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Weekend Film Series Feature Films
A hilarious, heartfelt documentary about Star Wars fans and their love-hate relationship with the film’s director, George Lucas, and a lush French romantic drama are the featured films at the ‘Weekend Film Series’ this coming Sunday, July 17 in the Tradewinds Auditorium at Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute (BUEI). The People vs. George... Read more of this article
BIFFlix June Screening at BUEI: ‘Ceremony’
[Update June 15: BIFF has rescheduled this screening to next Wednesday, June 22, 6.30pm at BUEI Tradewinds Auditorium. For those who have bought advance tickets – they will be valid next week or BIFF can organise a refund.] Bermuda International Film Festival (BIFF) will host a screening of “Ceremony” on June 16, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. as part of... Read more of this article
Video Trailers: Weekend Film Series
An award-winning documentary about the worldwide bee crisis, and a French action thriller that was nominated for a 2011 Academy Award® are the featured films at the ‘Weekend Film Series’ this coming Sunday, June 19. Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us? has won awards at festivals in Maui, Memphis, Syracuse, Nashville, Rhode Island –... Read more of this article
Chewstick To Screen Bermuda Poverty Film
The Chewstick Foundation is re-launching its documentary film series program entitled “BlockDocs”, with a screening of “Poverty in Paradise: The Price We Pay” on Thursday, June 16th at 6:30pm. The local documentary spearheaded by the Coalition for the Protection of Children explores the causes and consequences of the widening gap between Bermuda’s... Read more of this article
Mr. Happy Man Gets Happy Results
Wherever you may see him, no matter if the weather is rain, blow or shine; it seems that many people are in love with Johnny Barnes. Internationally known as Mr. Happy Man, Johnny Barnes, an 85-year-old resident of Bermuda, has dedicated his life to bringing a smile to people’s faces. For nearly three decades, Johnny Barnes spends hours waving,... Read more of this article
CNN Report Disputes Bermuda Triangle Myths
Everything from gargantuan sea monsters [pictured] to Unidentified Flying Objects have been blamed for the disappearance of vessels and aircraft in the so-called Bermuda Triangle and the neighbouring Sargasso Sea. But CNN reports today [May 31] there are natural, scientific explanations for what have often been labelled as paranormal or supernatural... Read more of this article
Indian Movie Released: No Bermuda Sequences
Ramesh Varma’s film Veera was released in India today [May 20] to high publicity and mostly poor reviews. The film was reportedly set to contain two song sequences shot in Bermuda earlier this year. However, it appears that the Bermudian sequences never materialized – despite two announcements that shooting here would soon commence. The song sequences... Read more of this article
May 19th: BIFF To Screen ‘Love Etc.’
Bermuda International Film Festival [BIFF] has secured the documentary, Love Etc., as the next film in its monthly screenings series, BIFFlix. Love Etc. is a witty, poignant and humorous exploration about the universal stages of love, depicted through five real stories over the course of one year in New York City. Young, old, gay, straight – everyone... Read more of this article
Video: Jack Black Film’s ‘Bermuda’ Scene
Perhaps the least convincing special effect in a Hollywood blockbuster newly released on DVD was an attempt to recreate Bermuda in central California. In a modern-day comedic retelling of the Jonathan Swift classic “Gulliver’s Travels”, actor Jack Black plays Lemuel Gulliver — a mailroom clerk at a New York newspaper who discovers... Read more of this article
Video Previews: May 15 Weekend Film Series
A charming documentary that has broken box office records at Film Forum in New York, and an Italian comedic drama that was the country’s nominee for the 2011 Foreign Language Film Academy Award®, are the featured films at the ‘Weekend Film Series’ on Sunday May 15. The documentary, Bill Cunningham New York, screens at 3 p.m. while The First Beautiful... Read more of this article
May 11: Screening Of “500 Years Later”
This coming Wednesday [May 11] Part 1 of the award winning film “500 Years Later” will be shown from 6:00 – 8:00 pm at Chewstick, located on the corner of Elliott & Court Streets. The film’s synopsis says, “Filmed in five continents, and over twenty countries, 500 Years Later is a timeless compelling journey, infused with the... Read more of this article
Film Company Files For Bankruptcy
The Bermuda company which owns the rights to such blockbuster movies as ”The Last of the Mohicans,” “Young Guns” and “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” has filed for bankruptcy, citing a sharp decline in movie royalties. Inverness Distribution Ltd, the Bermuda-registered film company that was previously known as Morgan... Read more of this article
