The filmmaker discusses shooting a feature documentary about Virunga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the last refuges of the magnificent and canny mountain gorillas.
Read More »Film Feature Articles
Film Distribution Workshop with Gravitas
Melanie Miller distributes 500 films per year, reaching 100 million homes in North America. Find out how she does it.
Read More »Interview With Nicholas Wrathall, Director of ‘Gore Vidal: The US of Amnesia’
After I screened Nicholas Wrathall's documentary, 'Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia,' I briefly chatted with Wrathall who shared his impressions of Vidal as he got to know him during the process of making the film.
Read More »Gordon Willis: Master Cinematographer
Gordon Wills worked with some of the top directors of the past five decades, creating visual styles for their films that propelled them to iconic status.
Read More »Athena Film Festival 2014: A Celebration of Women and Leadership
2014 Athena Film Festival rocks and inspires at Barnard College in February. Award recipients Callie Khouri, Kasi Lemmons, and Keri Putnam were on hand for the festivities.
Read More »The Most Underrated Movies of 2013
Critics shunned them, moviegoers ignored them, and award shows laughed at them.
Read More »Robert Taylor: The Man with the Perfect Charm
For some of us who were fortunate enough to have been a part of the Golden Age, however, the memory lingers on.
Read More »‘Johnny Eager’: Robert Taylor’s Filmic Redemption
Robert Taylor proves in Johnny Eager he could play perfectly an obscure racketeer, an outlaw who continues to pull off tricks even against his own integrity.
Read More »The Zombie Apocalypse: Tales for our Troubled Times
The world might be going to hell, but at least no one’s ambling (or shambling or running) to devour your brains. Not yet.
Read More »21st Hamptons International Film Festival: Winners to Watch for in the Coming Months
In the next weeks, look for the Starfish Award Winners of the 21st Hamptons International Film Festival.
Read More »