Visionary director Denis Villeneuve discusses the creative benefits of early collaboration with his sound team, the process of crafting Dune’s unique soundscapes including: Arrakis desert, sandworm, ornithopter, spice (melange) and the voice of the Bene Gesserit. Featuring Supervising Sound Editor…
DOC NYC Film Festival Begins This Week with ‘Attica,’ ‘Kurt Vonnegut,’ ‘Citizen Ashe,’ ‘DMX’ and Many More Ready for the Big Screen
By Gregory Crofton Now in its 12th year DOC NYC, a massive in-person and online documentary film festival, begins this week and will screen more than 120 feature-length docs from Nov. 10-28. The films will be shown in-person from Nov.…
Isaac Asimov Talks with David Letterman
Isaac Asimov (1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the “Big Three” science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke.[2] A prolific writer, he wrote or edited more than 500…
‘JOE BUFFALO’: Surviving the Horrors of the Residential Schools by Skateboarding
In “Joe Buffalo,” directed by Amar Chebib and executive produced by Tony Hawk, an Indigenous skateboarding legend overcomes addiction and trauma stemming from his years in Canada’s Church-run school system. (Source: The New Yorker)
‘BAD ATTITUDE’ is a Radical Documentary on Influential Comix Artist Spain Rodriguez; Interview with Director
By Gregory Crofton Buffalo is known for cold-weather football, lake-effect snow, chicken wings and now, at least in my mind, an artist named Spain Rodriguez. Rodriguez grew up in Buffalo, New York. His name at birth was Manuel, but he…
1986 Heavy Metal Frontman Defends His Music
Back in 1986 when David Hoffman had a film company in Maine, he looked for new ideas all the time. He went to nearby Belfast Maine to film a battle of the bands with local heavy metal and hard rock…