Thursday, November 13, 2014

Squirrely Comedy Unspools in Wisconsin

It's a toss-up which is weirder: the history of the Gerold Opera House, which is playing host to Wisconsin's 4th Annual Weyauwega International Film Festival November 12th-15th. Or the plotline of the closing night mockumentary, Bucky and the Squirrels.

Saturday, November 8, 2014

Lynn Lowry Graces Buffalo Vampire Flick

There's stunt casting; there's typecasting. And in much rarer instances, something that can be called "surprise casting."

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Three Women and a Lighthouse

By day, Jaccii Farris and Amy Unger work as reporter-producers with WFMZ-TV in Allentown, Pennsylvania. By night, weekends and whenever else they can squeeze in the time, they make shorts and documentaries under the banner Julian Farris Films.

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Sister of Child Pilot Vicki Van Meter Circles Back to Utah

In 1993 and 1994, Vicki Van Meter set two ridiculously impressive aviation records. At age 11, she became the youngest airplane pilot to make a transcontinental U.S. flight and at age 12, the youngest to complete a transatlantic journey, from Augusta, Maine to Glasgow, Scotland.

Saturday, October 25, 2014

An Art Show That the Sitting President Found 'Repellent'

There were hundreds of paintings featured alongside other artifacts at the February 27th-March 15th, 1913 New York City event "International Exhibition of Modern Art," short-formed by a feverish public as "The Armory Show" because it was held in the 69th Regiment Armory. Among those paintings, one in particular stood out, helping power an event that is credited with showing today's museums and galleries the way.