This past weekend Academy Nicholl Fellow James DiLapo’s script “Devils at Play” was giving the staged reading treatment at the Crowley Theater in Marfa, Tx. Click thru for my travel pictures and a review of the future film.
Category Archives: Film
Candlelit Pictures Interview – Producer Alix Whittaker
The Dallas International Film Festival 2013 introduced me to the wonderful work being made by New Zealand film production outfit, Candlelit Pictures. The film was part of Shorts Program 1 and had a beautiful grittiness that I couldn’t get out of my mind. I reached out to Producer Alix Whittaker to learn more about the Auckland film outfit. Click thru for our interview with Founder of Candlelit Pictures Alix Whittaker.
Mid-May Movie Madness Run Down and Interview with Writer/Director Terence Nance
Before we jump into the wonderfully inventive mind of young talent Terence Nance, how about we look at some other movie releases this weekend. Click thru for all the greatness.
Desperate Acts of Magic – Interviews with Writer/Director Joe Tyler Gold and Director/Producer Tammy Caplan
From Desperate Acts of Magic Website:
“A magician competes in an international magic contest where he goes head-to-head with a female street magician he has fallen in love with.”
Click through for our chat with the Co-Directors Joe Tyler Gold and Tammy Caplan.
Generation Um Interview with Writer/Director Mark Mann
Click thru for our chat with Generation Um Writer/Director Mark Mann
May – Winter is Coming, but It’s Summer Time Now – Must-See Calendar.
From ATTPAC site:
“Ryan Thomas Becker has been nominated for “Best Instrumentalist”, “Best Group” (RTB2), “Best Male Vocal”, “Best Solo Performer”, and “Best Blues Act” (RTB2) by the Dallas Observer, and can be seen about town playing in RTB2, Ryan Thomas Becker & Last Joke, and Hares on the Mountain. Friendly, neighborhood Dallas singer-songwriter Madison King’s brand of rock lurks in a darkened alley, barely holding its rockabilly impulses in check…”
The full Patio Sessions schedule is here and click thru for the rest of our Must-See’s for May 2013.
Interview with Director Derek Presley, Producer Geoff McGee and Star Grant James of STRYNGS
From Stryngs Facebook:
“Stryngs is a fantastical tale of life and death as seen through the eyes of an aging puppeteer!”
Click through for our chat with Director Derek Presley, Producer Geoff McGee and Star Grant James
DIFF 2013 – Look Back – Interview with The Bounceback Director Bryan Poyser and Writer Steven Walters
The Bounceback, along with short SLASH, were real highlights from DIFF 2013. Here is our chat with Director Bryan Poyser and Writer Steven Walters
DIFF 2013 – A Look Back
Citizen Twain himself just completed his run here in Dallas and it was a funny thoughtful and yet utterly brazen one man show. Val was kind enough to venture to the Dallas International Film Festival awards show to give a STAR Award to William Friedkin. A big closing moment for the festival and it inspired us to make a look back piece. Click thru for a breakdown of the award winners from DIFF 2013 as well as our Top 5 Films, Interviews and Moments from the festival.
Wicked at Dallas Summer Musicals – Interview with The Wizard – Tom McGowan
“WICKED is coming to Dallas Summer Musicals April 10 – May 5, 2013 at the Music Hall at Fair Park. ”
Click through for our chat with the Wizard played by Tom McGowan.