Woody Allen’s TO ROME WITH LOVE opens The 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival

Film Independent announces the North American premiere of Wood Allen's TO ROME WITH LOVE as the opening night film of the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival (June 14th - 24th)

A Celebration of Iranian Film: DEAD END

Films often find themselves lucky to receive censorship. But Parviz Sayyad’s Dead End has been doubly unlucky.

A Celebration of Iranian Film: THREE AND A HALF

The film is presented out of sequence and like many recent Iranian films (in contrast with Iranian mainstream movies) the story-line does not have a clear beginning or end.

A Celebration of Iranian Film: HERE WITHOUT ME

In Here Without Me, shown at this year’s UCLA Iranian Film Festival, a disaffected would-be writer is obsessed, perhaps even addicted to, the cinema.

A Celebration of Iranian Film: THE MISSION (1983)

Parviz Sayyad’s The Mission, a film made in 1983 (perhaps one of the first Iranian films made in the Diaspora), shown at this year’s Iranian Film Festival, after these thirty years maintains a surprisingly current perspective.

A Celebration of Iranian Film: MOURNING (2011)

A recurrent theme of recent Iranian cinema is the avoidance of linear stories in favor of the slice of life approach.

THE PERFECT FAMILY

Kathleen Turner shines as a flawed Catholic matriarch in her first starring role in nearly two decades.

MY WAY

Korean action director Je-kyu Kang pulls out all the stops with a WWII epic centered around two rivals who become unlikely friends.

BLUE LIKE JAZZ

With help from a record breaking Kickstarter campaign, Donald Miller's bestselling memoir of faith has become a film that even nonbelievers may want to see.

Art Directors Guild Celebrates 75th Anniversary - Numerous Major Events Planned

The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) is celebrating its 75th anniversary with numerous high-profile special events planned throughout the year. These events will include exhibitions, screenings, receptions, panel discussions, proclamations and celebrations to be announced.