Festivals Archive for October, 2008
AFI Movie Reviews
Paul Newman brought a new, casual intelligence to male stardom in the 1950s and ’60s, a sensitive tricksterism versus Brando’s and Dean’s wounded inarticulation; David Thomson wrote that Newman “seems to me an uneasy, self-regarding personality, as if handsomeness had left him guilty.” As Fast Eddie, the talented pool player who lacks the self-esteem, focus…
Read the full article »Shorts … and to the Point: Marie-Josee Saint-Pierre (Passages)
Marie-Josee’s short animated film,Passages begins like an etch-a-sketch primer on the beauty and awe of bringing a new life into the world. Unfortunately, just as everyone who has gone through the experience will tell you – over and over and over again – that’s just the beginning. And for Marie-Josee, thanks to what may be…
Read the full article »Shorts… and to the Point: Joey Garfield (Ex-Bully)
Joey Garfield’s comedy short Ex-Bully is as quick on its feet as anyone who had to navigate and negotiate their way through school around the bigger kids and bullies just to survive to the next grade. It’s funny, but better yet – it’s shared experience funny. Ex-Bully works because the majority of us did have to walk…
Read the full article »Actor’s Corner Vinessa Shaw (Two Lovers)
You have seen her opposite Tom Cruise in Eyes Wide Shut and Will Ferrell in Melinda and Melinda. She has done admirable time in both Westerns (3:10 to Yuma) and Horror (The Hills Have Eyes). And while she may not have immediate name recognition to the average filmgoer, Vinessa Shaw does have name recognition to people with names like Woody…
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