This film looks like a winner from Tyler Perry.

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

A Portrait of The Life
a documentary film by Ricky Day

It's official I am in pre-production on my first feature film as well as a short film. The feature film is a documentary film called A Portrait of The Life. The film interweaves personal accounts, performance art and verite footage into an uplifting behind-the-scenes story about being
African-American and LGBTQ in America and how this community of diverse individuals uses the power of friendship, family and "fabulosity" to overcome self-hate, homophobia and religious based discrimination and achieve personal happiness living "the life."

The fund raising push for the film project has officially begun. In addition to the traditional fund raising sources like grants I am counting on the support of readers like yourself to help make this project a reality through personal donations,word of mouth and fund raising events.

Check out the official project website A Portrait of The Life

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Earlier today I had the pleasure of watching a compelling film about one of my artistic heros, the late Jean-Michel Basquiat. I will my thoughts about his life and what he endured to myself, but the film does a wonderful job of placing the audience in the downtown music and art scene of the early 80's, detailing Basquiat's friendship with Andy Warhol (another of my fallen artistic heros) and most importantly providing some insight into the forces that fed Jean-Michel's brilliance and potentially led to his downfall as well.

It's a very good film and features 20 minute interview with Jean-Michel as it's centerpiece. I highly recommend this film to art students, wanna be art stars and fans of Jean-Michel Basquiat as an artist and documentary filmmaking as an art form.

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(Burn. 2002. USA. Directed by Reynold Reynolds, Patrick Jolley)

MOMA Film Screenings
Creative Capital
April 30–June 6, 2010

Political, subversive, wickedly funny, wildly imaginative—this doesn’t even begin to describe the films and videos that Creative Capital has supported and nurtured over the past eleven years. Since 1999, the New York–based national nonprofit has committed more than $20 million in financial and advisory support to more than four hundred artists in a variety of disciplines. Recognizing the extraordinary contribution that Creative Capital has made to sustaining art of the highest quality in the United States, and in keeping with its spirit of risk-taking experimentation, MoMA presents a selection of some of the most original, impassioned, and rebellious films and videos that Creative Capital has funded until now, along with premieres of new works including Eve Sussman and the Rufus Corporation’s whiteonwhite:randomthriller [alphaversion] (2010), Peter Sillen’s I Am Secretly an Important Man (2010), Erin Cosgrove’s Happy Am I (2010), and Glenda Wharton’s The Zo (2010). The exhibition features fictional narratives and documentaries, animated and experimental shorts, and live moving-image performances. It opens on April 30 with an exclusive, one-night-only presentation of Braden King’s HERE [ THE STORY SLEEPS ] (2010), a hybrid film-concert starring Ben Foster and Lubna Azabal, with a live score by Michael Krassner and the Boxhead Ensemble.

Other artists represented include Natalia Almada, Craig Baldwin, Roddy Bogawa, Bill Brown, Jem Cohen, Sandi DuBowski, James Duesing, Kevin Jerome Everson, Jeanne C. Finley, Vicky Funari and Sergio de la Torre, Jackie Goss, Joe Gibbons, Brent Green, Sam Green and Bill Siegel, Lewis Klahr, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, Kalup Linzy, Sharon Lockhart, Bill Morrison, Christopher Munch, Spencer Nakasako, Suzan Pitt, Laura Poitras, Reynold Reynolds and Patrick Jolley, Alex Rivera, Jeff Scher, Phil Solomon, Ela Troyano, Naomi Uman, David Wilson, The Yes Men, and Caveh Zahedi.
Organized by Joshua Siegel, Associate Curator, with Rajendra Roy, The Celeste Bartos Chief Curator, Department of Film. Special thanks to Ruby Lerner, Sean Elwood, Kemi Ilesanmi, Edith Bolton, Paul Sepuya, and Esther Robinson.

