kiez

January 12, 2017 HollywoodGlee Leave a comment

Since 2010, the Berlinale’s Flying Red Carpet has traveled from arthouse cinema to arthouse cinema on seven evenings during the festival, visiting Berlin’s movie lovers in their neighborhood cinemas. On each of these evenings, one Berlin arthouse cinema turns into an additional festival venue and presents two selected films from the Berlinale program.

Just like they do at the regular festival, the film teams usually introduce their works in person at the neighborhood cinemas and are available to answer questions and discuss their films with audiences after the screening. Besides the film team, a patron of the cinema will also welcome audiences to the small Red Carpet: one prominent film personality acts as the patron of each neighborhood cinema, thereby supporting the cultural work of his or her favorite theatre.

Please enjoy highlights from last year’s Berlinale Goes Kiez in the following video from the Berlinale – Berlin International Film Festival:

Neighborhood Cinemas 2017:
Bundesplatz-Kino (Wilmersdorf)
City Kino Wedding im Centre Français de Berlin (Wedding)
Eiszeit Kino (Kreuzberg)
Odeon (Schöneberg)
Thalia Programmkino (Potsdam-Babelsberg)
Toni & Tonino (Weißensee)
w o l f (Neukölln)

The Berlinale Goes Kiez project was launched in 2010 on the occasion of the festival’s 60th anniversary and has proven to be hugely popular with audiences. In past years, Berlinale Goes Kiez has visited the following cinemas: ACUDkino (Mitte), Adria (Steglitz), Babylon (Kreuzberg), Bundesplatz-Kino (Wilmersdorf), Capitol Dahlem (Zehlendorf), City Kino (Wedding), Die Kurbel (Charlottenburg), Eiszeit Kino (Kreuzberg), Eva Lichtspiele (Wilmersdorf), filmkunst 66 (Charlottenburg), fsk (Kreuzberg), Hackesche Höfe Kino (Mitte), IL KINO (Neukölln), Kant Kino (Charlottenburg), Moviemento (Kreuzberg), Neue Kammerspiele (Kleinmachnow), Neues Off (Neukölln), Odeon (Schöneberg), Passage (Neukölln), Sputnik Kino (Kreuzberg), Thalia Kino Berlin (Lankwitz), Thalia Programm Kino (Potsdam-Babelsberg), Tilsiter Lichtspiele (Friedrichshain), Kino Toni & Tonino (Weissensee), Union Filmtheater (Friedrichshagen) as well as Yorck (Kreuzberg).

*Berlinale Goes Kiez is supported by the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.(Source: Berlinale Press Office)

British Academy for Film and Television Arts

Nominations for the British Academy Film Awards in 2017

January 11, 2017 HollywoodGlee Leave a comment

Posted by Larry Gleeson

On 10 January, the nominations for the British Academy Film Awards in 2017 were announced by Sophie Turner and Dominic Cooper.

maxresdefault — Sophie Turner, left, and Dominic Cooper announce the British Academy Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards, January 19th, 2017 at BAFTA Headquarters, 195 Picadilly in London. (Photo via YouTube)

The nominations for the British Academy Film Awards in 2017 have been announced.

La La Land is nominated in 11 categories. Arrival and Nocturnal Animals both receive nine nominations and Manchester by the Sea has six. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Hacksaw Ridge, Lion and I, Daniel Blake receive five nominations each. Moonlight and Florence Foster Jenkins have both been nominated four times.

La La Land is nominated for Best Film, Original Music, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Costume Design and Sound. Damien Chazelle is nominated for both Director and Original Screenplay and Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone for Leading Actor and Leading Actress.

Arrival receives nominations for Best Film, Adapted Screenplay, Original Music, Cinematography, Editing, Sound and Special Visual Effects, as well as Director for Denis Villeneuve and Leading Actress for Amy Adams.

Nocturnal Animals is nominated for Leading Actor for Jake Gyllenhaal, and for Supporting Actor for Aaron Taylor-Johnson. The film is also nominated for Original Music, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design and Make Up & Hair. Tom Ford is nominated for both Director and Adapted Screenplay.

Manchester by the Sea is nominated for Best Film and Editing. Kenneth Lonergan is nominated for both Director and Original Screenplay. Casey Affleck is nominated for Leading Actor and Michelle Williams for Supporting Actress.

Ken Loach is nominated for Director for I, Daniel Blake, which is also nominated for Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Original Screenplay and Supporting Actress for Hayley Squires.

Moonlight is nominated for Best Film and Original Screenplay with two further nominations for Mahershala Ali and Naomie Harris who are nominated for Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress respectively.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is nominated for Outstanding British Film, Production Design, Costume Design, Sound and Special Visual Effects.

Andrew Garfield is nominated for Leading Actor for Hacksaw Ridge, which is also nominated for Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Make Up & Hair and Sound.

