The 11th Annual CineVegas Film Festival is taking place at the Brenden Theatres at the Palms from June 10-15. This year's edition showcases independent features, documentaries and shorts in a wide variety of genres as well as events honoring several film greats.

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CineVegas
06.17.09
7:02 p.m.

Podcast: Wrapping up CineVegas

By Josh Bell

Las Vegas Weekly contributor Julie Seabaugh joins Josh to wrap up the 2009 CineVegas film festival, including award winners, local films and festival highlights. Read more...

 

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Review
06.16.09
9:08 p.m.

Adam

By Tasha Chemplavil

Biopics about famously accomplished people who succeed despite their handicaps are prime Oscar fodder. But fictional films about ordinary people with disabilities are much more unpredictable. Read more...

 

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Review
06.16.09
9:01 p.m.

The Headless Woman

By Julie Seabaugh

Betrayal, unconditional love, decay and the disparate lots in life (and death) doled out by chance make for implicit yet meaty themes. Read more...

 

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CineVegas
06.16.09
5:06 p.m.

It’s not goodbye, it’s see you next year

By Jennifer Grafiada

CineVegas 2009 wrapped up last night with girls on rollerskates, a drive-in and a filmmaker family reunion in the heart of Las Vegas. Read more...

 

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Review
06.16.09
12:09 a.m.

Palermo Shooting

By Julie Seabaugh

Palermo is a visually stunning meditation on living life to the fullest. It’s also refreshingly dark, brooding and a little disorienting, though nearly to the point of self-indulgence. Read more...

 

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Review
06.15.09
1:24 p.m.

Bronson

By T.R. Witcher

Bronson tells the story of petty thief Michael Peterson, sentenced to prison in 1974, who changed his name to Charles Bronson and over the next three decades gained notoriety as Britain’s most violent prisoner. Read more...

 

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CineVegas
06.15.09
12:25 p.m.

Welcome to Las Vegas, Willem Dafoe

By Melissa Arseniuk

Willem Dafoe clocked his first visit to Las Vegas yesterday for the 11th Annual CineVegas Film Festival where he received the Vanguard Actor Award. Read more...

 

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CineVegas
06.15.09
10:51 a.m.

Jon Voight’s red carpet Obama bash

By Melissa Arseniuk

“Obama is a person that’s influenced by Marxists,” Jon Voight said on the red carpet before the CineVegas Honorees Reception. “We’re going to have to pay very close attention (to him).” Read more...

 

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News
06.14.09
11:47 p.m.

That’s a wrap: CineVegas announces its 2009 jury winners

By Sarah Feldberg

And the $10,000 check goes to… Read more...

 

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Review
06.15.09
12:44 p.m.

World’s Greatest Dad

By Josh Bell

Comedian-turned-filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait may seem like a depraved sicko, but if you get past the synopses and actually watch his films, you’ll discover that the guy’s clearly a softie at heart. Read more...

 

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06.15.09
12:04 a.m.

Mercy

By Tasha Chemplavil

Actor Scott Caan, who also wrote and produced Mercy, is convincing as a silver-tongued womanizer and even as a man experiencing love for the first time. Read more...

 

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Review
06.15.09
12:08 a.m.

Godspeed

By Josh Bell

Religious fervor gone horribly wrong informs the slow but often engrossing thriller Godspeed, which takes place in the harsh but beautiful wilds of Alaska. Read more...

 

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CineVegas
06.14.09
5:07 p.m.

“Found” is a great find

By Sarah Feldberg

“Jenna, Can I give you a sensual massage? Then I will talk about Jesus,” Found magazine creator Davy Rothbart reads from a note found on a college campus. Read more...

 

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Cocktail of the Week Nov 5, 2009
by Xania Woodman

Beergarita

It was quite by happenstance that I came upon the beergarita, or perhaps it found me. I was blissfully unaware of the house-party staple’s existence until two glasses literally put ...
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