For those of you who didn’t make it to theater over the past three months, you can drown your post-summer sorrow in both of these fantastic films at the Angelika Dallas.
Pras, hip-hop artist and founding member of the Fugees, premiered his new film “Skid Row” @ the Village East Cinemas this weekend. In the documentary, Pras goes undercover for nine days and nights as a homeless man on LA’s Skid Row in hopes of making a statement about the state of street life in America Day. After the show, Pras stuck around along with Orlando Ward of LA’s Midnight Mission to answer your questions…check it out below.
We spoke with director Louise Hogarth about her new movie ANGELS IN THE DUST, the inspiring story of Marion Cloete, a university-trained therapist who fearlessly walked away from a privileged life in a wealthy Johannesburg suburb to establish an extraordinary village and school that provide shelter, food, and education to more than 550 South African children. Check out the interview below to read her passionate take on the making of her film, the AIDS crisis in Africa and why you should come see the film!
ANGELS IN THE DUST opens Friday, September 14 @ the Village East Cinema…Make sure to attend the opening night shows for a Q & A with Louise and Terri Ford of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation!
AngelikaFilmCenter: Why do you think people should come out to see Angels in the Dust?
THE RAPE OF EUROPA, opening September 14 @ the Angelika New York, brings what Variety critic Ronnie Scheib calls “a radically new perspective to World War II and the Holocaust.” The film is narrated by Joan Allen, and breathtakingly chronicles the Third Reich’s deliberate destruction of some of Western Europe’s most valuable art.
Read the entire review and check out the trailer below.
Craig Zobel sat down with us at the Angelika cafe today to discuss his new film, GREAT WORLD OF SOUND, opening September 14 @ the Angelika New York. The film was the talk of this year’s SXSW festival, and we wanted to find out more about the making of the movie from his point of view.
Writer/director, husband & wife team Shari Springer and Robert Pulcini talk to the New York Times about their new film The Nanny Diaries, New York society life and Scarlett Johansson.
First-time filmmaker Talia Lugacy’s DESCENT, produced by and starring NYC native Rosario Dawson, opened up to a rave review from the New York Times at the Village East Cinema. The pair stayed for a Q&A with our audience this past weekend, so check out the video and see what they had to say about the film [warning: SPOILERS included!]
