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EXCLUSIVE: Alan K. Rode visits
THE 2005 PALM SPRINGS FILM NOIR FESTIVAL

EXCLUSIVE: Dianne Lawrence attends THE 2005 LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL

Aaron Riccio at 28th ASIAN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

The 4th Annual Tribeca Film Festival
Running April 1 - May 1 2005
Our coverage begins here...


Our coverage starts here.

(ALMOST) FROM THE RED CARPET: OSCAR WATCH 2004
by Coco Delgado

The Sundance Report 2005
by Paul Fischer

The 2005 Screen Actors Guild Awards
by Kristin Schrader - Aired 02/05/05 on TNT

THE BEST & WORST FILMS OF 2004 by The Staff of Film Monthly
What we loved & hated in 04 & what we're wanna see in 05!

The New York City Horror Film Festival.
And our own Barry Meyer is there! Click here for official site.

2004 CHICAGO INT'L FILM FEST
Todd Lillethun catches the best of the Midwest's fest, running October 7-21, 2004.

OUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS FILMS!
The staff of Film Monthly picks out their favorites - is yours among them?

bfi TIMES LONDON 2004 FILM FEST
Jerome de Groot visits the UK's best and biggest festival. Running Oct. 20 - Nov. 4 2004.

BRISBANE INT'L FILM FEST 2004
Paul Fischer gives us the scoop from down under!

CHICAGO UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL 2004
Alex Rojas visited the Chicago Underground Film Fest 04.

The New York City Horror Film Festival's Annual Call For Entries.
Click here for official site.

2004 TORONTO INT'L FILM FEST
Paul Fischer heads north for this most prestigious festival. Running Sept. 9 - 18, 2004.

Danger & Dispair's Thursday Night Film Noir Series
Running every Thursday night, it's our favorite noir fest in San Francisco.

INDIEFEST 2004
Alex Rojas attends Chicago's festival marketplace of films.

4TH ANNUAL PALM SPRINGS FESTIVAL OF FILM NOIR
FM's Alan Rode was there, schmoozing with the stars and catching some unusual screenings from the vaults of Noir.

SIXTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF FILM NOIR - HOLLYWOOD, APRIL 1-11 2004
American Cinematheque's annual festival of dark films runs April 1st through 11th at The Egyptian Theatre, Los Angeles. To reach American Cinematheque's site, click here.

THE 2ND ANNUAL TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL by Parama Chaudhury and Jonathan Shapiro
DeNiro & Co. are back with the best fest in The Big Apple.

2004 SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS
Anna Keizer goes behind the scenes at awards time.

2004 BRITISH ACADEMY AWARDS
Jerome de Groot was in London for the festivities.

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2004
Anna Keizer visits the most wonderful place on the Riviera.

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2004
Paul Fischer views and previews the year's newest at Park City.

ANNUAL BEST AND WORST FILMS OF 2003
Find out what our humbly opinionated reviewers liked and didn't during the year.

SIDE STREETS AND BACK ALLEYS: THE 5TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF FILM NOIR
by A.K. Rode
Our resident noir expert recently attended American Cinematheque's annual festival of film noir.

THE 75th ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS by Coco Delgado
The glitziest night on television came and went, war or no war. Want to know what you missed?

THE 9th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS by Yasmin Hunt
The 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® aired on TNT Sunday, March 9th, 2003.

THE BEST AND WORST FILMS OF 2002
Our reviewers' personal best and worst films of the year gone by.

THE 2003 SAN FRANCISCO FILM NOIR FESTIVAL by A.K. Rode
Mr. Rode spent January 11th through 26th, 2003, in San Francisco enjoying the 1st Annual Film Noir Festival. Eddie Muller made a guest appearance and emcee'd the event. It was a wonderful time and sure to be a fixture on the annual festival scene

THE 2002 TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL by Paul Fischer
Paul gives you a preview of some of the gems featured at this year's festival, which ran in September.

LIVE FROM THE 2ND ANNUAL PALM SPRINGS FILM NOIR FESTIVAL
by A.K. Rode
At The Camelot Theater in Palm Springs, starsJane Russell, Ann Savage, Rhonda Fleming, and many more gathered to honor some of noir's finest films.

THE TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL by Parama Chaudhury
Robert DeNiro and a bevvy of The Big Apple's best and brightest turn out for their first-ever gem of a festival.

ON THE SET OF T3 - Part 1 and ON THE SET OF T3 - Part 2 by Paul Fischer
Wanna know what's going on with the newest chapter in this sci-fi saga?

LaCinemaFe -- The Reviews! by Parama Chaudhury
Presentamos cinco revisatas de películas latinoamericanas y hispánica de LaCinemaFe en Nueovo York para Parama Chaudhury -- that's five reivews of Latin American and Spanish films for you gringos.

LaCinemaFe DIARY Part II! by Parama Chaudhury
New York City presents its first annual Latin American Cinema Festival and Parama is there. In part two, she covers the award winners.

I AM SEAN! by Hope Villanueva
A look at Sean Penn's long and varied career, from Spicoli's days of battling Mr. Hand to Sam Dawson's days of battling the system, with many unusual stops in between.

OSCAR WRAP 2002 by Jon Bastian
The good, the bad and the ugly, as Jon does his annual take on Hollywood's Big Night Out.

OSCAR MOMENTS 2002 by Coco Delgado
The lady fair speaks her mind about this year's awards.

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2002! by Paul Fischer
Paul treks to far away Colorado for film premieres and movie stars.

THE ANNUAL BEST AND WORST FILMS OF 2001 by The Staff of Film Monthly
Here they are...what you've all been waiting for...our opinions! Yes, you asked for them...didn't you?

THE 55TH ANNUAL EDINBURGH FILM FESTIVAL by Destiny Lilly
Our reviewer in England attends one of the oldest film fests and sends us news of such films as Jump Tomorrow, Mullet (the fish, not the haircut), Mirrorball, The Sleepy Time Gal, and Roman Coppola's CQ.

PLANET OF THE APES: THE ORIGINAL, THE SEQUELS, AND THE REMAKE by Barry Meyer
Tim Burton, like a maniacal monkey, flings crap on the screen.

OSCAR WRAP 2001 by Jon Bastian
It's all over. For the low-down, check out Jon's review.

THE 73RD ACADEMY AWARDS by Wayne Case
Who says there's nothing good to watch on Sunday night?

OSCAR RANT 2001 by Jon Bastian
Jon's got a few bones to pick with the blatant commercialism of the 73rd Academy Awards...

THE ANNUAL BEST AND WORST LISTS OF 2000
by The Staff At Film Monthly
Yeah, they showed movies in 2000. And just to prove we watched 'em, we've made up a list of our faves and dreads of the year. Check it out!

THE BEST FILMS AND THE WORST FILMS OF THE 90s
by Jon Bastian, Kate Bishop, Wayne Case, Del Harvey
We make the tough choices so you have something to complain about other than your job, your love life, your family, your car, your new aluminum siding, etc.

THE BEST AND WORST OF 1999
by Jon Bastian, Wayne Case, Del Harvey, and Hank Yuloff
Our intrepid reviewers rank the best and worst of 1999. Hey, we were bored!

THE 26TH ANNUAL TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL by Paul Fischer
Our reviewer travels north for one of the most popular film festivals in the world. Catch his updates here.