HDFEST New York is coming next month to New York City. Here are the details:

Venue: Theatre at Sony Wonder Technology Lab

Location: located at 56th Street and Madison Avenue in the Sony Plaza Public Arcade

Date: October 20th and 21st, Screenings 5pm-11pm

$12 per screening  (Tickets available on HDFEST website or at the door)

Festival contact email: admin@hdfest.com

Website: http://www.hdfest.com/festival.html

HDFEST New York Details: http://www.hdfest.com/hdfestnyc.html

The second event of the year is our West Coast event coming in December. More details about the December HDFEST event will be announced shortly.

Religulous is really an interesting and off-beat.  See what Stephanie has to say about it here.

Bill Maher is on a mission.  With his film Religulous, he wants proof of religion and not just that he has to have faith.  With a thought provoking film, his film is reminiscent of Borat and any Michael Moore film.  In other words, he manages to find humor but also makes his audience question their own beliefs.

You have to check out this animated music video-its really cool and its in High-Definition.  Click to enjoy in HD.

The Robot really believes that most of us have missed an undiscovered gem of a film in Igor.  Read his entire review here.

An Under-appreciated Classic Animation Full of Originality, Witt and Social Commentary

     Igor is a very interested animated film.  The film was not well received by the critics of its day. I find this extremely puzzling, as Igor is one of the most innovative and original animated films of the era.  Igor touches on issues that are usually passed over by studios in favor of safer and more conservative topics… Igor stands out as an oddity as it addresses some very charged political issues in the fantasy world of Malaria, issues which were echoed in the real human world of the twenty-first century.  

 

Gerald loves, loves, loves Coraline.  Read his entire review right here.  

Coraline is a wondrous and exciting children’s tale shown in 3D. Wondrous is only to be expected from the combination of film director Harry Selick (of The Nightmare Before Christmas) with Neil Gaiman’s book by the same title.

 

 

 

Juan Pablo has a variety of compositions that work with varied moods.  His work is well-crafted and often strikes a peaceful tone.  Give a listen here.

 

The animation was to begin with made as a short film with musicsequences and some sound effects. It was about 1 minute longer than now as a music video. We did it at the Kolding Academy of Design in Denmark. The characters are made out of fimo clay and and the background built with paper, plastic, sticks and bottlecaps.  Click here to check it out.

The Robot doesn’t really hold much back with his assessment of You Don’t Mess With the Zohan.  Read it here.

 

There is no doubt that You Don’t Mess with the Zohan gets worst as the film proceeds.  The first half of the film, while a bolt-rattling experience, is far superior to the second half.  By the end, the script has degenerated into such chaos that only a total fool would be entertained.

 

 

 

 Gerald has a new review of Yonkers Joe with Chazz Palminteri that he thinks is pretty good.  Read the entire review right here.

Yonkers Joe is an exciting and very sensitive dramedy. Director and writer Robert Celestino spins a tale of how a single father with a mentally challenged teenage son finds time to raise his son, play the horses, run rigged crap games, fix winning poker hands and pull off a Vegas scam. Although the film has quite a bit of action in the storyline, Yonkers Joe has an underlying compassionate theme that leaves the audience with a warm feeling.