So this morning marks the dawn of the Fourth Reich, during which the coronation of the 45th President will take place; and 2,100 miles west in Park City, UT, nearly 40,000 out-of-towners converging for the start of the Sundance and … Continue reading Park City ’17: Between Two Worlds
The Sundance Film Festival is hours away from dropping its vaunted Day One offerings in Park City. In the span of five-plus hours, a staggering total of seven feature-length films and one shorts program will open the eight main sections … Continue reading Park City ’17: Shit Is About to Get Real
On a bright, cold Tuesday afternoon in January 2009, I was sitting in the Sundance Industry Center, on the second floor of the Park City Marriott. At the halfway mark of the Sundance Film Festival, industry professionals and some first … Continue reading Park City ’17: Prelude – The #Flashforward Nobody Wanted
LAKE LOS ANGELES, a break, sparse drama about illegal immigrants, coyotes, and dislocated individuals, is actually a economically-told story of a father and child, of sorts. Cecilia, a young pre-teen who has crossed the U.S. border illegally with no parents … Continue reading A “Post-Racial” Quagmire? Lasting Thoughts On LAFF 2014
In this undated photo, Susan Melgarejo, Cinthya Felix, and Tam Tran spend some quality time together (From diaCRITIC website) At this time back in 2010, the folks at Visual Communications had just wrapped up another successful edition of the Los … Continue reading A Bit of Clarity: Post-Film Festival Blues, v. 2014
I Could Watch It On An iPad, But I'd Rather Not 