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• KATE FREUND: COMEDY CENTERED + VIDEOS

  Tuesday, Sep 1, 2009 9:16AM / News / Cinema

  I just put online the second and last part of Kate Freund’s interview, where she talks about her work on Channel 101, Acceptable TV, “The Sarah Silverman Program” and an upcoming horror short movie, "Debbie". Check out the following link to read the article: KATE FREUND INTERVIEW PART 2: COMEDY CENTERED
  

  
  
  Sarah Silverman & Kate Freund ("The Sarah Silverman Program")
  
  
  Kate Freund's "Death's Best Friend" artwork (by Hedzo)
  
  
  Kate Freund on the set of "Debbie" (Photos by Robin Von Swank)
  
  

  Enjoy also some videos directed and/or played by her below...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  More stuff about Kate Freund on Action Queens

  
  
  
  
  

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• "MEGA BITCH MELTDOWN": KATE FREUND & THE 101 CONNECTION

  Sunday, Aug 16, 2009 9:18PM / News / Cinema

  If you know the great Comedy Central TV show “The Sarah Silverman Program”, you surely have seen Kate Freund in a couple of episodes from seasons 1 (Positively Negative) & 2 (Bored of the Rings).
  
  

  
  

  
  

  But if you’re familiar to the short film festival Channel 101 and its website (created by Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab – who also co-created “The Sarah Silverman Program”), you probably have seen her a lot more, since she directed and/or played in numerous hilarious short movies since 2005, including her action horror “Mega Bitch Meltdown” (Super Chicks vs. Zombies), the Swedished “Turdy Longbows” (the “Pippi Longstocking” of the new millennium) and the totally insane “The Vacationaires” (the part 2 was just put online).
  
  

  

  
  Here is the first half of the two-part interview of this multitalented artist who likes to make movies in the living room.
  

  KATE FREUND INTERVIEW PART 1: THE 101 CONNECTION

  
  
  
  

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• "SINCERELY, JOHN HUGUES" BY ALISON BYRNE FIELDS

  Wednesday, Aug 12, 2009 1:57PM / News / Cinema

  This is the best and most touching tribute that I've ever read about the great John Hugues (Feb. 18th, 1950 - Aug. 6th, 2009). And I recommand you to read it as well...

  
  

  Sincerely, John Hughes

  
  
  

  
  
  

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• AVENGING SCHOOLGIRL VS PSYCHO HOOKER

  Saturday, Aug 1, 2009 7:28PM / News / Cinema

  I just put online on my "Action Queens" blog the interview(s) of Cheryl Lyone and Ivet Corvea, the main actresses of a new grindhouse exploitation flick named “Run! Bitch Run!”. 
  

  
  

  

  
  

  Just watch the following trailer and you’ll know immediatly what’s is about.
  

  
  

  Run! Bitch Run! Trailer from Freak Show Entertainment on Vimeo.

   

  Done? OK, now you can enjoy the following “Good Bitch / Bad Bitch” interview...
  

  
  

  "RUN! BITCH RUN!" INTERVIEW: CHERYL LYONE VS IVET CORVEA

  
  

  

  
  

  "Run! Bitch Run!" will be released on DVD in Japan by Creative Axa, on September 11th, 2009 under the title "リベンジ (Revenge)"

  
  

  

  
  Frédéric Ambroisine (August 1st, 2009)
  
  

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• PARIS CINEMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2009: CRAZY LINE-UP!

  Wednesday, Jun 17, 2009 5:46PM / Event / Cinema

  Chaired by (French-speaking) English actress Charlotte Rampling and supported by the City of Paris, the 7^th edition of the Paris Cinema International Film Festival (a.k.a. Festival Paris Cinéma) will take place in various Parisian locations – 15 different venues ! - from July 2^nd to 14^th, 2009.
  

  
  

  
  
  

  Like the previous years, there will be a few hundreds of screening (including thirty premieres presented by film crews for some of them)...