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The title of this book and movie seems completely compatible with who I am as a person and how I live. Though I didn't read the book I am very interested in the film. It looks like it will be entertaining, uplifting and soul freeing. All good things in my eyes. Check out the trailer for the new Julia Roberts film "Eat, Pray, Love.:

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Alice in Wonderland

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Unless you're hiding under a rock you know that Michael Jackson's This is It hit theaters last night.

This is It is far from the best documentary or concert movie of all time, but it is special and worth seeing. If you are a performer or artist of any kind and you want to see a group of people dedicated to being the best they can be...see THIS IS IT. If you want to get a sense of the hard work involved in making dreams come true...see THIS IS IT. If you're under 30 and think everything should be handed to you without any effort on your part...see THIS IS IT!

The movie wasn't the emotional roller-coaster you'd expect because the films producers purposely kept the focus of the film on the process of Michael preparing for the concerts that never were and did not even refer to Michael's untimely death.

If you're looking for insight into his final days or how the cast and crew of his stage responded to his death you wont see it here. The movie is a concert film and tribute plain and simple and to this end it works well.

The movie DID show the greatest entertainer of all time working hard to show the world why he was the greatest. The movie DID show the sense of family between him, his dancers, crew and band. The movie DID show a man in control of how is art was to be presented to the world. The movie DID inspire me to continue on my personal quest to use my art and music bring more love into the world and leave it a better place when it's my time to go.

Michael lived his promise, now it's time for each of us to live ours. No more tomorrows, next weeks and maybe's. For me it's today and right now. For me...THIS IS IT!

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This is a new clip from the upcoming film This is It.

Check it out.

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To call me a fashionista would be wrong. I know style and I possess it, but I also keep it in it's place because quite frankly I've had far more important things to be concerned with over the past 36 months of my life. However, I do like to look, smell and feel good and respect those whose careers exist to make me (and others) with these goals.

This weekend I finally took a lil time off and saw a movie for the first time in months. The irony is that the last two movies I made time to see were both documentaries about fashion industry icons. Valentino: The Last Emperor was the previous film I saw and this weekend I checked out The September Issue.

The film is a revealing look at Vogue Magazine's iconic Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour and the process that she and her team go through to produce the most important issue of the year "the September issue." For those of you who don't know or care much about fashion, the fall fashion issues of major magazines share trends from the upcoming season and essentially tell women (and men) what they should be wearing for the rest of the Fall/Winter season. For advertisers it's even more MAJOR because they know that anyone who cares about fashion will be reading these issues and advertisers from design houses to retailers spend huge sums of money producing ad campaigns and buying space in fashion rags to target fashionistas everywhere.

The film captures what appears to be the essence of Ms. Wintour and does a wonderful job at showing why she is at once feared, respected and oft hated. Anna Wintour and Creative Director Grace Coddington play off of each other like Magic Johnson and Larry Bird in the NBA finals. Grace Coddington is quite literally the best stylist on the planet and the kind of person I tend to appreciate. She is classy, creative, passionate, professional, kind, generous and longs for a kinder, gentler and more gentile age when models wore the clothes and people treated each other with more respect and kindness. Ms. Wintour on the other hand is all business. She is focused on task, has no room for nostalgia, no time for treading lightly on people's feelings and essentially there to do her job, which she does better than anyone in the business. There's something pathetic about watching grown men and women cower at her feet, but after her watching her do what she does so well you start to understand her methods and mission. Anna Wintour is simply the best in the business and if she gives something the stamp of approval then it's likely to end up very successful very quickly (reference Oprah Winfrey). I'll never understand why humans give one person such power, but it's something we tend to do and kudos to those who learn how to wield it with grace.

She and Grace Coddington spar throughout the film and I admire Grace (as does Ms. Wintour) for standing up for what she believes in and defending her own vision and incredible work. Though they don't see eye to eye Anna Wintour and Grace Coddington are there for each other when it counts the most. When the issue needs to close and there's a shoot that needs to be done overnight Grace creates magic from scraps and well...see the movie and see what happens for yourself.