Lion is nominated for Adapted Screenplay, Original Music and Cinematography. Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman are nominated for Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress respectively.

Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant are nominated for Leading Actress and Supporting Actor for their roles in Florence Foster Jenkins. The film is also nominated for Costume Design and Make Up & Hair.

Jeff Bridges is nominated for Supporting Actor for Hell or High Water, which is also nominated for Original Screenplay and Cinematography.

Natalie Portman is nominated for Leading Actress for Jackie, which is also nominated for Original Music and Costume Design.

Also receiving acting nominations are: Viggo Mortensen for Leading Actor for Captain Fantastic; Emily Blunt for Leading Actress for The Girl on the Train; and Viola Davis for Supporting Actress for Fences.

The four films nominated for Animated Film are Finding Dory, Kubo and the Two Strings, Moana and Zootropolis. The nominations for Film Not in the English Language are Dheepan, Julieta, Mustang, Son of Saul and Toni Erdmann.

Notes on Blindness is nominated for Documentary and Outstanding British Film. The film also receives a nomination for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for Pete Middleton (Writer/Director/Producer), James Spinney (Writer/Director), and Jo-Jo Ellison (Producer).

The other nominations in the Documentary category are 13th, The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years, The Eagle Huntress and Weiner.

Under the Shadow receives a nomination for Outstanding British Film, as well as for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for Babak Anvari (Writer/Director) alongside the film’s producers Emily Leo, Oliver Roskill and Lucan Toh.

The other nominations for Outstanding British Film are American Honey and Denial.

The remaining nominations for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer are The Girl With All the Gifts (Mike Carey, Writer, Camille Gatin, Producer), The Hard Stop (George Amponsah, Writer/Director/Producer, Dionne Walker, Writer/Producer) and The Pass (John Donnelly, Writer, Ben Williams, Director).

Doctor Strange receives nominations for Production Design, Make Up & Hair and Special Visual Effects. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is nominated for Make Up & Hair and Special Visual Effects.

Five other feature films receive one nomination each: Hidden Figures for Adapted Screenplay; Hail, Caesar! for Production Design; Allied for Costume Design; Deepwater Horizon for Sound and The Jungle Book for Special Visual Effects.

The British Short Animation nominees are The Alan Dimension, A Love Story and Tough. The five nominations for British Short Film are Consumed, Home, Mouth of Hell, The Party and Standby.

The nominees for the Rising Star Award, announced last week, are Anya Taylor-Joy, Laia Costa, Lucas Hedges, Ruth Negga and Tom Holland. This audience award is voted for by the British public and presented to an actress or actor who has demonstrated exceptional talent and has begun to capture the imagination of the UK public.

The British Academy Film Awards take place on Sunday 12 February at the Royal Albert Hall, London. The ceremony will be hosted by Stephen Fry and will be broadcast exclusively on BBC One and BBC One HD. The ceremony is also broadcast in all major territories around the world.

About BAFTA

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is an independent charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image by identifying and rewarding excellence, inspiring practitioners and benefiting the public. In addition to its Awards ceremonies, BAFTA has a year-round programme of learning events and initiatives – featuring workshops, masterclasses, scholarships, lectures and mentoring schemes – in the UK, USA and Asia; it offers unique access to the world’s most inspiring talent and connects with a global audience of all ages and backgrounds.

(Source: bafta.org)

#Berlinale, #BIFF, Berlin Film Festival, Berlinale Talents

19 Filmmakers from the United States at Berlinale Talents 2017

January 10, 2017 HollywoodGlee 1 Comment

Posted by Larry Gleeson

Berlinale Talents welcomes 250 of the best emerging film and drama series professionals from 71 countries as 2017 Talents.

19 of the selected Talents are living and working in the United States, of whom 11 have US citizenship. The group is comprised of 6 directors, 4 producers, 3 production designers, 3 cinematographers, 1 distributor, and 2 actors.

In addition, 2 Talents with US citizenship are living abroad: Bryerly Long (Japan), Jordan Schiele (China).

The Talents will take part in an expansive six-day programme featuring around 100 events with internationally renowned experts holding master classes and workshops, many of which are open to the public.

Berlinale Talents takes place at the HAU Hebbel am Ufer, February 11 – 16, 2017.

(Source: Berlinale Talents Press Department)

#Sundance, Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival 2017: Anti-Trump ‘Women’s March’ Planned For Film Festival In Utah Day After Inauguration

January 9, 2017 HollywoodGlee Leave a comment

Posted by Larry Gleeson

By Seerat Chabba

This year’s Sundance Film Festival is also the venue for “Women’s March on Main,” one of the first large-scale protests against the election of President-elect Donald Trump in 2017, to be held just a day after he is officially inaugurated as president of the United States.

