Michael Riley (1960-2004) was one of the most important contemporary Indigenous visual artists of the past two decades and his contribution to the urban-based Indigenous visual arts industry was substantial. His emotive film and video work challenged non-Indigenous perceptions of Indigenous experience, particularly of the most disenfranchised communities in the south-eastern region of Australia.

U2 3D, the first-ever live action digital 3D film, will premiere on the giant screen at the Tennessee Aquarium IMAX 3D Theater. This film, produced by 3ality Digital and distributed by National Geographic Entertainment, will be one of the hottest tickets in IMAX history.

The Museum of Modern Art presents a complete retrospective of the films of Milos Forman, one of contemporary cinema's most acclaimed directors.

Without a doubt, hula is one of the strongest and most deeply rooted traditions in practice within the Hawaiian culture. Hula has gained broad-based appeal over the years as an expression of culture through words and dance worldwide.

Cleopatra and her legacy to all fashionistas in the film world and beyond is the topic of guest speaker and local author Brad Geagley, on Monday, February 26, 2008, 6:30 PM.

Through February 24, the Walker Art Center presents the series Expanding the Frame, a six-week showcase of established and emerging directors who are breaking the boundaries of film and video.

The Hirshhorn presents an unprecedented two-part exploration of contemporary moving-image art that focuses on the ways in which the cinematic has blurred distinctions between illusion and reality. "The Cinema Effect" includes film, video and digital works by a range of influential and emerging international artists.

A reemergence of Latin American films on the international scene in recent years has resulted in a wealth of vivid, groundbreaking work. The Walker Art Center's Cinemateca film series begins its run of screenings on the last Friday of each month with a new, award-winning work from Brazil, Karim Aïnouz's Love for Sale: Suely in the Sky, on Friday, January 25, 7:30 pm.

Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (EMP|SFM) in partnership with the Seattle International Film Festival Group (SIFF) will present the third annual Science Fiction Short Film Festival (SFSFF) on Saturday, February 2, 2008 at the Seattle Cinerama Theater.

Martin Scorsese's gritty and realistic films consistently earn top critical praise and helped define American cinema over the past four decades. Alan Silverman has more on the director who was just honored by the Kennedy Center for the Arts as 'a true original; a fearless artist who brings out the best and most inspired work in others and in the process continues to surpass himself.'

The Museum of Modern Art presents the first major North American survey of the films of Goran Paskaljevic, one of Europe’s most respected and critically acclaimed directors. The exhibition Goran Paskaljevic comprises new 35mm English-subtitled prints of 13 features and two shorts by the director, presented January 9–31, 2008, in The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters.

Fenimore Art Museum, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Glimmerglass Opera present the fourth annual Cabin Fever Film Series every Friday in January and February at 7 p.m. This season’s Cabin Fever Film Series, “Books on the Big Screen,” features films inspired by literature, including To Kill a Mockingbird, Peter Pan and Shakespeare in Love.