The September Issue works on so many levels. The film educates, entertains and shows us a world that few and have entered. It manages to humanize the most iconic figure in fashion and show another side without destroying her mystique. It may even achieve the most unlikely goal of all; it may succeed in generating some respect for a 300 billion dollar industry, Vogue Magazine and it's editor with her daughter an aspiring lawyer who wants NOTHING to do with the family business.

This film is a must see for all fashionistas and recommended for anyone who enjoys an engaging portrait of a very human icon.

Note to my fashion industry friends who want to imitate Anna - Her thing works for her because she KNOWS WHAT SHE IS DOING, paid her dues and people respect her accordingly. (Anything less just makes you another b*tch with a bad attitude). For stylists, I suggest Grace Coddington as a far better role model for you.

Make sure you Pop everyday.

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This looks wild! Check it out.

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Voza Rivers/New Heritage Theatre Group in association with Community Works, the Museum of the City of New York, and The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce presents

8th Annual Harlemwood Film Festival

When: Thursday, June 25, 2009
Where: The Museum of the City of New York

The Harlemwood Film Festival has become a popular showcase for gifted filmmakers of color who are inspired by the culture and creative energy of Harlem. The Festival features filmmakers from Columbia University's Graduate Film Program and filmmakers from the international community who live and work in Harlem. The Harlemwood Film Festival is a mosaic of nationalities, talent and interests reflecting the diversity of this mythic community of Harlem.

Doors open at 6:30 for the 7:00 PM screening at the Museum located at 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street in New York City. Admission is complimentary.
Please RSVP to Darryl T. Downing 212 926-2550 - EXT. 21.

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The West: Myth, Character, and Reinvention by Andy Warhol
May 6–June 26

In June 1963 Andy Warhol acquired his first silent 16mm Bolex movie camera. Three months later, the artist and a few friends embarked on a road trip from New York to Los Angeles to attend the opening of The Ferus Gallery's exhibition devoted to his silk-screened Elvis canvases. For his first trip to California, Warhol brought along the Bolex and documented the exhibition in what he called a “home movie,” Elvis at Ferus (1963). He also shot footage for Tarzan and Jane Regained…Sort Of (1963), a feature-length avant-garde adventure that follows Taylor Mead as Tarzan through Hollywood. Immersed in the fan culture of popular cinema, pulp novels, and gossip magazines, Warhol conflated the tawdry images and iconography of Hollywood into his experimental films, using parodies of celebrities, the exaggeration of their tragic public moments, and riotously altered archetypes of the commercial film industry.

Best known for his migration from Pittsburgh to New York and his metamorphosis from Andrew Warhola to the bewigged pop artist known as Andy Warhol, he was a phenomenon unquestionably rooted in the East Coast. However, this reinvention of self—and the myth of New York as a geographic symbol of limitless personal and professional potential—draws upon parallel mythologies that previously led audacious individuals to the exploration and settlement of the West in the mid-nineteenth century. The West—particularly Hollywood—as both a dynamic concept of fantasy and reality and a dramatic geographic location provided Warhol with aesthetic inspiration for such films as Horse (1965), an outrageous departure from the traditional Western, and Lupe (1966), which used the heartbreaking biography of Mexican actress Lupe Velez as a campy tribute to Hollywood.

The West: Myth, Character, and Reinvention by Andy Warhol provides an unexpected context for the reconsideration of a selection of Warhol’s films that were inspired by and shot in California and Arizona. The films for this exhibition are all directed by Andy Warhol, from the U.S., and drawn from The Museum of Modern Art’s collection.
Organized by Anne Morra, Assistant Curator, Department of Film.

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This is what THEY'RE SAYING...

