Posted by Larry Gleeson TCM Classic Film Festival Announces More Stars and Directors: Steven Spielberg, Mel Brooks, Nancy Meyers, David Fincher and More to Attend Additional Talent and Programming Announced for 15th Annual TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood (Courtesy of TCM Classic Film Festival) Turner Classic Movies (TCM) today announced additional talent and programming for this year’s 15th annual TCM Classic Film Festival running April 18 – 21, 2024 in Hollywood, including a closing night screening of 1987’s comedy Spaceballs presented by writer and director Mel Brooks. The lineup for ..read more

Posted by Larry Gleeson IFTA® ANNOUNCES AMERICAN FILM MARKET® MOVE TO LAS VEGAS’ PALMS CASINO RESORT FOR 2024 SHOW, NOVEMBER 5-10    Companies Including Arclight Films, Blue Fox Entertainment, Cornerstone, Film Mode Entertainment, FilmNation Entertainment, HanWay Films, Lakeshore Entertainment, Millennium Media, Myriad Pictures, NEON, Protagonist Pictures, The Exchange, WME Independent & XYZ Films Already Committed as Exhibitors at the Palms for AFM24   Los Angeles, CA – March 8, 2024 — The Independent Film & Television Alliance® (IFTA®) and its Board of Directors today ..read more

Posted by Larry Gleeson The San Pedro International Film Festival returns to the Warner Grand next month (November 2-5)   Highlights include special presentation of  Nick Broomfield’s THE STONES AND BRIAN JONES, and Croatian film focus including Dubravka Tulic’s TRACES, the country’s Academy Awards submission for Best Foreign Film Special appearances include veteran producer Carol Baum  with screening of Robert DeNiro/Ed Harris 1989 starrer  JACKNIFE, and a reading/signing of Evelyn McDonnell’s  The World According to Joan Didion   Los Angeles, CA (October 2 ..read more

  PRESS RELEASE   The Ojai Film Society’s SHOOTING FOR THE STARS wraps with mountain climbing adventure doc WILD LIFE Summer Film Series closes successful  Free-to-the Public Film Series  FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6     Ojai, CA (October 3, 2023) – The Ojai Film Society closes out this year’s edition of the organization’s popular Free-to-the-Public Summer Film Series this Friday, October 6 with Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi’s visually arresting documentary Wild Life. Co-presented with Hotel El Roblar, the series kicked off with Alejandra Vasquez and Sa ..read more

Posted by Larry Gleeson Oscar Torre and Chuti Tiu’s provocative drama of an exotic  dancer’s lifesaving race against time A SUMMER NIGHT World Premiere at Barcelona’s Love & Hope Film Festival Tuesday, September 19  Opening Night Selection at North Hollywood Cinefest Thursday, September 28 Virtual California screenings with Catalina Film Festival September 29-October 8 Rule and role breaking husband and wife filmmaking team, Oscar Torre and Chuti Tiu follow up last year’s award-winning short film (Just A Man and a Woman) with another self-produced indie film that lives in the gr ..read more

Posted by Larry Gleeson The Ojai Film Society announces SHOOTING FOR THE STARS Free Summer Film Series Screenings will kick off July 28th Series will conclude on October 6th Ojai, CA (July 12, 2023) – The Ojai Film Society announced the lineup of films for this year’s edition of the organization’s popular Free Summer Film Series. Sponsored by Hotel El Roblar, the series kicks off with Alejandra Vasquez and Sam Osborn’s Sundance hit Going Varsity in Mariachi on July 28. The series will include classics and beloved favorites that movie fans, cinephiles, and fami ..read more

Posted by Larry Gleeson WILDWORKS PR and the Platform Group represent four World Premieres that take OCD, social anxiety, and cringe relationship issues to the extreme, a special L.A. screening of Slamdance’s Grand Jury Prize winner, and the West Coast Premiere of an audience-favorite documentary    World Premiere Sara Friedman’s OCD and social anxiety-riddled comedy HEIGHTENED Friday, June 23 at 7:15PM HEIGHTENED SCREENING INFORMATION Friday, June 23 at 7:15PM World Premiere TCL Chinese 6 Theatres TICKETS https://danceswithfilms.com/heightened/ SYNOPSIS Following a mental brea ..read more

Posted by Larry Gleeson After a successful Opening Night and a full day of classic film screenings, today brings more films, a tribute to Russ Tamblyn at Club TMC and a screening of Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954). “It would be easy to get lost in a film featuring 14 major roles, particularly with Howard Keel and Jane Powell, two of MGM’s best musical performers, as the leads. But one highlight is Russ Tamblyn—who turned 20 during production—as the youngest brother, Gideon. MGM cast its contract players alongside professional dancers like Tommy Rall and Jacques d’Amboise, who might have ..read more

Posted by Larry Gleeson Opening Night of the 14th annual TCM Classic Film Festival kicked off with a screening of Rio Bravo (1959) in celebration of Warner Bros.’ 100th anniversary, featuring a conversation with WBD CEO David Zaslav and The Film Foundation Board members Steven Spielberg and Paul Thomas Anderson about the mission of The Film Foundation as well as Rio Bravo star Angie Dickinson. Even with a slight drizzle the red carpet was abuzz at the historic Chinese Theatre in the heart of Hollywood ..read more

Posted by Larry Gleeson Poolside screenings of BEACH PARTY (1963) with actor Frankie Avalon in attendance, A MIGHTY WIND (2003) with actors Michael McKean and Annette O’Toole in attendance, and the previously announced HAIRSPRAY (1988) with actor Ricki Lake in attendance A 35th anniversary screening of STAND AND DELIVER (1988) with actors Edward James Olmos and Lou Diamond Phillips and author Luis Reyes in attendance A 40th anniversary screening of RISKY BUSINESS (1983) with actor Rebecca De Mornay in attendance A 75th anniversary screening of THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948) with Dann ..read more