Other fests, other events.

Slant rolls out a special feature on the New Directors / New Films series (March 22 through April 2 in NYC).

Chuck Tryon, whose chutry experiment has just turned three - congrats! - is sending in dispatches from the DC Independent Film Festival.

Stephen Holden in the New York Times on Rendez-Vous With French Cinema (through March 19): "If none of the other films this year touch the depths of Heading South, there is much to enjoy in the series, which tilts more toward the lighter side than usual. Some of these meringues are so airy you can barely taste them."

"When Krzysztof Kieslowski died on March 13, 1996, it was as though a certain kind of cinema had come to an end along with him," writes Richard Williams in the Guardian. The Kieslowski season runs at the National Film Theatre in London through March 28.

In the Los Angeles Times: Susan King on Return to New Hollywood (March 15 through 25).

Michael Guillen previews offerings at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (March 16 through 26): Only the Brave and No Sleep Til Shanghai.

Peter Chan's Perhaps Love will open the San Francisco International Film Festival (April 20 through May 4), where the careers of Ed Harris and Werner Herzog will receive special recognition.

Posted by dwhudson at March 11, 2006 11:55 PM