Other fests, other events.

The International Film Festival of Catalonia, known to most as Sitges, has announced several titles lined up for its 40th anniversary edition, October 4 through 17. The opening film will be Juan Antonio Bayona's The Orphanage, produced by Guillermo del Toro (more on that one here), and the poster's imagery is dedicated to Blade Runner.

"'How can I hate John Wayne upholding Goldwater and yet love him tenderly when he takes Natalie Wood into his arms in the last reel of The Searchers?' So asked Jean-Luc Godard, and that for me, too, is the essence of the John Wayne problem." In the Voice, J Hoberman previews MoMA's tribute (through June 30) and other NYC goings on.

Michael Guillén talks with Alan Cumming about his Frameline 31 entry, Suffering Man's Charity. Also: A talk with Eytan Fox about The Bubble.

Frameline runs through tomorrow, and at SF360, Claire Faggioli talks with producer Andrea Sperling, recipient of this year's Frameline Award. Also: "Yerba Buena Center for the Arts over the next two weeks hosts the series Muppets, Music, and Magic, a Jim Henson career retrospective designed by The Jim Henson Legacy and Brooklyn Academy of Music to please not only Muppet-lovers but also people whose tastes stretch beyond."

Mike Everleth at Bad Lit: "First it was Austin's turn earlier in the month and now this weekend is the San Antonio Underground Film Festival."

"This weekend, the Long Now Foundation will host the North American debut of 77 Million Paintings, a new digital art installation by renowned visual artist and musician Brian Eno." Michael Calore has the story - and great pix - at Wired News.

The Badischer Kunstverein will launch its program under the new director Anja Casser on June 28 with the group exhibition Projecting Time (through August 26), featuring, in cooperation with the Kinemathek Karlsruhe, a presentation of The Halfmoon Files.

For Vue Weekly, Carolyn Nikodym previews the Edmonton Film Society's series, Noteworthy Musicals, opening Monday with The King and I and closing on August 27 with Singin' in the Rain.

"On June 12, 2007, Hollywood Industryites packed the Directors Guild of America Theater, eager to view the seven winners of UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television's Directors Spotlight competition," reports Kim Adelman for indieWIRE. "With a roster of past student winners including Alexander Payne (Sideways), Todd Holland (Malcolm in the Middle), Shane Acker (9) and Gil Kenan (Monster House), the annual screening has a reputation for being a do-not-miss event for those interested in identifying student filmmakers with big league potential."

Online viewing tip. Monocle talks with architect and author James Sanders about Celluloid Skyline, the exhibition at Grand Central Station that's just wrapped. Via Coudal Partners.

Posted by dwhudson at June 23, 2007 9:01 AM