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We have been blessed, here at Brave New Hollywood, lately, with a row of documentary films, and the film we must bring to your attention is one that is loved by us and many critics online. Letters From Baghdad (distributed by Vitagraph Films) is an important, entertaining film we highly recommend. It is the untold story ...
American independent film director, writer, actor and novelist, John Sayles, talks about receiving the Sierra Spirit Award at this year’s Mammoth Lakes Film Festival, in this video, shot in Mammoth Lakes, California. In this exclusive interview with Brave New Hollywood, the veteran director known for his independent films such as Lone Star (1996), Limbo (1999), City ...
Mammoth Lakes Film Festival 2017 announced the line up for this year’s competition, including special events honoring iconic filmmakers John Sayles (Limbo) and Tommy Chong (Up in Smoke). The five-day festival screens independent features and shorts in the gorgeous eastern Sierra settings of Mammoth Lakes, from May 24 until May 28, 2017, Memorial Day weekend. Mammoth Lakes Film Festival 2017 ...
Radio Dreams (starring Mohsen Namjoo) exhibits the bizarre experience of immigrants pursuing dreams in their new country, the United Sates, blending dashes of honesty, art, and socio-political topicality served up in an ingenious, offbeat transmission. Watch the trailer for the film below. Radio Dreams dives into the strange and very real world of PARS-FM – a Persian radio station (broadcasting in Farsi) and ...
From Canadian filmmaker and actor, Jared Bratt who we reported on, comes the new, official trailer for Streamer, a stylish, micro-budget psychological drama / horror feature film seen so far by a limited number of North American (Canadian) audience members. Soon, it will be seen by many more people. Bratt, along with actress Tanya Lee ...
This week, Thunderbird Entertainment released a first look at the trailer for Chasing Evel: The Robbie Knievel Story in ahead of its premiere at the Nashville Film Festival. The film was just nominated for Best Feature Documentary at Edmonton's NorthWestFest, where it will have its Canadian premiere on May 12th. The documentary is based on the life and career of ...
The red carpet premiere of The Promise movie took place on April 12, 2017, at the Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California. Stars of the film Christian Bale, Angela Sarafyan, Shohereh Aghdashloo, along with writer and director Terry George, attended the star-studded premiere which brought out superstar guests like Kim Kardashian West, Kourtney Kardashian, ...
The film we like to bring to your attention this week is a history-based drama, titled Frantz, by François Ozon (Under the Sand, 8 Women, Swimming Pool). Set in Germany and France in the immediate aftermath of the First World War, (1914-1918), Frantz takes place in the tense and sad recovery phase after both sides lost loved ...
Below Her Mouth movie is a first in a new category of ratings introduced by IMDb (Internet Movie Database), the world’s largest movie website. IMDB has adopted a new 'F-rating' to highlight films that are directed by women, written by women, and/or pass the Bechdel test. So, what is this test and what does it ...
On February 26, Oscar Night, Sir Elton John and husband David Furnish (The Elton John AIDS Foundation) will host a special screening of Terry George’s new film The Promise. The history-based film focuses on a love triangle set against the backdrop of the Armenian Genocide in Turkey at the beginning of WWI. The Promise stars ...
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