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.A film fest for the right The Liberty Film Festival features conservative films in the blue heart of Hollywood.By Patrick Goldstein November 7, 2006 ...this weekend Michael Moore followers will have to take a backseat to Michael Medved fans, thanks to the third annual Liberty Film Festival, which opens Friday at the Pacific Design Center. The festival is the brainchild of Jason Apuzzo and Govindini Murty, husband-and-wife film devotees who are on a mission to establish a conservative beachhead of cultural influence in the movie business. Having watched a batch of the films slated to screen this weekend, the festival...

According to a shocking new documentary called “Obsession,” the free world is still unprepared to face the unwavering commitment of those who have pledged their lives to our destruction. The film states that we suffer not so much from complacency, but from the naïve disbelief that we remain targets of thousands, perhaps millions of radical Muslims around the world. snip How determined to kill you is radical Islam? This weekend, FOX News Channel examines the full scope of the threat to the United States, with the help of documentarian Wayne Kopping. This hour-long program exposes the stunning and explicit threats...

. From a smiling Ronnie Reagan up There:The Return of the Good Guys By Judi McLeod Wednesday, November 1, 2006 Saturday afternoon at the movies. Watching the silver-badged sheriff booting the bad guys out of Dodge while munching on real-butter popcorn and savoring your once-a-week Tootsie Roll.Back in those days, the bad guy may as well have worn a shirt emblazoned with the word `Skunk!'. At the Saturday matinee, there was no need for second guessing, no political points, no propaganda and GI Joe was the undisputed hero.Remember?If only you could go back to the good days when American bashing...

For those in or near Los Angeles, this might be an event worth attending.

2006-10-20 Box-office politics by Rob Eshman, Editor-in-Chief The first person I met at the Liberty Film Festival preview was a riled up Asian American man with a pompadour, who quickly explained to me what was wrong with Hollywood: It is a vast liberal conspiracy. "But the founders of the studios were conservative," I said, thinking of the Goldwyns, the Warners and the Mayers. "Yes," he said. "But their children are communists." The Liberty Film Festival, now in its third year, aims to present and promote the work of conservative filmmakers who, according to the organizers, are ignored, persecuted and otherwise...

Less than 72 hours before ABC's "The Path to 9/11" is scheduled to air, the network is suddenly under siege. On Tuesday, ABC was forced to concede that "The Path to 9/11" is "a dramatization, not a documentary." The film deceptively invents scenes to depict former President Bill Clinton's handling of the Al Qaeda threat. Now, ABC claims to be is editing those false sequences to satisfy critics so the show can go on -- even if it still remains a gross distortion of history. And as it does so, ABC advances the illusion that the deceptive nature of "The...

The Center for the Study of Popular Culture (CSPC), a leader in the fight for intellectual freedom, and the Liberty Film Festival, Hollywood's first conservative film festival, are pleased to announce a historic partnership. The Liberty Film Festival is merging with the CSPC to create the premier conservative film and cultural organization in America. Author David Horowitz, founder of the CSPC, the parent organization of FrontPage Magazine, says: "We are thrilled to announce that the Liberty Film Festival -- that great, innovative, and irrepressible response to Hollywood's one-party state -- is joining the Center for the Study of Popular Culture....

A panel of authors who have written books about Hollywood debate the impact of communism on the film industry at the 2005 Liberty Film Festival in West Hollywood, California. The participants include Richard Schickel, "Elia Kazan: A Biography," Ron Radosh, "Red Star over Hollywood," James Hirsen, Hollywood Nation," Ed Rampell, "Progressive Hollywood," Jeff Britting, "Ayn Rand: An Illustrated Life," and Patrick Goldstein, Los Angeles Times film critic.

I'm interested in picking up some of the movies from the 2004 festival - Relentless, MMHates America, Celsius 41.11. Is there one place I can get them all? I searched Barnes & Noble to no avail. I want to avoid ordering each individually and paying more shipping than I need. Also, can anyone critique either of these movies for me?

"No free speech for fascists!" screamed two burly ruffians as they charged the stage where David Horowitz was attempting to speak. "I probably would have suffered some bodily harm," Horowitz later wrote on his blog. Luckily, he writes, about half a dozen supporters "sprang to my rescue and beat the living crap out of the two deserving reds, dragging them unceremoniously from the theater." (1)Mr. Horowitz was fortunate. But he remains a target. We now know that the October 21 attack at the Liberty Film Festival in Los Angeles was no random event. It is part of a wider effort, orchestrated...

Thursday, October 20, 2005 SP filmmakers showcase a conservative Hollywoodarts: Mostly unknown movies are on the bill for this weekend's Liberty Film Festival in West Hollywood.By Nick Green Daily Breeze "We the Living," a rarely seen 1942 Italian black-and-white film based on a book by teen-favorite novelist Ayn Rand, tells the tale of two young lovers who fight against conformity in communist Russia. A series of Kurdish shorts from the inaugural Iraqi Film Festival -- film production was virtually banned under the tyranny of former president Saddam Hussein -- explores the rejection of violence and terrorism.And "Brainwashing 201: The...

