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Willing ‘Willatuk’ into Existence

Shooting the scene with the large snake on my shoulders was a little challenging. The 13-foot boa constrictor kept wrapping itself around the free-sta...

Smile ’Til It Hurts: The Up with People Story

This was a choir of peppy conservative activists who traveled the world and met with presidents, kings and popes. Intrigued by her husband’s mysteriou...

Sundance Institute Cinereach Grantees Named

Sundance Institute and Cinereach announced the 2010 projects awarded grants as part of The Cinereach Project at Sundance Institute. The three-year,...

Redford, Winterbottom Films Among Toronto Premieres

Fifteen galas and 35 special presentations, including 25 world premieres, make up the 35th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. At a p...

Embracing the Square — Thoughts on Ultra-Low-Budget Filmmaking

I made “The New Year” for just under $8,000. A lot of people have asked me how it was possible to make a feature film for such a low number. Well, a l...

Tarantino to Head Venice Jury

American Quentin Tarantino will preside over the International Jury for the Competition at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.

 Features

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Willing ‘Willatuk’ into Existence

Shooting the scene with the large snake on my shoulders was a little challenging. The 13-foot boa constrictor kept wrapping itself around the free-sta...

Embracing the Square — Thoughts on Ultra-Low-Budget Filmmaking

I made “The New Year” for just under $8,000. A lot of people have asked me how it was possible to make a feature film for such a low number. Well, a l...

Completing ‘Countdown to Zero’

“Nuclear terrorism in New York City is a matter of when, not if…” was a pretty unforgettable headline. It was 2002 … and the cover story of the New Y...

Getting to the Epicenter of Violence: ‘Enemies of the People’

Something terrible happened in Cambodia about 30 years ago. But exactly what that was has been lost. The “Killing Fields” movie and the survivor liter...

‘Love’ Story

Tyler Maddox-Simms returns from a several-year hiatus to write and direct “Love Chronicles: Secrets Revealed.”   “Love Chronicles,” the romanti...

Inspired to Help: 'Out in the Silence'

As a result of one small act, we became witness to a fierce debate over civil and human rights in small-town America. Neither of us went to film schoo...

 Photos

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PHOTO GALLERY: Los Angeles Film Festival 2010 - "Animal Kingdom"

Ewan McGregor, Jacki Weaver, James Frecheville, David Michôd, Sullivan Stapleton and Andy McPhee at the red carpet screening of "Animal Kingdom."

PHOTO GALLERY: Los Angeles Film Festival 2010 - "Bitter Feast"

Joe Maggio, Peter Phok, Larry Fessenden, Brent Kunkle, Ti West, Amy Seimetz and Seth Anderson at the red carpet screening and Q&A of "Bitte...

PHOTO GALLERY: Los Angeles Film Festival 2010 - "Cyrus"

Marisa Tomei, John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Catherine Keener, Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, Katie Aselton, Matt Walsh, Marisol Nichols, Jesse Williams an...

Salt
Jolie is a rogue spy in this high-action but disappointing thriller
'Life During Wartime'
Solondz’s entertaining exploration of conflict and human nature
'Mugabe and the White African'
Inside view of Zimbabwe, where land deeds are cancelled and chaos reigns
'Countdown to Zero'
The Cold War is over — but the world’s nuclear danger is no less imminent
Watch & Learn: Salt and Pilgrim
Vital, innovative 'Salt,' 'Pilgrim' help give boost to summer movie season
'Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel'
Berman’s Hef counterculture hero, master of reinvention, misunderstood activist
 
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Interviewer: Elliot V. Kotek
Videography: F.J. Productions

Movie: Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
Director: Brigitte Berman

Director-producer-editor Brigitte Berman of the documentary "Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel" talks to Moving Pictures magazine about what she has most in common with Hugh Hefner, their shared love of jazz, and the Playboy Mansion.
 
All three video interview segments with Brigitte Berman
 
Review of "Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel"

 Reviews

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Smile ’Til It Hurts: The Up with People Story

This was a choir of peppy conservative activists who traveled the world and met with presidents, kings and popes. Intrigued by her husband’s mysteriou...

The Dry Land

Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominee “The Dry Land” demonstrates what happens to some soldiers when they return home. After serving his tour in Iraq, Ja...

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

Straight out of Hollywood’s assembly line comes this latest, typically assaultive attempt at kiddie entertainment. With its title’s sanitized referenc...

