DUMBSTRUCK is a true family film
By Ron Gilbert
I always enjoyed
ventriloquists as a kid and the skills which they were able to do with their
partners. I refuse to call them dummies because they always seemed smarter then
the humans who made them function but we also know that they are an extension
of their better half.
This film
is an incredible view into their world. It will touch every emotion in your heart,
where you will discover the true feeling of...
Women in the Arts and their involvement in film, live theatre and television appears to be exacerbated with sex and sexual content. This used to make me a bit furious because it appeared men do not have to go to such extremes to sell, get access or the like. In the wake of American media and marketing, it appears that it is about even but not for the same reasons. Women appear to get sexual to get into the industry or to have better access in the industry, where as men perform sexual jesters, m...
The 2007 All Roads Film Festivals will soon come into full view. Last week, the halls of the National Geographic Society were all abuzz as members of the selection committee hunkered down to review over 35 hours of film in 40 hours. This was truly a global affair with committee members traveling from the Pacific Islands, Middle East, Europe, North America and South America. Drawn from an expansive pool of over 250 films, All Roads 2007 will soon be upon us, sharing the unique stories of voic...
Today I have been again to the office of "Un certain regard" because there are a lot of different people who has different mission who work over there. So this day, I met Julia. She is a student like me, in the school called EFAP in Lille. Although she arrived just one week ago she got important responsabilities. She is the assistant of the director, Genevieve Pons Cailloux. She starts her day at 9:30 am to end it at 6:30 pm. But at the evening she can also give sits to people who have invitatio...
On its fourth and fifth day, Ecocinema International Environment Film Festival in Rhodes (Greece) focused on information films that try to raise our awareness on environmental matters. Here is the review of 3 of these documentaries that drew a special attention.Battle’s poison cloud, by Cecile Trijssenaar from the UK (2003, 53 minutes)The first image sets the tone of the documentary as the camera pans over shelves of jars containing monstrously malformed dead foetuses. The sequence graphically...
