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Valentine’s day is just around the corner! What better time to reflect on your best relationships and biggest breakups? Join us February 14th with a date, without a date, or with a date you don’t want for a 90 minute storytelling event featuring TRUE personal stories told from the stage celebrating the theme of: The Most: Makeups & Breakups.

With 25 films making their Southwest, United States or North American premieres, the 2010 Asian Film Festival of Dallas gives viewers a rare opportunity to see movies covering the spectrum of cinema from ten countries. The festival runs July 23-29 at venues around Dallas. See the 2010 lineup.

I want to take a moment to recognize AFI Dallas and their support to the North Texas Food Bank. With the help from their Community Partners, AFI Dallas has given the North Texas Food Bank 2,000 family-friendly passes for distribution. Together they also organized an online virtual food drive called Cans Film Festival, as well […]

The short films run 5-15 minutes each, and the whole program will last about an hour. You might see 5 or 6 short films during that time. All of them will give you a taste of something different. One or two will take you by complete surprise and have you thinking, “What the hell?”

Last year’s AFI Fest was amazing. I volunteered, went to a few premier screenings, and even watched short films for the first time. Like with anything you do a second time, I have reflected back to the things I wish I would have known, and look forward to what I will do this year to make the experience even better than the last.

This year’s AFI Dallas Festival will showcase 77 feature films and 96 shorts from 22 countries. Instead of waiting for the critics to review these movies, this year make it your own. Sure, it’s a risk. The movie could be horrible and your night could be ruined (a bit drastic, but I’ve been there.) Don’t worry. I’ve done the legwork, reading through all the film synopsis’ (currently only covering Feature Films) and choosing the good ones.

I recently posted about one of the current books I am reading, “Hell’s Angels”, by Hunter S. Thompson. The story is fascinating and the writing is poetically justifiable. Thompson captures beauty, fear, and hate in describing his first hand experiences with the Hell’s Angels. His life is truly one to pay attention to and study. […]