Film School & Education | Reports

The First Step to Becoming a Filmmaker

1 Mar , 1998 | Written by Olga Elizabeth Peters | Posted by:

What you do when you're near broke, in Boston and want to learn how to make films...

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Filmmaking | Letter from L.A. | Reports

Waiting

1 Mar , 1998 | Written by M.M. Goldstein | Posted by:

Former Cambridge/ Brookline resident reports from another world... LA. Everybody in L.A. is waiting... and what they’re waiting for is The Call, the one that will change their life. It’s The Call about The Deal or The Job or The Part...

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Film Analysis | Film Reviews

History—the Hollywood Way

1 Feb , 1998 | Written by Kiersten Conner-Sax | Posted by:

That Steven Spielberg. Always finding the cheery side of historical atrocities. Watching Amistad makes you yearn for Spielberg’s hard-hitting, unsentimental work. Like E.T.

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Filmmaking | Reports

New Hampshire Documentary

1 Feb , 1998 | Written by Michele Meek | Posted by:

Read about the recent award-winning film from New Hampshire filmmaker Steve Hooper.

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Filmmaking | Interviews

On Fargo, Working With SAG, and The Local Life

1 Feb , 1998 | Written by Adam Graham | Posted by:

Over 50,000 Vermonters have seen or bought a copy of his last film Man With a Plan. Now, he's at it again, directing his third film in Tunbridge, Vermont — Nosey Parker.

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Film Festivals

Spotlight on New England: News from Sundance ’98

1 Feb , 1998 | Written by Michele Meek | Posted by:

As usual, the Sundance Film Festival has created quite a buzz in the independent film community. But, this time, the press attention and seven-figure deal went to a film made right here in Boston – Next Stop Wonderland. And that's not all...

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Filmmaking | Letter from L.A. | Reports

All You Need is a Little Clout

1 Feb , 1998 | Written by M.M. Goldstein | Posted by:

Former Cambridge/ Brookline resident reports from another world... LA. With enough clout, you can do anything, have anything, be anything. The problem is, without it, you can’t do squat, so how do you get there from here?

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Local Industry

And The Envelope, Please

1 Feb , 1998 | Written by Boston Film/Video Foundation | Posted by:

Here it is... the first public announcement of award winners for the 1998 New England Film and Video Festival, sponsored by the Boston Film and Video Foundation.

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Film Analysis | Film Reviews

Good Will Hunting: A Review

1 Jan , 1998 | Written by Kiersten Conner-Sax | Posted by:

This much acclaimed local film by famed director Gus Van Sant drew lines outside the Kendall Square Cinema in Cambridge, Massachusetts even on New Year's Eve. What can you expect from this New England gem? Read and find out...

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Local Industry

The Next Step: Taking it to the Independent Feature Film Market

1 Jan , 1998 | Written by Memo Salazar | Posted by:

All week filmmakers peddle their films the way grocers peddle their produce. The only difference, of course, is that the stakes are much higher, as is the tension and desperation...

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