New Orleans Film Society

Louisiana Film Wins Big at Sundance--NOFS's On-the-Ground Account

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:51:00 -0600

NOFS executive director Jolene Pinder was on the ground in Park City for the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, where Louisiana film Beasts of the Southern Wild was the talk of the town, taking home three major awards (including the Grand Jury Prize) and getting bought by Fox Searchlight. The following… read more.

Youth Film Contest Launches: "Drop by Drop: Water Stories"

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:34:00 -0500

The Social Change Film Festival & Institute announces the launch of “Drop by Drop: Water Stories,” a 60-second video contest for young filmmakers, ages 18 years old or younger, from across the globe. The contest seeks videos communicating the concerns and insights of youth on WATER, focusing specifically on environmental,… read more.

Men in Black 3D Fundraiser

Thu, 24 May 2012 19:00:00 -0500

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation in partnership with Real D and AMC Theatres present an exclusive sneak-preview screening of MEN IN BLACK 3 – in 3D, starring WILL SMITH and TOMMY LEE JONES Thursday, May 24, at 7:00 p.m. at AMC Elmwood Palace 20 (1200 Elmwood Park Blvd.,… read more.

CANNES REVIEW: Jacques Audiard Gets Sentimental With Bittersweet Marion Cotillard Vehicle 'Rust and Bone'

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:27:39 -0500

French director Jacques Audiard tends to explore the conflicts of grave, conflicted men stuck between an instinctual need to overcome basic obstacles and assume greater responsibilities for the world around them. A mere glance at the one-sheets from Audiard's filmography reveals a collection of scowling male faces. The filmmaker achieved… read more.

Out This Week: 13 Reviews of New Indie Releases

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:05:47 -0500

Capsule Options is a new weekly column intended to provide reviews of nearly every new indie release. REVIEWS THIS WEEK “American Animal” “Beyond the Black Rainbow” “The Color Wheel” “Elena” “Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story” “Hysteria” “Lovely Molly” “Mansome” “Never Stand Still” “One Hundred Years of Evil” “Poliss” “The… read more.

CANNES Q&A: 'The We & the I' Director Michel Gondry On Improvised Performances and How He Came to Appreciate Cannes

Thu, 17 May 2012 02:55:22 -0500

Michel Gondry isn't known for taking on obvious, familiar material. But even by those standards, his latest movie, “The We & the I,” sounds like something entirely different: a freely improvised story about a group of public school students shot over the course of one day on a school bus.… read more.

CANNES: Atom Egoyan's West Memphis Three Drama 'Devil's Knot' Gets Financed, via Worldview Entertainment

Thu, 17 May 2012 02:51:08 -0500

Atom Egoyan's West Memphis Three project “Devil’s Knot” will be financed and produced by Worldview Entertainment. Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth star in the film, which begins shooting next month in Georgia. Elizabeth Fowler, Clark Peterson, Richard Saperstein and Worldview CEO Christopher Woodrow are producing. Worldview’s Molly Conners, Sarah Johnson… read more.

CANNES REVIEW: 'After the Battle' Brings an Activist Romance to Tahrir Square

Thu, 17 May 2012 02:01:12 -0500

Now that a number of documentaries have dealt with the 2011 Egyptian uprising at Cairo's Tahrir Square — most prominently, the scrappy “1/2 Revolution” and broadly focused “Tahrir” — it comes as no surprise that the events have been applied to a fictional scenario, and by no less than a… read more.

Fisher Stevens to Direct Adaptation of Philip Roth's 'American Pastoral'

Thu, 17 May 2012 01:59:02 -0500

Philip Roth’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1997 novel “American Pastoral” will be turned into a film by screenwriter John Romano (“The Lincoln Lawyer”) and director Fisher Stevens. Lakeshore Entertainment, which produced adaptations of Roth’s “The Human Stain” and “The Dying Animal,” is producing the project with Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, with filming set… read more.