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FILM FESTIVAL NEWS: BOOM! Jamie Brooks ‘s BOMB CITY blows up Dallas International Film Festival red carpet on Friday, March 31st

By admin 9 years ago

The Dallas International Film Festival featured the cast and crew from BOMB CITY on the red carpet, Friday, March 31st at the Dallas City Performance Hall. Apparently all of Texas worked on the film because the group shot was one of the largest DIFF has ever had. Also joining on the carpet were THE BIG SPOON, BILL’S RECORDS, DEALT, END OF THE EARTH, and PROXY. A full house and a full carpet!

DIFF 2017 REVIEWS: Mark Palansky ‘s REMEMORY is the rare sci-fi film/emotional drama hybrid that gets the balance right

By admin 9 years ago

When it comes to the matter of “truths,” REMEMORY is complex enough to admit that examining perspective and putting together the pieces of multiple accounts is everything in the quest for enlightenment. In this sense, the film is a reflection on the human condition and the types of neuro technologies that we’re set to wrestle with in the near future.

Dallas International Film Fest 2017 REVIEWS: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson’s debut feature film, HEARTSTONE is a grand achievement

By Miguel Cima 9 years ago

The visual transition is caught in wild nature, like much of the film, and offers a tiny flicker of hope – don’t blink or you’ll miss it – in a grand spontaneous gesture, as far from phony as you get in cinema. Truly, this work is a grand achievement, Guðmundsson’s first feature, hopefully foreshadowing an equally brilliant career to come.

The Edward Douglas Interviews: OLD STONE director, Johnny Ma talks the politics of doing the right thing, making films in Asia, and trading cigarettes to get along

By Edward Douglas 9 years ago

The Chinese title is called Lao Shi, which is the character’s name, and actually, the literal meaning of that is Old Stone, but there’s a double meaning to that also. It’s what you call somebody who is too honest, too naïve. It’s almost like saying, “Oh, that guy is way too honest. He’s easy to cheat.”

Film Festival News: Red Carpet Photos from the Dallas International Film Festival's Opening Night Gala Presentation of BONNIE AND CLYDE

By admin 9 years ago

The Dallas International Film Festival’s 50th Anniversary Gala Presentation of BONNIE AND CLYDE at the Dallas City Performance Hall on Thursday, March 30, was as exciting as it gets with two Academy Award-winners in the house, and the entire cast and crew for BOMB CITY on hand, set to make its world premiere the next evening…

FILM FESTIVAL NEWS: The Dallas International Film Festival announces this year’s Dallas Film Society Star for Bill Paxton and Shining Star Honorees

By admin 9 years ago

James Faust, Artistic Director of the Dallas Film Society, said, “Our two Dallas Star Award honorees hail back to something this festival has done from its inception – honor cinema legends, icons, and the film artists that made a difference in our film viewing lives. Faye Dunaway has been at the center of a number of certifiably classic films, and we joined so many in being devastated by the recent loss of Bill Paxton, on so many levels.