Sunday, March 20, 2016

A Film About 'Shadow People'

It started with a caller telling radio host Art Bell, "I see shadow people."
 

Thursday, March 10, 2016

In Memory of a Very Special USC Film Grad

The average life expectancy of those born with spinal muscular atrophy is two years. George Cornelius IV lived to celebrate his 32nd birthday, graduating along the way from USC Film School in 2006.

Sunday, February 28, 2016

It's Deja VW All Over Again

Four years ago, at the 2012 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula, Montana, Damon Ristau showed as a work-in-progress his documentary The Bus. He would officially debut his ode to the VW camper two months later in Durham, North Carolina.

Saturday, February 27, 2016

A Double Twang of Cigar-Box Guitars

At this year's inaugural New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival, held January 14th-16th, Jon Miller screened his 81-minute documentary Strung Together.

Peter n' Chris Go Grocery Shopping

Once upon a time, The Ben Stiller Show dropped a very funny parody trailer. In Die Hard 12: Die Hungry, John McClane's Christmas Eve at the grocery store is interrupted by an international terrorist (the late Taylor Negron) gunning for $2 million in holiday coupons. Among the one-liners zinged by Stiller as McClane: "Paper or plastic you son of a..." and "What do you think I'm doing here? Comparison shopping!?"