NASHVILLE SCREENWRITERS CONFERENCE IN MAY
The Nashville entertainment community continues to boom; ever since “Honkytonk Man” was released they’ve been unstoppable. Taking place May 30-June 1st at the Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt will be the 5th Annual Nashville Screenwriters Conference. This event was inspired and created by Karen Murphy, producer of “Spinal Tap”, “Best in Show” and “Waiting for Guffman”; [...]
Posted on May 29, 2003 by Film Threat Staff
NORTHWEST ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL CALL FOR ENTRIES
The call for entries for the 2003 Northwest Asian American Film Festival is now open and there is no entry fee!
Posted on May 29, 2003 by Film Threat Staff
SEBASTIANE (DVD)
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  Year Released: 1976 MPAA Rating: X Running Time: 85 minutes |
“Sebastiane” is an intelligent and provocative work of art. Its reappearance is a fine reminder of Jarman’s unique talent and his willingness to take on difficult subjects with a frank and adult style…
Posted on May 29, 2003 by Phil Hall
D.I.Y. OR DIE: HOW TO SURVIVE AS AN INDEPENDENT ARTIST (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 55 minutes |
NOW AVAILABLE IN THE FILM THREAT DVD STORE! Director Michael W. Dean has placed himself right up there alongside these renowned artists…
Posted on May 29, 2003 by Eric Campos
JIM CARREY COMES UNDONE
Back to Bruce Almighty for a second, for the DVD, how involved were you guys in it? Did you do a commentary? Shadyac: Well, we’re going to get involved. It hasn’t been done yet, but actually we started talking about it very, very early on in the movie. We decided early that, because we have [...]
Posted on May 28, 2003 by Heather Wadowski
JIM CARREY COMES UNDONE
What would you teach if you were able to teach? Carrey: What would I teach? Sex education. Okay, edit, edit, edit the first three answers. (Laughs) I think humanity. No, probably art. Art would be it. Yeah. It’d be pretty strange, too. Francis Bacon… ‘Okay, look kids.’ On another note, how important is music in [...]
Posted on May 28, 2003 by Heather Wadowski
JIM CARREY COMES UNDONE
I’d like to follow up on something you said that intrigued me, which was the idea of faith that you have. It is well documented how hard a struggle some parts of your life were growing up, as well as your work because things turned against your family economically, and so I was surprised at [...]
Posted on May 28, 2003 by Heather Wadowski
JIM CARREY COMES UNDONE
Did any names come up in that conversation? Carrey: I talked to a couple of people from the Buffalo News yesterday. It was hilarious, man. Yeah. Growing up in Toronto, you know, the Buffalo News. ‘It’s 11 o’clock, do you know where your children are?’ You know? It’s just fantastic. I loved it. That’s the [...]
Posted on May 28, 2003 by Heather Wadowski
JIM CARREY COMES UNDONE
While filming this movie, there were stories floating around about how you saved Jennifer’s life. Did you really rescue Jennifer from a falling crane or was that just another tabloid story that made its rounds? Shadyac: Oh, we remember that day very well. Carrey: Well, she had flat-lined. She had flat-lined and I, not knowing [...]
Posted on May 28, 2003 by Heather Wadowski
JIM CARREY COMES UNDONE
: We’re kind of living in an uptight, PC world right now where people just seem to be looking for things to complain about in the media. Are you at all worried that the religious community might find Bruce Almighty sacrilegious? Carrey: I think I’m going to be welcome anywhere. I think I will share [...]
Posted on May 28, 2003 by Heather Wadowski
JIM CARREY COMES UNDONE
Jim, obviously Bruce Almighty takes you back to your roots, both comedically and working with Tom Shadyac and Steve Oedekerk. Coming from a string of dramatic pictures, most recently The Majestic, one has to wonder whether you prefer comedy or drama. Carrey: I like being creative, basically, period. I mean we (looks at Shadyac) have [...]
Posted on May 28, 2003 by Heather Wadowski
THE RAMONES ROCK THE EGYPTIAN
Slamdance and the American Cinematheque will screen “Ramones: End of the Century” at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles on May 29th at 7:30pm. After the screening, join the filmmakers down the street at the Pig N Whistle for a few drinks. For more info, visit the American Cinematheque website.
Posted on May 28, 2003 by Film Threat Staff
OUTFEST JUST WANTS TO HAVE FUN
One hundred eighty nine features, documentaries and short films will be shown at OUTFEST 2003, which runs July 10-21 in Los Angeles…
Posted on May 28, 2003 by Film Threat Staff
GOOD BYE LENIN!
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 100 minutes |
This is a very clever film, as director-co-writer Wolfgang Becker intelligently and artistically uses the period and weaves the historic themes into a gently comic tale that takes us to this remarkable time and place…
Posted on May 28, 2003 by Rich Cline
IN THE NAME OF BUDDHA
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 100 minutes |
A clearer focus on the characters and their own personal situations would draw us in much more urgently…
Posted on May 28, 2003 by Rich Cline