Every ten years or so, a film has to come out to shock the audience. In THE KILLER INSIDE ME, the gratuitous violence made everyone in the enormous Eccles Theatre squirm in their seats as acclaimed director Michael Winterbottom made the conscious decision to prolong excruciating long scenes of violent battering, showing Joyce’s (Jessica Alba) […]
Archive | January, 2010
Sundance Film: Tucker and Dale vs Evil
01/23/2010
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The title, TUCKER & DALE VS. EVIL, makes me laugh with its emphasis on the twist of this romantic comedy horror genre that can be anticipated but not predicted and like a good joke, well-told with punchlines perfectly-timed, keeping the audience howling with surprise at the unexpected results. Andrew Kaiser, music composer, describing the film […]
Twenty Top Films of the Decade by Women Filmmakers
01/10/2010
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ndie or Studio, Women Filmmakers Still Underrepresented is headline screaming from the Atlanta Film Festival website atalantafilmfestival.com/content/view/420/ The article asserts that according to a new study from the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, the number of female directors and cinematographers has declined over the past decade. However, the study, “Independent […]
Woodstock Film Festival 2016
01/26/2010
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