After attending this event hosted by festival director Roger Durling who created his Valentine event to Annette which truly came from the heart, I give my vote to Annette Bening for Best Actress. Many reasons moved me to this after seeing clips from her film legacy. Her passion for theatre in which presenter and Oscar winner Kevin Costner called her our Katherine Hepburn and a Woman for All Seasons and then told her to come over and give him a hug. This was part of the final moments of the trib...
By Ron Gilbert I must applaud Christopher Columbus who was commissioned by the Spanish Crown of Queen Isabella and discovered America in 1492. .Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo officially set foot in California is 1542 and for over 400 years we have had the pleasure of the influence of Spain. In the current film program of Recent Spanish Cinema XVI at the historic Egyptian Theatre Hollywood which is the home of the American Cinematheque we are again exploring the filmmaker talent from SpainWe are traveli...
A New discovery of Recent Spanish Cinema XVI in Hollywood
By Ron Gilbert
I must applaud Christopher Columbus who was commissioned by the Spanish
Crown of Queen Isabella and discovered America
in 1492. .Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo officially set foot in California
is 1542 and for over 400 years we have had the pleasure of the influence of Spain.
In the current film program of Recent Spanish Cinema XVI at the historic
Egyptian Theatre Hollywood which is the home of the American Cinematheque we...
A Gracious and
Grateful Closing Night at ARPA International Film Festival
By Ron Gilbert
On one of the warmest
evenings the closing night at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, Alex Kalognomos the festival’s artistic director introduced
the hostess
actress Raya Meddine who welcomed everyone in 6 languages The event
was
attended by many celebrities and dignitaries including
Grigor Hovhannissian, Consul General of
the Republic of Armenia
I was very tak...
The 3rd Los Angeles Irish Film Festival Opened with Music and Wit
by Ron Gilbert
I have attended this festival from the beginning and it has
grown in leaps and bounds. Last night was the best one yet. Even though we are
in the heart of Hollywood at the
Linwood Dunn Theatre, if feels like Ireland,
The beautiful and gracious festival director and founder, Lisa McLaughlin fills
the atmosphere with her smile and charms us all. .Even in these difficult times
sponsors like the Irish ...
The Last Rites of Ransom
Pride, an Authentic Western film
By Ron Gilbert
When
you enter a theater to watch a film, it should you really want it to be an
experience. So best not to read the press kit or the other film festival
reviews. because you do not want to prejudice your reactions to the film if
possible. So I went to a late night screening at the Laemmle Sunset Five
Theatres to see The Last Rites of Ransom Pride. From the opening shot of the
film I knew that this was goi...
Revealing the talent of Deon Taylor and Chain Letter, his film
By Ron Gilbert
I feel like I have been in a chain letter with Deon Taylor
which started over a
month ago with a
phone interview to his home in Sacramento
. We spoke about his beginnings in his film career and his former days as a
basketball player in Europe prior to my viewing his film
on DVD. After seeing Chain Letter, I could not fathom that this sweet and personal
guy was the director of this horror ...
I feel like I have been in a chain letter with Deon Taylor which started over a month ago with a phone interview to his home in Sacramento . We spoke about his beginnings in his film career and his former days as a basketball player in Europe prior to my viewing his film on DVD. After seeing Chain Letter, I could not fathom that this sweet and personal guy was the director of this horror film which moves Deon to the top of my list in the horror thriller genre.My daughter Lea and I went to the wo...
“Ahead of Time” a fascinating documentary on Ruth Gruber
By Ron Gilbert
Ruth Gruber was really ahead of her time.”
I am experiencing that feeling of zest which goes with exploration. I am in the
thick of an historic moment” were the first lines she dispatched from the
Soviet Artic in 1935.
I felt exactly like that as I watched it. This special documentary which
had its LA Premiere at the LA Jewish Film Festival was presented with the help
and associat...
