Elegant experimental film Lamiai debuts at the Fall 2024 New Jersey Film Festival on Friday, September 27

by Anita LaBelle - published 2024-09-24
Culminating in the finale of Albert Gabriel’s Nigrin latest trilogy composed of prior films Dream Screen and Pizzica, Lamiai is the third installment of Nigrin’s expedition into the mesh-like experimental framework that is surreal storytelling.

Heartfelt Feature Comedy A Little Family Drama screens at the New Jersey Film Festival

by Anran Li - published 2024-09-23
Regardless of culture, generation, or ethnicity, when it comes to “family,” we all share some universal memories of tears and joy condensed into a dinner gathering. The nostalgia is mixed with chaotic arguments, moms gossiping about who recently got married, shouting, “Who took my spatula?!” Kids run in and out, sneaking a few cookies and taking the kitchen heat and aroma out as they pass the poker table. Stories about domestic scenarios are never-ending classics, printed with certain generational marks, but the essence remains. In his novel Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy states, "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Somehow, a hundred years later, this observation is proven true by a Mexican American family in A Little Family Drama. With an idealist, reckless son, a diligent, underappreciated daughter, a comedian uncle, an outcast, and ceaseless fights between a mother and a daughter, the Sepulvedas seem to resemble the folks in each of our families. Still, the collision of progressiveness and the lingering traditional values, ambition of self-realization, and responsibility compose captivating conflicts that bring laughter and tears to the screening room.  

New Jersey Film Festival Video Interview with A Little Family Drama Filmmakers

by Vic Fern - published 2024-09-25
Here is the New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2024 A Little Family Drama Filmmaker Q+A with Director/Co-Writer Nadia Zoe, Producer/Co-Writer/Actor Ramon Torres and Festival Director Al Nigrin.

Best of the 2024 New Jersey International Film Festival + Free Screening

by Al Nigrin - published 2024-10-02
This Friday, October 4 the Fall 2024 New Jersey Film Festival will screen the Best of the 2024 New Jersey International Film Festival. Some of the prize-winning films from this past June’s 2024 New Jersey International Film Festival will be shown online only on this date for 24 hours. Films include: Tennis, Oranges – Sean Pecknold (Winner Best Animation); INFINITY! – Benjamin To (Winner Best Short) and FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM!  – Peter Flynn (Winner Best Documentary). Here is more info on these below. 

Fall 2024 New Jersey Film Festival Winners Announced!

by Al Nigrin - published 2024-10-06
Fall 2024 New Jersey Film Festival Winners Announced! All the works that were part of the Fall 2024 New Jersey Film Festival Competition were selected by a panel of judges including media professionals, journalists, students, and academics. These judges selected the 21 finalists which were publicly screened at our Festival. The finalists were selected from 402 works submitted by filmmakers from around the world. In addition, the judges chose the Prize Winners in conjunction with the Festival Director.

The ShowRoom and Asbury Park Movie Club Present: HITCHCOCK'TOBER

​​​​​​​(ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- This October, The ShowRoom Cinema, in partnership with the Asbury Park Movie Club, is thrilled to present HITCHCOCK'TOBER—a month-long celebration of Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense. Every Wednesday at 7:00pm, beginning October 9th, audiences can experience four of Hitchcock's greatest films: Vertigo, Rear Window, The Birds, and Psycho. Each screening will feature a special introduction, trivia, and prizes. Tickets are $15.

New Release Review - "A Different Man"

by Eric Hillis, TheMovieWaffler.com - published 2024-10-09
The initial conversation around Tom McCarthy's 2003 directorial debut The Station Agent was centred on why the filmmaker opted to cast a little person in the lead role when the part wasn't specifically tailored for such an actor. But in Peter Dinklage, McCarthy discovered a star, and Dinklage's performance was so striking that other filmmakers began writing little people into their scripts just to work with him. It wasn't long before Dinklage was being cast in roles that made no reference to his stature. Today, nobody bats an eyelid when Dinklage is cast in the sort of roles a little person would never have been considered for a couple of decades ago.

The Montclair Film Festival announces 2024 Opening, Closing, Centerpiece Films, and Festival Honors

(MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- Montclair Film has announced the 2024 Opening Night, Centerpiece, and Closing Night Films, as well as the 2024 Montclair Film Festival Honors for the 13th Annual Montclair Film Festival, taking place October 18-27.

2024 Montclair Film Festival Preview

(MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- The 2024 Montclair Film Festival takes place October 18-27. The festival's Opening Night film is Conclave (directed by Edward Berger). Some films of note include Unstoppable (directed by William Goldenberg) which is the festival's Fiction Centerpiece; 2073 (directed by Asif Kapadia) which is the festival's Document Centerpiece; and Flow (directed by Gints Zilbalodis) which is the Family Centerpiece. The festival's Closing Night film is The Piano Lesson (directed by Malcolm Washington).