It’s a musical doubleheader at Bella Vita Ristorante this weekend with the ever-popular Sammy Davis performing Friday August 13 and Saturday August 14 on Bella Vita Ristorante’s outside patio stage.From 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. both nights this consummate entertainer weaves his musical magic, performing songs that everyone loves to listen to and dance to that we have grown to love through the years.When he hits the stage it’s all out charisma and performance, as he dances, prances, whirls and twirls through the classics he brings to life with and every performance.He is a Sedona favorite and one of the most…
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By Tommy Acosta It’s not often a legendary musical star makes their rounds in beautiful Sedona but on Saturday, Aug. 7 starting at 7 p.m. Sound Bites Grill will host John Ford Coley, a Grammy-nominated singer and performer of hit songs like “I’d Really like To See You Tonight,” “Nights Are Forever Without You” and so many others.With a plethora of gold and platinum hits under his belt, Coley comes to the Sound Bites Grill Celebrity Showroom to share his magic with Sedona locals and visitors alike, where we can enjoy his performance up-close-and-personal on Sedona’s only professional sound stage.The…
John C. Reilly and Steve Coogan star in festival flashback at Fisher Theatre The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present a “Festival Flashback” of “Stan & Ollie” on Tuesday, Aug. 10 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. The true story of Hollywood’s greatest comedy double act — Laurel and Hardy — is brought to the big screen. Starring Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly as the inimitable movie icons, “Stan and Ollie” is the heart-warming story of what would become the pair’s triumphant farewell tour. With their golden era long behind them, the…
Media & Propaganda is second in two-part lecture series at Mary D. Fisher Theatre The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to partner with Sedona Philosophy to present “Media & Propaganda” discussion on Sunday, Aug. 8 at 1 p.m. Explore historical and contemporary examples of how film and other media are tools of propaganda, misinformation, and disinformation. Participants will:• Learn about key concepts developed by Jacques Ellul in his 1962 book Propaganda• Analyze techniques used by filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl during Germany’s Nazi regime • Study examples of cinematic techniques that exploit features of human psychology, such as cognitive bias •…
The Search for 52 award-winning documentary debuts at Mary D. Fisher Theatre The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the award-winning documentary “The Loneliest Whale” showing Aug. 6-12 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “The Loneliest Whale” is a cinematic quest to find the “52 Hertz Whale,” which scientists believe has spent its entire life in solitude calling out at a frequency that is different from any other whale. As the film embarks on this engrossing journey, audiences will explore what this whale’s lonely plight can teach us — not just about our…
Australian romantic comedy debuts at Mary D. Fisher Theatre The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the acclaimed new Australian romantic comedy “Long Story Short” showing Aug. 6-12 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Ever felt like you’ve lost a whole year of your life in the blink of an eye? This is the relatable premise of Australian actor Josh Lawson’s second feature film, “Long Story Short”. Serial procrastinator and workaholic Teddy (Rafe Spall) wakes up the morning after his wedding to discover that every few minutes he’s jumping forward to the next…
Joyful, magical and inspiring film illuminates the walls of Old Montreal at the Fisher Theatre The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Into the Light” on Monday, Aug. 2 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. An expansion of the festival’s Art on Screen series, “Into the Light” offers a visually stunning cinematic experience from the streets and buildings of Old Montreal. Every night the 300-year-old walls of Old Montreal come alive, illuminated canvases using the city as a backdrop. Real historical characters emerge from the darkness into the…
Sedona Film Festival presents ‘Casanova, Last Love’ premiere July 30-Aug. 5Acclaimed new period drama starring Vincent Lindon debuts at Fisher Theatre The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the acclaimed new period piece “Casanova, Last Love” showing July 30-Aug. 5 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. London, 18th century. Casanova (Vincent Lindon) — famous for his taste for pleasure and gambling — arrives from Paris, forced into exile. In this city he knows nothing about, the libertine meets on several occasions a young courtesan, Marianne de Charpillon (Stacy Martin). She attracts him to…
Film follows a tender romance spanning decades in debut at Fisher Theatre The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the acclaimed new drama “I Carry You With Me” showing July 30-Aug. 5 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “I Carry You With Me” — Academy-Award-nominee Heidi Ewing’s luminous, moving debut as a narrative filmmaker — follows a tender romance spanning decades. Starting in provincial Mexico and continuing as first Iván, then Gerardo, journey towards sharing a life together in New York City, “I Carry You With Me” is an intimate love story, as…