“You’ve got to get down to the basics. The music that lives are really the great tunes. You can have the sounds as well, and I think we are developing the sounds today and the techniques, but you’ve got to…
REMEMBERING ACTION PARK
Part 1: The Riders & The Rides — The story of New Jersey’s infamous Action Park is retold by visitors and those who worked there. Part 2: The Staff & The Brass — The story of New Jersey’s infamous Action…
‘THE ACT OF KILLING’: So Brilliant! No, Don’t You Believe the Hype
By Gregory Crofton I had my suspicions after I saw the ladies in pink dancing next to the mouth of a massive fish sculpture, but I went to the theater and watched the film anyway because Errol Morris and Werner…
DETROITER SWITCHES GEARS: From Stockbroker to Documentary Filmmaker and Journalist
By Gregory Crofton Making 300 cold calls a day as a stockbroker drove Frank Nemecek out of the world of finance and into filmmaking and journalism. Today when he picks up the phone he’s not to try to sell something,…
Canadian Novelist ‘Margaret Atwood: Once in August’
Margaret Atwood: Once in August , Michael Rubbo, provided by the National Film Board of Canada In “Margaret Atwood: Once in August,” filmmaker Michael Rubbo attempts to discover what shapes the celebrated writer’s fiction and what motivates her characters. As…