Fests and events, 10/11.

Also in the LA Weekly, Luke Y Thompson: "In its sixth year, Screamfest continues to make itself a must for any LA-area horror fan, with a mixture of hot new releases (30 Days of Night three days early, George Romero's new Diary of the Dead), big-screen showings of anticipated DVD titles (the extended cut of Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, Joel Silver's House on Haunted Hill 2), special events (Friday the 13th Part 3 in the original 3-D!) and some of the best new upstart fright flicks out there."

Susan King rounds up local goings on in the Los Angeles Times.

Similarly, the Oregonian's Shawn Levy, only, you know, for Oregon.

"No wonder Hollywood wants to assimilate [Michael] Haneke - who is the subject of a comprehensive retrospective at the Harvard Film Archive and the Museum of Fine Arts - and, if possible, corrupt him," writes Peter Keough in the Boston Phoenix. "To this end, perhaps, he's been enlisted to remake his relentlessly assaultive Funny Games (1997; MFA: October 20 at noon). The 2007 English-language version will receive its local premiere at the HFA (October 19 at 7:30 pm), with Haneke on hand to answer questions. Although this new film features Hollywood stars Naomi Watts, Tim Roth and Michael Pitt, Haneke insisted on a shot-by-shot duplication of the original, à la Gus Van Sant's 1998 Psycho. So maybe it's he who's corrupting Hollywood."

At Facets Features, Phil Morehart files a first report from the Chicago International Film Festival (through October 17).

"With the help of author Ty Burr, the Belcourt has put together a movie series to get parents and kids in the same room, on the same page, watching the same thing." The Nashville Scene's Jim Ridley previews the Belcourt's series of family weekend classics.

The Morelia International Film Festival opened the other night with a screening of The Orphanage and a visit from Mexican President Felipe Calderón. IndieWIRE's Eugene Hernandez reports.

Posted by dwhudson at October 11, 2007 2:49 PM