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Short Film: FROM HEAVEN IS CALI, 12min., Columbia Documentary/Drama

  In the Southwest of Colombia, there is a city where salsa dancing exists in a form that is unique in its boldness and energy, yet pure in its tradition and style. Cali, known as the world’s salsa dancing capital, and its people (referred to as Caleños) own this iconic dancing style. The city has… Continue reading Short Film: FROM HEAVEN IS CALI, 12min., Columbia Documentary/Drama

Director Biography – Tristien Marcellous Winfree (PAIN IS THE AGENT OF CHANGE)

Tristien Marcellous Winfree is more than grateful to start his film festival circuit run. He’s a local Chicago writer, director, actor, producer, teaching artist, and film maker. He attended The University of Houston-Downtown studying Fine Arts. Mr Winfree has had the privileged to perform and collaborate with theatre companies such as The Alley Theatre, Ensemble Theatre, Pride Film &… Continue reading Director Biography – Tristien Marcellous Winfree (PAIN IS THE AGENT OF CHANGE)

BEST SCENE NYC Festival Script Reading: Pick, by Bernhard Riedhammer

After his wife’s death, a neurotic workaholic must find the will to live again, in order to take care of his son and a teenage punk girl, who suddenly appears on his doorstep. CAST LIST:<b? narrator:="" allison="" kampf="" ian="" :="" allan="" michael="" brunet="" martha="" kyana="" teresa=""

Ridley Scott’s “Alien” (1979) — THE DIRECTORS SERIES

Academy Award wins: Best Visual Effects Inducted into the National Film Registry: 2002 “In space, nobody can hear you scream”. It’s one of the most iconic taglines in cinema history— an exercise in pulpy brilliance that perfectly encapsulates the movie it accompanies. That movie is, of course, the 1979 science fiction classic ALIEN. ALIEN needs […]… Continue reading Ridley Scott’s “Alien” (1979) — THE DIRECTORS SERIES

Ridley Scott’s “Blade Runner” (1982) — THE DIRECTORS SERIES

Inducted into the National Film Registry: 1993 As I sit here writing this essay, it is the year 2018, in the city of Los Angeles, California. It’s a sunny, slightly chilly morning. When I look out my window, I see the stubby trees, freshly-watered green lawns, and the stately bungalows of Larchmont— a sleepy residential […]… Continue reading Ridley Scott’s “Blade Runner” (1982) — THE DIRECTORS SERIES

Terrence Malick’s “The Thin Red Line” (1998) — THE DIRECTORS SERIES

Notable Festivals: Berlin (Golden Bear) Inducted into the Criterion Collection: 2010 It seems that no discussion of director Terrence Malick’s life and career can be made without reference to “the absence”— a prolonged period of seeming inactivity that has taken on the same air of mythic folklore that marks his own films. Every successful filmmaker […]… Continue reading Terrence Malick’s “The Thin Red Line” (1998) — THE DIRECTORS SERIES

Ridley Scott’s “Black Rain” (1989) — THE DIRECTORS SERIES

When the cinematic community talks about director Sir Ridley Scott in the context of influential filmmaking, they usually mention the hit singles: ALIEN (1979), BLADE RUNNER (1982), THELMA & LOUISE (1991), GLADIATOR (2000), to name a few. Very rarely do they dive into the deep cuts, but it’s there where one can find some of […]… Continue reading Ridley Scott’s “Black Rain” (1989) — THE DIRECTORS SERIES

Ridley Scott’s “Thelma & Louise” (1991) — THE DIRECTORS SERIES

Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2016 Notable Festivals: Cannes (Out of Competition) A good friend once likened a director’s cultural relevance to a tuning fork— after so many strikes, the fork can begin straying from perfect pitch. Similarly, a director can deliver a number of films that strike a chord with audiences before […]… Continue reading Ridley Scott’s “Thelma & Louise” (1991) — THE DIRECTORS SERIES

Ridley Scott’s “1492: Conquest Of Paradise” (1992) — THE DIRECTORS SERIES

I can still remember that song— the one we were compelled by our grade school teachers to sing every year on one particular day in October. “In August 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue”. It’s understandable that the story of Christopher Columbus, the famed Spanish explorer, would be simplified and sanitized for elementary-aged minds as […]… Continue reading Ridley Scott’s “1492: Conquest Of Paradise” (1992) — THE DIRECTORS SERIES