An Opportunity to Support “These Three Words”
These three words — nope, not “I love you.” These three words happen to be more along the lines of something more unpleasant, and terribly frightening. They are, “You have cancer.” These Three Words is also a film exploring how the heart and soul are changed when a life threatening disease takes over. The film will […]
Rhode Island College Metalsmithing Students Present Scintilla
Each year, students in Rhode Island College’s metalsmithing/jewelry department are asked to organize a gallery exhibition featuring the work of both current students and students who have graduated from the program in the last year. Attendees of Scintilla, this year’s exhibition, will be able to view everything from fine jewelry to larger works of metalsmithing. […]
Rhode Island Film Warriors Fight the Good Fight
Read the full version of this article here. There’s a 3 pm crew call, but don’t let that fool you – it’s gonna be a long, long day (night actually). For Rhode Island film warriors Anthony Ambrosino (1st Assistant Director or AD), Nicholas Delmenico (2nd AD) and Mark Greene (2nd, 2nd AD) it’s par for […]
Scene and Heard
It’s an a-MAY-zing month for the film industry – actually an amazing time in general for the local film world, especially indie film. There’s so much going on that I have to take a deep breath and really think about what I want to tell you first. The process of talking with people, visiting sets […]
Rhode Island Film Warriors Fight the Good Fight (full version)
There’s a 3 pm crew call, but don’t let that fool you – it’s gonna be a long, long day (night actually). For Rhode Island film warriors Anthony Ambrosino, Nicholas Delmenico, and Mark Greene, it’s par for the course. These guys from Pawtucket’s The 989 Project production company know what it’s like to roll up […]
Scene and Heard
I love May. I love the name, the flowers, Mother’s Day, (yes, I’m a mom), and the sunshine. To my DISmay, I missed the deadline on the paper edition of Motif, so I am going to put it all in my weekly update right here. Come what may (there it is again), you will hear […]
Rock & Reel Combines Artistic Mediums
On Saturday night, April 27, the Rock & Reel music video competition came to a conclusion with a screening and awards ceremony. In its inaugural year, the grassroots Providence-based project pairs local musicians with independent filmmakers for one weekend only to conceive, write, shoot and edit a music video. The 9 teams of musicians and filmmakers revealed their narrative […]
Take Two: Beyond the Pines
Motif’s very own Nick and Iandolo and Rosemary Pacheco duke it out monthly over a movie in theaters. This month’s feature film: Beyond the Pines