Fests and events, 10/24.

"Tomorrow, Malaysian filmmaker Yasmin Ahmad leaves for the Tokyo International Film Festival [through October 29], where a retrospective of her work is being presented, as well as the world premier of her new film, Mukhsin." The Visitor interviews her at Twitch.

For Time Out, Ben Walters talks with Kenneth Anger, who's seeing four of his films being screened at the London Film Festival.

Kira-Anne Pelican, blogging for the Times from the fest: "Whilst The Namesake doesn't have the same individuality and flair that [Mira] Nair showed in Salaam Bombay and Monsoon Wedding, it's an enjoyable watch all the same."

Tom Huddleston from the fest for Not Coming to a Theater Near You: "For Your Consideration makes one important alteration to the [Christopher] Guest formula - instead of the usual fake documentary this is a straight comic fiction (albeit with occasional to-camera interviews, for old time's sake). But in every other aspect, absolutely everything, this is business as usual."

Focusing on The Fall, Kathy Fennessy previews the Northwest Film Forum's Peter Whitehead retrospective (November 3 through 12).

The 40th Hof International Film Festival opens tonight with Marcus H Rosenmüller's Schwere Jungs.

Tiffany Shlain's The Tribe will be screening this weekend at Stanford as part of United Nations Association Film Festival; Michael Guillén previews the "entertaining, satisfying and - frequently - laugh out loud funny" short.

For the Independent, Ben Walsh previews the UK Jewish Film Festival, starting its trek across London next month before touring the UK early next year.

Among the things Grady Hendrix learned at the Asian Film Market in Busan: "Horror sells" and "Cluelessness is pandemic."

R Emmett Sweeney for IFC News on Guy Maddin's The Brand Upon the Brain!: "Like Alain Resnais's superb [New York Film Festival] entry Private Fears in Public Places, which is diametrically opposite stylistically, it is an adult story about loneliness that leaves its characters adrift in the final scene, enclosed in Spartan spaces filled only with regret. Resnais opted out of the cannibalism scene, though."

Michael Buening wraps NYFF coverage at PopMatters.

At Bad Lit, Mike has the winners of the Coney Island Film Festival.

The Byron Bay Film Festival issues a call for entries.

Posted by dwhudson at October 24, 2006 9:00 AM