After well-received stops at Cannes, Toronto and New York, the fourth feature from I’m Gonna Explode director Gerardo Naranjo is set to represent Mexico in fine style at AFI Fest presented by Audi, starting November 3, 2011. Torn from the headlines, Miss Bala pitches beauty queen aspirant Laura into the murky world of the […]
AFI FEST
AFI FEST 2011 Film Review: ‘The Color Wheel’ (Dir. Alex Ross Perry 2011 USA)
The AFI FEST presented by Audi is fast approaching (3-10 November, 2011), and with much of the program already announced, a healthy number of interesting titles are already trailing good word of mouth from other North American and European fests. One such is Alex Ross Perry’s second feature The Color Wheel, winner of the Narrative […]
AFI FEST 2011 presented by Audi Announces Festival Slate
AFI FEST 2011 presented by Audi has announced much of the slate of programming for the festival, running November 3rd to the 10th. Free tickets are available starting October 27th, and on October 26th for AFI members and alumni. There a limited number of passes available for sale. More information about the festival can […]
AFI FEST Film Review: ‘The Weather Station’
As the camera glides up over the snow capped mountains of Russia you are at once placed in the isolated world of the inhabitants of the weather station. Three men work at this station atop a mountain; far from life, and even further from predictability as the weather changes at will. The two meteorologists, Ivanov […]
AFI FEST Film Review: Cargo
Shown during the midnight movie portion of AFI FEST, 2010, Cargo is the first ever science fiction film from Switzerland. Made over a period of eight years it has the much needed visual style to compete with the more mainstream science fiction films and enough mystery and suspense to appease the casual viewer. […]