“We open this march and event to everyone who respects human rights, civil liberties, and diversity. Despite its title, like the marches happening nationwide, this march is for women AND men. Anyone who supports the rights of others and protecting those rights is welcome,” the description on the event’s official Facebook page reads. It adds: “We have an opportunity in the creative communities to spread hope, tolerance and inclusiveness in our art and with our voices. We relish the chance to join Park City, its organizations and citizens, and our larger nationwide community on this day.”

The “Women’s March on Main” in Park City, Utah, on the sidelines of the film festival is expected to be attended by a number of actors and filmmakers in town for the film festival, reports say. Comedian Chelsea Handler confirmed she will join the march on Jan. 21.

Chelsea Handler (pictured above)has confirmed she will participate in the “Women’s March on Main,” in Park City, Utah, January 21, 2017. (Photo via amny.com)

“Sundance has always been a platform for change: not only for filmmakers and filmmaking, but also for big ideas for the future,” she said in a statement to Mashable. “If there’s anything I learned in the last year, it’s that we need to be louder and stronger than ever about what we believe in, so I joined some incredible women from around the country to bring our voices together in the streets of Park City.”

The Sundance march will be one of over 200 planned for the day after the president-elect’s inauguration. Others have been planned in cities like Washington, D.C. — where over 100,000 people are expected to participate — New York and Los Angeles.

The Sundance Film Festival — which boasts of attendees like Salma Hayek, Jennifer Aniston, Rooney Mara and others, according to People magazine — is not affiliated with the march.

(Source:ibtimes.com)

Palm Springs International Film Festival

Palm Springs International Film Festival – January 9

January 9, 2017 HollywoodGlee Leave a comment

Posted by Larry Gleeson

See some of the day’s top films! Here’s my tip sheet for some of the day’s most spectacular screenings!

MORE GREAT FILMS SCREENING ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 10

THE LAST FAMILY

Poland – 2016 – 123 minutes

Director: Jan P. Matuszyński

FOCUS ON POLAND

Drawing on an incredibly dense personal archive compiled by surrealist Zdzislaw Beksinski, Matuszynski has fashioned not a traditional portrait of the artist, but an immersive chronicle of an extreme, morbid domesticity in late 20th-century Poland. Winner: Best Actor, Locarno; Best Film, Denver, Lisbon & Estoril, and Polish (Gdynia).

Tue, Jan 10 – 9:30 AM – Regal

Thu, Jan 12 – 7:00 PM – Regal

Purchase tickets HERE

A SERIOUS GAME

Sweden/Denmark/Norway – 2016 – 115 minutes

Director: Pernilla August

WORLD CINEMA NOW

An achingly sensual story of love and adultery set in the early years of the 20th century, this is an adaptation of a classic 1912 novel by Hjalmar Söderberg about a passionate affair between a painter and a journalist. “A visual delight [with] a deft screenplay by Lone Scherfig.” Screen

Tue, Jan 10 – 10:00 AM – Mary Pickford

Purchase tickets HERE.

YOU CAN READ THE PSIFF PROGRAM BOOK ONLINE!

You can read the official 2017 Palm Springs International Film Festival
Souvenir Program Book online.

Just click HERE.

THE NET

South Korea – 2016 – 114 minutes

Director: Kim Ki-duk

MODERN MASTERS

The provocative auteur Kim Ki-Duk delivers his most restrained and nuanced work in some time with The Net, a story about a simple North Korean family man who inadvertently drifts into South Korean waters, where he is brought in for questioning and accused of being a spy.

Tue, Jan 10 – 4:30 PM – Camelot

Fri, Jan 13 – 8:30 PM – Regal

Purchase tickets HERE.

SEALED CARGO

Bolivia/France/Mexico/Venezuela – 2015
108 minutes

Director: Julia Vargas Weise

AWARDS BUZZ-BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

A crew of hapless police and a stowaway make their way across Bolivia in an aged train, searching for a place to dump highly toxic cargo in this sharp, witty satire. “Boundlessly energetic.” Hollywood Reporter.

Tue, Jan 10 – 5:00 PM – Mary Pickford

Sat, Jan 14 – 4:30 PM – Regal

Director, Julia Vargas Weise to attend January 10.

Purchase tickets HERE.

FESTIVAL MERCHANDISE

A stand-alone Film Festival Store for the Palm Springs International Film Festival is featuring a complete collection of Film Festival Merchandise at Destination PSP. The Festival Store is now open and will be open every day through January 16.

The Festival Store is located in the Regal Cinema Courtyard Plaza, unit 16,
just down from the Regal Cinemas and across the courtyard from the
Festival Ticket and Information Center.

