JM Bell, Author at The LEFT Show

Sundance Podcast – Interview with Saskia and Ezra from Current TV

by JM Bell | Jan 24, 2008 | JMBell | 2 comments

This was a lucky break. I wandered out of the dark, black basement that is the New Frontier at the Sundance and saw a couple of people shivering on the sidewalk. Figuring that they were from out of town, I asked for an interview. Current TV is almost a default...

Sundance Podcast – Tom Hines – Director of Chronic Town

by JM Bell | Jan 24, 2008 | JMBell

CHRONIC TOWN Truman Korovin is a lonely, sharp-witted cab driver in Fairbanks, Alaska. The usual routine of picking up fares and spending his nights at his favorite bar, the Boatel, is disrupted when his girlfriend Emily dumps him on one of the coldest nights of the...

Sundance Podcast – Strangers Interview – Parts One and Two

by JM Bell | Jan 22, 2008 | JMBell | 3 comments

It’s a classic story with a geopolitical theme. The film Strangers, from the directorial duo of Guy Nattiv and Erez Tadmor, and starring Lubna Azabel with Liron Levo, is a masterful and powerful love story with deep religious and cultural overtones. Liron and Some...

BREAKING – Actor Heath Ledger Found Dead

by JM Bell | Jan 22, 2008 | Uncategorized

From CNN: NEW YORK (CNN) — Actor Heath Ledger is dead, the New York Police Department said Tuesday. Heath Ledger was found dead in his Manhattan apartment. The Academy Award nominated actor was 28. Ledger’s housekeeper found him dead in his Manhattan...

2008 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEES AT SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

by JM Bell | Jan 22, 2008 | Uncategorized

2008 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEES AT THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL Performance by an actress in a leading role: * Julie Christie in “Away from Her” (Lionsgate) – 2007 Sundance Film Festival Premiere * Laura Linney in “The Savages” (Fox Searchlight) – 2007 Sundance Film...