Sunday, January 24, 2016

This Feature Was Shot in Two Days

Here's a line of movie dialogue for you: "How long has he been Michael Douglas-ing this Glenn Close?"

Sunday, January 17, 2016

The Lost Art of Inuit Tattoos

Not too many documentary filmmakers are based in Iqaluit, the capital of the Nunavut Territory in the Canadian arctic. But that's the case with Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, who returned there after studying film at Sheridan College in OakvilleOntario.

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Reporter Discusses Minnesota Filmmaker Murder-Suicide

When it comes to TV news, one of the great assets of the Internet is that it has provided an avenue for reporters to post additional thoughts and footage that did not make it into their original broadcast report.

Sunday, January 3, 2016

An Agoraphobic Indie

Two of the most striking celluloid portraits of agoraphobia were released within close proximity of each other, two decades ago. In 1992's The Fear Inside, Christine Lahti played agoraphobic children's author Meredith Cole, and in 1995's Copycat, Sigourney Weaver starred as agoraphobic psychologist Dr. Helen Hudson.

Friday, December 25, 2015

A Victim of Violence Finds His Artistic Voice

Life is often all about turning points. For Altadena, California native Nashon Ratcliff, a pivotal such moment occurred in 1997.