Subtilting within reason
Dear Doc Doctor: Should I provide subtitles for the subjects in my documentary who speak Spanglish, or other "hybrid" languages…
Author: john_rodzvilla
Chaos Below Canal
New York City: the one place on earth that may, at least in the eyes of its own citizens, come…
What’s (still) experimental?
For filmmakers, being experimental isn’t as easy as it used to be. Fifty years ago, tossing aside Hollywood’s conventions of…
Beating the Cheat
Make it a rule – don’t ever watch six Steven Okazaki films in a row. It started at around 9…
Portland, Oregon
Legend has it that when settlers came west by covered wagon more than 150 years ago, those seeking fame and…
Coming Clean
David Sampliner and Tim Nackashi’s debut documentary film Dirty Work premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2004 and is currently…
Lost Angels
I could just be romanticizing it now that I’ve moved, but in New York all the filmmakers I knew seemed…
Rodney Evans
In the Flying Saucer café in Brooklyn, New York, Rodney Evans settles into the same chair he sat in to…
Don’t Worry, Film Happy
After more than twenty years in the business, I decided to quit my career as a costume designer. I was…