The USA Film Festival announces the full schedule of events for the 41st Annual USA Film Festival, April 27 – May 1, 2011 at the Angelika Film Center Dallas, Texas.
The festival opens with Alfred Hitchcock’s To Catch a Thief on its 55th anniversary. The lineup includes debut features by women writer/directors Massy Tadjedin (Last Night), Kathy Lindboe (NoNames), Caroline Bottaro (Queen to Play); debut films from writer/directors Nick Tomnay (The Perfect Host) and Sam Jaeger (Take Me Home), as well as director Steven Williford and writer Nick Marcarelli (The Green); to veteran filmmakers Tamar Hoffs’ Pound of Flesh, Michael Winterbottom’s The Trip, Justin Chadwick’s The First Grader, Harry Thomason’s The Last Ride, and John Gray’s White Irish Drinkers.
The program includes special tributes to the Barry Corbin, William Fichtner and Malcolm McDowell. The Festival also salutes film, television and theater actors David Hyde Pierce, Peter Riegert and Karen Young with new films The Perfect Host (David Hyde Pierce), White Irish Drinkers (Peter Riegert), and The Green (Karen Young).