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.
Monday, December 14, 2015
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Detroit Director Adapts Tale of Child Sexual Abuse
The book Bianca: Tell Us Who Did This To You came out in 2006. The 2015 movie adaptation had its first screenings this past week in Detroit.
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.
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