Ellen Houlihan's breakout short film Joan’s Day Out, stars Oscar-nominated actor Sally Kellerman (M*A*S*H), Tara Lynne Barr (God Bless America) and Betsy Franco. Reminiscent of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, the story centers on three generations of women with grandma (Sally Kellerman) escaping from an assisted living home for a day to help her granddaughter out of a jam. Set in a fictional setting evocative of Ellen's hometown Allendale, New...
Quiet control in storytelling, Philippe Falardeau chose a situation in the first continuous scene when a beloved teacher is discovered having hanged herself in the classroom. Not wanting the students' backgrounds to become an issue in a story that had enough issues to contend with, his choice of images included a private school, the characters are middle class, dressed the same way and polite. It's either the story that works or it doesn't and...
Film Festival reViews 10 Year Archives (2006): A conversation with Catherine Wyler, Artistic Director of the High Falls Film Festival, an award winning producer and actor, daughter of Hollywood director William Wyler, grandniece of Universal Studio founder, Carl Laemmle– a pedigree of filmmakers. During my time as a member of Women in Film and Video in Washington, DC, I met Catherine during a WIFV event and said I was interested in learning...
