Other fests, other events, 1/17.

"Springtime is coming early for Mel Brooks at the American Cinematheque," writes Susan King in the Los Angeles Times. "On Wednesday, the director will be at Santa Monica's Aero Theatre to launch a retrospective of his movies, beginning with perhaps his best-loved film, 1968's The Producers, and the rarely seen 1970 comedy The Twelve Chairs."

"A new season begins this week at Cinematheque Ontario." Girish picks out the highlights.

"Austin's already dangerously overengorged film-fest circuit is at long last playing host to Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors, a Cronenbergian electrified-clay-wall-to-electrified-clay-wall of horror-show hysterics, with everyone from semireviled director Uwe Boll (fresh off his surprisingly untraumatic appearance at last year's Fantastic Fest) to Donnie Dunagan, the one-and-only, once-upon-a-time Son of Frankenstein slated to appear, speak, mingle, and, as likely as not, get entertainingly smashed at some point." Marc Savlov in the Chronicle.

"Music is a healing art, many argue, and this weekend the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival will present a trio of documentaries that make that claim from a variety of standpoints." Shaun Brady in the Philadelphia City Paper on Knowledge Is the Beginning, Two Hands and Beethoven's Hair.

For Vue Weekly, Brian Gibson previews Women Photographers on Film, running at Edmonton's Metro Cinema from tomorrow through Monday.

In the Independent Weekly, Zack Smith offers an overview of Saturday's Riverkeeper Film Festival.

Posted by dwhudson at January 17, 2008 3:49 PM