Austin (13) and Arianna (11) Tamaddon’s award winning claymation films from the Green Film Festival are a must see! * The Happy Hybrid and the Polluting Pickup * Mr. Gopher While Austin won in a children’s category, Ariana has won in the adult category, and received her prize while on stage with 2 adults, both
At the turn of the century, I came to the conclusion that film is one of the most powerful mediums to affect change. That’s when, I started taking some courses in (Hollywood-style) screenwriting. This year, Al Gore has proved how effective a well-crafted film can be in conveying a message to a very large number
IMAX is up for sale. As home entertainment becomes increasingly more immersive, with large screen flat panel displays, or even projection systems, the movie-going audience is declining. We routinely make trade-offs such as “Is this a DVD movie, or is it truly worth going to the cinema for?” In recent memory, films that obviously made
Last night, we saw “March of the Penguins”, a spectacular National Geographic documentary about the mating and breeding cycle of the emperor penguins, over the course of a grueling year, weathering the icy winter in Antarctica. A ritual that repeats itself every year, for thousands of years. It was a touching, moving, loving piece of
I had posed a question: “What does it take to raise a high performance child?” in Einstein’s Mother. Batman Begins answers some portions of that question, and qualifies surprisingly well, as a successful Edutainment product that resonates with the Affluenza crowd. A review by Roger Ebert highlights the storyline and the human aspect. To me,