Archive for the 'Exhibition' Category

Bomb It [Documentary]

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

The program said this is the most comprehensive documentary on graffiti art. It’s probably true. Bomb It covers graffiti around the world, from LA to New York, San Paolo to Japan. And each place has their own uniqueness and style. The fast paced style of the film definitely matches the subject it’s covering.
The film is [...]

Week of Haircuts and Screenings

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

It’s time to pull out the razor blades, get a trim, and make it look like you’ve taken care of yourself for the past 6 months. That’s right, the parents are coming.
Just about every guy has gone under the scissors, myself included. What’s the occasion? The summation of all the past months worth of work [...]

Forgetting the Audience (and Sarah Marshall)

Friday, April 18th, 2008

I didn’t think much about wanting to see Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but I keep seeing signs that maybe I should. Such as a 5-star review on the radio when I turn on the car, or Roeper’s undying love for this movie plastered in a full page New York Times ad.
So now I want to see [...]

My Daughter the Terrorist [Documentary]

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Perhaps a little heavy for a 10 AM screening, with an occasional missing head and dead body, I still enjoyed My Daughter the Terrorist. It’s about the civil war in Sri-Lanka - a war I didn’t know was happening. Labeled by the world as terrorists, the film follows two female best friends in the guerrilla [...]

Coffee and the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

Monday, April 7th, 2008

“Full Frame is my Holy Grail, more than Sundance,” I overhear from a guy sitting behind me before a film starts.
“Did you go to Sundance?”
“No.”
While I’m in the same position as Mr. King Arthur behind me, having not attended Sundance to compare, I agree with his feelings - Full Frame is great. A lot of [...]

Full Frame Take Two

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

I raved about the great experience I had last year at the Full Frame Film Festival in Durham, so it’s no surprise that I am returning this year with a few classmates who felt the same way.
I’m leaving tomorrow, the day the festival starts. Armed with a student pass, I plan to see as many [...]

Disney and Universal in 4-D!

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Last week, to end spring break, some Film School friends and I met up at Universal Studios for a day of Florida Resident Discount thrills. I’m more of a Disney person1, and hadn’t been to Universal in a while (we went to both parks, so when I say Universal I’m referring to both Islands of [...]

I Got the Greenlight

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

I had my meeting with the Dean. I don’t think it could have gone better.
“I’d like to take the footage that didn’t make it into the documentary and turn it into podcasts.”
“You know, I’m feeling in a real experimental mood. The school is trying to do all sorts of new distribution methods and this was [...]

3 O’Clock Meeting with the Dean

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

I’ve got a meeting with the Dean of the Film School today. It’s nothing bad, I scheduled this meeting. When I went to Steelcase for my documentary, I got a two hour tour that covered a lot of interesting office design topics. About a minute ended up in the final cut of Cubicles, so I [...]

Full Frame Film Festival

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

Being that our second semester was mainly dominated by documentaries, The Film School supports us in going to the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, which ran from April 12-15 in Durham, NC. I know this post is slightly overdue, but I was waiting for the Festival to post the winners on their website. They still [...]