Friday night, the Stonybrook campus of the State University of New York in Long Island, hosted the opening night of the “2009 Spring Semester Films for Campus & Community”. Leading off the slate for this semester was the End of America and Liz Ogilvie and Ryan Harrington were there to represent IndiePix. Ryan sent (more…)

Terence Davies was born in 1945 to working-class Catholic parents in Liverpool, England. After a stint as a shipping clerk, Davies attended drama school, where he created the screenplays for what would become a trilogy of autobiographical films dealing with issues of religion, sexuality, (more…)

Last night I scampered down to the IFC Center to take in Stacy Peralta’s incendiary documentary CRIPS AND BLOODS: MADE IN AMERICA. I’ve got two reviews, one of the film itself, and one (more…)

I didn’t realize when I ducked into one of those “novelty gift stores” on 6th avenue to buy my friend Natalie Difford, program associate at Chicken and Egg Productions, an Obama action figure, that it would cause such a stir in my condo at Sundance. The indefatigable (more…)

General James P. Cullen was among those standing behind President Obama when he signed the Executive Order ending secret overseas prisions, forbidding “enhanced interrogation”, and closing the Guantan- amo Bay camp. General Cullen has continually spoken out about the need to cease these practices (see his comment here) and in our film, the End of America based on the book by Naomi Wolf.

So, I haven’t done a meme since over a year ago, when Agnes Varnum pulled me into her “8 Random Things” meme. To refresh people’s memories: a meme is kind of like a chain letter but instead of passing on worthless information, the hope is that you’ve added something of (more…)