“Seems at first like pure escapist fun… But the film’s potent, bittersweet undertow makes it one for the ages. It reveals one of the past century’s most elegantly lived lives – and a world that is slipping away even as the camera roll.”
– David Colman, The New York Times Style Magazine

“The luxe, rara avis world of the Italian couturier and fashion designer… fused with wit and self-deprecating humor. With great style and editing, the film captures the deep-seated relationship of two men, one a business genius and one a dressmaker who swept through the sixties on the hems of his delicate, feminine suits and fine evening dresses, favorites of Jackie O and Elizabeth Taylor. (Tyrnauer) took a difficult subject – a fashion brand and its founders – and told the story of how fashion as art has to bend to the winds of commerce and modernity.”
– André Leon Talley, Vogue

“Amazing…you will love this…we see [Valentino] and [partner] Giancarlo lovingly bicker over dresses, fashion-show sets, and even which café they first met at. And as if they're not adorable and hilarious enough, there are the clothes! Glorious, glorious dress after dress coming to life before your very eyes!”
– Amy Odell, New York magazine online

This is what I'm saying...

Incredible...The film takes us into a world that is quickly slipping away. A world where class, style and personality meet love, passion and a talent for the ages. Oh screw all that movie critic speak...the movie was great because it introduced me to a man who I never knew and showed a love I didn't think was possible and reminded me that class and style are timeless, yet quickly becoming a thing of the past. I will do my best to be one of those people that resists the incessant move to a pedestrian oriented world. Even in a greed induced recession isn't bad to want nice things or to carry ones self with style and decency, it's about the balance between the spirit and material world and how to maintain some sense of humility, compassion and balance.

Shown around the world in film festivals to wide acclaim, VALENTINO THE LAST EMPEROR is a feature film that has captured the hearts and imaginations of audiences. It is a behind-the-scenes look at the world of fashion, featuring access never-before allowed in the high temples of Haute Couture. The legendary Valentino is the star of the film, along with his longtime business partner, Giancarlo Giammetti. VALENTINO THE LAST EMPEROR follows them for the final two years of their careers, and show the struggles the two men face as they confront the final act of a nearly 50-year career at the top of the world's most glamorous and competitive game. The struggle of art against commerce is at the center of the film. In the end, however, the story proves to be not one about money or expensive clothes, but about love.

Synopsis:

VALENTINO THE LAST EMPEROR is a feature-length film on the legendary designer Valentino Garavani in the wake of his exit in 2008 from the company he founded in Rome more than 45 years ago. Produced and directed by Matt Tyrnauer, Special Correspondent for Vanity Fair magazine, the film is an intimate, engaging and very funny fly-on-the-wall exploration of the singular world of one of Italy's richest and most famous men. The film documents the colorful and dramatic closing act of Valentino’s celebrated career, tells the story of his extraordinary life and work, and also explores the larger themes affecting the fashion business today. But at the heart of the film is the unique relationship between Valentino and his business partner and companion of 50 years, Giancarlo Giammetti.

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NEW YORK CITY

HELD OVER! Continuing a record-setting engagement at Film Forum.
Q&A w/ director Tyrnauer: 4/7 @8:10pm,
Q&A w/ Tyrnauer and Vogue editor-at-large André Leon Talley 4/8 @8:10pm
Info and tickets at www.filmforum.org
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SELECTED CITIES NATIONWIDE

CHICAGO - Now playing at the Landmark Century Center
Info and tickets at www.landmarktheaters.com

SAN FRANCISCO - Now playing at the Embarcadero Center
Info and tickets at www.landmarktheaters.com

LOS ANGELES - Now playing at the Laemmle Sunset 5
Q&As w/ director Tyrnauer: 4/5 and 4/6 @1:45pm and @7:10pm
Info and tickets at www.laemmle.com

BERKELEY - Starting APRIL 10 at the Landmark Shattuck
Info and tickets at www.landmarktheaters.com

SAN RAFAEL - Starting APRIL 10 at the Smith Rafael Film Center
Info and tickets at www.cafilm.org

SEATTLE - Starting APRIL 17 at the Landmark Seven Gables
Info and tickets at www.landmarktheaters.com

