Part of a series of personal observations from the Rhode Island International Film Festival. It seems an undeniable paradox to be famous for being obscure, but The Residents have managed it. Widely regarded as the world’s most influential band (or avant-garde performance artists pretending to be a band) that no one is sure exists, they […]
The Best of The 48 Hour Film Project will play on August 22 at the AS220 main stage. Although the films selected have not been announced yet, there will be plenty to choose from as over 50 teams competed. The competition challenges teams of filmmakers to make a movie in less than two days. That means you […]
One of the hallmarks of the 1980s was the growth of home entertainment options — whether it was television, movies, music or gaming, there was an explosion of options in the marketplace. As the videotape gained in popularity, it didn’t take the other forms of entertainment long to utilize it. First the musicians started releasing […]
It’s Christmas Eve in Los Angeles and Sin-Dee, a transgender prostitute fresh out of jail, reunites with her friend and coworker Alexandra who informs Sin-Dee that her boyfriend / pimp Chester has a new favorite girl named Dinah. This news sets in motion Sin-Dee’s frantic cross-town trek to find either Chester or Dinah and confront […]
Infinitely Polar Bear is a film about a family in which Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana play Cam and Maggie, a couple who met in the late ’60s. By the time 1978 rolls around, they have two daughters and are separating due to Cam’s inability to deal with his bipolar manic depression. When Maggie gets […]
Flickers: Rhode Island International Film Festival begins the main week-long annual event of its 19th season on Tuesday, August 4, with an opening night gala and screening of a showcase of short films at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) and continues through Sunday, August 9. The festival is especially well-known and respected for its […]
Anne and Paul Sacchetti are an older couple who move into a secluded western Massachusetts home in the hopes that a change in location will help them deal with the recent death of their son Bobby. Strange things start to happen and Anne believes that Bobby has moved with them. But things soon get […]
Here’s a look at the epic and history-making Providence International Arts Fest 2015. It’s a story so big, it needed three chapters (but they’re really short, interesting chapters) See video playlist Or, watch here: Shooting and editing by Alex Speiss
Alex and Emily have recently moved their family to Los Angeles and while taking their son to the park one day they meet Kurt and his son, and they receive an invitation to Kurt’s home for dinner. Kurt and his wife, Charlotte, seem to be everything Alex and Emily have been hoping for in […]
The Nightmare is a collection of interviews with real people who suffer from sleep paralysis, spliced with reenactments of the nightmares they experience while suffering from sleep paralysis. That may sound a bit too simple, but that is all there really is. What started as a promising concept quickly devolves into a third-rate cable […]