St. Louis has an Italian film festival, a Jewish film festival, a gay-and-lesbian film festival, even a 48-hour festival. But a city founded by French explorers hasn’t had a fete du cinema francais. Until now.

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The 9th annual St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase wrapped on Thursday at the Tivoli, and 27 locally made movies earned an invite from the event’s more prestigious big brother, the St. Louis International Film Festival in November.

The following films were deemed…

Now in its 14th year, the St. Louis Jewish Film Festival continues to spotlight unexamined corners of the Jewish experience worldwide. This year’s festival, which begins Sunday, June 14, at the Plaza Frontenac Cinemas and continues through June 18, includes…

Back when I was making movies at Parkway West, video machines were a novelty kept under lock and key, and the only film camera that kids could afford were 8mm. A few decades later, teenagers can make movies on $100 video cameras and immediately post them…

Organizers have announced the slate of films for the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, May 13-24. Only two American movies made the cut: Quentin Tarantino’s war flick “Inglourious Basterds” and Ang Lee’s ’60s flashback “Taking Woodstock. The opening-night film, which is…

The free, fifth annual Italian Film Festival of St. Louis starts tonight at 8 p.m. in Brown Hall at Washington University. The opening film is “La Giusta Distanza” (”The Right Distance”), a romantic mystery that was nominated for best film…

Although St. Louisans are 600 miles from a border, we can prepare for the brave new world of globalism at a pair of international film festivals coming soon to Washington University’s Brown Hall. The African Film Festival, comprising four features…

A free panel discussion titled “What Happened to New Queer Cinema,” scheduled for Wednesday at 5 p.m. at the Tivoli, has been canceled due to a Powerpoint glitch. But there’s still plenty of heady discussion to be had at the…

I’ve just returned from another unreal True/False Film Festival in Columbia, Mo. It’s one of the highlights of the year, as name-brand documentarians mingle with college kids in a town that’s much coller than when i lived there. Standout flicks…

Cheaper technology and freer standards are producing some extraordinary documentaries. Case in point: “Waltz with Bashir,” the animated film about memory and Middle Eastern conflict which opens at the Tivoli on Friday. It made numerous Top ten lists and is…