Jessie Bridges—daughter of Producer/Actor Jeff Bridges—is an emerging singer and songwriter. When Jessie’s father asked her to work with him on the film “True Grit,” their first stop was Santa Fe, NM. After a benefit concert, Jeff and Jessie played…
Is there a recipe for attracting film productions? In the case of Santa Fe, a movie making mecca that has multiple film festivals, studios, skilled actors, expert crew, gorgeous locations, tax rebates and oh yeah, a natural beauty and sense…
The Pledge Narrative Feature | 124 mins. | USA Director: Sean Penn Starring Jack Nicholson, Benicio Del Toro, & Patricia Clarkson. Why do we go to the movies? Adventure? Sometimes. Entertainment? Many times. Some of us even like some thought-provoking…
Wrenched Feature Documentary | 92 mins. | USA Director: ML Lincoln According to “Wrenched,” in the waning days of World War II young Edward Abbey was drafted and bound for Japan when news came of the Hiroshima bombing. Narrator Jack…
My Forest Shown with: Wrenched Feature Documentary | 92 mins. | USA Director: ML Lincoln My Forest How many words does it take to express joy? In the case of “My Forest,” from Belgian Director Sebastien Pins, not many words…
Click: “Growing Pains: Adolescent Short Films for Adults” “Growing Pains: Adolescent Short Films for Adults” is a bill of four separate short films with a common theme of taking responsibility for life choices. ACQUIRED TASTE Short | 33 mins. |…
Beaches, Coffee and Day Dreams A Review of “The Novelist” Many of us dream of abandoning our day jobs to any number of things: selling hotdogs on the beach, trolling for large ocean-going fish or perhaps running away to write…
Documentary Feature |69 mins. | USA Director: Shaeri Richards, Jerry Hartleben Zen, Life and the Art of Non-Doing A Review of “Moving from Emptiness: the Life and Art of a Zen Dude” What is Zen? Short answer: silence or complete…
“What we noticed were films made with a real intent to say something, that was in some way a call to enable action,” Schneier Perrin said when explaining how the idea for the “Changing the World Through Films” panel discussion came about.
In the making of the film, Stanton made several trips to Egypt to interview the revolution’s leaders. On his first trip, Egyptian authorities impounded his video equipment and he was forced to make direct contact with Egyptian filmmakers who covered the event as it was unfolding.
You want to talk creepy? The opening sequence in “Nothing Without You” goes something like this: A disheveled young woman, Jennifer Stidger (Emily Fradenburgh) watches the occupants of a house from a hole she dug in the attic floor. When…
“Currently, an estimated 7,000 languages are in active use on earth. One language is lost every 14 days.” —“The Young Ancestors.” Director Aimėe Barry Broustra’s documentary film “The Young Ancestors” illuminates not only the tragic loss of spoken languages, but…