Juan Rendon, Alton Brown, Ming Tsai. Photo Credit: Park Weston Photo   Wednesday, June 15th, The Napa Valley Film Festival celebrated the launch of the new series on Netflix “Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend” with a screening of the finale episode of the eight-part series. The event took place at the Culinary Institute of America at Copia. The show chronicles the heroic quest of a challenger chef taking on five legendary Iron Chefs ...

  WHAT: The Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF) celebrates the launch of the new series on Netflix “Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend” with a screening of the finale episode of the eight-part series chronicling the heroic quest of a challenger chef taking on five legendary chefs in their quest to be named “Iron Legend.” A Q&A will follow with chefs and hosts. A special VIP sit-down dinner by the Culinary Institute of Americ...

  WHAT: The Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF) celebrates the launch of the new series on Netflix “Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend” with a screening of the finale episode of the eight-part series chronicling the heroic quest of a challenger chef taking on five legendary chefs in their quest to be named “Iron Legend.” A Q&A will follow with chefs and hosts. A special VIP sit-down dinner by the Culinary Institute of Americ...

SPRING: SEEING HONG KONG AGAIN A review by Emmanuel ITIER In this short documentary of 27 minutes, French filmmaker Benoît Lelievre (“Le miroir d’Alice”, “À ton image”) awakens, in the moment of "spring", the notion of community and warmth in a covid-hit huge city like Hong Kong. Sit down, remain calm, open your senses, and let the spectacle unfold.   Through some aerial cinematography and a poetic approach we encounter several char...

Still from 'War for the Planet of the Apes' (2017).20th Century Fox 20th Century Studios president, Steven Asbell has said that the script for the fourth movie in the Planet of The Apes film series is coming close to completion. He has indicated that this could mean that filming starts in the fall of 2022.   It may come as a surprise to Planet of The Apes audiences that there is going to be another film as the movies seemed to have reached a conclusion in War for The Plan...

            “FOOD, FUN, +PHIL”   Phil Rosenthal ("Somebody Feed Phil”) Honored with Screening, Q&A, VIP Culinary Reception at CIA at Copia.   Paul Reiser (“Mad About You") and Monica Horan (“Everybody Loves Raymond") in attendance. The Napa Valley Film Festival presented “Food, Fun, + Phil– an Evening with Phil Rosenthal,” a screening of “Oaxaca,” a new e...

8th Annual Mammoth Lakes Film Festival Announces 2022 Film Line-Up   Festival Will Be Held May 25-29, 2022 Throughout Mammoth Lakes    “Fire of Love” and the California Premiere of “The Pez Outlaw” to Open and Close the Festival.  The Festival Features 16 California, West Coast, US, North American, International or World Premieres   Mammoth Lakes, CA (May 4, 2022) &nda...

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