Dallas IFF: Saturday (4/10) – ‘No Crossover,’ ‘We Are the Sea,’ ‘American: The Bill Hicks Story,’ ‘The Red Chapel’
DIFF continues strong… “Allen is the best guy you could want for the 2 hours of the game…for the other 22 hours, you’re going to have grey hair.” No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson is a deeply personal documentary from director Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie), who reflects on his hometown of Hampton, VA, [...]
Dallas IFF: Friday (4/9) – ‘City of Life and Death,’ ‘I Am Love,’ ‘Down Terrace,’ ‘The Loved Ones’
A terrific first full day of the 2010 Dallas International Film Festival is capped off with a colossal dud. Lu Chuan’s City of Life and Death is such a powerful piece of cinema that it is almost unbearable, and I mean that in the best possible way. Recounting the events of 1937 Nanjing, at the [...]
Dallas IFF: Thursday (4/8) – Opening Night, ‘A Town Called Panic’
The 2010 Dallas International Film Festival got off to a rousing start as the Angelika Dallas center was host to multiple showcases (and a few celebrities, too). Some of the night’s screenings went off without a hitch (see below), while others hit technical snags: apparently both screen and projection issues marred the presentation of Bill [...]
Dallas IFF: 2010 Dallas International Film Festival Starts This Week!
Dallas Film Now is pleased to provide you with a link to the Dallas International Film Festival’s 2010 film guide. We are very excited about the festival, which runs from ThursdayApril 8th through Sunday 18th. There is a terrific selection of features, documentaries, shorts and more. So go take a look and get your tickets [...]
An Oscar Postscript
Well, the red carpets have been rolled up and sent to the cleaners, and James Cameron has gone home to count his money…without a Best Director or Picture statue. Avatar did pick up Art Direction, Visual Effects and Cinematography, which seems odd given the film’s largely-CGI environs. No, it was Kathryn Bigelow and The Hurt [...]
