Sex, Cats and Rock & Roll
If anyone captured the spirit of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, it was the codger who hoisted a placard…
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The Death of The Video Geek
I spent June of this year in Ghent, a small town near Hudson, New York. Hoping to rent some John…
Shadowing a Sibling
Sometimes you think you don’t need any help, that you can do it on your own. That’s exactly what I…
The Subtle Art of Awareness
When Jim de Sève began working on his documentary, Tying the Knot, four years ago, it was a small, personal…
Behind the Music
“Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of…
You Are Here
Jonas Mekas used his camera to survive. When Mekas, the founder of the Film-Maker’s Co-Op, emigrated from Lithuania to New…
Mind the Gap
Although “development hell” is the norm for most independent filmmakers, the experience of Jonathan Caouette stands apart. The thirty-two-year old…
Spice Market
I am white and alone in a darkened room at night with over four hundred Dominicans in New York City….