Riveting, intelligent and a masterclass in acting, “Beyond the Hills” is likely to be the best film you’ll see this spring or maybe even this year.

A former board member and longtime volunteer, Jim Colletti returns to this year’s Sedona International Film Festival in an entirely new role: first-time filmmaker. Originally from New York, Colletti moved to the East Valley nearly 20 years ago – buying his first home in Chandler and opening a business in Gilbert before relocating to Mesa. He has been living in central Phoenix for about 2 years now, where he runs his graphic art/advertising agency Element Design along with his artist management/record label OEO Entertainment.

Few recent documentaries have stirred audiences quite like “How to Survive a Plague,” with its harrowing yet inspiring look into an oft-forgotten period of American history: the early years of the AIDS epidemic that rocked the nation in the 1980s and '90s. In his powerful filmmaking debut, journalist David France explores the ACT UP and TAG movements as they fought for change against an indifferent government and health care system, primarily told through activist-shot footage from those years.

What’s the BEST Halloween candy you ever got as a kid? Tell us, and you could win a VIP family four-pack of tickets to the Arizona PREMIERE of the movie “Fun Size,” Saturday (Oct. 20) at 11 a.m. at Tempe Marketplace. The movie opens Oct. 26, so you’ll be the first to see it in Arizona!

If you ask Assistant Executive Director Adrian Bendick what her favorite movie at the Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival is, she probably wouldn't be able to give you a straight answer.

Vacant storefronts and restaurants are finally starting to fill spaces that emptied in the recession, and that retail turnaround is strongest in the East Valley.

Harkins Theatres and Phoenix Children’s Hospital have already forged the “Feel Good Partnership of the Year,” with Harkins making annual commitments of nearly $1 million through in-kind donations and from a portion of proceeds from its loyalty T-Shirts.

Peoria resident Charles Bracy lives a few blocks from the city’s entertainment district, the stretch of 83rd Avenue south of Bell Road that includes the Peoria Sports Complex, a Harkins Theatre and numerous bars and restaurants. Bracy has been following the city’s plans to overhaul the area, so when he heard city staff and representatives from the developer would have a community meeting Monday night at the Arizona Broadway Theatre he made the trip.

Peoria resident Charles Bracy lives a few blocks from the city’s entertainment district, the stretch of 83rd Avenue south of Bell Road that includes the Peoria Sports Complex, a Harkins Theatre and numerous bars and restaurants. Bracy has been following the city’s plans to overhaul the area, so when he heard city staff and representatives from the developer would have a community meeting Monday night at the Arizona Broadway Theatre he made the trip.

How much of what people see is perception or reality?

An independent documentary/drama, “People v The State of Illusion,” written and produced by Austin Vickers, a Tempe resident, will expand to two additional Arizona Harkins Theatres on Friday.

The Phoenix Suns' "Operation Orange" campaign continues to blitz the Valley by offering fans an opportunity to participate in a variety of family-friendly events, activities and charitable causes.

The Phoenix Suns' "Operation Orange" campaign continues to blitz the Valley by offering fans an opportunity to participate in a variety of family-friendly events, activities and charitable causes.

For Victoria, Laryssa, Lina and AC Fernandez, as well as their friend, Corinna Cluckey, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” represents more than simply the last of the Harry Potter films.

It’s also the end of an era in their childhood. The franchise, including the movies and the bestselling book series by author J.K. Rowling on which they are based, have been part of the friends’ lives for years.

MADCAP Theaters is seeking $40,000 in donations for air conditioning repairs that are needed to keep the venue open.

Thursday, Nov. 25

Events help single moms with cancer

Learn how to be leaner and healthier

Free Arts, Harkins tie holiday spirit in a bow

ASU Gammage teams with The Seeing Eye