DENVER - Starting APRIL 17 at the Landmark Chez Artiste
Info and tickets at www.landmarktheaters.com

BOSTON - Starting APRIL 17 at the Landmark Kendall Square
Info and tickets at www.landmarktheaters.com

PHILADELPHIA - Starting APRIL 17 at the Landmark Ritz at the Bourse
Info and tickets at www.landmarktheaters.com

SAN DIEGO - Starting APRIL 17 at the Landmark Hillcrest
Info and tickets at www.landmarktheaters.com

DALLAS - Starting APRIL 17 at the Landmark Inwood
Info and tickets at www.landmarktheaters.com

MILWAUKEE - Starting APRIL 17 at the Landmark Oriental
Info and tickets at www.landmarktheaters.com

ATLANTA - Starting APRIL 24 at the Landmark Midtown
Info and tickets at www.landmarktheaters.com

MINNEAPOLIS - Starting APRIL 24 at the Landmark Uptown
Info and tickets at www.landmarktheaters.com

WASHINGTON DC - Starting MAY 1 at the Landmark Bethesda Row
Info and tickets at www.landmarktheaters.com

DETROIT - Starting MAY 1 at the Landmark Main Art
Info and tickets at www.landmarktheaters.com

NEW ORLEANS - Starting MAY 1 at the Landmark Canal Place
Info and tickets at www.landmarktheaters.com

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New Directors/New Films 2009
Through April 5

Now in its thirty-eighth year, the renowned New Directors/New Films festival, presented jointly by The Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art, introduces New York audiences to the work of emerging or not-yet-established filmmakers from around the world. All of the films in New Directors/New Films are having either U.S. or New York premieres, and many of the screenings are introduced by the filmmakers. This year the festival takes place at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center and at The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1 at MoMA.

Harmony and Me. 2009. USA. Directed by Bob Byington
MoMA Presents: The Pope's Toilet
April 8–13

It is 1988 in the impoverished town of Melo, Uruguay, and Pope John Paul II is about to pay a visit. Expecting hordes of Brazilian visitors from across the nearby border, the townspeople anticipate a material, if not spiritual, windfall. But while everyone else plans to set up stalls for food and drink, one enterprising smuggler decides that a public pay toilet is a can't-miss scheme. Enlisting the help of his neighbor and using money that his wife had set aside for their daughter's education, he sets his plan in motion—but a series of obstacles puts his marriage and friendships to the test. The Pope's Toilet is the bittersweet debut feature of Enrique Fernández, a writer born in Melo, and César Charlone, the Uruguayan cinematographer of City of God and The Constant Gardener. Special thanks to Film Movement.

The Pope's Toilet. 2007. Uruguay/Brazil/France. Directed by Enrique Fernández and César Charlone
Cinéfondation, Cannes, 2008
April 9–11

Ten years ago the Cannes International Film Festival established Cinéfondation, a nonprofit organization that promotes the work of student filmmakers. In 2008, an international jury headed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien (Taiwan) and including Olivier Assayas (France), Susanne Bier (Denmark), Marina Hands (France), and MoMA Senior Curator Laurence Kardish handed out the Cinéfondation competition awards to filmmakers from schools in Finland, France, Israel, and Korea.

Anthem. 2008. Israel. Directed by Elad Keidan
Mike Nichols
April 14–May 1

"Wit" is not only the title of one of Mike Nichols's recent films; it also succinctly identifies an often elusive trait that this director seems to possess in endless supply. His films are a true pleasure to watch, never threatening to alienate the cinema-going public. The laughs or tears in a Nichols film are always born of something tangible, with authentic actions leading to comprehensible results. He invites us to connect with our own devastating, illuminating humanity. This survey encompasses the scope of Nichols's directing career, from staggering early successes like Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Graduate; through his reemergence in the early 1980s with Silkwood; to such recent made-for-cable masterworks as Angels in America and Wit.

