FilmInt on the Underground is a blog dedicated to emerging filmmakers. By April L. Smith. Modern horror films have tended to fall back on gore or jump scares to evoke fear in the viewer. Matthew Pillischer’s A Dark Souvenir uses none of these tricks of genre, instead harkening back to the slow […]
Britain On Film – Britain’s History and the BFI Film Archive
July 29, 2015
By Cleaver Patterson. Britain as a whole has a history as unique as that of the four regions which constitute it—England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. With this in mind it is hardly surprising that much of its story should have been captured on film. Since the emergence of the […]
In Conversation with Cinematographers by David A. Ellis
July 28, 2015
In following up his 2011 book, Conversations with Cinematographers (Scarecrow Press), David A. Ellis presents his recently released In Conversation with Cinematographers (Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 978-4422-5109-0; ebook: 978-14422-5110-6) which furthers the discussion with other practitioners of the often ignored trade. This collection of interviews with 23 cinematographers and camera operators, who have worked […]
Film Scratches: the Surrealist Ritual Dramas of Tzuan Wu
July 15, 2015
Film Scratches focuses on the world of experimental and avant-garde film, especially as practiced by individual artists. It features a mixture of reviews, interviews, and essays. A Review by David Finkelstein. Tzuan Wu is a Taiwanese filmmaker based in New York, and his recent shorts are surrealist ritual dramas in which symbolic […]
The Puzzle of Money: getting the economic story right
https://vimeo.com/121445041 By Lee Salter. Four years ago Michael Chanan and I embarked upon an ambitious project to tell the story of the Corporation of the City of London in our documentary film, Secret City. In the midst of the economic crisis, with the new Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in the UK […]
FilmInt on the Underground: A Cinematic World to Come
July 11, 2015
FilmInt on the Underground is a new blog dedicated to emerging filmmakers. By April L. Smith. Directors Trevor Mowchun and Daniel Eskin’s World to Come is a stark, beautifully shot study on the grief and guilt that underlies a quiet Jewish community. The film unfolds slowly as a series of images […]
CARVER to Open Second Annual REEL EAST FILM FESTIVAL, August 21-23, 2015
July 9, 2015
Contact: reeleastfilm@gmail.com Oaklyn, NJ – Carver, the horror film phenomenon directed by teen wunderkind Emily DiPrimio, will open the Second Annual Reel East Film Festival (REFF) for a 7:30 screening on August 21, 2015 at the historic Ritz Theatre in Oaklyn, NJ. South Jersey native DiPrimio will introduce the film, with a Q […]
A Quick Take from Cannes: Zhao Tao on Mountains May Depart
June 23, 2015
By Amir Ganjavie. Jia Zhangke’s Mountains May Depart could be defined as a metaphorical representation of the status of romance in the age of consumerism. By focusing on three different time periods – 1999, 2014, and 2025 – the movie describes how emotions and feelings evolve over time and what […]
FilmInt on the Underground: Michael Fredianelli and the Grittiness of Genre
June 4, 2015
FilmInt on the Underground is a new blog dedicated to emerging filmmakers. By April L. Smith. An interest in classic and obscure films led director Michael Fredianelli to filmmaking. While working in an office, Fredianelli set a goal of completing one half hour short per month during the weekends. He admits […]
Film Scratches: Spectacles of Loss in Dolissa Medina’s The Crow Furnace (2015)
May 29, 2015
Film Scratches focuses on the world of experimental and avant-garde film, especially as practiced by individual artists. It features a mixture of reviews, interviews, and essays. A Review by David Finkelstein. Dolissa Medina’s beautiful 30-minute short The Crow Furnace is a film prose poem that blends archival footage, surreal narrative, and montage […]