You can also shop online at Destination PSP by clicking HERE

SOUVENIR

Belgium/Luxembourg/France – 2016 – 90 minutes

Director: Bavo Defurne

WORLD CINEMA NOW

US Premiere

Huppert sings! The radiant Isabelle Huppert does it again in Defurne’s musical romance, playing a former Eurovision star who lets her handsome co-worker (Kévin Azaïs) convince her to make a comeback. A sweet and simple gem from the director of North Sea Texas.

Tue, Jan 10 – 5:30 PM – Camelot

Fri, Jan 13 – 4:00 PM – Regal

Sun, Jan 15 – 12:45 PM – PSHS

Director, Bavo Defurne to attend January 10.

Purchase tickets HERE

GREAT FILMS, GREAT Q&As

THE ARDENNES

Belgium – 2015 – 96 minutes

Director: Robin Pront

AWARDS BUZZ-BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Belgium’s Oscar® submission is a wintery crime drama about two brothers with bad blood and a trust deficit between them. A downbeat first half quickens into a brutal, unnerving climax with an extra helping of “crazy” on the side.

Tue, Jan 10 – 7:00 PM – Regal

Thu, Jan 12 – 10:00 AM – Mary Pickford

Purchase tickets HERE.

KEEP QUIET

UK/Hungary – 2016 – 97 minutes

Directors: Sam Blair, Joseph Martin

TRUE STORIES

While still young, anti-Semite Csanád Szegedi became vice president of Jobbik, Hungary’s far-right political party. Then he discovered he was Jewish and converted to Orthodox Judaism… Sam Blair and Joseph Martin’s captivating film is judiciously even-handed about Szegedi’s supposed change of heart. Or is it?

Tue, Jan 10 – 7:30 PM – Palm Canyon

Purchase tickets HERE

(Source:psiff.org)

Golden Globes

Golden Globes – Winners & Nominees (Film) 2017

January 8, 2017 HollywoodGlee Leave a comment

Posted by Larry Gleeson

Tra la la! La La Land scores a record seven Golden Globe Awards!

Here’s a list of this year’s winner and nominees for this year’s film awards:

Best Motion Picture – Drama

Best Motion Picture – Drama:
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“Hell or High Water”
“Lion”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“Moonlight” (WINNER)

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:
“20th Century Women”
“Deadpool”
“Florence Foster Jenkins”
“Sing Street”
“La La Land” (WINNER)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama:
Amy Adams – “Arrival”
Jessica Chastain – “Miss Sloane”
Ruth Negga – “Loving”
Natalie Portman – “Jackie”
Isabelle Huppert – “Elle” (WINNER)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama:
Joel Edgerton – “Loving”
Andrew Garfield – “Hacksaw Ridge”
Viggo Mortensen – “Captain Fantastic”
Denzel Washington – “Fences”
Casey Affleck – “Manchester by the Sea” (WINNER)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:
Annette Bening – “20th Century Women”
Lily Collins – “Rules Don’t Apply”
Hailee Steinfeld – “The Edge of Seventeen”
Meryl Streep – “Florence Foster Jenkins”
Emma Stone – “La La Land” (WINNER)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:
Colin Farrell – “The Lobster”
Hugh Grant – “Florence Foster Jenkins”
Jonah Hill – “War Dogs”
Ryan Reynolds – “Deadpool”
Ryan Gosling – “La La Land” (WINNER)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:
Naomie Harris – “Moonlight”
Nicole Kidman – “Lion”
Octavia Spencer – “Hidden Figures”
Michelle Williams – “Manchester by the Sea”
Viola Davis – “Fences” (WINNER)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:
Mahershala Ali – “Moonlight”
Jeff Bridges – “Hell or High Water”
Simon Helberg – “Florence Foster Jenkins”
Dev Patel – “Lion”
Aaron Taylor-Johnson – “Nocturnal Animals” (WINNER)

Best Director – Motion Picture

Best Director – Motion Picture:
Tom Ford – “Nocturnal Animals”
Mel Gibson – “Hacksaw Ridge”
Barry Jenkins – “Moonlight”
Kenneth Lonergan – “Manchester by the Sea”
Damien Chazelle – “La La Land” (WINNER)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

Best Screenplay:
“Nocturnal Animals”
“Moonlight”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“Hell or High Water”
“La La Land” (WINNER)

Best Motion Picture – Animated

Best Motion Picture – Animated:
“Kubo and the Two Strings”
“Moana”
“My Life as a Zucchini”
“Sing”
“Zootopia” (WINNER)

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language:
“Divines” – France
“Neruda” – Chile
“The Salesman” – Iran/France
“Toni Erdmann” – Germany
“Elle” – France (WINNER)

