2021 was yet another difficult year for movies. Theaters were closed for part of the year; and even when opened, many people stayed away?because of COVID, or just because streaming has become so common. This situation has made it much harder to even figure what films...
Today?s report on the Slamdance Film Festival looks at some documentary features. These three films all have different vibes, from chaotic, to mellow, to socially engaged. A reminder, the festival this year is entirely online. You can get a festival pass for only $10...
One of the parts I love about film festivals is the chance to watch shorts. Slamdance Film Festival has so many to choose from. I dipped into three of the short films sections for just a sampling of each. Animation shorts: Sensual Pill (4 minutes), by director Sam 3,...
Welcome to Slamdance Film Festival. Slamdance is a festival that bills itself as ?by filmmakers, for filmmakers?. It focuses on emerging talent. The festival was started in 1995 by a group of filmmakers whose films weren?t accepted into the Sundance Film Festival. I...
?. . . The assumption when folks see my chair is that I won?t be able to do things before they assume I will be able to do things.? Acting is a very demanding profession. Actors become another person in the eyes of the audience. It is challenging. Even more so when...
?The Hell-Bound Train is always on duty, and the devil is the engineer.? Each year the Library of Congress selects 25 films to be added to the National Film Registry. The Registry includes a broad range of the diversity of American film?from blockbusters to home...
?If we hope to truly see another person, we have to start by looking within ourselves.? Ryusuke Hamaguchi?s Drive My Car is built around the power of storytelling?imagined stories, dramatic stories, and personal stories. The film is based on short stories by Haruki...
Perhaps the grass is always greener on the other side of the Bering Sea. That seems to be the basis for Phillipp Yuryev?s premier feature film The Whaler Boy. Teenaged Leshka lives in a remote whaling village on the edge of the Bering Straits. He and the other men go...
I frequently eat out. Sometimes it?s for convenience; other times it is for something special. The options are endless because restaurants are everywhere. They always have been, right? Well, no. Delicious, from director ?ric Bresnard, is the story of the birth of the...