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Director Gareth Edwards promised attendees at his SXSW keynote address that he would answer the question, “How the heck do you become a filmmaker?” It all started, he explained, when his parents took him to “an obscure art film” called 'Star Wars'. He immediately wanted to grow up to join the rebel alliance and destroy the death star. He shared the disappointment he felt when he was told he couldn’t do this because it was “only a movie”.

How do you wish to be remembered? By your work or the life you've lived?

Quiz Question: What do the following genre heroes (or should I say, anti-heroes) have in common? DC’s Batman (Think Dark Knight, not the ’60s ABC campy Adam West) Harry Potter‘s Severus Snape Star Wars‘ Han Solo Lord of the Rings‘ Aragorn Game of Thrones‘ Jaime Lannister Dark Tower‘s Roland  Conan Doyle’s …

'The City of Joy' is a viable answer to the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

This film is of incalculable worth because it documents on-the-ground, the live footage of the subterranean life in China in one of the most repressive stages of its modern history since the 1989 protests in Tiananmen Square.

There’s much more intolerance now and there’s much more religious persecution in many parts of the world,

"We Are X" - Are there curses destined to repeat in our lives? When is enough enough?

Why is Rose Hartman incomparable?

Did you know that most if not all of Emily Dickinson's poems may be sung to "Amazing Grace?"

Hocus Pocus has unexpectedly but perhaps inevitably become the consensus family favorite of the season nationwide. When it was released, bizarrely, in JULY of 1993, it was not a smash, was reviewed lukewarmly, and went on to generate a moderate $39.5 million ($65 million in 2015 dollars) at the box office.