Best Original Score – Motion Picture

Best Original Score – Motion Picture:
Nicholas Britell– “Moonlight”
Johann Johannsson – “Arrival”
Dustin O’Halloran, Hauschka – “Lion”
Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, Benjamin Wallfisch – “Hidden Figures”
Justin Hurwitz – “La La Land” (WINNER)

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

Best Original Song – Motion Picture:
“Can’t Stop the Feeling” – “Trolls”
“Faith” – “Sing”
“Gold” – “Gold”
“How Far I’ll Go” – “Moana”
“City of Stars” – “La La Land” (WINNER)

(Sources: goldenglobes.org, variety.com)

#AFI

PHOTOS: Inside the AFI AWARDS 2016 Luncheon

January 7, 2017 HollywoodGlee 1 Comment

Posted by Larry Gleeson

There are no winners or losers at AFI AWARDS. Instead, AFI recognizes all of the creative ensembles behind the year’s most outstanding storytelling in film and television. The talented members of these teams gathered in Beverly Hills yesterday to be honored at the AFI AWARDS 2016 luncheon. Guests at the event included the best of the best in the entertainment community, such as Clint Eastwood, Ryan Gosling, Naomie Harris, Chris Pine, Michelle Williams and more.

(Source: afi.com)

Palm Springs International Film Festival

Palm Springs International Film Festival – January 7th

January 7, 2017 HollywoodGlee Leave a comment

Posted by Larry Gleeson

OPENING NIGHT OF THE

2017 PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

JANUARY 5, 2017

A packed house on Opening Night saw the World Premiere of “The Sense of an Ending” starring Jim Broadbent and Charlotte Rampling. The director, Ritesh Batra, was in attendance along with PSIFF Artistic Director, Michael Lerman, PSIFF Chairman of the Board, Harold Matzner and Palm Springs Mayor, Robert Moon.

The screening was followed by a rousing reception at the Palm Springs Art Museum.

TALKING PICTURES: AQUARIUS

FASCINATING FILMS ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 8

WHITE SUN

Nepal/U.S./Qatar/Netherlands – 2016 – 88 minutes

Director: Deepak Rauniyar

NEW VOICES/NEW VISIONS

U.S. Premiere

A dark comedy about two brothers from each side of the Nepalese civil war brought together after 10 years for their father’s funeral. A trenchant, eye-catching parable, this is the best film to come out of Nepal in years. Winner: Interfilm Award, Venice.

Sun, Jan 8 – 10:30 AM – Camelot

Wed, Jan 11 – 6:30 PM – Rega

Director, Deepak Rauniyar and Actors, Dayahang Rai, Rabindra Singh Baniya to attend the January 8 screening. Purchase tickets HERE.

JEWEL’S CATCH ONE

U.S. – 2016 – 90 minutes

Director: C. Fitz

TRUE STORIES

North American Premiere

For 40 years the L.A. disco Catch One thrived against all odds as a haven for the black and brown LGBT community, thanks to the tenacity of its remarkable founder, Jewel Thais-Williams, who is celebrated in this vibrant history of the “West Coast Studio 54.”

Sun, Jan 8 – 1:00 PM – Regal

Tue, Jan 10 – 2:15 PM – Palm Canyon

Director, C. Fitz to attend.

Purchase tickets HERE.

DID YOU KNOW?

NOW YOU CAN READ THE PSIFF PROGRAM BOOK ONLINE!

You can read the official 2017 Palm Springs International Film Festival
Souvenir Program Book online.

Just click HERE.

24 WEEKS

Germany – 2016 – 102 minutes

Director: Anne Zohra Berrached

WORLD CINEMA NOW

A German woman is told her unborn baby will probably have Down syndrome and must decide whether to abort the pregnancy in this moving drama. “A wrenchingly affecting picture… It’s an incredible, revealing performance from Jentsch (Sophie Scholl).” Screen

Sun, Jan 8 – 1:30 PM – Camelot

Wed, Jan 11 – 4:30 PM – Camelot

Sat, Jan 14 – 4:30 PM – Camelot

Purchase tickets HERE.

GUN RUNNERS

Canada – 2016 – 89 minutes

Director: Anjali Nayar

TRUE STORIES

Kenya’s Rift Valley produces many of the world’s top marathon runners. It’s also a place of gun-toting cattle rustlers. In this enthralling documentary, Julius Arile and Robert Matanda trade their AK-47s for running shoes… and a dream for a better life.

Sun, Jan 8 – 1:30 PM – Mary Pickford

Sat, Jan 14 – 5:15 PM – Palm Canyon

Sun, Jan 15 – 11:00 AM – Palm Canyon

Director, Anjali Nayar to attend January 8 screening.

Purchase tickets HERE.

FESTIVAL MERCHANDISE

The Festival Store is located in the Regal Cinema Courtyard Plaza, unit 16,
just down from the Regal Cinemas and across the courtyard from the
Festival Ticket and Information Center.

