The New York Film Festival began Friday and runs through October 12th. The New York Film Festival, presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, defines itself as a chance to take account of the state of film as art. Clint Eastwood’s The Changeling, starring Angelina Jolie, will make its U.S. premiere, on Saturday, October 4th. The festival’s centerpiece, Steven Soderbergh’s epic, Che, will premiere on October 7th. Closing the festival is Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler, which has already won acclaim at the Venice Film Festival and The Toronto International Film Festival.
What separates NYFF from other fests is that they do not present awards to any of the films but rather present a curated group of thought-provoking films. Of course the festival does include several panels including an interesting panel on the state of film criticism that took place Saturday. You can see a full schedule of events and get ticket information here.
The Woodstock Film Festival starts tomorrow in Woodstock, NY. This year’s festival has an impressive schedule packed with panels, upcoming films, and music events. In addition, they are presenting the Maverick Award to Kevin Smith this weekend. For ticket information, see the WFF website.
One of our readers, Diva, caught Bone Deep and Heroes filming in LA last week! She saw Bone Deep on 9/21, “Matt Dillon, Chris Brown and TI were all shooting different scenes on various streets that weekend. Sadly, no meeting or autographs that weekend either. Security is tough for that movie! Photos were actually not even allowed, but I worked around that…. lol Security got their way with the Chris scene though (they were extra mean and diligently watching us during his scene!), my camera was having issues, so I resorted to cell phone pics.” great information for anyone wanting to check out Bone Deep!
She also saw them film a scene for Heroes on Sunday. They filmed a scene where villain, Daphne (Brea Grant), gives a crazy look at a bike messenger, making him crash into a taxi. Thanks so much to Diva! Here are the pics:
Nip/Tuck is filming at 515 S Flower St in Los Angeles.
My Own Worst Enemy is filming at Mateo St & Industrial St and 1855 Industrial St in Los Angeles.
The Emancipation of Ernesto is filming at 1360 & 1380 E 6th St in Los Angeles.
Gossip Girl is filming on 45th St off of Broadway in NYC (near Juniors, down from MTV studios a little). (Thanks Heather!) UPDATE: They are filming near or at Hard Rock Cafe. (Thanks Sam!)
Lipstick Jungle is filming at on N. Broadway in Nyack, NY (Rockland County). (Thanks Thomas!)
Kings is filming near 40th (in the vicinity of Broadway and 6th) in NYC.
Suburban Shootout is filming again on Industrial Rd in East Hampton, NY.
UPDATE:The Mentalist is filming right now across from Union Station in downtown LA. (Thanks to Diva, this was about 2 hours ago) Also check out the comments on this post for more on Gossip Girl and SVu today! (Thanks to everyone who has been leaving tips!)
Tim Burton started filming Alice in Wonderland in England last week. One of our readers, Dave, was kind enough to send us pictures from the print edition of a local paper and a link to the article!
John Cusack is in Vancouver for his next flick, Farewell Atlantis.
Finally, on a personal note, Thrusday’s episode of The Office was the best ever, they mentioned the Counting Crows (my favorite, yes I’m a geek), Utica, NY (which is very close to our “OLV headquarters”) and JAM FINALLY GOT ENGAGED! So in honor of JAM- check out the cute video below!
Speaking of The Office, we were nominated for a Blogger’s Choice Award but realize there is no way we are beating the juggernaut that is officetally.com, also nominated in category, so congrats to them! They have been friends to us when we had news about The Office so we wish them all the best! (Oh, but if you still want to vote for us, feel free!)
And one more link to video goodness, in case you have been living in a cave or under a rock or something and missed it. The king of Ireland, too funny!
Dexter is filming in Long Beach, CA. (near the convention center)
Law and Order: SVU is filming around 57th and 9th in Manhattan.
Lipstick Jungle is filming on a farm on Route 304 in Congers, NY. (Thanks for the great tip!)
Kings is filming at The Box in Manhattan. (Thanks to Jamie!)
Harvest is filming in Madison, CT and they are looking for extras for today. Please send contact info to Kellyquiel@msn.com if you are available today (shoot starts around 9-10 AM).
UPDATES: “SCC” signs spotted in downtown L.A. today (maybe Sarah Connor Chronicles?) signs pointed down Olive Street towards the 7th Street/Metro Center Station. (Thanks Karen!) Dexter has also been filming in Downey, CA, signs were spotted and they had a few streets blocked but they filmed at night with the cast so keep an eye out for Dexter if you are in Downey! (Thanks to Frank!) The Fine Living Network is filming in Hoboken, NJ this evening. Edge of Darkness is filming in Lynn, MA today also.
One of our readers, ‘Diva’, checked out the set of The Sarah Connor Chronicles last week and met Brian Austin Green. She also met Tori Spelling at an event last weekend. Donna and David in the same week, how jealous am I? Thanks so much to Diva for letting us know and if you have had a celebrity sighting in L.A. thanks to one of our tips please send us your pictures too!