2023 SFFILM Awards Night Honors Greta Gerwig, Roger Ross Williams, Cord Jefferson, and Nicolas Cage

This Year’s Annual Fundraiser Supporting SFFILM’s Mission-Driven Initiatives Will Honor Greta Gerwig with the Irving M. Levin Award for Film Direction Presented by Actor Ryan Gosling, filmmaker Roger Ross Williams with the Nion McEvoy & Leslie Berriman Award for Storytelling Presented by Actor Raúl Castillo, Cord Jefferson with the George Gund III Award for Virtuosity …

Film at Lincoln Center Announces Edward Yang Retrospective

Running Dec. 22nd through Jan. 4th, the retrospective features newly restored and rarely screened works by the pioneering filmmaker, including the world premiere of a new 4K Restoration. New York, NY – Film at Lincoln Center announces “Desire/Expectations: The Films of Edward Yang,” a comprehensive retrospective honoring one of cinema’s most celebrated and deeply missed surveyors …

Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2023 Recap

https://youtu.be/F80RfyDhP_E Hosted by Jason Godbey On this episode Eric McClanahan (Collider/Ain't It Cool News) and Danny Mendes (TheCinebuff.com) review the films from the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2023 including: Property, Booger, Breathing In, T-Bockers, and Blackout. Brooklyn Horror Film Festival recently announced the ninth addition of the festival will take place from October 17th to …

The Sounds of Silence – THE SHADOW of the SUN

By William J. Hammon, ActuallyPaid.com Underdog stories are nothing new. This is mostly because we as a people live in an inequitable society that has no shortage of underdogs by design. Some setbacks are systemically ingrained, while others occur more naturally, and still more are just the result of bad luck and the unseen hand …

Streaming Now: ORCA

https://youtu.be/OaV9_4MqAP4?si=YSz62tFgOW3yqSye After US Theatrical Run, Inspiring True Story ORCA Now Playing On Streaming Platforms Everywhere Orca, the feature film based on the true story of Elham Asghari, the Iranian open-water swimmer, explores how Asghari defied the legal and cultural limitations placed on women in Iran by making and breaking world records. In the process, she …

NewFest 2023 Recap and Winter Movie Preview

On this episode we take you to the red carpet of the 35th Edition of NewFest, the largest presenter of LGBTQ+ film & media, for the premiere of Rustin, the new biopic about Bayard Rustin, the architect of the March on Washington in 1963 along with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,

2nd Annual Dances With Films – NYC Announces Films and Events

The celebrated true indie-focused film festival returns to New York City running Nov. 30th - Dec. 3rd New York, NY – Dances With Films announced the film lineup for the return of what has become LA’s largest purely indie film-focused film festival over the past 26 years to New York City (November 30-December 3) for the …

Array Releasing Acquires Native American Drama FRYBREAD FACE AND ME

Critically Acclaimed Coming of Age Drama Will Debut on Netflix on Friday, November 24 LOS ANGELES, CA — ARRAY Releasing, the distribution arm of Ava DuVernay’s Peabody Award-winning narrative change collective, announced today the acquisition of Billy Luther’s festival favorite, Frybread Face and Me. The dramedy made its world premiere at the 2023 SXSW Film …

AFI Fest Recap, Part Three – Life, Lessons

By William J. Hammon, ActuallyPaid.com Part of what makes a film festival like AFI Fest essential - and really cinema itself as an artform - is its ability to hold a mirror up to ourselves as a people. It shows us who we are, who we’ve been, and who we have the potential to become. …

Mill Valley & New York Film Festival Recap

https://youtu.be/S_zch2e7iwI Sponsored by Blackmagic Design & JMR Rentals On this episode film critic, William J. Hammon (ActuallyPaid.com) and host Jason Godbey review episodes from this year's Mill Valley and New York Film Festivals. Including: Maestro starring Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan, Foe starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal, Ferrari starring Adam Driver and Penelope Cruz, …