Monday, April 27, 2015

A List of Film Festivals

After finding out there are quite a few more festivals centering around classic movies than I thought, I decided to compose a list of festivals around the US/Canada. Please let me know if there are more!

Also, some don't update until the festival is closer so if it's listed as 2014, just check back later.

Festivals Focusing on One Actor/Actress

Humphrey Bogart   http://bogartfilmfestival.com/ (Florida)

James Dean http://www.jamesdeanartifacts.com/james_dean_run.html (Indiana)

Marie Dressler http://www.vintagefilmfestival.com/ (Ontario, Canada) Thanks Melina!

Judy Garland http://www.judygarlandmuseum.com/index.html (Minnesota)

Buster Keaton http://iolakeatoncelebration.org/  (Kansas)

Buster Keaton (http://busterkeaton.com/2014/home.html) (Michigan)

Dean Martin http://www.deanmartinsteubenville.com/ (Ohio)

Donna Reed http://www.donnareed.org/html/templates/dr_section.php?dr_section=festwork (Iowa)

John Wayne http://johnwayne.org/john-wayne-film-festival-dallas-april-24-27-2014/  (Texas) There isn't much info on this one but hopefully it will be updated soon.


Classic Movies in General 

Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival http://arthurlyonsfilmnoir.ning.com/ (California) Thanks Laura!

Capitolfest (http://www.romecapitol.com/capitolfest.html) (New York) Thanks Nicole Marie!

Denver Silent Film Festival (http://denversilentfilmfest.org/)

Lucille Ball Comedy Festival (Focuses more on other acts) http://www.lucycomedyfest.com/ (New York) 

Kansas Silent Film Festival http://www.kssilentfilmfest.org/

Lone Pine Film Festival http://www.lonepinefilmfestival.org/  (California) Thanks Laura!

Noir City Film Festival http://www.noircity.com/  (California, Texas, etc?) Thanks Laura!

San Francisco Silent Film Festival http://www.silentfilm.org/

TCM Film Festival http://filmfestival.tcm.com/

Toronto Silent Film Festival http://www.torontosilentfilmfestival.com/ Thanks Melina!


Monday, January 2, 2012

Well...

I've decided to try to give this a new try. I'll be the first to admit, I'm not very good at it but I love sharing the love of classics with everyone. So, here I am!