“Killed for a plate of soup!” reads the repeated placard. A baby carriage plummeting down an endless flight of steps is memorable to say the least. Every parent becomes emotionally hijacked as the crescendo of heartbeats race booted soldiers. Sadly, rampages against hapless civilians happen often enough in the real world to render the fictional […]
” At one point, Jeanette was receiving threatening phone calls and Cameron was filming ….. Jeanette told Cameron that if anything happened, he should just run…” Jeanette Maier was thrust into a new career search in October 2001 when FBI agents raided her now infamous New Orleans brothel, once patronized by Louisiana’s political elite. Reinvention […]
The multi-talented actor/director Demetrius Parker dropped me a line about this weekend’s special screening of the anticipated comedy feature 6 NonSmokers. Filmmakers from the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia (aka the DMV) will be showing their work at the Cinema Arts Theatre 9650 Main Street Fairfax, VA this Thursday night December 2 at 7pm and Sunday December 5 […]
Only for a Paprika Steen film would I have stayed to see one more movie at the end of the Virginia Film Festival weekend. The trek across University of Virginia’s sprawling campus seemed daunting and I wasn’t alone. “Was this a test?” asked a fellow movie-goer. Once found though, the theatre was a beautiful venue […]
Ryan Berry and Joey Groah first met and clicked creatively working for a news station. Setting aside nights and weekends for fun projects like documentaries and wedding videos, they soon outgrew their day jobs and in 2003 became partners in a full-fledged production house with local, national, and internationally clients. DIGICO (www.godigico.com) is a production company that […]
Everyone who attended this year’s Virginia Film Festival is home and probably rested by now. All those who missed it are marking their calendars for 2011 and well they should because the quality and quantity of VFF documentaries was outstanding. Documentaries seemed the next logical category in the VFF Close Ups series because the Fredericksburg […]
Everyone who attended this year’s Virginia Film Festival is home and probably rested by now. All those who missed it are marking their calendars for 2011 and well they should because the quality and quantity of VFF documentaries was outstanding. Documentaries seemed the next logical category in the VFF Close Ups series because the Fredericksburg […]
72 hours / 7 minutes + 1 prop + 1 line that must be used (x) teams of filmmakers fueled on enthusiasm, caffeine, and little sleep = The Adrenaline Film Project O.K., so I slept through high school algebra and can’t write the equation exactly but you get the idea. Eleven teams of filmmakers went […]
The Virginia Film Festival 2010 was held this weekend in Charlottsville and it was a blast. There were so many talented filmmakers, fun events, and great films to report on that one post cannot suffice. So, film reviews and interviews will be forthcoming in a series titled: Virginia Film Festival Close Ups. (This blogger is exhausted and road […]
“Some sins are never forgiven, especially in a small town” read The Preacher’s Daughter Movie’s seductive advertisement. Director Michelle L. Bower’s highly anticipated Indie film is still in production but this week RIFF fans get to hear what the leading lady has to say about her exciting and demanding role. The lovely and incredibly talented […]
