Monday, December 14, 2015

George Méliès Had an Older Brother

The Cambodia International Film Festival may seem like a strange place for a gala opening night screening of a French TV documentary about a forgotten Gallic filmmaker. But once the chronology of Raphaël Millet's Gaston Méliès and His Wandering Star Film Company is explained, it all becomes clear.

Sunday, December 6, 2015

Sunday, November 22, 2015

Santa Fe Filmmaker Skewers the Concept of Celebrity

After ten years, Mark Steven Shepherd is finally ready to unveil his documentary Red Carpet Burn.

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Gulf War Veteran Tends to Kurds Ravaged by ISIS

It was already a remarkable story. But in light of the recent ISIS terrorism in Paris, Beirut and aboard a Russian airliner, the 2016 feature documentary The Longest Road is likely to attract a lot more attention.

Sunday, November 8, 2015

Girlfriend's Google Doodle Compels Filmmaker to Complete Civil Rights Era Documentary

Earlier this year, Boston artist Ekua Holmes created the Google Doodle displayed on January 19th across the U.S. for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Like Ava Duvernay's recent film, the illustration was anchored to the famous march across Edmund Pettis Bridge in Selma.