As with summer camps attended in childhood, the film festival environment is a fantasy of sorts. There's an immediate connection you feel with others based on mutual interests. There's the excitement of seeing new films. There's the vibe in the air of energy and passion. Yet, especially w...
When an established writer truly 'writes,' there's always the potential of the remarkable. When a writer 'directs,' there's more clearly the potential of failure. Acclaimed playwright and Academy Award-winning shorts filmmaker, Martin McDonagh makes his serio-comic feature debut In Bruges i...
The following is a conversation reconstruction between a group of six artists all speaking about Paul Thomas Anderson's beautiful and bewildering There Will Be Blood.
After winning several awards for his short Si Tú No Estás (If You're Gone) at the Savannah Film Festival, filmmaker Noé Santillán-López is in the process of developing his feature version. The story of a father and son (Bruno Bichir and Ivan Ar...
In a press statement released today, HollyShorts announced its official deadline for entry as May 16. Submission forms are available at both www.hollyshorts.com and on Withoutabo...
In a warmly lit room, the day before his high school graduation, teenage dope dealer Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) sits in an office with his shrink Dr. Squires (Ben Kingsley). As the two awkwardly chat, Shapiro hands over a quarter of smoke, and Squires whips out a bong. Even in its opening Jona...
Surrounded by groups of dancing women and children, professors David Harrison and Gregory Anderson sway in the crowd, their arms and legs moving against the rhythm. In their pursuit to record dying languages, the pair throw themselves into the cultures they study, even if it's not always ...
SM Editor Noralil Ryan Fores arrives in Park City: "It's a dry climate. In the first 24 hours, you have to drink lots of water. And, after a few days, your skin, on your hands and feet, will start to crack, so you'll need a lotion. Go to the Albertson's, look for the kind with the bear on it,"...
