Summer Festivals
Los Angeles is not known for its film festivals. There are no Golden Bears, Silver Lions or Palme D’ors awarded to obscure auteurs whose careers rise and fall on a handful of impossible-to-get-into screenings presided over by the cinematic elite. There are no A-List celebrities conducting full press Q&As.
Episode 181: CAPTAIN AMERICA / THE ROCKETEER / BEGINNERS / COWBOYS AND ALIENS / Special Guest: Zaid Abu Hamdan director of Bahiya & Mahmoud
Episode 181 – Gareth and I watch COWBOYS AND ALIENS so you don’t have to.
The 2011 Palm Springs International Short Film Festival and Film Market – Part 2
More vids from the 2011 Palm Springs International Short Film Festival and Film Market including a brief chat with John-Salcido and David Tenenbaum of CATAPLEXY. In-depth interviews with some of the fine filmmakers here, including HOTEL RWANDA director Terry George to follow later this week on The Show.
The 2011 Palm Springs International Short Film Festival and Film Market
First dispatches from the 2011 Palm Springs International Short Film Festival and Film Market!
Episode 178 – SUPER 8 / Special Guest: William Eubank at the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival
Episode 178 – We get another report from the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival including an interview with director of LOVE William Eubank and some thoughts on the end to the myth of redemptive violence in the Summer blockbuster SUPER 8 are proferred.
Episode 177 – The 2011 Seattle International Film Festival / TABLOID / HOT COFFEE / X-MEN: FIRST CLASS / Special Guest Carl Spence
Episode 177 – We get Jett’s dispatches from the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival including an interview with artistic director of the fest Carl Spence and brief thoughts on Errol Morris’ TABLOID and the must-see doc HOT COFFEE.
HOT COFFEE – At the Seattle International Film Festival, a New Must See Documentary
See this film and tell your friends to see it as well.
Seattle International Film Festival – Day 1
In Which Jett Details His Adventures at the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival.
Episode 170 – The Secrets of Pitching with Darris Hatch / The Nashville Film Festival / Erin Buckley on NDAPEWA
In today’s show Gareth and I talk with producer and manager Darris Hatch on the secrets of pitching and Erin Buckley stops by to discuss the child produced Namibian short NDAPEWA; all part of the 2011 Nashville Film Festival.
Episode 169 – The Nashville Film Festival / BUCK / An Interview with Director Cindy Meehl / THE CONSPIRATOR
In today’s show Gareth and I talk with Cindy Meehl, the director of the Sundance and Full Frame Audience Award Winning documentary BUCK as part of the 2011 Nashville Film Festival and muse slight on Robert Redford’s new historopic THE CONSPIRATOR.
Episode 168 – Nashville Film Festival / Ursula Lawrence – Writers Guild of America East / SUBMARINE
In today’s show Gareth and I talk with Writers Guild of America East Lead Strategic Organizer Ursula Lawrence, discuss the new coming of age laugher SUBMARINE, and touch lightly on THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, 13 ASSASSINS and UNCLE BOONME WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES as part of the 2011 Nashville Film Festival.
NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL Day 1
My first day of The Nashville Film Festival was filled with some pretty spectacular cinema. Takashi Miike’s new film 13 ASSASSINS is a few dials less crazy than his average fair and a few notches more assured. Cut from the SEVEN SAMURAI mold, the film follows a group of samurai as they plot to kill [...]
The 2011 Nashville Film Festival
Incredibly Gareth and I are in the same place at the same time Dear Reader – the 2011 Nashville Film Festival! We’ll be doing at least four shows from the fest – the first one kicks off tomorrow – an interview with TWO-LANE BLACKTOP/COCKFIGHTER director Monte Hellman.
Episode 163 – BATTLE: LOS ANGELES / LIMITLESS / The iPhone Film Festival
Is BATTLE: LOS ANGELES the most important film of the year so far? Gareth and I think so and say why in this episode. Also discussed are the Bradley Cooper vehicle LIMITLESS and the new iPhone Film Festival.
Happy Halloween!
Here a little Halloween movie for you – recorded on the way to the 2010 Big Bear Horror Film Festival,
The 2010 LA Irish Film Festival – Part 4
Alas it’s not appropriate for me to review CUP CAKE, Saturday’s film at the 2010 LA Irish Film Festival as I’m too biased – it was shot in North/Northern Ireland – a place where I directed for BBC TV for a few years – hence I know many, many people on CAKE’s crew as Belfast itself [...]
2010 LA Irish Film Festival – Part 3
Hello Dear Reader – hope you’re having as lovely a time wherever you are as I’m having in Los Angeles. Another night at the 2010 LA Irish Film Festival for yours truly – cracking films in MY BROTHERS and SWANSONG: STORY OF OCCI BYRNE. You’ll hear myself and Prof. Dr. Gareth Higgins talk about OCCI [...]
Episode 146 – PERRIER’S BOUNTY / THE 2010 LA IRISH FILM FESTIVAL
Play TFT Episode 146 – PERRIER’S BOUNTY Running time: 24 minutes 3 Seconds – 11.6mb mp3 PERRIER’S BOUNTY / THE 2010 LA IRISH FILM FESTIVAL – – – Subscribe to the Podcast – Become a TFT Member Follow TFT on Twitter – Follow TFT on Facebook – – – HELP JETT FIND WORK IN LA – CLICK [...]
Opening Night at The 2010 LA Irish Film Festival
Hey there Dear Reader – tonight was opening night at the 2010 LA Irish Film Festival – Gareth and I were there of course, (see photo above of Dr. Higgins looking his sartorial best); over the next few days we’ll be bringing you tweets/posts and a couple of shows direct from the fest – hope [...]
BEDROOMS at the Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles or How Sylvester Stallone’s JUDGE DREDD is Responsible for My New Coffee Cup Collection
[Moon Bloodgood in BEDROOMS] Good Day Dear Readers – hope you’re all having an interesting and productive Weekend. Let’s get started shall we?
See You Next Week – DragonCon awaits!
I’m typing this while sitting on my hotel room bed in sunny downtown Atlanta, preparing myself for four days of geek debauchery. For this is the weekend of Dragon*Con, the world’s largest culture convention — an everlasting gobstopper of science fiction, fantasy, film, television, literature, costuming, podcasting, science!, and more. And this is my Film [...]
TFT 134 – I AM LOVE / CYRUS / Edinburgh Film Festival / Members Bonus Episode: SEX AND THE CITY 2
TFT 134 – I AM LOVE / CYRUS / Edinburgh Film Festival / Members Bonus Episode: SEX AND THE CITY 2 – – – TFT 134 running time: 48 minutes 41 seconds – 23.5mb mp3 I AM LOVE starts at 2 minutes 54 seconds CYRUS starts at 27:15 Edinburgh Film Festival starts at 34 minutes 57 [...]
TFT 125 – Kathleen McNamara / WHY ISN’T CHRIS VON SNEIDERN FAMOUS? / Fest Picks / Nashville Film Festival Day 8
TFT 125 – Kathleen McNamara / WHY ISN’T CHRIS VON SNEIDERN FAMOUS? / Fest Picks / Nashville Film Festival Day 8 – – – DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: WHY ISN’T CHRIS VON SNEIDERN FAMOUS? / NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL GET THE iPHONE APP – FREE TILL APRIL 22ND VISIT OUR DEDICATED 2010 NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL PAGE
