Scenes from two movies have special resonance for me. Both scenes are poignant and especially cinematic, underlining the depth and range of program set out at the fifth Traverse City Film Festival.
In Jan Troll’s masterful “Everlasting Moments” we follow a woman as she picks up a camera and becomes empowered in unexpected ways. [...]
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Making Choices at 2009 Traverse City Film Festival
August 12, 2009TCFF 2007
August 23, 2007TCFF 2007 Fiction Jury Awards
Best Feature: Rocket Science
This entertaining film stars Reece Daniel Thompson as Hal Hafner, a young man of few words. He is a high school student in Plainsboro, New Jersey where his persistent stutter leads to countless indignities at the hands of his classmates.
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Special Jury Prize For Visual Impact: Tuya’s Marriage
Not only [...]
Sundance, Multimedia Romance & Chief Lizard Wrangler!
February 9, 2007Sent to Park City Utah by The Hollywood Reporter to cover the Sundance Film Festival, Greg Goldstein found himself seated amongst participating filmmakers. Two of them were the couple behind “Four Eyed Monsters,” directors Susan Buice and Arin Crumley.
Shortly after I read Greg’s blog I received an email from Emerging Pictures. This company is [...]
Silent Movie
December 13, 2006Queen Antinea (Stacia Napierkowska), a woman so beautiful that men kill themselves when she rejects them.
Yikes!
