I HEART TALLAHASSEE
I HEART TALLAHASSEE...
2009 Tallahassee Film Festival Thank you, Tallahassee for honoring us with the Audience Award at the 2009 Tallahassee Film Festival. This glass trophy goes a long way towards validating a little movie fueled by big dreams. The Purple State project presumes that two friends airing...
Windrider film wins yet another Audience Choice Award
Windrider film wins yet...
-From John Priddy I started my week with one of my favorite rituals: reading blogs by Craig Detweiler and John Marks at the Purple State of Mind site .  Craig Detweiler and John Marks Each week, their combined blogs create such a high volume of Web traffic, even Arianna Huffington...
State of Play brings newspapers back to life
State of Play brings ne...
Woodward and Bernstein are back. With newspapers across the country folding at an alarming rate, Russell Crowe’s latest film, “State of Play,” forces viewers to see the importance of these publications in a culture where they are becoming increasingly irrelevant. Helen...
Mpower Pictures and Priddy Brothers to Release As We Forgive
Mpower Pictures and Pri...
Mpower Pictures and Priddy Brothers to Release As We Forgive, the Student Academy Award and Angelus  Winning Documentary of Survival and Healing after Genocide As We Forgive is the gripping story of reconciliation as the world prepares for the 15th anniversary of 1994’s Rwandan...
STORY Umbrella & Refresh! Present….Windrider at Refresh
STORY Umbrella & R...
Via http://www.windridertoronto.org/ STORY Umbrella & Refresh! Present… STORY Umbrella and Refresh! at Wycliffe have teamed up to put on the next Windrider Toronto event.   Laura Waters Hinson On Tuesday May 12th at 7:30, we are showing “As We Forgive”...
Junge and Dorothy Make a Difference
Junge and Dorothy Make ...
If you haven’t had a chance to see the award winning film, “They Killed Sister Dorothy,” you can still catch it on HBO “on demand.”  You can also check out Craig Detweiller’s review of the film as well. The award winning documentary  has created...
‘Arlen Faber’ promises enlightenment and delivers
‘Arlen Faber̵...
I’ve seen a lot of funny movies. I’ve seen a lot of deep movies. It’s rare that I see both combined  so skillfully as I did in “Arlen Faber,” a 2009 Sundance Film Festival selection starring Jeff Daniels. Daniels plays Arlen Faber, a internationally bestselling...
Listen in to Krasinski’s ‘Brief Interviews’
Listen in to Krasinski&...
John Krasinski is best known for his role as Jim Halpert on “The Office.” At the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, however, the actor is also known as a first-time director with a film in the dramatic competition. Krasinski’s movie, entitled “Brief Interviews with Hideous Men,”...
Take a ride with ‘Sin Nombre’
Take a ride with ‘...
“Sin Nombre (Without a Name),” directed by 2009 Sundance Best Director winner Cary Fukunaga, tells the story of a Latin American family’s attempt to immigrate to the U.S. amidst the tide of Mexican gang violence that overpowers much of the country. Although the overarching...
How I fell in love with ‘Paper Heart’
How I fell in love with...
“Paper Heart,” the 2009 Sundance winner for best feature-length screenplay, is the best documentary/comedy/romance film I’ve ever seen. The film’s unusual genre matches the unusual sense of humor present in the lead, Charlyne Yi (“Knocked Up”). Yi claims she does...

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