March 2, 2013 - 8:31pm
It's a celebration of environmental awareness at the Clifton Center!
Have you talked about the weather recently? Of course you had. It's one of those weird cultural clichés which actually turns out to be frighteningly accurate. Every so often I'll be conversing with someone and suddenly realize to my consternation that we have been actually discussing the...
February 13, 2013 - 12:00pm
A celebration of indie short film. Do you have what it takes?
I've said it before. I'm sure I'll say it many times again. Louisville is a good city for independent filmmakers. How many people grow up wanting to make movies? I did. My friends did. Kids dream of moving to L.A., getting “discovered,” being famous. Or maybe you don't...
February 7, 2013 - 11:45am
Features, shorts, documentaries, and student films all to be showcased at this years's Jewish Film Festival.
Judaism is a very interesting religion – precisely because it transcends religion: it is an identity. A heritage. Something to be proud of. I know an atheistic Jews who embraces her Jewishness, and I know a convert to the religion who loves to expound upon its merits and tenets at parties (he...
December 27, 2012 - 12:02pm
A lesson in life, love, and the perfect gift.
We made it, folks. Not just past the presumed end of the world (anyone else wonder what Daniel Pinchbeck has been up to for the past week?), but also past Christmas. It didn't feel terribly Christmas-y to me. It's been a wild year, especially these last couple of months, and all I really...
October 19, 2012 - 12:19pm
Featuring seven features and one documentary from Ecuador.
In the minds of many, the idea foreign film evokes thoughts of artsy-fartsy European efforts, perhaps from France or Germany, or action-packed martial arts exposés from China or Japan, or bizarre horror films from various Asian countries. South America often gets left out, which is a shame –...