Archive | May, 2009

BE FILM: Beyond the Narrative

05/22/2009

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I like to find the most innovative filmmakers taking risks and finding their own cutting edge and the most recent podcast EPISODE 65 Top Notch Filmmaking includes a couple more conversations from BE FILM: The Undergound Film Festival. Just an amazing group of films and filmmakers that kept my attention even weeks after the festival […]

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Departures

05/21/2009

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First, I advise all to stay for the end credits because they roll over a scene of the entire ceremonial procedure in one take, culminating what the main character has learned into an art form. The logline reads “Winner of Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, DEPARTURES is a delightful journey into the heartland […]

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62nd Festival de Cannes 60s Love Fest

05/09/2009

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Festival de Cannes began May 13 and goes on through May 24. While I did attend the last two years (see Film Festival reViews website for Cannes 2007 and 08) wasn’t able to make it there this year but have been keeping up with the updates from a lot of sites including the Festival newsletter […]

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