Guest blogger James Faust is the Director of Programming for the AFI DALLAS International Film Festival.
As the Director of Programming for the AFI DALLAS International Film Festival, my job is to curate an international film program … which means watching lots of movies. I love this. I love movies. This November is going to be [...]

Guest blogger Greg Brown is the managing director of AFI Dallas International Film Festival.
I’ve had the great opportunity twice in the last several weeks to participate in some fantastic conversations about movies. Coincidentally, both were organized by the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture.

The first was after a screening of Stop the Presses!, a [...]

Guest blogger Greg Brown is the managing director of AFI Dallas International Film Festival.
We’re still six months away from the 2009 AFI Dallas International Film Festival (March 26-April 5, 2009), but our programmers are out and about looking for the best films the world has to offer. That includes them traveling to film festivals [...]

Guest blogger Greg Brown is the managing director of AFI Dallas International Film Festival.
I love documentary films. They can inspire, teach and entertain. Often, they are the gems to discover at a film festival. I had the opportunity to attend the Toronto International Film Festival a couple of weeks ago and got to see a [...]

You might have missed the sold-out Nasher Salon in January featuring author John Updike.  And last week’s conversation with actress Olympia Dukakis moderated by AFI DALLAS’ Michael Cain was also a fully-packed (and wonderfully interesting) affair.  So, don’t be kicking yourself for missing the next one.
Choreographer, dancer and director Bill T. Jones will be the [...]

We recently lost a movie venue on the Central Expressway corridor with the closing of the Loews Cityplace theatre.  Never fear…rescue has come.  Studio Movie Grill opens its newest location-on the east side of Central at Royal-to the public on Monday.  Last night, as workers scrambled to hang the outdoor marquee sign, the festivities kicked off [...]

Needing your film festival fix this week?  Head up to Addison and check out the Texas Black Film Festival…to be held Thursday through Saturday at the Addison Studio Movie Grill.  Executive Director David Small has tapped into his industry connections and created an interesting line-up of short films, documentaries and features. For complete details, visit [...]