.10/14/2005 ALERT: Larry Elder, Ted Hayes and Director Hal Needham to Speak at Liberty Film Festival Filed under: General— Jason @ 11:58 am Larry Elder.We’re pleased to announce that national talk show host Larry Elder will be speaking at this year’s Liberty Film Festival. Larry will be introducing Nina May’s film Emancipation, Revelation, Revolution, which is about the role of the Republican Party in the Civil Rights movement and in ending slavery. Nina’s extraordinary new documentary will be showing on Saturday, October 22nd at 1:30PM at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. Tickets for this great event are selling...

Reprinted from NewsMax.comWednesday, Oct. 12, 2005 8:43 a.m. EDTLiberty Film Festival Opens in L.A. [featuring FReeper AnnaZ!]The Liberty Film Festival, Hollywood's only conservative film festival, returns for its second year with opening night premieres of "Broken Promises: The United Nations at 60," narrated by actor Ron Silver, and "Brainwashing 201: The Second Semester," directed by Evan Maloney. The festival will be held October 21-23, 2005, at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. From Citizens United (the producers of "Celsius 41.11") and Peace River Company, "Broken Promises" is an explosive documentary about the enormous potential of the UN at its...

From www.libertyfilmfestival.com: The 2005 Liberty Film Festival will be held this October 21-23, 2005 at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. The Liberty Film Festival showcases films that celebrate the traditional American values of free speech, patriotism, and religious freedom. Please note that festival tickets are only available for purchase on-line at this Liberty Film Festival website. We do not accept checks or phone reservations. Please do not contact the Pacific Design Center for tickets. The festival will be held at the Pacific Design Center, SilverScreen Theatre, 2nd Floor Center Green, 8687 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, CA 90069. Parking...

.Liberty film fest sets a conservative slate The showcase returns for a second year with entries covering health care, the Iraq war, the U.N. and immigration.From a Times staff writer October 5, 2005 The United Nations, illegal immigration, the perilous mission of soldiers in Iraq, and the role of the Republican Party in the fight for civil rights are just a few of the topics that will get what organizers see as a long overdue airing Oct. 21-23 at the 2nd annual Liberty Film Festival.Highlights of this year's showcase for conservative and libertarian film include Ron Silver's "Broken Promises: The...

Slow to awaken after the 9/11 attacks, Hollywood has finally come around to contributing what it can in the War on Terror: namely, glossy, star-studded movies that sympathize with the enemy. Snip - "V For Vendetta." From Warner Brothers and the creators of "The Matrix" comes this film about a futuristic Great Britain that's become a 'fascist state.' A masked 'freedom fighter' named V uses terror tactics (including bombing the London Underground) to undermine the government - leading to a climax in which the British Parliament is blown up. Natalie Portman stars as a skinhead who turns to 'the revolution'...

Conservative Spotlight: Liberty Film Festivalby Katie FarberPosted Aug 24, 2005It is commonly assumed that Hollywood, from directors to actors, is liberal. The Liberty Film Festival, set to take place October 21-23, is an annual event that aims to debunk this myth. Started last year, the Liberty Film Festival, co-founded and co-directed by Jason Apuzzo and Govindini Murty, is Hollywood’s first and only conservative film festival. It seeks to give prominence to talented filmmakers who cannot get their work shown within the existing Hollywood system, as well as to educate the public on films from a conservative perspective through commentary on...

<p>Hollywood's box office has hit the skids at record pace, and the entertainment media is in overdrive trying to explain why.</p> <p>The most obvious explanation for the box office malaise is constantly overlooked: Hollywood's liberal ruling elites keep going out of their way to offend half of their audience.</p>

By JAMES ULMER An Excerpt: Published: June 26, 2005 LOS ANGELESTHE film producer Stephen K. Bannon isn't just on a crusade. He's on a roll. "Look at Feb. 25, 2004 - a watershed week for the Hollywood right," he said in his Santa Monica office while scribbling a circle around the word "Lord" on his whiteboard. "On Ash Wednesday, 'The Passion of the Christ' is released theatrically, and on Sunday, 'Lord of the Rings' - a great Christian allegory - wins 11 Academy Awards. So here you have Sodom and Gomorrah bowing to the great Christian God, and did...

6/26/2005 The Liberty Film Festival/LIBERTAS in The NY TimesFiled under: GeneralLIBERTAS in the News— Jason @ 12:34 pm Be sure to check out today’s NY Times article on Page 1 of the Arts & Leisure section on the new conservative film movement. Reporter James Ulmer did a nice job on the piece - in large part because he got the players right, and really captured some of the personalities. There are a few points Govindini and I made in the article that bear repeating - because they come up so often on our discussions in this subject. First of...