“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...
As an Official Selection for the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, The Russian Woodpecker description in the film catalog reads– A Ukrainian victim of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster discovers a dark secret and must decide whether to risk his life by revealing it, amid growing clouds of revolution and war. World Premiere at 2015 Sundance Film Festival — World Cinema Documentary Competition. That is only the beginning. Fedir Alexandrovich, artist,...
Here are some notes from what I had taken away from the wonderful Dara Marks seminar Engaging the Feminine Heroic presented by NYWIFT and WGA: Looking into deep mythologies not simply what happens to females but what happens to the feminine side of our nature and balance with the masculine side. Archetype a recurring pattern of a human experience. Begins with a problem because we don’t know how to handle it, becomes bigger and there’s...