Crossing Genres With Mixed Results

At the Tribeca Film Festival this year there were the obligatory premieres. Despite the natural anticipation some program choices were questionable. Take for example the Wyatt Rockefeller directed Settlers. For its world premiere at Tribeca, expectations were good. After all, it is a Sci-Fi Western film from a debut director with an interesting cast.  “Johnny …

Elena talks to Chat Cinema

Lithuania actress Zygimante Elena Jakstaite talks about being a part of the EFP Shooting Stars program. ″Elena proves a force of nature, full of passion and raw energy that virtually leaps off the screen”, a quote from the casting panel. Click Below to see the interview.

Belarus on the VERGE

Reading the headline about the Ryanair flight intercepted to Belarus, a story straight from a Cold War novel, suddenly the world was back in an East versus West game of high stakes chest. President Alexander Lukashenko has been in power for almost 3 decades with no signs of exiting the stage. After the the 2020 …

The Futurist Filmmaker

Filmmaker Alton Glass could have gone the easy way to make his film POV:Points of View, but decided to push filmmaking technology to a new realm. For some, the future will have the same choices as the present and past. The interview with Mr. Glass. Are you a futurist/technologist? I enjoy both but I’m just …

A Modern Decameron

An interview with artist and film director Rita Hui on her film Decameron. A Your film is about resilience, how would define this?  I think after 2019, we (the Hong Kong people) have ben mental prepared about the action from the government. During the time in 2019, one of the slogan which become the most …

Round Up from Tribeca

The Tribeca Film Festival ended last week. I got a bit busy, but, I have a run down of the films I screened: The Last Film Show Legend of The Underground Lost Leonardo Queen of Glory Kubrick by Kubrick Miss Panama Bitchin: Sound and Fury of Rick James Last Meal Mark, Mary and Some Other …

Tribeca Film Fest-Shorts

It always a delight to discover talent making short films. This season there is no shortage of choices and themes. Nando is a touching tribute to dreams and hard reality. Last Meal, what would you want for for your final supper? Liza Anonymous, a funny take on generational zeitgeist. An honourable mention goes to Death …