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New York Lauds Godard with Awesome Retrospective • Oct 07, 2013 at 07:36 PM

Fifty years ago this fall, from September 10-19, 1963, the first New York Film Festival was held. The cinema world was different in those days. In an era before home video and DVDs, the few venues...

Jean-Luc Godard (left) on the set of "Le Mepris", 1963

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Pimp My Friend: Woody Allen and John Turturro Team Up in “Fading Gigolo” • Oct 11, 2013 at 11:12 AM

by Robert Bodrog

The Toronto International Film Festival has wrapped for another year. As always, film fans lined up in droves to watch movies from the morning to the wee hours of the night, while others clamored for...

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Wajda's “Walesa: Man of Hope” Fast-Tracked For U.K. and Ireland Release

Oct 11, 2013 at 11:30 AM

The past couple of weeks have been good ones for legendary Polish director Andrzej Wajda. His latest film Walesa: Man of Hope which chronicles the rise of Lech Walesa, who became Poland's first...

Wajda's Walesa Biopic to Debut at Venice Film Festival • Oct 11, 2013 at 11:17 AM

by Robert Bodrog

Celebrating its 70th anniversary, the Venice Film Festival is in full swing this weekend. As one of the world's most prestigious annual events for filmmakers and cinema fans around the world, winning...

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David Lynch Receives Lifetime Achievement Award for Directing at 20th Camerimage Festival in Poland

Aug 09, 2015 at 11:30 AM

Renowned American director David Lynch received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Directing on November 24 at the 20th Plus Camerimage Festival in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Founded in 1993, the annual...

Irish Film Institute Honors Director John Hughes in its “Teenage Kicks” Series

Sep 23, 2014 at 10:14 AM

Three years ago this week, on August 6, 2009, one of the most prolific, influential and commercially successful American directors of his generation passed away at the age of 59. Although not...

London’s Barbican Celebrates Bond With Style and Design Exhibition • Sep 17, 2014 at 06:13 PM

by Robert Bodrog

This October will mark 50 years since Dr. No, the first James Bond novel adapted for the screen, made its debut. The film’s mixture of espionage, intrigue, action, exotic locales and a bit of...

Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style

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Freshly Squeezed Film Festival Opens in Dublin

Jul 23, 2012 at 07:04 PM

Imagine a festival that would give film students and recent graduates the chance to showcase their short films. And imagine if this festival was open to students from all over the world to submit...

An Interview With Composer and Musician Kyle Eastwood at the John Ford Ireland Film Symposium • Sep 23, 2014 at 10:23 AM

by Robert Bodrog

Acclaimed jazz musician and composer Kyle Eastwood is in Dublin this weekend, performing at the Button Factory and taking part in the programme of events at the inaugural John Ford Ireland Film...

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An Interview With Film Historian and John Ford Biographer Joseph McBride at the John Ford Ireland Film Symposium • Jun 15, 2012 at 12:41 PM

by Robert Bodrog

Eustace Street in the Temple Bar district of Dublin, home of the Irish Film Institute, has been a busy place this weekend, as the inaugural John Ford Ireland Film Symposium presented a variety of...