Enemies of the People (documentary)

Why did the Khmer Rouge kill so many of their own (almost two million people were slaughtered in the Killing Fields)? Why did they turn on their fello...

Valhalla Rising

For an ugly, brutish, überviolent Viking epic set in 1000 A.D. Scotland, Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Valhalla Rising” is gorgeous. Each frame is a hauntin...

Ramona and Beezus

Beverly Cleary’s beloved pest Ramona Quimby and her sensible big sister Beezus get the big-screen treatment in this family romp. The film pays homage ...

Salt

Fear of the Soviet Union spawned a cottage industry during the Red Scare 1950s that only ended with the 1991 collapse of the USSR. Among the themes th...

The Concert

“The Concert” conveys the passion of the romantics by focusing not on the composers themselves but on the performers of their scores. Although best de...

Farewell (L’affaire Farewell)

In 1981, a KGB operative named Grigoriev decided to sabotage the Soviet Union’s espionage cover. His hope was to end the Communist regime and bring ...

 News & Views

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Redford, Winterbottom Films Among Toronto Premieres

Fifteen galas and 35 special presentations, including 25 world premieres, make up the 35th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. At a p...

Tarantino to Head Venice Jury

American Quentin Tarantino will preside over the International Jury for the Competition at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.

Taymor's 'Tempest' to Close Venice

Julie Taymor’s “The Tempest” will world premiere as the closing night film (Out of Competition) for the 67th Venice International Film Festival. Ta...

Culture Secretary Calls for Abolishment of U.K. Film Council

U.K. Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt on Monday proposed the abolishment of the U.K. Film Council, the government-supported film funding arm. It was one ...

Watch & Learn: ‘Salt’ and ‘Pilgrim,’ Just What the Blockbuster Ordered

I have seen the answer to summer blockbuster woes, and it lies in the collective wisdom of Scott Pilgrim and Evelyn Salt. Not the characters, mind you...

Del Toro Enters Mansion; Whedon Confirms 'Avengers'

Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro told fans at Comic-Con he is developing a film based on the classic Disney theme park attraction The Haunted Mansion. ...

 Videos

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Ryan O’Nan, America Ferrera and Wilmer Valderrama — ‘The Dry Land’

Ryan O’Nan, America Ferrera and Wilmer Valderrama share the experience of being emotionally invested in a U.S. soldier’s return home in “The Dry Land....

'The Loved Ones' Trailer

Sean Byrne's "The Loved Ones" centers itself around high-schooler Brent Mitchell (Xavier Samuel), who, riddled with guilt by his father's death after ...

'Jack Goes Boating' Trailer

"Jack Goes Boating" is a tale of love, betrayal, friendship and grace centered around two working-class New York City couples. The film stars Joh...

 

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  1. Re: Mugabe and the White African (documentary)

    This is an excellent review. The issues raised are complex and fascinating.

    --morbid

  2. Re: Mugabe and the White African (documentary)

    I doubt very much if your readers would still sympathise with Mike Campbell and his son-in-law Ben F...

    --Christian Allard

  3. Re: SF Silent Film Fest Confidential

    Excellent report on an apparently excellent experience. Your enthusiasm for the art of the silent fi...

    --THE FUTURIST!

  4. Re: SF Silent Film Fest Confidential

    Great summing-up! Just one minor correction, though; I believe it was Matti Bye personally who wrote...

    --Mark_in_Oakland

  5. Re: Art Imitates Love: ‘Elena Undone’ an Homage to My Soul Mate

    I am such a huge fan of Nicole Conn's films! I can't wait to see her latest masterpiece up on the bi...

    --Lori

  6. Re: Kites

    Why did the director have to kill Barbara Morie. I was in love with Barbara 30 minutes into the movi...

    --Rohit

  7. Re: Hollywood Enters Green Zone to Become More Eco-Friendly

    Well written article, Mark. And very informative. Makes you wonder about those who talk the talk and...

    --chewbacca09

  8. Re: 'Too' Wins Two at Brussels

    Nice festival. I didn't see all the winning movies, but those I really appreciated were The Man Who ...

    --Vanessa

  9. Re: The Last Airbender

    The actual genders and races of what the elements represent are in Rodney St.Michael's book, Sync My...

    --Guanxi

  10. Re: The Last Airbender

    Thanks for weighing in, everyone. That the Avatar would reincarnate in the Water tribe was absolutel...

    --annleee