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November 13, 2009
There is one universal question that never fails to stir up passion, curiosity, self-reflection and often wild controversy: “What is…
December 3, 1995
Clockwise from upper left: Foxes (1979); The Accused, (1988); Carny (1980); Home for the Holidays, (1995); The Little Girl Who…
November 1, 1994
In Love and a .45, writer-director Carty Talkington has created a stylized, darkly comedic journey through the contemporary American landscape…
September 11, 1994
The rush to film school continues unabated, and considering the film industry’s growth and bright prospects in the emerging Cable…
August 13, 1994
The feature film format has not always been as dominant a factor in the motion picture industry as it is…
May 1, 1994
When it’s released, the low-budget Seattle feature House of the Rising, currently in post production, will break new ground by…
April 9, 1994
"I just disagree with the whole student-teacher apparatus," he states plainly. "Basically, if the teachers are working or practicing artists,…
March 7, 1994
By now we’ve all heard the adage about film school being to the 90s what business school was to the…
February 9, 1994
Once upon a time, long before commercial moviemaking became the passion of every Tom, Dick and Mary in America, Super…