The Graduate. 1967. USA. Directed by Mike Nichols
MoMA Presents: ContemporAsian
April 15–20

In the monthly exhibition ContemporAsian, MoMA presents special weeklong engagements of films that otherwise get little theatrical exposure, but which engage the various styles, histories, and changes in Asian cinema. Films in the series include both recent independent gems and little-seen classics. In April, MoMA presents Lu Zhang's Desert Dream, in which a Mongolian man finds himself reluctantly hosting a pair of North Korean refugees. More than a frontier tale of the lone ranger and his lost horizons, Desert Dream is a minimalist paradox that uses epic proportions to map out the numerous borders that corral the desires and realities of self-styled nomads and settlers.

Desert Dream. 2007. Mongolia/China. Directed by Lu Zhang
The Old West: Myth, Character, and Reinvention
Through May 1

This series presents a fascinating selection of films from the collection, spanning 1894 to 1995, that represent the myth of the Old West, America's unofficial national epic. Embodying the American ideal of rugged individualism, Old West icons were (according to author Larry McMurtry) America's first superstars. The films in this exhibition demonstrate how cinematic representations of the Old West both create and adapt to our national mythology, and how cinema—specifically Hollywood, that ultimate destination in the new American West—glorifies this reinvention. This series is held in conjunction with the exhibition Into the Sunset: Photography's Image of the American West. All films are from the U.S.

Modern Mondays
Ongoing

Where is the cutting edge of the motion picture? Discover it first at MoMA. Building upon the Museum's long tradition of exploring cinematic experimentation, Modern Mondays is the new weekly showcase for innovation on screen. Engage with contemporary filmmakers and moving image artists, and rediscover landmark works that have changed the way we experience film and media. On April 6, New York–based artist and filmmaker Carter (b. 1970) introduces the U.S. premiere of his most recent film, Erased James Franco (2008), and takes part in a post-screening conversation with its star, James Franco. Recalling the intellectual gamesmanship of Robert Rauschenberg's 1953 drawing Erased de Kooning, from which it derives its title, Erased James Franco is simultaneously a study of the craft of acting and of the fracturing—and reconstitution—of narrative and identity. On April 13, Los Angeles–based artist Sterling Ruby introduces the premiere of a recent untitled video from 2009, along with other works including Agoraphobic (2001), Found Cushion Act (2005), Transient Trilogy (2005–09), and Dihedral (2006).

Sunday 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Monday 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Tuesday closed

The Museum will be open to the public on Tuesday, April 7 and Tuesday April 14, 2009 from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Thursday 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Friday 10:30 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Saturday 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Thanksgiving Day closed
Christmas Day closed

Special exhibitions, audio programs, films, and gallery talks are included in the price of admission.
Adults $20
Seniors
(65 and over with ID) $16
Students
(full-time with current ID) $12
Children
(16 and under) Free
This policy does not apply to children in groups.
Members Free

www.moma.org

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Looks like I will be changing the title of my art exhibit, film and book about The Life as it has now been used. However, it is for a great reason. I participated in the incredible scene that this film captures in South Central LA and it is surely worthy of its story being told. Check it out.

In 1989, a collective of young artists gathered at a storefront in South Central LA. Their mandate? To reject gang culture & expand the musical boundaries of hip hop.

THIS IS THE LIFE chronicles “The Good Life” emcees, the alternative music movement they developed, and their worldwide influence on the artform.
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Exclusive Los Angeles Theatrical Engagement!
March 11 - 18, 2009
Downtown Independent
251 S. Main Street, LA
Presented by Forward Movement Films

To coincide with DVD DEBUT on March 10, 2009

http://www.goodlifelove.com
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Winner! Best Documentary Audience Award
Pan-African Film Festival 2008 (Los Angeles)

Winner! Audience Award, Documentary
ReelWorld Film Festival 2008 (Toronto)

