Day three of RIFF starts early, with the Angry Filmmaker workshop. If you want to go to this, you’ve probably already signed up for it, and I’ve already talked about it in a previous post, so let’s get on to Screening Block F, starting at 2:00 PM.
“Karate Film Cafe” is one of my favorite movies […]

Jumping straight to the point, and here’s the lowdown on how RIFF ‘09 day two will go down.Friday, August 28
Screening Block C is one of the most varried blocks of movies at RIFF this year. Starting at 2:00 PM, it includes the only animated film, one of the most ridiculous films, and the only student […]

I’d like to start off with tickets are still available for this year’s RIFF right here. There are a lot of options, and the all access pass not only gets you into all of the movie screenings, but also the “VIP Lounge,” which is conveniently located at the Athenaeum (109 Amelia Street), so it’s a […]

As you probably know, the main RIFF event of 2009 will be August 27 to August 30. In those days, besides a heavy dose of independent movies, there will have music and the Angry Filmmaker Kally Baker. 

First: the Angry Filmmaker. Kelly Baker was here last year and I heard a lot of good things. I […]

Last Friday RIFF screened an episode of NPR’s show, This American Life.  Inspired by the article “The Life of John Smith” by Laura Blumenfield,  ”John Smith”  showed one life through the lives of many.
In one word: brilliant. Showing how the lives parallelled really revealed how similar people are. It had many messages, but mostly it […]

Before seeing the movie I knew Baraka was supposed to be powerful, and  Ryan Poe liked it. Not a lot to go off of, but I was pretty excited to see it none the less. 
Note: This contains spoilers about what is shot in the movie
It started with a shot of a mountain, a beautiful scene […]

On Friday, April 17th,  RIFF had a screening of BARAKA. After it was over, there was a lot of positive feedback, and luckily for all of you that came, and those of you that missed it, there is another one soon!
On May 15 at the Athenaeum RIFF has permission to show an episode of This American […]

Today I watched a short film from a company called Valve. For those of you who don’t know, Valve, for the most part, makes games. Their games have a reputation of being very good, innovative, and cinematic; the most famous being the Half Life series and Portal. 
The short I watched today was based off of […]

Today I watched a short film from a company called Valve.  For those of you who don’t know, Valve, for the most part, makes games. Their games have a reputation of being very good, innovative, and cinematic; the most famous being the Half Life series and Portal. 
The short I watched today was based off of […]

Hello friends of RIFF, I’m Ben Gregson, and you’re probably going to be seeing me around this blog in the coming weeks. RIFF will continue to function as usual, but you’ll have a new face delivering you news, reviews, interviews, overviews, personal views, and I hope you’re here to view it all.
Soon, I hope to be […]