~ UNRATED: A WEEK OF SEX IN CINEMA ~

COMING TO NYC

In conjunction with the NYC premiere of award-winning filmmaker Philippe Diaz’s NOW & LATER, we’ve organized a week of panels, films and special guest appearances to help spark a conversation about sex – or the lack thereof – in cinema. We hope you will make a point of coming and spreading the word. Events start Thursday, 2/17 at the …

~ CELEBRATING SEX IN CINEMA ~
COMING TO LA

In conjunction with the Los Angeles premiere of award-winning filmmaker Philippe Diaz’s NOW & LATER, we’ve organized a week of films and special guest appearances to help spark a conversation about sex – or the lack thereof – in cinema. We hope you will make a point of coming and spreading the word.
Screenings start Friday, 2/25 at LAEMMLE’S SUNSET 5
- Cinema Libre Studio

NOW & LATER
Directed by: Philippe Diaz
Introducing: Shari Solanis, James Wortham
Premiering in US theatres/ 2010/ Drama/ 99 min. /Rating: Unrated
Sex, politics and American culture are mixed …

UNRATED: Sex in Cinema
A Special Panel at the Museum of Sex
Thursday, Feb 17th starting at 7pm

Although graphic portrayals of violence are readily accepted by movie audiences in cinema and our society at large, the depiction of sex and sexuality is still met with resistance.  Filmmakers who choose to portray sex in a naturalistic fashion run into a wall of censorship at every turn.
America’s puritanical relationship with sex on screen will be discussed in this fascinating panel which includes those who have observed and encouraged the evolution of sex in …

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Opening on February 18 – 24, 2011 at NYC’s QUAD Cinema (934 West 13th Street, New York, New York 10011), NOW & LATER will premiere accompanied by the week long retrospective: “UNRATED: A WEEK OF SEX IN CINEMA”, curated by distributor Cinema Libre Studio.
Along with NOW & LATER, six other notable films that explore the edgier side of relationships and sexuality in Cinema will screen. Designed to foster a broader dialogue with film-goers, the showcase allows New York audiences the chance to revisit these …

NOW & LATER
Premieres at NY’s QUAD Cinema – February 18, 2011
as part of the retrospective
UNRATED: A WEEK of SEX IN CINEMA*
When Now is All You’ve Got
January 14, 2011, New York – NOW & LATER (97 minutes) written and directed by award-winning filmmaker and producer, Philippe Diaz (THE END OF POVERTY?; THE EMPIRE IN AFRICA; RUE DU DEPART; MAUVAIS SANG) will have its American premiere at NY’s QUAD Cinema on February 18, and at the Laemmle’s Sunset 5 in Los Angeles on February 25. NOW & LATER marks Diaz’s directorial debut …

Look for El Súperstar: The Unlikely Rise of Juan Francès on SiTV this holiday airing Saturday 12/25 @ 2pm & 5pm EST, Sunday 12/26 @ 4pm, 9pm, and 12am EST and Saturday 1/1 @ 12pm & 3pm EST as part of the “Laugh your way into 2011″ Marathon!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
From Executive Producers Norman Lear and George Lopez
“EL SÚPERSTAR: THE UNLIKLEY RISE OF JUAN FRANCÉS”
A musical improv about race, ambition and family
“…offers infectious pleasures in the endearing French and in its OFF-THE-WALL HUMOR.”
- Kevin Thomas, The Los Angeles Times

COMING TO DVD JANUARY 18, 2010
LOS ANGELES (November 29, 2010) – When you mix a classic case of identity crisis, add in a sincere character and top it off with some Banda music, it can only be  a recipe for LAUGH OUT LOUD comedy. With Los Angeles’ multi-cultural landscape as the …

Dan Lybarger
Freelance writer and critic from Kansas City
Posted: October 25, 2010 10:51 PM

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DVD Review: South of the Border

Because of his fondness of conspiracies and selective presentations of fact in his narrative movies (sorry Doors fans, they weren’t going to play Woodstock anyway), it’s easy to pigeonhole Oliver Stone as a loon with a camera.
At his best, however, Stone can help viewers discover viable alternatives to the official versions of history and current events. Much of the recent coverage …

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South of the Border DVD Review
by Kam Williams
If you’ve read “Confessions of an Economic Hitman” by John Perkins, then you are well aware of the lengths to which CIA and other agents operating on behalf of the U.S. government and Fortune 500 corporations have gone to install puppets as heads of state in countries all across Latin America. But those still in the dark about America’s role in countless coups around the region, might feel enlightened by South of the Border, as informative a …

Oliver Stone’s
SOUTH OF THE BORDER

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There’s a revolution underway in South America, but most of the world doesn’t know it. In SOUTH OF THE BORDER,  Oliver Stone sets out on a road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements as well as the mainstream media’s misperception of South America while interviewing seven of its elected presidents. In casual conversations with Presidents Hugo Chávez (Venezuela), Evo Morales (Bolivia), Lula da Silva (Brazil), Cristina Kirchner (Argentina), as well as her …