BTS with DMK: Ed Brady
Everybody loves Ed. No matter who you talk to about this guy, the love for Ed Brady shines through in every conversation. It is also clear how much he loves […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
“Fin”: CWTheaters in Lincoln Closed After 20 Years
On February 28, after 20 years of being a community staple for first dates, Super Tuesday regulars, and movie fanatics alike, CWTheaters (previously called CinemaWorld) was forced to shut its […]
BTS with DMK: A conversation with Josh Kirk of HIP CAT
Last year, I had a blast and a half working on a fun commercial shoot. I landed the gig because the fella producing, Josh Kirk, asked around to find an […]
BTS with DMK: The Kinnane Brothers
I am a hopeful romantic and a huge fan of romcoms. The films often have a woman in the lead navigating adventures in love, love lost, and love reclaimed. There’s […]
BTS with DMK: A Conversation with Sharon Contillo
According to The Inclusion List, of the 486 nominees for Best Director, only 10 have been women and only 3 women have won the title in the almost 100-year-old awards […]
Telling Stories: A collection of profiles of local Black artists
While gathering profiles of local Black artists, We had far more suggestions from our guest editor and advisors than we could ever hope to cover. Kelly Marino interviewed three RI […]
RI Video Roundup
We asked Motif’s resident video production supervisor to recommend some locally grown vids that made his year: 1. Dawn the Duck You may think you have a robust social life, […]
Ken Burns brings his revolution to RI: Famed documentarian stumps for his new series on the American Revolution
Ken Burns made documentaries cool. His early work, spanning back to the ‘70s, inspired generations to engage differently with documentaries. Reenactments, slow-burn pans across historic documents and paintings, and comfortable […]
BTS with DMK: Behind The Scenes with filmmaker Kristen Falso-Capaldi
If you haven’t noticed yet, Rhode Island is bursting with endless creative energy. Providence has named itself the Creative Capital and is the home of the Rhode Island School of […]
Woman in the sky: A life well cherished…
Max Woertendyke’s documentary-short Woman in the Sky is a retrospective exploration of the past grounded in the present; a navigation of passion within the responsibility of someone else’s life’s work. […]