You can also shop online at Destination PSP by clicking HERE.

THE CONCESSIONAIRES MUST DIE!

U.S. – 2016 – 88 minutes

Director: America Young

WORLD CINEMA NOW

World Premiere

In another world not entirely unlike this one, the dedicated staff of a single screen repertory theatre put their heads together to keep their beloved picture palace open. This affectionate slacker comedy mixes pop culture trivia with goofy shoestring parodies of Hollywood classics new and old.

Sun, Jan 8 – 4:00 PM – Mary Pickford

Mon, Jan 9 – 6:30 PM – Rega

Director, America Young, Actors David Blue, Talia Tabin and John M. Keating to attend.

Purchase tickets HERE.

PERSONAL SHOPPER

France – 2016 – 105 minutes

Director: Olivier Assayas

MODERN MASTERS

Master filmmaker Olivier Assayas and Kristen Stewart re-team after Clouds of Sils Maria with another surprising collaboration. Personal Shopper is a most unusual and artful ghost story, a tense and eerie tale of a medium trying to reconnect with her recently deceased twin brother. Winner: Best Director, Cannes.

Sun, Jan 8 – 4:15 PM – PSHS

Mon, Jan 9 – 4:00 PM – Camelot

Thu, Jan 12 – 7:30 PM – Annenberg

Purchase tickets HERE.

ZACMA: BLINDNESS

Poland – 2016 – 114 minutes

Director: Ryszard Bugajski

FOCUS ON POLAND

An intimate, metaphysical art-house drama, Blindness posits a 1962 meeting between a now repentant Julia Prajs Brystygier, aka “Bloody Luna,” the former head of Department V in the Stalinist-era Ministry of Information, and Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, a man whose 1953 arrest she had facilitated.

Sun, Jan 8 – 7:30 PM – Camelot

Mon, Jan 9 – 7:30 PM – Camelot

Wed, Jan 11 – 5:00 PM – Camelot

Director, Ryszard Bugajski; Actor, Maria Mamona to attend.

Purchase tickets HERE.

(Source: psiff.org)

Palm Springs International Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival

Palm Springs OPENING NIGHT – January 5th

January 4, 2017 HollywoodGlee Leave a comment

Posted by Larry Gleeson

The Palm Springs International Film Festival’s Opening Night film and World Premiere of The Sense of an Ending, stars Charlotte Rampling and Jim Broadbent.

The screening and reception are SOLD OUT, however standby seats for the screening only at the Camelot Theatres may become available.

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 6

TONIO

Netherlands – 2016 – 100 minutes

Director: Paula van der Oest

AWARDS BUZZ-BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

International Premiere

A fragmented narrative constantly places the past alongside the present as a novelist and his wife try to make sense of the senseless death of their 21-year-old son. A high-wire emotional act from Dutch Oscar-favorite Paula van der Oest (Zus & zo; Accused).

Fri, Jan 6 – 1:30 PM – Mary Pickford

Sat, Jan 7 – 4:00 PM – Regal

Director, Paula van der Oest to attend.

Purchase tickets HERE.

POORNA

India – 2017 – 96 minutes

Director: Rahul Bose

WORLD CINEMA NOW

World Premiere

On May 25th, 2014, 13-year-old Malavath Poorna became the youngest woman to scale Everest. An adivasi (indigenous) teen, Poorna was selected as a champion of welfare schools, and Rahul Bose puts her accomplishment in the context of female empowerment while delivering the spectacle you would expect.

Fri, Jan 6 – 3:30 PM – Mary Pickford

Fri, Jan 13 – 10:00 AM – Camelot

Sun, Jan 15 – 4:00 PM – Mary Pickford

Director, Rahul Bose to attend the Jan 6 screening.

Purchase tickets HERE.

THE DANCER

France/Belgium/Czech Republic – 2016 –
108 minutes

Director: Stéphanie Di Giusto

WORLD CINEMA NOW

In this inquisitive biopic about artistry and competition, musician Soko gives a raw performance as Loïe Fuller, an American dancer who’s the toast of Paris in the early 20th century-until she’s swept aside by a rising talent named Isadora Duncan (a luminous Lily-Rose Depp).

Fri, Jan 6 – 4:00 PM – PSHS

Sat, Jan 7 – 10:30 AM – Annenberg

Thu, Jan 12 – 10:30 AM – Camelot

Purchase tickets HERE.

TALKING PICTURES: CAPTAIN FANTASTIC – VIGGO MORTENSEN

It was great to see Viggo Mortensen’s new film Captain Fantastic on Tuesday, January 3 and even better to get his insight into the making of this terrific film
during the Talking Pictures program! Thank you Viggo!

