“THE BIG UNEASY”: AN INTERVIEW WITH HARRY SHEARER
2011 WOODS HOLE FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! Harry Shearer discards his black-humored charm in his documentary, “The Big Uneasy,” a very important film about Hurricane Katrina’s destruction of New Orleans…
Posted on August 5, 2011 by Amy R. Handler
“ROAD TO NOWHERE”: AN INTERVIEW WITH SCREENWRITER STEVEN GAYDOS
I caught up with writer, Steven Gaydos to discuss the birth, life and staying- power of “Road to Nowhere,” and to ponder how such a goth-inflected mind-boggler emerged from the pen of Variety’s finest…
Posted on August 3, 2011 by Amy R. Handler
THE DARKNESS WITHIN
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
Dom Portalla’s award-winning “The Darkness Within” is a psychological-thriller that messes with the mind in that surreptitious way that shocker-addicts only dream about, but very rarely see in contemporary film…
Posted on August 2, 2011 by Amy R. Handler
GREEN VALLEY
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 104 minutes |
In many ways, “Green Valley” is typical of new filmmakers trying so hard to create something weird that in the end their work resembles the primitive tactics of every other new filmmaker…
Posted on August 1, 2011 by Amy R. Handler
“HARVEST” – AN INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER MARC MEYERS
Marc Meyers arrived at filmmaking by way of playwriting. Meyers’ second feature, “Harvest,” follows ordinary people going about the business of living and dying…
Posted on July 21, 2011 by Amy R. Handler
SMALL TOWN MURDER SONGS
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  Year Released: 2011 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 75 minutes |
What’s exciting about “Small Town Murder Songs,” is that we are able to interact with the story at a very visceral level. Every single one of our senses is on alert, and in full gear from the film’s beginning to its end…
Posted on July 13, 2011 by Amy R. Handler
THE SCENESTERS
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  Year Released: 2011 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 102 minutes |
Do not, under any circumstances, expect romantic sappiness from this gentle, yet hardcore brainteaser…
Posted on May 25, 2011 by Amy R. Handler
AND NOW WITHOUT “CEREMONY”: AN INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER MAX WINKLER
“Ceremony” may be Max Winkler’s debut into feature filmmaking, but as this highly provocative narrative indicates, Winkler is no stranger to the cryptic and unexpected…
Posted on April 27, 2011 by Amy R. Handler
BRINGING THE DEAD TO LIFE: AN INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKERS JIM TOWNS AND MIKE MCKOWN
Jim Towns and Mike McKown are an independent dream team with a huge vision. Their films, “Prometheus Triumphant: A Fugue in the Key of Flesh,” and “Stiff,” are
bold, scary, intelligent, and highly provocative…
Posted on January 20, 2011 by Amy R. Handler
“THE ENDLESS SUMMER”: AN INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER BRUCE BROWN
When it comes to the greatest sports films of all time, it’s a family business at the Brown household. Brown as in Bruce Brown, that is…
Posted on January 10, 2011 by Amy R. Handler
“LOVELY, STILL”: AN INTERVIEW WITH MARTIN LANDAU
The recipient of numerous awards including an Oscar, and nominated for countless others, Landau is as down to earth and soft spoken as anyone could be…
Posted on November 24, 2010 by Amy R. Handler
“I AM COMIC”: AN INTERVIEW WITH JORDAN BRADY
I caught up with the always honest, always funny director, Jordan Brady, to talk about his newest creation, “I Am Comic”…
Posted on October 20, 2010 by Amy R. Handler
MURNAU’S SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS (DVD)
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Year Released: 1927 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 93 minutes |
Long before “Twilight” and “The Vampire Diaries,” cinematic visionary F.W. Murnau directed the first vampire feature ever made for the big screen…
Posted on September 29, 2010 by Amy R. Handler
KINGS OF PASTRY
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Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 84 minutes |
2010 PHILADELPHIA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! Crying over spilled milk may be a toddler-thing but really, grown men weeping over broken sugar sculptures????
Posted on September 16, 2010 by Amy R. Handler
THE MILLION HIT MAN: AN INTERVIEW WITH SEAN DUNNE
When Sean Dunne uploaded his short documentary “The Archive” to Vimeo, he had no idea he’d become an overnight cult sensation. Still it happened, a mind-blowing, life changing explosion—proving once again, that dreams really can come true in the 21st century…
Posted on August 15, 2010 by Amy R. Handler