Article Archive for July 2012
We all enjoy a good romantic comedy from time to time: its laughably pathetic hero or heroine struggling to be noticed, its tendency toward disaster, and its potential for happily ever after. Nolan Dean brought …
What does it take to fully turn a life around? How difficult is it and how much effort does it require to go from an illiterate convict to an award winning poet? Daniel Glick explores …
We recently had the opportunity to interview Donald Bowman, the producer of HEART: Flatline to Finish Line. The film recently completed its campaign on Kickstarter, coming away with a very successful $22,037 of its $20,000 …
Among the promising documentary films gaining momentum on Kickstarter, we found Director Catherine Gund’s “How To Become An Extreme Action Hero”, a documentary exploring the artistic style of dancer and master of movement, Elizabeth Streb. …
We all remember watching Sesame Street as kids. But so few of us know who the actors are behind the costumes. Dave LaMattina and Chad Walker began a documentary about Caroll Spinney, the actor behind …
Andy Whitfield, best known for his role in the Starz TV series: Spartacus: Blood and Sand, was diagnosed with cancer in March 2010 and passed away in September 2011. While he was battling cancer, he …
There are many haunted locations across the U.S. A campaign recently opened on Kickstarter for a film set on the historic (and haunted!) U.S.S. Salem. Jack Skyyler began this campaign in the hopes of raising …
(Lea Seydoux, above)
By Richard von Busack
Remember that Versailles-Barbie vision of Marie-Antoinette, purported by Sofia Coppola a few years back? It’s quite swept away by Benoit Jacquot’s intense Farewell, My Queen. (Farewell, My Queen tickets and …
Some of the most interesting indie films turn to Kickstarter to raise the funds they need for production and post production. Gabe Diani recently launched a campaign for the film, “The Selling” (directed by Emily …
by Richard von Busack
In India, the dispute over a family’s property involves a very contemporary Delhi girl and familial resentments she is too young to remember.
Set in the old city of Ahmedabad, Prashant Bhargarva’s first …