Who wears short shorts?

ShortFest attracts not only emerging directors, previously unknown to the world, but glam actors and actresses trying their hand at a new aspect of filmmaking.

In our Shooting Stars program, we have been honored to feature films resulting from Glamour Reel Moments, created to entice more women behind the camera. In the past we've had films directed by Kate Hudson, Kirsten Dunst, Bryce Dallas Howard and Jennifer Aniston.

This year's GRM participators include Demi Moore, Courteney Cox and screenwriter Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith (The House Bunny, Legally Blonde).

Maybe Ashton will be sneaking into the front row next year instead of JT.

Happy-Go-Lucky

Did you skip the mudslinging of the debate (or at least Tivo it) for the happiness that oozes from Mike Leigh's latest film and our latest Special Member Screening of Happy-Go-Lucky?

What did you think??

The Secret Life of Bees

The pun is so obvious, it has to be said.

After watching tonight's Special Member Screening, what is the buzzzz on The Secret Life of Bees -- the adaptation of Sue Monk Kidd's novel about a girl (Dakota Fanning) who escapes her father when taken in by the independent Boatwright sisters (Queen Latifah, Sophie Okonedo and Alicia Keys)?

Cin-E-File poll: Fall buzz films

PSIFS members will be invited to fantastic Fall Special Member Screenings including The Secret Life of Bees, Happy-Go-Lucky, Slumdog Millionaire, Defiance, Milk, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Revolutionary Road and The Wrestler.

What films are you looking forward to this Fall?

Cin-E-File poll: Political films

PSIFS staffers weighed in on their favorite political films in the latest Cin-E-File.

What political films get your vote?

"Palm Springs is supposed to be nice, so says the word on high."

So says the troubled Frank Whitaker in Todd Haynes' Far from Heaven, the spot-on homage to Douglas Sirk films and the perfect penultimate screening in our melodramatic Drama Queens series. Did you attend? What did you think?

We'll take it one step further by visiting Haynes' rarely seen but highly regarded 1995 film, Safe. Winner of the Seattle International Film Festival's American Independent Award and nominated for numerous Independent Spirit Awards, this is a unique opportunity to view a film presently unavailable on DVD.

On top of that, we will be joined by guest speaker and film critic John Anderson. His reviews regularly appear in Newsday, Variety and the New York Times, and he should provide fantastic insight on our final Drama Queens film.

Please join us on Oct. 8 at the Palm Canyon Theater!
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