THE UNTAMED

Mexico/Denmark/France/Germany/Norway – 2016 –
100 minutes

Director: Amat Escalante

AFTER DARK

A daring, disturbing and erotically charged sci-fi from the acclaimed director of Heli. A sexually omnivorous alien is holed up in a farmhouse in Guanajuato, and given her brutish, homophobic husband is cheating on her with her brother, Ale’s ready to take a walk on the wild side… Winner: Best Director, Venice.

Fri, Jan 6 – 6:30 PM – Mary Pickford

Sat, Jan 7 – 7:30 PM – Mary Pickford

Wed, Jan 11 – 7:30 PM – Regal

Purchase tickets HERE.

PAINT IT BLACK

U.S. – 2016 – 96 minutes

Director: Amber Tamblyn

WORLD CINEMA NOW

A young man’s suicide is the springboard for an epic battle between the two women who loved him: his punk girlfriend and his patrician mother. First-time director Amber Tamblyn’s ferocious and flamboyant adaptation of the Janet Fitch novel is a real gothic shocker.

Fri, Jan 6 – 7:30 PM – Camelot

Sat, Jan 7 – 11:00 AM – Regal

Wed, Jan 11 – 4:00 PM – Mary Pickford

Director, Amber Tamblyn to attend the Jan 6 & 7 screenings.

Purchase tickets HERE.

FESTIVAL MERCHANDISE

The Festival Store is located in the Regal Cinema Courtyard Plaza, unit 16,
just down from the Regal Cinemas and across the courtyard from the
Festival Ticket and Information Center.

You can also shop online at Destination PSP by clicking HERE.

’76

Nigeria – 2016 – 118 minutes

Director: Izu Ojukwu

WORLD CINEMA NOW

The failed 1976 Nigerian coup serves as the real-life backdrop for Izu Ojukwu’s taut “Nollywood” love story between an army captain (Ramsey Nouah, excellent), who falls under suspicion after refusing to conspire with the plotters, and his wife (Rita Dominic), who is heavily pregnant.

Fri, Jan 6 – 1:30 PM – Camelot

Mon, Jan 9 – 4:30 PM – Mary Pickford

Thu, Jan 12 – 11:00 AM – Regal

Director, Izu Ojukwu to attend the January 9 & 12 screenings.

Purchase tickets HERE.

DAGUERROTYPE

France/Japan/Belgium – 2016 – 131 minutes

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

MODERN MASTERS

U.S. Premiere

Japanese horror master Kiyoshi Kurosawa switches gears for this atmospheric, French-made quasi-ghost story. Tahar Rahim (A Prophet) works for a photographer (Dardenne regular Gourmet) given to visions of his dead wife and obsessed with photographing his daughter (Rousseau). Love blossoms and a deadly scam unfolds…

Fri, Jan 6 – 10:30 AM – Annenberg

Thu, Jan 12 – 2:15 PM – Palm Canyon

Purchase tickets HERE.

DID YOU KNOW?

You can read the official 2017 Palm Springs International Film Festival
Souvenir Program Book online.

Just click HERE.

(Source:psiff.org)

Film Awards Gala, Palm Springs International Film Festival

Palm Springs International Film Festival – January 4

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Posted by Larry Gleeson

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2017 PALM SPRINGS FILM AWARDS

SOME GREAT FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS

J: BEYOND FLAMENCO

Spain – 2016 – 87 minutes

Director: Carlos Saura

MODERN MASTERS

U.S. Premiere

In the vein of his sumptuous celebrations of flamenco, tango and fado, legendary filmmaker Carlos Saura’s latest music doc is a colorful and exhilarating exploration of the roots and variations of the jota, a rich and varied Spanish waltz and cultural touchstone.

Fri, Jan 6 – 2:00 PM – Annenberg

Sat, Jan 7 – 2:45 PM – Palm Canyon

Sun, Jan 15 – 7:45 PM – Annenberg

Purchase tickets HERE.

CAMERA STORE

U.S. – 2016 – 105 minutes

Director: Scott Marshall Smith

WORLD CINEMA NOW

Belated festive fare (sort of)… Set on Christmas Eve, 1994, Smith’s knotty-but-nice indie drama gives a welcome spotlight to veteran thesps John Larroquette and John Rhys Davies as two embittered camera-store clerks, railing against the dying of the light and venting entertainingly against their prison-like lot in life.

Fri, Jan 6 – 8:30 PM – Regal

Sat, Jan 7 – 10:30 AM – Mary Pickford

Mon, Jan 9 – 11:30 AM – Regal

Director, Scott Marshall Smith to attend.