Winner! Audience Award, First Place
Langston Hughes African-American Film Festival 2008 (Seattle)

Official Selection:
- National Black Arts Festival (Atlanta)
- UrbanWorld Film Festival (New York)
- San Francisco Black Film Festival
- Don't Knock The Rock (Los Angeles)
- Black Lily Music & Film Festival (Philadelphia)
- Roxbury Film Festival (Boston)
- Arizona Black Film Showcase (Phoenix)
- Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival
- Charlotte ReelSoul Festival

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Guess Who's Comin to Dinner

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DailyduJour Film Series
March 1st, 2009
DailyduJour presents, 'Traveling with Nara'
Sunday March 1st, 7:30pm @ Royal/T

DailyD is bringing you a free screening of Japanese Art Star Yoshitomo Nara's 2007 documentary "Traveling with Nara' this Sunday at the incredible Royal/T in Culver City.

With a pre-screening cocktail hour and post film wrap party we hope you will join us in viewing this unreleased film that follows Yoshitomo Nara as he prepared for his biggest show ever.

Sunday March 1st, 2009
Cocktails 6:30p
Screening starts at 7:30p
@ Royal/T 8910 Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA
Additional details online at DailyduJour.com

Royal/T is a playful collision of spaces—café/shop/art space—presented in stunning fusion. An eclectic mix of retail and contemporary art reimagined in the surrounds of LA's first Japanese-style cosplay café.

Royal/T is a playful blending of café, concept shop and art exhibition space. The space reflects the interior realm of fantasy that strongly influences the artists included in owner Susan Hancock's collection. Royal/T Cafe is inspired by the meido kissa (maid café) phenomena of Akihabara--Tokyo's electronic district. Recontextualizing the underground culture of Japan that celebrates cosplay (costume play) waitresses dress in maid uniforms, with a Lolita-esque touch and the café serves a fusion of French and Japanese cuisine with local and organic California style. The art space showcases curated exhibitions with a focus on Japanese contemporary art; and an inventive concept store emulates the collections' sophistication--a fusion of pop culture and high-end design.

THE OWNER

Susan Hancock
Susan Hancock opened Royal/T, a new concept space in the gallery district of Culver City merging art, café and shop, in April 2008.

A philanthropist and an avid collector, Hancock has served on both the Chairman's Council and Painting and Sculpture Committee of the Whitney Museum of American Art. She currently serves on the Producer's Council of the New Museum, the Board of the International Collector's Committee in New York, and the Board of Trustees at the Independent Curators International. Hancock is also a member of the patron group at MOCA, North Miami Beach, and the Internationals Director's Council for Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. She has lent support and sponsorship to several exhibitions including Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture, organized by the Japan Society in collaboration with the Public Art Fund.

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And the winner is...

Slum Dog Millionaire.

The little movie that could, DID!

I don't have a lot to add since I haven't been too big on seeing films in the past couple of years, but Slum Dog is def the talk of the world today. It took home several Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director. Maybe I will see it and maybe, JUST MAYBE I will make it into a theater a little more often this year. I'm still mad that The Dark Knight, which was by all accounts a nearly flawless film didn't get taken seriously because it was an action/superhero movie. Here's the Oscar lesson make a historical film or a love story if you want a chance at Best Picture.

Here's the complete list of the nominees and winners.

Best picture
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"Frost/Nixon"
"Milk"
"The Reader"
WINNER: "Slumdog Millionaire"

Director
WINNER: Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"
Stephen Daldry, "The Reader"
David Fincher, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Ron Howard, "Frost/Nixon"
Gus Van Sant, "Milk"

Actor
Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor"
Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon"
WINNER: Sean Penn, "Milk"
Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler"

Actress
Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married"
Angelina Jolie, "Changeling"
Melissa Leo, "Frozen River"
Meryl Streep, "Doubt"
WINNER: Kate Winslet, "The Reader"

