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BOB SMEATON: “FESTIVAL EXPRESS” RIDES AGAIN

By | July 2004

“FESTIVAL EXPRESS” IN LIMITED RELEASE, JULY 23RD! The new film “Festival Express” is technically not a new film, but rather a belated attempt to finish something important which began more than three decades ago…

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BOB SMEATON: “FESTIVAL EXPRESS” RIDES AGAIN

The new film Festival Express is technically not a new film, but rather a belated attempt to finish something important which began more than three decades...

BOB SMEATON: “FESTIVAL EXPRESS” RIDES AGAIN

Festival Express maintains the visual style of the concert films from the early 70s (split screens, the grainy 16mm look, etc.). Why did you opt to...

JACK ANGSTREICH – CINEMANIAC EXTRAORDINAIRE

You think you watch a lot of movies? Sure, you’ve got your piles of DVDs surrounding your home entertainment system like a protective fort and of course...

BILL PLYMPTON ON THE SHOW THAT IS ANIMATION

Fan, student, creator of animation, you know the name Bill Plympton. Plympton’s bizarre animated shorts, and even more bizarre feature length films, have...

AARON SCHOENKE: WALKING IN THE SHADOW OF THE BAT

While we’re waiting for the next major Batman movie to hit theaters, whenever that may be, we have filmmakers like Aaron Schoenke who are doing their...

JED STRAHM: RATTLESNAKE HOLOCAUST

Once every year, in Waurika, Oklahoma, folks from all around engage in the world's largest rattlesnake hunt and mass slaughter. Jed Strahm's Snake Hunt:...

THE PASSION OF CHRIS BROWNE

Chris Browne fixes my "broken" tape recorder and cues it faster than I can write this sentence. I know this because I timed him. It took him less than 20...

“PROJECT: VALKYRIE” VS. THE WORLD

“There are these guys from Pittsburgh who just finished a movie...” I’d been hearing that a lot lately. Independent film is alive and thriving in...

GINA KIM SHOWS US THE LIGHT

Gina Kim's debut narrative feature, "Invisible Light," focuses on two women in trouble. Gah-in is having an affair with Do-hee's husband, but Do-hee is...

STEVE POWELL: DRINKING AND SINGING UNDER AFRICAN SKIES

Steve, how did you and Cliff meet? ^ I was teaching martial arts at the YMCA on Peter Street in Manchester and also used to work out on the weights at The...

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