The executive committee of the Tokyo International Film Festival has rejected the movie "Mishima" for showing at the first-ever Tokyo festival, describing it as a work unworthy "in quality of art."
It's not easy to take the temperature of this festival (or any other).
L istings and commentary for Week 2 of the American Film Institute Film Festival of Los Angeles, which runs through March 26: THURSDAY "Happy New Year, 1949" (Yugoslavia, 1986, 12:30 p.m.).
Critical assessments aside, officials of the American Film Institute Film Fest Los Angeles say
Three weeks ago, Aaron Paley, director of the Fringe Festival/Los Angeles, mailed out 4,000 applications inviting members of the local arts community to take part in the multimedia, countywide arts festival planned for September.
After a performance of Colin Thomas' "One Thousand Cranes" at the recent Philadelphia International Theatre Festival for Children, one parent said: "That was incredible.
The American Film Institute kicked off its fourth festival of European films here Friday with stars Catherine Deneuve and Charlton Heston and an announcement that the festival will now become an annual event.
L istings and commentary for Week 2 of the American Film Institute Film Festival of Los Angeles, which runs through March 26: MONDAY "Eunuch" (South Korea, 1986, 2:45 p.m.).
T he following are capsule reviews of this week's screenings at the AFI Film Festival of Los Angeles.
Viewers weary of the limited movements and mindlessness of TV cartoons usually look forward to the Annecy Festival for a rare taste of well-animated, artistically significant films.
Organizers of Sunday's L.A.
The Colombian film "Tiempo de Morir" (Time of Dying) has won the Golden Toucan award for best film at the Rio international filmfest.
When the Greek army retreated from Asia Minor in 1922, it left a million and a half Greek and Armenian citizens at the mercy of the triumphant Turks.
Herbie Hancock, Nina Simone and Miles Davis will be among the headliners at the eighth-annual Playboy Jazz Festival at Hollywood Bowl, producer George Wein announced Thursday.
Anjani Ambegaokar capped the Kathak Dance Festival Saturday at the Anaheim Marriott with more than an hour of splendid dance drama and pure dance--but if not too little, it was certainly too late.
Now that Filmex has officially sputtered to a halt, the good news for the serious movie-going public in Los Angeles is that we will have an international film festival after all: the American Film Institute's Film Festival Los Angeles, from March 12 through 26.
The 20th Houston International Film Festival is set for next April 17-26.
It's cotton-ginning time along the Cane River, and there are faint beige columns of dust against overcast skies.