Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Miami Love Triangle Alights in Australia

In 1928, Captain Bill Lancaster and his female financier, Chubbie Miller, landed Down Under. Due to some mechanical problems along the way, they had lost out to another aviator in their quest to become the first to fly from England to Australia. However, their personal relationship endured. The co-pilots, both married at the time to others, became an item and wound up, four years later, at the center of a sensational Miami murder trial.

Sunday, June 7, 2015

The Shocking Death of an Atlanta Filmmaker

The clip posted to Instagram April 30th by Leevon Daniels highlighted what he loved to do most: make movies. Three days later, the 26-year-old Conyers, Georgia man was found dead of a gunshot wound. At press time, the circumstances that led to his death remain a mystery.

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

A Comedy Imbued with the Spirt of Jay Leggett

When Jay Leggett died suddenly on the Wisconsin deer-hunting trail in the fall of 2013, actor Adam Devine praised him as "the best teacher I ever had." On Thursday, June 4th, Leggett's legacy as a comedy guru will be on display once more thanks to a screening of Flim: The Movie at Lawrence University in Appleton.

Saturday, May 30, 2015

Filmmaker Navigates The Appalachian and Marriage Trails

When a documentary is called The Long Start to the Journey, it naturally behooves to jump back to the starting point.

Friday, May 29, 2015

Film Critic Ventures Down the Riverdale Rabbit Hole

The Boston Globe has been all over the topic of Archie's Betty, a documentary screening this weekend locally at the Institute of Contemporary Art. Which doubly makes sense, since the pages of the paper is where it all began.