Film / Independent

I was searching on some websites related to independent movies and I found the movie “Red Roses and Petrol”.  They say that it opened in LA and NY and is coming out soon in Chicago where I am living.  What do you think about it??   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0357091/

HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald has interviewed first-time writer and director Adi Refaeli on her new “Crash”-like film “Empathy,” which will screen in Chicago twice this weekend. Refaeli said in the Chicago interview:

HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald wrote in his 4.0 out of 5.0 review of the new Brazilian indie “The Year My Parents Went on Vacation”:

Rachel Faith – the Hollywood-based Silver Screen Indie Queen for HollywoodChicago.com – has just published her list of the top five Irish actors just following this year’s St. Patrick’s Day. Click here to see who made the list!

HollywoodChicago.com film critic Adam Fendelman says in his 4.0 out of 5.0 review of the new Brazilian slum film “City of Men” from the producers of the Academy Award-nominated film “City of God”:

The plight of the people in the hard-hitting Brazilian film “City of Men” is akin with its plight to make you aware it even exists.

I just received the following updated information for movies opening in Chicago from Landmark Theatres. This information is current as of Feb. 25, 2008.

CENTURY CENTRE CINEMA

February 29, 2008

CHICAGO 10 / NR – 99 / Roadside

I just received the following statement from a Chicago publicist:

HIAM ABBASS, GAEL GARCÍA BERNAL, PAZ DE LA HUERTA, ALEX DESCAS, JOHN HURT, YOUKI KUDOH, BILL MURRAY, JEAN-FRANÇOIS STÉVENIN, TILDA SWINTON, LUIS TOSAR IN NEW FILM FROM WRITER/DIRECTOR JIM JARMUSCH; PRODUCTION UNDERWAY

Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, voted internationally by Film Comment as the best filmmaker of the ’90s, is making his first film in six years and outside of Iran — also a first.

“The Certified Copy” stars Juliet Binoche, says Variety.

Just in from /Film:

Just in from /Film:

The 2008 Sundance Film Festival comes to a close tomorrow, and the award winners have just been announced. Here are the major winners from this year’s festival:

Alfred P Sloan Memorial Prize: Sleep Dealer