Documentarian filmmaker Heidi Ewing combines a fictionalized narrative treatment blending with documentary filmmaking in her first narrative feature I CARRY YOU WITH ME and talks about the challenges of being an American filmmaker shooting in Mexico with Spanish speaking cast and crew

By Oliver Carnay I CARRY YOU WITH ME is one of my personal favorites among the list of films I've seen at the recent 2020 AFI FEST presented by Audi…

Continue ReadingDocumentarian filmmaker Heidi Ewing combines a fictionalized narrative treatment blending with documentary filmmaking in her first narrative feature I CARRY YOU WITH ME and talks about the challenges of being an American filmmaker shooting in Mexico with Spanish speaking cast and crew

Heartbreaking and uncompromisingly poignant THE FATHER, Sir Anthony Hopkins gives one of his greatest performance onscreen portraying a father who is suffering from dementia

By Oliver Carnay One of the films shown at the AFI FEST 2020 presented by Audi (October 14 - 22) was THE FATHER, a story of an 80 year-old, mischievous,…

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I’M YOUR WOMAN director Julia Hart who co-wrote and co-produced with husband Jordan Horowitz talks about the 1981 James Caan movie “The Thief” which was the inspiration to their film

By Oliver Carnay I'M YOUR WOMAN served as the Opening Night film of this year's AFI FEST presented by Audi. Set in the 1970s, the film is a crime drama…

Continue ReadingI’M YOUR WOMAN director Julia Hart who co-wrote and co-produced with husband Jordan Horowitz talks about the 1981 James Caan movie “The Thief” which was the inspiration to their film

Director Miwa Nishikawa talks about the inspiration of her latest award-winning film UNDER THE OPEN SKY and researching how the difficulty of former Yakuza inmates re-assimilates in the new society

By Oliver Carnay https://youtu.be/sKkCH3-nWbo One important film I've seen and enjoyed at American Film Institute's AFI FEST presented by Audi, was Director Miwa Nishikawa's UNDER THE OPEN SKY. Best known…

Continue ReadingDirector Miwa Nishikawa talks about the inspiration of her latest award-winning film UNDER THE OPEN SKY and researching how the difficulty of former Yakuza inmates re-assimilates in the new society

THE LOS ANGELES LATINO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL LAUNCHES LATINX INCLUSION FELLOWSHIP SERIES WITH SUPPORT FROM NETFLIX

By Oliver Carnay FIVE VISIONARY AFRO LATINO DIRECTORS WILL RECEIVE A PRODUCTION GRANT AND PREMIERE THEIR FILMS AT LALIFF 2021 NETFLIX TO SPONSOR IN THIS INAUGURAL YEAR LOS ANGELES, CA…

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Henry Golding stars in Hong Khao’s ‘MOONSOON’ – OUTFEST 2020’s International Centerpiece feature

By Oliver Carnay For schedule, Film Guide, and other details, please log on to https://outfest.org/ https://youtu.be/h9F7Nx7gqE8 Monsoon INTERNATIONAL CENTERPIECE United Kingdom | 2019 | English, Vietnamese with English subtitles Kit (Henry…

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Scandinavian Film Festival L.A. celebrates 20th anniversary with Oscar Best Foreign Language Film submissions screenings

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By Oliver CarnayFor nineteen years, Best Foreign Language film contenders and award-winning features, shorts, and documentary films from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Baltic neighbors Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia…

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