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Anthem Film Fest: Two Experiments with a European Twist
At this year’s Anthem Film Festival, two films with a continental twist played games with the minds of the audience: "May Fifteenth in Paris" and "Re-Evolution."
Read More »Anthem Film Review: Catherine Keener and Jeanne Tripplehorn Rock the ‘Little Pink House’
Little Pink House opened the Anthem Film Festival, part of FreedomFest, on July 19, at the Paris resort in Las Vegas. The film stars Catherine Keener (Capote, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Being John Malkovich) and Emmy nominee Jeanne Tripplehorn (Big Love, The Firm, Grey Gardens), and tells the story of Susette Kelo, who …
Read More »Gary Sinise Shares a Life Changing Moment with Veterans in Film and Television
Actor/director Gary Sinise spoke to the Veterans in Film and Television (VFT) Los Angeles chapter at the Hollywood American Legion Post, and drew an overflow crowd.
Read More »Interview: Anthem Film Festival Founder on William Shatner, Mr. Spock, and Liberty
Is Mr. Spock a libertarian? To find out you’ll need to attend this year’s FreedomFest and Anthem Film Festival, July 19-22, at the Paris Resort Las Vegas. Captain Kirk, a.k.a. William Shatner, will be there to help you navigate “The Free Enterprise” and answer this and other questions explored at the libertarian themed conference and film festival. To get a preview of this interstellar freedom trip, billed as “the world’s largest gathering of free minds, with over 200 speakers and 2,000 attendees,” I spoke with Anthem Film Festival founding director, and entertainment editor of Liberty Magazine, Jo Ann Skousen.
Read More »Movie Review (Brooklyn Film Festival) : ‘The Sounding,’ Starring Catherine Eaton, Teddy Sears
Do we really understand one another or think we understand and are missing the point?
Read More »DWF: See My Shorts
Dances With Films (DWF) wants you to see their shorts. Is a short film just like a narrative or documentary feature, only shorter? Sometimes. But, if we compare a narrative feature to its inspiration – the novel – to what can we compare short films? The short story, of course, but, some short films are character studies, others poems, still others scary tales told around a campfire, or that ticket you saved from your first rock concert.
Read More »Director Ken Marino on ‘How to Be a Latin Lover’ with Salma Hayek and Raquel Welch
Director Ken Marino talked about his first time directing a feature film – 'How to Be a Latin Lover' – with 'Backstory' magazine editor Jeff Goldsmith, on May 9, at the Los Angeles Film School.
Read More »Actor Mykelti Williamson Shares Thoughts on Acting and Life with LA Veterans
“God don’t make no junk; none of you are accidents”-- Mykelti Williamson at the May meeting of the LA chapter of Veterans in Film and Television (VFT).
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Baywatch’ is Over-the-Top Funny, Exciting, and Sexy
This is not your older brother’s 'Baywatch'. It is crammed with over-the-top humor and action. It is funny from the opening titles through the outtakes at the end. Oh, and it still has sexy girls in bathing suits.
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