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Stories into Screen: Do Good Books Make Good Movies?
Middletown’s Thrall Library continues it’s series ‘Stories to Screen’ with a book/film combination closer to home then the last discussion – The Shipping News. A Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning novel by E. Annie Proulx, the book was made into a movie directed by Swedish director Lasse Hallström (ABBA’s video director and also... »
Stories into Screen: Do Good Books Make Good Movies?
Middletown’s Thrall Library is kicking of a fascinating series of discussions and screenings for its series – Stories into Screen – Do good books make good movies? First up, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby. Bauby was the French editor of Elle magazine. In 1995, he suffered a stroke that lead him... »
Discussion: Women Directors and Producers from Early Hollywood to the 1940’s
Often starting as actresses or script writers, as they gained more power, women became directors and producers before being mostly shut out be the end of the 1920’s. Institute for Early Film Studies director, Seth Goldman will explore some of the reasons for both the rise and decline of women in the early... »
TV Legend Joe Franklin comes to Neversink Valley Museum
Joe Franklin, known as “the king of nostalgia,” will visit the Neversink Valley Area Museum, in Cuddebackville, N.Y. for a live taping of the talk show, Exploring Your World on August 22, 2009. The legendary Franklin hosted televisions’ very first talk show, The Joe Franklin Show. The show began in 1951 on WJZ-TV (later... »
Call to Artists: Film Festival Submissions
We’ve been looking at a long list of film festival submissions over at WomanArts, and while they focus on opportunities for woman the list below are ostly for the film industry on a whole. Many of these are, though, last minute calls and best for those already with a film ready to put it... »
Call for Video: IFC’s ‘Efficient Films Challenge
IFC’s Media Lab Studios Efficient Films Challenge (October 30, 2009, New York, NY) - Celebrating both energy efficiency and the efficiency imposed on indie filmmakers by financial and time constraints. Seeking short films under 5 minutes in the following categories: Energy Efficiency (5 minutes or shorter; fiction or documentary that deals directly with energy efficiency... »
Video Artists Shawn Strong/Umar Mutakbbir: 10 Questions
Phanatiks Entertainment (Shawn Strong, Umar A. Mutakabbir) Video Production www.phanatiks.com What’s better then having both respond? Shawn’s answers are first, with Umar’s after the slash ‘/’ UPDATE:... »
Neversink Valley Museum to Celebrate 100 Years of Movie Making in Orange County
Friday, July 31st , at 7:30pm, the Neversink Valley Area Museum Institute for Early Film Studies celebrates the 100th Anniversary of film making in Orange County, New York It is becoming a well-told story that D.W. Grifith arrived with the Biograph Company in Cuddebackville to make westerns late June and early July of 1909.... »
Silent Movies Starring Mary Pickford with Live Piano at Neversink Valley Area Museum
Friday, June 26th , at 8:00pm, the Neversink Valley Area Museum Institute for Early Film Studies presents its second “Women in Early Film” night. Acclaimed silent film pianist Ben Model will accompany an evening of films featuring one of the motion picture industry’s first female entrepreneurs, Mary Pickford. Pickford acted in nearly 250 films from... »
Fovea Presents “Man vs Nature” Outdoor Sildeshow Presentation
Fovea Exhibitions presents a multimedia slideshow of regional and international photojournalists exploring the theme of ‘Man vs. Nature’ this Saturday June 13th at dusk Cross and Main Streets, Beacon New York bring chairs and blankets for this free outdoor event CURATED BY KELLY KINGMAN WITH AMRITA SINGH featuring Rafel Arocha, Marc Davidson, Fritz Faber, Christina Falise, David Hebb, Peter... »