SXSW started off opening night of the 2010 film festival with the world premiere of Kick-Ass in the historic Paramount theater in downtown Austin. Red Carpet arrivals preceded the screening, and several cast and crew members stayed after the film for a Q&A. Make no mistake about it, Chloe Moretz (500 Days of Summer)...
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I’ve never heard of Bill Hicks before this movie. In fact, when I first heard about the film, I thought it was a fan mockumentary about Kevin Smith’s character Gil Hicks, the sorry sap from Mallrats whose idea of showing a girl a nice time opened with letting her shop at the places she...
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This year two local film festivals were combined into KC FilmFest. The Kansas City Jubilee Film Festival was a juried shorts festival, and FilmFest KC was a curated festival. The new festival contains some juried and some curated features (juried films are judged, curated movies are not.) All foreign films were curated. All...
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From KC Filmfest After the screening of The Brothers Bloom, audience members who stuck around after the show got a rare treat. Jeff Goldsmith of Creative Screenwriting Magazine recorded a live podcast with director Rian Johnson. A few weeks ago I was listening to a Filmspotting podcast and I heard a great story. Chris White...
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A smart, funny film with sentiment An unwritten life. That is what Adrien Brody’s character longs for in The Brothers Bloom, the latest film from indie breakout writer/director Rian Johnson. Johnson’s first major release Brick (2005) was a film noir nestled in a high school setting. In contrast, this is a light hearted romp.
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