More and more Cambodian-Americans are finding their own voice in art and music. Add to that list musician Bochan Huy, who grew up in Oakland, California, and has just released her first album, Full Monday Moon . Singer songwriter Bochun Huy is putting an American twist on a Cambodian classic. The original song, “I...
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This week on DVD/Blu-ray: "Bombay Beach" from music video director Ama Har'el; the last epic from Chilean filmmaker Raul Ruiz; George Clooney's political thriller "The Ides of March"; "Belle de Jour" starring Catherine Deneuve; and the Blu-ray debut of "Traffic." #1. Critic's Pick: "Bombay Beach" (DVD) Music video director Alma Har'el's first foray into...
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Director Aurora Guerrero was selected as a Sundance Institute/Ford Foundation film fellow in 2005, where she and participated in the NativeLab Fellowship with her "Mosquita y Mari" script. She also worked on the project through Tribeca All Access (2006) and the Film Independent Producers Lab (2009). "Mosquita y Mari" won the 2011 SFFS/KRF Filmmaking...
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"I think I was nervous," Adele Romanski told Indiewire on her emotions approaching her first feature as a director.
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The 62nd Berlinale has rounded out its Perspektive Deutsches Kino lineup, which highlights young German cinema. Thirteen films, including three full-length documentaries and four features, make up the program. As previously announced, the selection will open with Katarina Peter's second documentary feature "Man for a Day," which follows a group of women who attend...
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Is the California Gurl on her way to becoming a single one as well? The rumor mill has been working in overdrive with speculation that things aren't going as smoothly between Katy...
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It looks like the world is going to get that much prettier. Victoria's Secret model Alessandra Ambrósio is expecting her second child with fiancé and California businessman...
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Four friends come together for a reunion that leads them down a self-destructive path in this drama. Jonathan (Rob Lowe), Richard (Thomas Jane), Ron (Jeremy Piven), and Tim (Christian McKay) are four men in their mid-forties who have known each other since they went to college together. Each year, they reunite for a vacation,...
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He's baaack. Arnold Schwarzenegger is hoping to reclaim his title as action-hero superstar in the upcoming flick The Last Stand, his first post-governor of California film...
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A woman whose husband is making her life a living hell decides to return the favor in this dark comedy-drama from writer and director James Westby. Meris (Katie O'Grady) and Mitch (John Keyser) are a recently married couple who are moving from California to Oregon under less than ideal circumstances -- his computer firm...
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