Tampa Film Fan

news and notes:free tickets at steve persall’s blog, upcoming films from picturehouse, local movie 100 tears

• The St. Pete Times’ film critic Steve Persall might have some movie tickets to give away on his blog Reeling in the Years. I love free stuff, but I LUV free movie tickets!
• Received via email: La Vie en Rose (opening at the Tampa Theatre June 29) is released by Picturehouse, the theatrical motion picture company that produces, acquires and releases feature films, and has brought to the screen some of our favorite films including A Prairie Home Companion, Pan’s Labyrinth, and Gracie. This summer, from Picturehouse, you can look forward to El Cantante, a music-infused biography of Puerto Rican, salsa pioneer Hector Lavoe, starring Jennifer Lopez and her husband, Marc Anthony; and Rocket Science, the first narrative film from Jeffrey Blitz (Spellbound) which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival where it received rave reviews and won the Directing Prize and many more. For more information about upcoming releases visit www.picturehouse.com.
• Congratulations to local filmmakers Marcus Koch and Joe Davison for the recent press attention their new movie 100 Tears recently received in the Tampa Tribune. I wasn’t able to attend the movie’s premiere at Channelside Cinemas this past weekend, but I heard that the turnout was good and the film was well received.