ARTHOUSE FILM NEWS - Cosmic Disco Detective Rene at Facets, Chicago 11/29/23

check it out here , along w/ links to several other photos from Maryland Film Festival - sujewa

Read all about it here . Go here for Ouat! Media's website . And here's the knock.knock trailer: - Sujewa

Even though I have not yet seen Jay Hollinsworth's feature Broken , I am somewhat impressed with the project already because of the packaging for the DVD; the DVD comes with a board game, in a board game looking box, and inside the box are the DVD (in its own box), an actual board game, a sharpie, cards, and little plastic pieces for the game. Hollinsworth & gang should get some kind of a prize for this "excellence in DIY film DVD packaging" achievement. Here is the trailer for Broken: For more on Broken, go here . Will post more about Broken later this month. - Sujewa

Check it out here . - Sujewa

Found this on the Cucalorus Film Festival's site: Midnight Kiss's site . - Sujewa

Barry Levinson at MD Film Fest Opening Night (photo by Jason Putsche) L-R; Barry Levinson, MFF director Jed Dietz, MFF programmer Skizz Cyzyk (photo by Jason Putsche) Melvin Van Peebles, right, and assistant enter Charles Theatre for MFF 2008 Closing Night May 4, 2008 (photo by George Hagegeorge) YEAST Q+A at MD Film Fest 08 left-to-right: Yeast producer Marc Raybin, co-star Benny Safdie, star Greta Gerwig, writer/director/star Mary Bronstein, host Matthew Porterfield (director of Hamilton) (photo by George Hagegeorge) :: Says the MFF in this press release: "MARYLAND FILM FESTIVAL's 10th ANNIVERSARY DRAWS LEGENDARY FILMMAKERS, RECORD-BREAKING CROWDS The 10th Annual Maryland Film Festival drew to a close Sunday, May 4, 2008, having shattered all previous attendance records and drawing over 100 filmmakers to beautiful downtown Baltimore. The festival opened Thursday, May 1st with its Opening Night Shorts Program, hosted by Oscar-winning, Cannes-bound native son Barry Levinson,

Click on the poster to go there: Check out the post below for La Americana trailer. - Sujewa

Saw this movie at MDFF last weekend, liked it a lot, sad story though - but very much worth checking out & thinking about & possibly doing something about. Trailer:

Check it out here . Good movie. - Sujewa

From Linear Reflections : "LR: How did this project come to fruition? If you could, please provide me with a rundown, start to finish, from your involvement. [Bronstein] I decided to make this film after I realized that I didn’t want to wait around for other people to make projects. I wanted to make a film about female friendships that dealt with the issues of resentment, hostility and emotional manipulation that often are present in too-close enmeshed friendships of either sex. I wanted to make a film about women that I’ve never seen before, about people who have no business being friends with each other but don’t know how to stop. And I wanted to see if I could pull it off. I wrote out an outline and tried to get my husband Ronnie to make it as his next project. When that didn't work, I decided that I liked the ideas too much to give up and tried to make it anyway." Read the rest here . Go here for more on Yeast . - Sujewa

From the Cinematical review of James Spooner's new movie White Lies, Black Sheep : "Director James Spooner, who was himself a black kid hanging in a white scene in his youth, brings his unique perspective to bear in telling this story of AJ's journey toward himself. Think that race doesn't matter to you, that you know all there is to know about white folks and black folks and the subtleties of racism in the undercurrent of society? Catch White Lies and Black Sheep, and supplement it with a viewing of Spooner's Afropunk for a well-rounded perspective on this director's unique and engaging viewpoint. Spooner will make you think,..." Read the rest of the review here . - Sujewa

Check out the review here . - Sujewa

From the Why I Tour post at Kelley's blog: "I have been touring the US with my movies for 5 years. In the early years, I would fly in to a city, rent a car and do a giant loop around that state for 2 - 3 weeks, showing my films at media art centers, art house cinemas, and colleges and universities. I would end up back near the airport I had flown in to, return the car and fly home. On all of these trips I broke even. I wasn't making any money, but I wasn't losing any either. After doing this for 3 years, I realized that if I wanted to make money I was going to have to make some changes. It’s a very strange time in our business. In my opinion there is no such thing as “Independent Film” anymore. It has all been co-opted and turned in to a marketing phrase. Hollywood stars working on $10 million dollar movies is not independent — I don't care what their ad campaigns say! The promise of the 80's and real independent filmmaking is over." Read the rest of the