Other fests, etc.

Movie City News has the CineVegas lineup. It'll open with Strangers With Candy on June 9 and close on the 17th with Lies and Alibis, "a drama/comedy-tinged romance from Matt Checkowski and Kurt Mattila" featuring Steve Coogan, Rebecca Romijn, James Marsden, Selma Blair, James Brolin and Sam Elliott. At Twitch, logboy's found a trailer.

The schedule for the eighth annual San Francisco Black Film Festival (June 6 through 11) is up; so, too, is Frameline's, more formally known as the SF International LGBT Film Festival (June 15 through 25) - Update: Susan Gerhard offers quick takes at SF360 - so, too, is the SF Silent Film Festival's (July 14, 15 and 16).

SFist's Rita and Wendy: "We were back at one of our favorite SF theaters, the Roxie, for the SF debut of Annabelle Gurwitch's Fired! at Docfest on Friday night. It turns out that there were so many eager sympathizers, a second show had to be added."

Update: "There's a subculture of women in Japan who go bonkers for dudes with the Ziggy Stardust look," writes SFist's MiHi Ahn. "Or at least that's what we concluded after we saw the West Coast premiere of The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief" at the Docfest.

The Reeler: "Three of New York's biggest film festivals made a flurry of newsworthy announcements Monday, with Tribeca and New York setting their respective festival dates while the lovely folks at the Hamptons announced producer Ted Hope as the recipient of their annual Industry Toast."

In the Voice, Ed Halter previews Tomorrowland: Cal Arts in Moving Pictures (Thursday through August 13).

Posted by dwhudson at May 23, 2006 2:07 PM