#affd

Artistic Director, Dallas VideoFest

View On WordPress

Armed Forces Flag Day Thanks Those who Protect the honor of our Nation🤗

Before I go on to what else is showing in town, if you are not happy about the recent Supreme Court happenings, please turn your mood around by seeing Won’t You Be My Neighbor and RBG.  The other thing you should watch is the Brainwashing of My Dad, which we showed a few years ago at the festival. It’s on Amazon now, so if you have a Prime membership, you can watch it for free. It goes into detail about how right wing media started, so check it out. Back to what is being shown locally.  The first Tuesday Social Justice Film Festival will screen Robert Redford’s The Milagro Bean Field War on Tuesday, July 3rd at 7:00 PM. Location is 3839 W. Kiest Blvd., Dallas, Texas 75233. The film deals with water rights in a small town in New Mexico. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen it, but I remember liking it. Some goodies from the local Alamos include Animal House on Monday at The Cedars, and Jaws and Independence Day on July 4th at the Richardson Alamo. This week at The Angelika they continue the Studio Ghibli fest with, Porco Rosso. You do of course know that we have our newly configured PawFest next month and this year we will add video from the dog universe, so I guess we’ll be showing this in the dog days of summer. Ha ha, get it? Did I actually write that joke? Well, my father would be proud. Have a great, doggone week.  , Bart Weiss, Artistic Director Dallas VideoFest

BART CHAT 6/25/18 Hi All, I hope you are staying cool in this heat. I’m recovering well and should be able to drive soon. I’m catching-up on watching work but can’t wait until I can get behind the wheel and  have control of my daily destinations. This week’s podcast has a great discussion of Won’t You Be My Neighbor and an interview with the makers of RGB.  Both films are still playing in town, so listen to the podcast that drops on Wednesday and go check out those docs! The Magnolia Theater is playing a wonderful film called 1945.  I highly recommended it. Here is a synopsis: “On a summer day in 1945, an Orthodox man and his grown son return to a village in Hungary while the villagers prepare for the wedding of the town clerk's son. The townspeople - suspicious, remorseful, fearful, and cunning expect the worst and behave accordingly. The town clerk fears the men may be heirs of the village's deported Jews and expects them to demand their illegally acquired property back. it is a different kind of story about the holocaust.” This week starts the African Film Festival. Here is their criteria for selecting films: “Africa is blessed with rich culture and heritage worthy of celebration. She is also plagued by various social, economic, health, religious, immigration, and political issues that must be confronted. We therefore encourage the world to make films about Africa; and our selection criteria will be based on the following: Films that promote African culture Films that address issues affecting Africa Films about historic African leaders Films about historic African landmarks Films made by Independent African filmmakers” The Films will show at the African American  Museum in Fair Park and  and SMU. There are shorts and features, so check that out. The Asian Film Festival of Dallas is coming soon, as well,  and that should be fun. The Texas Theatre  is showing Taxi Driver in a 35 print on Thursday night.  If you’ve had a chance to see First Reformed,  it might be good to revisit Taxi Driver. There are so many wonderful performances in that film other than the obvious. Also the music is one of Bernard Hermann’s last few scores and it holds up really well. It definitely   speaks to us in a different way. I can also imagine that in another generation or two kids will ask us, “What is a taxi?” The Alamo Cedars is showing The Truman Show which is definitely worth seeing again. The Angelika is continuing their Studio Ghibli series with My Neighbor Totoro. That is it for this week! Stay cool, Bart Weiss, Artistic Director Dallas VideoFest                        

Dallas, Texas! What a great hospitality from you guys! Thanks. I was not supposed to go to Dallas but thanks god I got to stay in US more time.

A few days left of Asian Film Festival of ‪#‎Dallas‬ at‪#‎AngelikaFilmCenter‬.What's more, ‪#‎AFFD‬ has films playing on more than one screen on Friday to Sunday. This is a high class ‪#‎theatre‬ with more than 30 feature length films. Check out the schedule :http://goo.gl/Qj7mO9 ‪

Round 2 & 3 for #affd. Many more nights to come. #solomans #bigmatch (at Angelika Film Center & Cafe)