February 16, 2008

Fests and events, 2/16.

Violent Saturday "Richard Fleischer remains among the least known and least honored of major American filmmakers, in part because of the sheer volume of his output," writes Dave Kehr in the New York Times. Fleischer "still has not been given a major New York retrospective, but three of his best films will be turning up in the next couple of weeks. The annual Film Comment Selects series at Lincoln Center will include his 10 Rillington Place (1971) and scandalous Mandingo (1975) this week, while Violent Saturday, his 1955 color and CinemaScope film noir, will begin a weeklong run at Film Forum on Feb 29."

"I haven't crunched all the numbers on this, but my sense is that the SF International Asian-American Film Festival is currently the best in town at consistently showcasing new work by directors whose films have been programmed there before." Brian Darr explains why this is a good thing indeed. March 13 through 23.

"Night one of Noir City was a tribute to a man not credited on either movie on the bill, the blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo." A report from Vince Keenan.

For Cinematical, Scott Weinberg talks with "SXSW Master Chief Matt Dentler."

Humboldt County will be screening at SXSW, which runs March 7 through 15. For Hollywood Bitchslap, William Goss talks with directors Darren Grodsky and Danny Jacobs.

Catherine Breillat's The Last Mistress will open the 51st San Francisco International Film Festival, reports indieWIRE's Brian Brooks. April 24 through May 8.

Posted by dwhudson at February 16, 2008 3:50 PM

Comments

I also thought your readers might be interested to learn that the Nikkatsu Action retrospective has announced more dates throughout the U.S. that can be found on the official Outcast Cinema blog.

Posted by: Kimberly at February 16, 2008 4:09 PM

Oh, yes - many thanks, Kimberly!

Posted by: David Hudson at February 16, 2008 4:16 PM

That's great news, Kimberly! Nothing mentioned on the YBCA site yet, but I've already marked April 10-13 on my own calendar.

Posted by: Brian at February 17, 2008 2:27 AM