Not only did I procure a press pass for the 4th Annual NYC Food Film Festival on Saturday, June 26th, I actually made it to Brooklyn 2 hrs before the event opened! I will be late for my own funeral, so I always throw myself a mental party when I actually arrive anywhere on time and a bigger party when I'm early! With time to kill, I called my friends that live in Brooklyn Heights - The ones from the Amada post (click link to read). I knew they would be surprised by my being in town; but in ...

Tuesday, March 20-----Eight documentary features from first or second time directors are competing for Jury Prizes at the Bermuda International Film Festival, which has come to its mid-way point. The Award for Best Documentary Film, along with other prizes, will be announced at the Gala Awards Ceremony to be held on Saturday night, March 24. NEW REALITIES – COMPETITION DOCUMENTARIESBEYOND THE CALL(Adrian Belic, United States)In an Indiana Jones meets Mother Teresa adventure, three middle-aged ...

As filmmakers, film professionals, critics and film buffs descend on Miami for the opening this evening of the 24th edition of the Miami International Film Festival, excitement is building for what promises to be a thrilling and invigorating survey of the world of international cinema. Festivities begin tonight at 7:00 p.m. at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts with the Opening Night Gala screening of BLACK BOOK, the latest cinema milestone from veteran director Paul Verhoeven, who will a...

Friday, February 23----Excitement is building as the Miami International Film Festival prepares for its Opening Night Gala on Friday evening, March 2nd, with the premiere screening of BLACK BOOK, the latest cinema milestone from celebrated director Paul Verhoeven. The director will attend, along with the film’s star Carice van Houten, producer Teun Hilte and the film’s distributor, Sony Pictures Classics co-President Michael Barker. Director Paul Verhoeven is one of the most provocative, d...