LA Film Fest to close with Eli Roth’s live read of “Fast Times”June 10, 2015 - 11:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In an odd twist, the Los Angeles Film Festival has announced that rather than screen a movie, its Closing Night event will be a live read of Cameron Crowe‘s script “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” as directed by horror maestro Eli Roth, TheWrap reports. The LA Film Festival is produced by Film Independent, and live reads of screenplays have been a regular feature of the organization’s programming over the last four years. “I can’t think of a better way to close this year’s Festival than with a Live Read! Eli Roth is directing a quintessentially LA story, ‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High,'” said festival director Stephanie Allain. “We’re so pleased to have Eli Roth lead the Live Read of one of his favorite films,” added Film Independent curator Elvis Mitchell. This year is the 21st edition of the Los Angeles Film Festival, which runs from June 10-18. The festival opens with the LA premiere of Paul Weitz‘s “Grandma” and also features a gala screening of the television series “Scream.” Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. Armenia calls for prohibiting threats of attacks on nuclear facilities Armenia has raised the need for a treaty prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes. Armenia says ready to extend nuclear plant’s lifetime by 10 years Armenia has taken necessary measures to extend the lifetime of its nuclear power plant until 2036. Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. |