True/False weekend is almost here!

Posted on 08 February, 2010

The 7th annual True/False film festival takes place this year Thursday Feb. 25th through Sunday Feb. 28th. True/False is a film festival that occurs every February and features documentaries. The films show at various venues around Columbia, but if you miss a show you want to see, don’t fret. The films are all played at [...]

Cold Souls – “a soul-searching comedy”

Posted on 19 October, 2009

by Gwen Ragno
Earlier this weekend, the film $9.99 offered us the meaning of life by mail order. Now Cold Souls, written and directed by Sophie Barthes, offers soul extraction and storage. And trafficking, but we’ll get to that in a minute.
Paul Giamatti, starring as himself, is struggling with a theatrical performance when he hears about [...]

Older Than America – cultural genocide is not ancient history

Posted on 19 October, 2009

by Gwen Ragno
I have a lot of respect for anyone who can write, direct and star in her own film, especially when the subject is something highly personal — that is exactly what Georgina Lightning did with Older Than America (same goes for Karen Skloss on Sunshine). This film is about the brutal treatment of [...]

Let the Wild Rumpus Start!

Posted on 18 October, 2009

By Erin Riley
Take a little boy named Max, seven large furry creatures resembling Muppets and a soundtrack that features howling. Mix all of these ingredients together and you get a modern version of “Where the Wild Things Are.”

“Where the Wild Things Are” is based on the 1963 children’s book by Maurice Sendak. It follows the [...]

Lemon Tree – strength and hope in a sour Middle East

Posted on 18 October, 2009

by Gwen Ragno
Lemon Tree is the incredibly powerful story of a woman who, despite all of the forces working against her – social, political, bureaucratic, cultural – fights to hold on to what matters to her. Salma is a Palestinian widow living on the border between Israel and the occupied West Bank. She lives alone, [...]

Experimental animation at Citizen Jane

Posted on 17 October, 2009

by Gwen Ragno
“Saturday Morning Cartoons Never Tasted So Good,” at the Citizen Jane Film Festival  is a showcase of experimental animation techniques that you have probably never seen the likes of before, all created by female artists and animators. Ranging from works made in 1971 to 2009 – using film, video or some combination of [...]

$9.99- An amazing display of stop-motion animation.

Posted on 17 October, 2009

by Alex Goff
“$9.99″ is an independent feature-length stop-motion animated film about a man who orders a book from a catalog for $9.99 which promises to hold the meaning of life, and his neighbors who live in his apartment building.
Although this film is animated, it is by no means a children’s film. There is strong language, [...]

Bright Star: Love and Hot English Chastity

Posted on 06 October, 2009

by Erin Riley
“Bright Star” is a love story and not for the feint of heart.  The film stars  Ben Whishaw as John Keats and Abbie Cornish as Fanny Brawne. This film is about the tragic affair between the romantic poet and his unexpected love with the girl next door, literally.

While he was living, John Keats [...]