Director Justin Kelly discusses his films I Am Michael and King Cobra by Joanna Orland Screenwriter and director Justin Kelly first garnered industry attention when his debut feature I Am Michael premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2015.  His second film King Cobra continues the tradition set by I Am Michael, by being based on […]

King Cobra Directed by Justin Kelly Starring Garrett Clayton, Christian Slater, Alicia Silverstone, Molly Ringwald, Keegan Allen and James Franco LFF Screening October 6th, 7th, 2016 by Joanna Orland Justin Kelly’s first feature I Am Michael took a politically provocative subject matter and humanized the true story of Michael Glatze, the former gay rights activist […]

Goat Directed by Andrew Neel Starring Ben Schnetzer, Nick Jonas, Danny Flaherty, Gus Halper and James Franco by Joanna Orland Ben Schnetzer is an actor that comes around only once in a generation.  A chameleon in every one of his film roles and an actor that can extract empathy from his audience with seemingly little effort.  […]

Directed by Mark Osborne Starring in English: Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, Mackenzie Foy, James Franco, Marion Cotillard, Benicio Del Toro, Ricky Gervais, Riley Osborne and Albert Brooks Starring in French: Florence Foresti, André Dussollier, Marion Cotillard, Vincent Cassel, Guillaume Gallienne, Vincent Lindon and Laurent Lafitte by Joanna Orland Director of Kung Fu Panda, Mark Osborne […]

19-29 March 2015 by Joanna Orland BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival celebrated its 29th edition in 2015.  With over fifty feature films, one hundred shorts, and industry events, the BFI Flare is the UK’s longest running and most popular LGBT film festival.  This year marked a new initiative for BFI Flare – fiveFilms4freedom is […]

February 5th – 15th, 2015 Berlin, Germany by Joanna Orland The Berlin International Film Festival is a staple in the film industry’s diary.  Every year, the Berlinale showcases roughly 400 films, mostly international and European premieres.  More importantly for the film industry, the European Film Market (EFM) holds around 400 companies and over 8000 film […]

Directed by Justin Kelly Starring James Franco, Zachary Quinto and Emma Roberts by Joanna Orland LGBT activist Michael Glatze was a voice of the Queer youth in 1998, San Francisco.  As the magazine editor of a popular LGBT magazine, documentary filmmaker and advocate for gay rights, Michael was seemingly comfortable in his sexuality and openly […]

Berlinale 2015 Photo Gallery February 6-10, 2015

Directed by Werner Herzog Starring Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Damian Lewis and Robert Pattinson as Lawrence of Arabia by Joanna Orland Queen of the Desert tells the story of Gertrude Bell (Nicole Kidman), a traveler, poet, archaeologist, spy and eventual politician who played a major role in establishing the modern states of Jordan and Iraq. […]

by Lewis Church James Franco, the recent defender of frat pack free speech in The Interview has taken a break from international relations to bring you this, his first novel. He’s in your films, on your television, and now on your bookshelf. It is largely everything that you might expect. Franco is the actor now […]