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AMY ADAMS gives tribute to motherhood in her latest film NIGHTBITCH
By Oliver Carnay https://www.youtube.com/embed/2K9nD-Wq1pc?si=M38iUCSxpDlIRQo0The AFIFEST screening of NIGHTBITCH was followed by a conversation with producer and actor Amy Adams moderated by writer and film critic,
Philippe Lesage’s latest film, WHO BY FIRE (COMME LE FEU) is a well-crafted captivating film with broad canvas of toxic masculinity and desire
By Oliver Carnay https://www.youtube.com/embed/4vUtrqCQRjs?si=PBy42rBcZqnWB9xtWHO BY FIRE (COMME LE FEU) screening was followed by a Q&A with writer-director Philippe Lesage and actors Noah Parker and
ZOE SALDAÑA TO BE HONORED WITH AMERICAN RIVIERA AWARD
By Oliver Carnay [October 22, 2024] SANTA BARBARA, CA – Zoe Saldaña will be honored with the American Riviera Award at the 40th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
OSCAR®-qualified LGBTQ+ MUSCAT directed by Philippe Grenier: An audacious exploration of a young boy confronted with the discovery of his identity
By Oliver Carnay MUSCAT written and directed by Philippe Grenier is a film about incommunicability, resilience, taboos and sexual awakening. The meeting between Samir
Films to watch out at the AFI FEST presented by Canva; the World Premiere of MUSIC BY JOHN WILLIAMS to open the festival, Clint Eastwood’s JUROR #2 to close the festival
By Oliver Carnay 158 films are scheduled to screen at the upcoming AFI FEST 2024 presented by Canva, taking place from October 23rd through
One Person, One Vote?
A timely and thought-provoking deep dive into the Electoral College, its slavery origins, and its impact on society today Runs for one week only
LGBTQ+ Films featured at recent Frameline48 to be released in theatres and other platforms
By Oliver Carnay I’ve attended Frameline48, San Francisco’s longest running LGBTQ+ film festival in the world, which ran from June 19 through 29th and
Docfilm “THE GRAB” is a powerful thriller about a nearly invisible conspiracy to control the world’s food and water, uncovering the money, and alarming rationale behind covert efforts to control the most vital resource on the earth, exposed and discovered by investigative journalist Nate Halverson.
By Oliver Carnay THE GRAB will start playing at the Landmark Opera Plaza Cinemas in San Francisco and will have a Q&A with Nate
48th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline48) runs June 19 through 29; First-ever Castro free outdoor block party event to open the festival followed by a screening of “Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero” documentary feature
By Oliver Carnay The oldest and longest-running LGBTQ+ film festival in the world, the San Francisco International Film Festival (also known as the arts
Docfilm “PRODIGAL DAUGHTER,” a heartfelt timely story of an immigrant woman artist, to premiere May 30 at LALIFF 2024
By Oliver Carnay Filmmaker and artist Mabel Valdiviezo reunites with her family in Peru after 16 years of estrangement, confronting her past as an
GRASSLAND, from Executive Producer COMMON, will be LALIFF’s Closing Night film
By Oliver Carnay GRASSLAND, a riveting social justice drama highlighting the perils of marijuana incarceration, will be the Closing Night Film of the 23rd
Thrilling frontier Western “The Dead Don’t Hurt” starring Viggo Mortensen and Vicky Krieps was inspired by Mortensen’s mother; opens nationwide, in theatres May 31
By Oliver Carnay Written and directed by Academy Award®-nominated actor Viggo Mortensen, The Dead Don’t Hurt is a story of star-crossed lovers on the western U.S. frontier in