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Washington West Film Festival

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Movie Reviews by Cinema Siren

Washington West Film Festival Tells Great Stories

Second annual film fest continues through Sunday; all proceeds go to Hurricane Sandy relief.

The Washington West Film Festival has come once again to its home in Northern Virginia, playing new documentaries, shorts and feature films through Sunday. With the tag line "Story Can Change the World," WWFF is unique in all the festival circuit by donating 100 percent of all profits every year to a charity.  This year they will aid in Hurricane Sandy relief.   This year's showings are in Reston Town Center, Reston's Center Stage and at the Angelika Mosaic Film Center in Merrifield.   Cinema Siren is on the jury to vote for the best documentary feature, so I won't say yet what I think of those I've been poring over the last few days.  I can tell you the selection includes a new doc about the long-gone yet beloved club in Georgetown The …

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Saturday, November 5, 2011

Top 10 Cartoon Characters by Chuck Jones

In honor of master animator's centennial birthday celebration

"The name 'Chuck Jones,' according to my uncle, limited my choice of profession to second baseman or cartoonist"…This is what Chuck Jones said about himself..We cartoon lovers are all supremely grateful for his choice of career! Now his fans and family are preparing to celebrate his centennial birthday with a year filled with festivities. The very first event was presented Friday by Cinema Siren's base of operation, ArtInsights, as part of the Washington West Film Festival that has just come to Northern Virginia for its inaugural year, is "Chuck Jones: Fabulous Firsts," which features his cartoons and a talk by yours truly, Cinema Siren.   Then his grandson is coming to ArtInsights on Sunday, bringing extremely rare art to show, and the …

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