How kooky is this business of making independent films? I left a perfectly fine job in advertising for this. Sure, it was a soul-sucking affair, but it paid well, and it had all sorts of built-in self-congratulatory back-slapping award shows to make you feel like you were heaping gold into the cultural coffers.
Actually, I was […]
On the road to adulthood, did you or someone you know miss the turn?
Win tickets to FULL GROWN MEN, (opening in San Francisco on July 25th at the Landmark Lumiere Theater and in select theaters across Florida), along with autographed memorabilia from the film, an action figure gift package courtesy of DC Direct, and […]
In the February 19, 1986 issue of The New York Times, Janet Maslin said in her review, "Most of "Parting Glances" functions as a parade of homosexual stereotypes." On the same day, several other mainstream reviews said basically the same thing. Meanwhile, every gay publication hailed the film as the first realistic portrayal of gay […]
Today's Variety includes one of the many special sections that are geared toward the awards season. Today's issue is called "Eye on the Oscars: Best Picture," and like all of these special issues, it attempts to handicap the race. It lists the so-called "contenders" for the Best Picture category, but somehow it doesn't include any, […]
Emerging Pictures' venue partners are finding ways to give their Opera-loving audience a way to appreciate the La Scala series even more. The Charles Theatre in Baltimore welcomes local opera aficionado Jonathan Palevsky, Program Director at WBJC a non-commercial, classical music and arts radio station, who will introduce the 7 p.m. AIDA screening at the […]
The re-release of Jean Jacques Beneix's "Diva" has brought back a lot of memories for me. I was working at United Artists Classics when we released the film in the U.S., and I find it fascinating to read about the film's history in the various articles that have appeared in the last week. Having been […]
Thanks to Charles Burnett for writing in to share his thoughts on "Honeydripper." Charles is one of my favorite filmmkaers, and it's been such a thrill to see his early work being rediscovered. Check out Charles' blog at http://emergingpictur.setupmyblog.com/?p=49. I hope Charles will keep contributing.
I saw John Sayles' "Honeydripper" at the IFP event in New York and wanted to share some thoughts…
"Honeydripper" is an appealing story set in the South and it is a fascinating account of a man, Pine Top, who is haunted by events in his past that keeps him from succeeding in the present. The story […]
This update is so overdue.
All summer I was all about Toronto. I’m so grateful to South by Southwest and Now Magazine for sponsoring the band, promoting HONEYDRIPPER and for working with Cameron to make a great party. Then Toronto happened and it was everything we wanted it to be.
We were thrilled with the […]
I'm fine… really I am.
It's not as if we Cubs fans aren't used to this sort of thing. One thing we've learned is to enjoy the ride as long as it lasts. And this year was quite a ride.
I made it to Wrigley for the one and only playoff game. I was with Peter Gilbert […]