You will meet a Tall
Dark Stranger the film fulfills that promise
By Ron Gilbert
When I heard the song,”
When you wish Upon a Star”, originally sung by Jiminy Cricket, who serves as the official conscience for Pinocchio in the classic Disney film, in the opening frames of this film
,Woody had me. That pulled in memories of
my childhood and the hopes and dreams we wish for. Woody Allen is sort of a
Jiminy Cricket as a director. He makes you laugh and cry and connects you ...
Enter
the Void a film trip you must take
By Ron Gilbert
Gasper Noe is a director who has a vision which I have never
seen, I did not need to take any drugs to watch this film but I got very high
watching it.For a moment there was a similarity to the films, Requiem for a Dream and You Can Count on Me but this film
enters a whole new realm. Peter Fonda should rush out to see it because of his
participation in the Roger Corman film “The
Trip” with the late Dennis Hopper and ...
Never Let Me Go is an Oscar Contender
By Ron Gilbert
The Oscar race for best actress
has begun; Carey Mulligan will be a contender. There are many great elements to
the film but, Carey Mulligan's (Kathy) phenomenal performance is the main focus
of the film), l After seeing her performance in this film you realize that this
actress has “IT” Keira
Knightley (Ruth) is also a big surprise showing me her depth as an actress in this film and also in director Massy Tadjed...
Martin Landau and Ellen Burstyn are in “LovelyStill” the filmby Ron Gilbert How does a young director/ writer with no feature filmcredits woo 2 Oscar winning actors to star in his film in Omahaduring a cold winter? The answer is finding a great mentor, Martin Landau.Martin has been a driving force on the NY stage followed by an award winning careerin TV and films. In addition to hisbusy work schedule he is the West Coast Artistic Director of the famed ActorsStudio along with director ...
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Falling in love with Bran Nue Daeby Ron GilbertJust to be teenager again and with music to make your hearbeat faster. From the opening scene you know that you will be in store for areal treat. Even though I was unfamiliar as to the origins of this film, I couldimmediately see why it was such a big hit as a staged musical.Bran Nue Dae has a long and influential history in Australia.Set in the summer of 1969The story was inspired by the teenage experiences of writer/musician Jimmy Chi and the memb...
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"Emmanuel Itier provokes in “The Invocation” by Ron Gilbert Emmanuel and I satdown in his suite at the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood to discuss his journey. I have known him for over 20 yearsand after seeing his film, The Invocation, I discovered what I didn’t knowabout him. So we let the fur fly on this interview and there were no holdsbarred. RGEmmanuel I just wantyou to know that since we are very close friends you can let me know aboutanything that you do not want me to pu...
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Do we give a sh*t about Vegas and its film festival? If you're Hollywood, you kind of look at it like an artifact on the artifact. A facsimile hatched together for the Sunset Boulevard
devotee/autograph-seeking/souvenir-collecting fan-based crowd.
Which is to say that in 110 F degree heat, stuck in Hooter's with a bunch of paunchy middle aged doofs looking for p-u-s-s-y, there are many other things one of the film persuasion might consider doing... laundry, for exampl...
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Ron Gilbert and I raced from the screening of "Farewell" last night, looking for the drinks. "Let's go the Elephant party!!" he was saying, and who can resist a line like that. "The elephants are all the way down the end there", he said, scanning LA live cinemas 1, 2, 3, 4 and... nothing. "Where are the elephants?" he asked the first person to step into the elevator, "and did you see the zeppelin film?".
We'd been hoping to see the premie...
A crystal clear night set in the backdrop of the Staples Center where the LA Lakers came out on top in the NBA FinalsLAFF brought out the stars both in the sky and on the red carpet on the opening night screening of “The Kids are All Right” at the Regal Cinemas. Director Lisa Cholodenko has created a comedy which deals with parenthood in this day and age which has taken on a whole new twist and both gay and heterosexual audiences will have something to smile about. Nic (Annette Bening )and J...
