Nashville Film Festival Established 1969

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I was able to catch Lauren Greenfield's latest doc at Sundance (and tried to get it for the festival - indeed, it was originally confirmed, but later rescinded). It's a great piece of schadenfreude. What made the film work for me is that despite the Siegels' complete detachment from reality, you actually feel something for them from time to time (thus there is a slight hint of guilt in watching their empire crumble - but not too much).

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Academy Award-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch has passed away at age 68. Hamlisch has certainly left his impression on the world of film music. He won Oscars for his work on The Way We Were and The Sting. On Broadway, he created A Chorus Line. And ...

Discovered a great site called Short of the Week, and I discovered because their highlighted short of the week is The Armoire, which won Best Narrative Short at the 2010 Nashville Film Festival. Director Jamie Travis (who came back as a juror for the 2011 NaFF), has ...

The Toronto International Film Festival announced even more titles this week, including the Midnight Madness and Vanguard films, which usually contain some of the best genre cinema to be found. That fancy little picture above is for a Norwegian film called Thale, about two forensics clean-up specialists who find a siren in the basement of a house where they are called to clean ...