For those with an interest in the complexities of and diversities of people within Israeli society, there’s a film festival with that specific aim in mind. Not to be confused with the multi-city Israel Film Festival, which occurs in the spring and just celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary, the Other Film Film Festival is currently in its fifth year, presenting over a dozen films with a focus on Arab and Palestinian culture. The festival does not shy away from controversy, tackling hard-hitting topics involving interreligious relationships and citizenship issues, among others. The most notable of the projects presented this year is probably Israel’s version of the hit series The Office, titled…

Title: In Our Name Writer-director: Brian Welsh Starring: Joanne Froggatt, Mel Raido, Andrew Knott, Chloe-Jayne Wilkinson, Janine Leigh, Shah Amin A British coming-home-from-war drama that toes the line between pedestrian and interesting, though tilting toward the former, ‘In Our Name’ connects chiefly as a gender-shift curiosity given its main focus on a female soldier. Joanne Froggatt’s engaging performance, which picked up the Most Promising Newcomer prize at this past year’s British Independent Film Awards, is the chief selling point of writer-director Brian Welsh’s sophomore outing, which otherwise cycles through the expected interpersonal difficulties of trying to readjust to civilian and married life. ‘In Our Name’ opens with Suzy Jackson (Froggatt) returning…

Read our exclusive interview with director Morgan J. Freeman on his upcoming film “Homecoming” Starring Mischa Barton (“The OC”, CW’s “The Beautiful Life”), Jessica Stroup (CW’s “90210″) and Matt Long (ABC’s “The Deep End”) which opened on July 17 in New York, Los Angeles and Louisville. 1. Tell us about yourself, where are you from, and what is your background in directing? BORN AND RAISED IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. PARTIED IN UC SANTA BARBARA THEN WENT TO SCHOOL IN NEW YORK. BREAKTHROUGH FILM JOB WAS 2ND AD ON WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE WHERE I MET BRENDAN SEXTON III AND SUBSEQUENTLY WROTE HURRICANE STREETS FOR HIM — THE REST WAS HISTORY….

Paper Street Films and Animus Films just sent us the first official movie poster from the upcoming film “Homecoming” by director Morgan J. Freeman (American Psycho II: All American Girl) and starring Mischa Barton (The O.C.), Jessica Stroup (90210, True Blood) and Matt Long (Ghost Rider). Synopsis: Mike (Matt Long) is a small-town star athlete who is the first in his family to attend college, receiving a football scholarship to prestigious Northwestern University. When he returns home over Christmas break to the people he left behind – his family and friends – they are all surprised to see him with a new girlfriend, Elizabeth (Jessica Stroup), a pretty rich girl…

Directed By: Joe Dante Written By: Sam Hamm (Teleplay) & Dale Bailey (Short Story) Score: Technical: 80, Story: 90, Acting: 80, Overall: 83% When dead soldiers come back to life, know one understands what it is they want until one of them let’s them know. They want to vote in the up coming presidential election and they want to be heard. The presidents public representatives try to spin this strange tragedy to their own advantage but what happens when the dead vote, who will win the election, the challenger or the man whom sent them to war. It’s a dead heat until the dead vote. What will happen when the…