   

  

  Johnny Depp and Michael Mann will be there. Sacha Grey and Soderbergh won't.

  
  

  ... a lot of free events (screenings of the film compilation Retour de Flamme – rares silent movies presented by Serge Bromberg and Lobster Films), and for the first time, a vintage cinema trade market: “Brocante Cinéma”.
  

  
  

  
  Rare movies from "Retour de Flamme"
  
  

  There will be also for the first a “Nuit du Cinéma” (Night of the Cinema) on July 4^th, where people will be able to watch movies non-stop from 8 pm until the next morning.
  

  
  

  

  "Antique" (Korean poster)  and "Quickie Express"

  
  

  During this night, the audience will have the choice between 6 different night screenings, with the following thema:

   

  The Sexy Asian Comedies night: with “Antique” (Min Kyu-dong - South Korea), “Quickie Express” (Dimas Djayadiningrat - Indonesia), “Better than Sex” (Su Chao-pin - Taiwan), “The Sperm” (Taweewat Wantha - Thailand), and the 1980's cult classic “Temptation Island” (Joey Gosiengfiao - Phillipines)

  
  

  
  

  "The Sperm"
  
  

  The Turkish Superheros Night:  with Yilmaz Atadeniz's “Kilink in Instanbul”, inspired by American comic book “Killing”, Çetin İnanc's “Turkish Star Wars” (No comment) and Yilmaz Atadeniz's “The Deathless Devil”, a spy/superheo/wrestling movie.

   

  

  "Kilink in Istanbul"

  
  

  The Submarine Night with Robert Wise’s “Run Silent, Run Deep”

   

  

  "Run Silent, Run Deep" (US poster) and "Faster Pussycat..." (French poster)
  

  
  

  The Russ Meyer Night (Yeah!): with “Faster Pussycat, Kill Kill!”, “Vixen”, and “Up!” (a.k.a. “Megavixen”)

   

  
  

  "Vixen" (US poster) and "Up!" (French poster)
  

  
  

  The Japanese Animation Night: with some great animation flicks from three main studios Isao Takahata’s “Omoide Poroporo” (Studio Ghibli),  Satoshi Kon’s “Tokyo Godfather” (Mad House) and Hiroshi Ikeda’s “Animal Treasure Island” (Toei)

   

  

  "Animal Treasure Islan" (Japanese poster) and "Tokyo Godfather" (US poster)
  

  
  

  The “Geeks” Night a.k.a. The New American Comedy Night : with, Judd Apatows’s “The 40 Year Old Virgin”, Jared Hess’s “Napoleon Dynamite”, Greg Mottola ‘s “Superbad”, Farelly brother’s “There's Something About Mary” + “Stuck on you” and Ben stiller’s “Zoolander”.

  
  

   

  "Zoolander"

  
  

  And unhopefully, there will not have a Hong Kong movies night for the 100 years of Hong Kong cinema...

  
  

  Tributes will be dedicated to Italien actress Claudia Cardinale, French actor Jean-Pierre Léaud, Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-liang, Spanish producer Lluis Miñarro and his company Eddie Saeta.

   

  

  Claudia Cardinale and Jean-Pierre Leaud

  
  

  A special focus will be made on Turkish cinema with 40 films screened, and 20 guests invited (including directors Yesim Ustaoglu and Reha Erdem, who’ll have their works spotlighted).

   

  

  Yesim Ustaoglu's "Bulutlari Beklerken" and Reha Erdem's "Kac Para Kac"

  
  

  With the animation night, Children program will also includes a “Trip around the world of Animation” with movies from China, Denmark, the UK, Iran, Latvia, Japan, the USA, the Czech Republic, Russia, Argentina, Poland and France.

   

  

  "Le Roi et l'Oiseau" and "Brisby"

  
  

  And to finish, the International Competition will propose independant short and feature films from around the world (fiction and documentary).
  

  
  

  Check out the whole program HERE.

  
  

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