Supporting actor
Josh Brolin, "Milk"
Robert Downey Jr., "Tropic Thunder"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Doubt"
WINNER: Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"
Michael Shannon, "Revolutionary Road"

Supporting actress
Amy Adams, "Doubt"
WINNER: Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Viola Davis, "Doubt"
Taraji P. Henson, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Marisa Tomei, "The Wrestler"

Animated feature
"Bolt"
"Kung Fu Panda"
WINNER: "WALL-E"

Adapted screenplay
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," screenplay by Eric Roth, screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
"Doubt," written by John Patrick Shanley
"Frost/Nixon," screenplay by Peter Morgan
"The Reader," screenplay by David Hare
WINNER: "Slumdog Millionaire," screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

Original screenplay
"Frozen River," written by Courtney Hunt
"Happy-Go-Lucky," written by Mike Leigh
"In Bruges," written by Martin McDonagh
WINNER: "Milk," written by Dustin Lance Black
"WALL-E," screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon; original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

Art direction
"Changeling," James J. Murakami; set decoration: Gary Fettis
WINNER: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Donald Graham Burt; set decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
"The Dark Knight," Nathan Crowley; set decoration: Peter Lando
"The Duchess," Michael Carlin; set decoration: Rebecca Alleway
"Revolutionary Road," Kristi Zea; set decoration: Debra Schutt

Cinematography
"Changeling," Tom Stern
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Claudio Miranda
"The Dark Knight," Wally Pfister
"The Reader," Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
WINNER: "Slumdog Millionaire," Anthony Dod Mantle

Costume design
"Australia," Catherine Martin
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Jacqueline West
WINNER: "The Duchess," Michael O'Connor
"Milk," Danny Glicker
"Revolutionary Road," Albert Wolsky

Documentary feature
"The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)"
"Encounters at the End of the World"
"The Garden"
WINNER: "Man on Wire"
"Trouble the Water"

Documentary short
"The Conscience of Nhem En"
"The Final Inch"
WINNER: "Smile Pinki"
"The Witness -- From the Balcony of Room 306"

Film editing
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
"The Dark Knight," Lee Smith
"Frost/Nixon," Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
"Milk," Elliot Graham
WINNER: "Slumdog Millionaire," Chris Dickens

Foreign language film
"The Baader Meinhof Complex," Germany
"The Class," France
WINNER: "Departures," Japan
"Revanche," Austria
"Waltz with Bashir," Israel

Makeup
WINNER: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Greg Cannom
"The Dark Knight," John Caglione Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan
"Hellboy II: The Golden Army," Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Original score
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Alexandre Desplat
"Defiance," James Newton Howard
"Milk," Danny Elfman
WINNER: "Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman
"WALL-E," Thomas Newman

Original song
"Down to Earth" from "WALL-E," music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, lyrics by Peter Gabriel
WINNER: "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire," music by A.R. Rahman, lyrics by Gulzar
"O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire," music and lyrics by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam

Animated short
WINNER: "La Maison en Petits Cubes"
"Lavatory -- Lovestory"
"Oktapodi"
"Presto"
"This Way Up"

Live-action short
"Auf der Strecke (On the Line)"
"Manon on the Asphalt"
"New Boy"
"The Pig"
WINNER: "Spielzeugland"

Sound editing
WINNER: "The Dark Knight," Richard King
"Iron Man," Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
"Slumdog Millionaire," Glenn Freemantle and Tom Sayers
"WALL-E," Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
"Wanted," Wylie Stateman

Sound mixing
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
"The Dark Knight," Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
WINNER: "Slumdog Millionaire," Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
"WALL-E," Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
"Wanted," Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt

Visual effects
WINNER: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
"The Dark Knight," Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
"Iron Man," John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan

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If you wanna see a film that will make you laugh, make you cry and just maybe open your heart to new possibilities check out Noah's Arc Jumping the Broom which opens today in select theaters. It's a great new film based on the popular Logo TV series Noah's Arc written and directed by Patrick Ian Polk.

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