Purchase Tickets Here

ASHES AND DIAMONDS

Poland – 1958 – 103 minutes

Director: Andrzej Wajda

FOCUS ON POLAND

This screening of the landmark Polish masterpiece is dedicated to Andrzej Wajda, who died last October. Set on “Victory Day,” May 8, 1945, the film follows the efforts of a resistance fighter, Cybulski, “the Polish James Dean,” to assassinate a Soviet-government appointee as the future of the nation rapidly takes shape.

Sun, Jan 8 – 1:00 PM – Camelot

Purchase tickets HERE

MEMORIES OF SUMMER

Poland – 2016 – 90 minutes

Director: Adam Guziński

FOCUS ON POLAND

U.S. Premiere

Summer in a provincial Polish town in the late 1970s. With his father away, it’s just 12-year-old Piotr and his beautiful blonde mother, cycling, swimming, playing cards together. But as the days go by, she starts going out at night… A subtle, nuanced and evocative coming-of-age tale.

Mon, Jan 9 – 4:30 PM – Regal

Sun, Jan 8 – 7:30 PM – Regal

Director, Adam Guziński to attend.

Purchase tickets HERE.

ZACMA: BLINDNESS

Poland – 2016 – 114 minutes

Director: Ryszard Bugajski

FOCUS ON POLAND

Sun, Jan 8 – 7:30 PM – Camelot

Mon, Jan 9 – 7:30 PM – Camelot

Wed, Jan 11 – 5:00 PM – Camelot

Director, Ryszard Bugajski; Actor, Maria Mamona to attend.

Purchase tickets HERE.

DREAM VACATION PALM SPRINGS

VACATION PALM SPRINGS “DREAM VACATION” WINNER WILL RECEIVE:

* A Four (4) night stay for up to 4 people in a luxury 3-bedroom Palm Springs vacation rental home during the 2018 Palm Springs International Film Festival. Winner will also receive the following:

* Opening -or- Closing Night Screening and Gala Reception – 4 Tickets

* Festival Screening Passes – 4 non-transferable passes, good for all regular screenings

Enter NOW through January 16, 2017

Must be at least 25 years of age to enter this contest.

No purchase necessary.

One entry per person; employees of PSIFF are not eligible.

(Source:psiff.org)

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See some of the day’s top films! Here’s my tip sheet for some of the day’s most spectacular screenings!

MORE GREAT FILMS SCREENING ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 10

THE LAST FAMILY

A SERIOUS GAME

THE NET

SEALED CARGO

FESTIVAL MERCHANDISE

SOUVENIR

THE ARDENNES

KEEP QUIET

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Tra la la! La La Land scores a record seven Golden Globe Awards!

Here’s a list of this year’s winner and nominees for this year’s film awards:

Best Motion Picture – Drama

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

Best Director – Motion Picture

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

Best Motion Picture – Animated

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language

Best Original Score – Motion Picture

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

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OPENING NIGHT OF THE

2017 PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

JANUARY 5, 2017

TALKING PICTURES: AQUARIUS

FASCINATING FILMS ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 8

WHITE SUN

JEWEL’S CATCH ONE

24 WEEKS

GUN RUNNERS

FESTIVAL MERCHANDISE

THE CONCESSIONAIRES MUST DIE!

PERSONAL SHOPPER

ZACMA: BLINDNESS

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TONIO

A fragmented narrative constantly places the past alongside the present as a novelist and his wife try to make sense of the senseless death of their 21-year-old son. A high-wire emotional act from Dutch Oscar-favorite Paula van der Oest (Zus & zo; Accused).

POORNA

On May 25th, 2014, 13-year-old Malavath Poorna became the youngest woman to scale Everest. An adivasi (indigenous) teen, Poorna was selected as a champion of welfare schools, and Rahul Bose puts her accomplishment in the context of female empowerment while delivering the spectacle you would expect.

THE DANCER

In this inquisitive biopic about artistry and competition, musician Soko gives a raw performance as Loïe Fuller, an American dancer who’s the toast of Paris in the early 20th century-until she’s swept aside by a rising talent named Isadora Duncan (a luminous Lily-Rose Depp).

THE UNTAMED

PAINT IT BLACK

A young man’s suicide is the springboard for an epic battle between the two women who loved him: his punk girlfriend and his patrician mother. First-time director Amber Tamblyn’s ferocious and flamboyant adaptation of the Janet Fitch novel is a real gothic shocker.

’76

The failed 1976 Nigerian coup serves as the real-life backdrop for Izu Ojukwu’s taut “Nollywood” love story between an army captain (Ramsey Nouah, excellent), who falls under suspicion after refusing to conspire with the plotters, and his wife (Rita Dominic), who is heavily pregnant.

DAGUERROTYPE

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SOME GREAT FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS

J: BEYOND FLAMENCO

CAMERA STORE

ASHES AND DIAMONDS

MEMORIES OF SUMMER

ZACMA: BLINDNESS

DREAM VACATION PALM SPRINGS

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