The Coronado Island Film Festival (CIFF) kicked off its seventh year last night with 'Empire of Light' at the Village Theatre. cinebeth talked to film critic Leonard Maltin, who will host the festival's Industry Awards.
"Her new film, 'Loren and Rose,' is essentially a two character piece, very intimate little film that is a perfect showcase for her playing an older actress and dealing candidly with that fact," Maltin said."Here's a woman who was known originally and still known in many quarters for her beauty, which is striking. But she's more than just an attractive woman.
"What I love about film festivals is the communal aspect of it. It's not just seeing the film, it's seeing the film in the context of other films, in the context of being in a festival going mode," Maltin said."I want to be carried away, swept away by the currents of that festival. I find that festivals make me more adventurous, more willing to try something that I don't know anything about, more willing to try exotic or foreign and then talking about it.
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