Recent Entries

• CinemaKC Features My First Short

  by temerson July 11, 2011
  http://ereview.org/2011/06/24/wichita-tallgrass-best-shorts/

• A Message From Abe Schwartz (Not For The Faint of Heart)

  by temerson June 8, 2010
  These days, nearly everyone has the means to produce video content now and distribute. You can shoot top-quality HD video on a DSLR camera. You can edit on your laptop and then load onto YouTube, where your content will be available for the whole world to see in a matter of minutes. What does thi...

• John Farr's Message To Hollywood -- Stupid Blockbusters Are, At Their Heart, Still Stupid

  by temerson June 8, 2010
  No doubt about it: this is a frustrating time to be a movie lover of a certain age and outlook. It seems increasingly evident that Hollywood has been taken over by people who know and care very little about the movies themselves, but who live to target and promote formulaic, forgettable pap to an...

• The Hermitic Life of a Film Festival Programmer - Part 6 (I think)

  by temerson February 3, 2010
  Here's programmers from several different festivals talking about what makes them love or hate the films they program. Following courtesy of filmfestivalsecrets.com: This isn’t a trend but it is something that happened to me this past year which I totally disapprove of. Do not have a contest o...

• The Hermitic Life of a Film Festival Programmer - Part 2 Redux

  by temerson January 17, 2010
  Adam T writes on the WAB message boards: Hello, I have recently completed a documentary short entitled “La Quinceañera” which has a run time of 42 minutes. This felt like the best length for the film but I wanted to get some opinions from festival Programers on how they view a film of this length? ...

• The World As We Know It Is Over! indieWIRE's 10 Insights into the Biz

  by temerson January 17, 2010
  “The way we operate is being dissected and reassembled in front of our eyes,” noted Endgame’s James D. Stern in a keynote speech at the Los Angeles Film Festival over the weekend (which was published in its entirety by indieWIRE). Later that day, a panel of key industry players gathered at the fest’...

• The Hermetic Life Of A Film Festival Programmer -- Part 4

  by temerson September 18, 2009
  (Names have been withheld to protect the identities of programmers and filmmakers alike) OY, GEVAULT! So, it's been a few days since the group screening for one of our most popular programs, the Tim Gruver Spotlight On Kansas Filmmakers section of the film festival.  We had our programmers' meeting ...

• "I Will Not Read Your F**king Script" By Josh Olson

  by temerson September 17, 2009
  There has been an enormous amount of buzz surrounding Josh Olson's latest rant in the Village Voice.  Some love it.  Some hate it.  Here it is in its original format.  And [link="http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/09/i_will_not_read.php"]here is the original link[/link].  Great...

• The Hermitic Life Of A Film Festival Programmer -- Part 3

  by temerson August 23, 2009
  Making your movie is only half the battle!  Now you've got to get it in front of audiences.  Unless you have a powerhouse publicist and a stable of agents working for you, the film festival route is where you're headed.  But how do you get in, and what's the process all about?  This is a trailer for...