Film Festival reViews Archives EP001 Tribeca Film Festival 2006, with interviews and commentary from filmmakers; Laurence Asseraf, executive director of the Tribeca Underground Film Festival, a short film showcase and one of the first stereoscopic film festival still in existence (BeFILM); and Rob Moretti, executive producer of the Montclair International Film Festival that was held in the Wellmont Theater in Montclair, New Jersey with...
“Waking Ned Devine meets Mr. Ed” is how I describe director Louise Osmond’s superbly crafted documentary, Dark Horse. It was the first film I saw at Sundance Film Festival amid a flurry of schedules, events, and access to the eWaitlist. The title sparked my interest–I like horses and always root for the underdog. As it turns out I’m happy to be part of the collective buzz that calls this one a winner. Dream Alliance is the talking...
Lead singer of punk rock band, Traitors, Malika (Chaimae Ben Acha) engages her feminine heroic as she tries to find a way to change her world and escape the traditional life mapped out for women in Tangiers emulating Joe Strummer of the Clash, I’m so bored with Morocco but what can I do? In the opening scene, the all-girl band carry on raucously driving their van wildly through the urban Moroccan streets, loud music playing until finally...