When it comes to musicals — be they screen or stage — the Lowell Film Collaborative stands divided. But the LFC half that DOES adore the genre, adores it with great passion. For me, Suzz Cromwell, discovering filmmaker Gary King and his current project, How Do You Write A Joe Schermann Song, has been glorious. [...]
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Indie filmmaker Gary King reignites the movie musical in “How Do You Write A Joe Schermann Song”
Posted in From the Lowell Film Collaborative, Movie Rants-N-Raves, tagged Broadway musicals, Director Gary King, How do you write a joe schermann song, HSPVA Houston, Joe Schermann Song, Lowell Film Collaborative, Performing Arts school Houston, stage musicals on February 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Would YOU be able to watch every film released in 2012? UK film critic Neil White is doing just that!
Posted in From the Lowell Film Collaborative, Movie Rants-N-Raves, Screenings and Events Outside Lowell, tagged every film in 2011, every film in 2012, Lowell Film Collaborative, Neil White Derby Telegraph, Neil White every film in 2012, Neil White every film twitter, The Fighter movie on January 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We’re huge fans of the wonderful Neil White, though we’ve never met and never spoken. Well, by phone at least. The wonder of Twitter brought us together as it has so many millions of film buffs the world over. Neil is a special guy — in 2011, his goal was to watch EVERY FILM released [...]
The final chapter in the West Memphis 3 — “Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory” screens Thursday, January 12 on HBO
Posted in From the Lowell Film Collaborative, Movie Rants-N-Raves, Screenings and Events Outside Lowell, tagged Bruce Sinofsky, HBO Films, Joe Berlinger, Lowell Film Collaborative, Paradise Lost 3, Paradise Lost film, West Memphis 3 on January 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The final chapter of the award-winning trilogy of documentaries on accused killers Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley will air this Thursday at 9PM on HBO. Known as the West Memphis 3, Echols, Baldwin, and Misskelley were freed last summer after spending 18 years in prison. Their story was passionately told in two films, [...]
Occupy Cinema: A guerilla film movement gone to the streets
Posted in From the Lowell Film Collaborative, Movie Rants-N-Raves, Screenings and Events Outside Lowell, tagged An Injury to One, Anthology Film Archives, Huffington Post, Indiewire, Occupy Cinema, Occupy Wall Street, Peter Whitehead The Fall, Wall Street Charging Bull on December 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Occupy Cinema: An open collective harnessing the moving image to aid the worldwide occupation movement.” Inspired by the Occupy movement, Occupy Cinema is getting in on the game by taking the beauty and power of moving pictures to the streets by projecting on any surface they can find, from buildings, to abandoned property, to statues. [...]
“The Bicycle City:” The true story of how bicycles are bringing hope to a poverty-stricken city
Posted in From the Lowell Film Collaborative, Movie Rants-N-Raves, tagged Bicycle donation film, Dave Schweidenback, Greg Sucharew, IndieGoGo, Pedals for Progress, Rivas Nicaragua, The Bicycle City on December 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
For a war-torn, impoverished city in Nicaragua, the words “pedal power” have taken on a dramatic new meaning. In director Greg Sucharew‘s independent documentary The Bicycle City, we meet a handful of individuals from the city of Rivas — a small coastal town in the second poorest country in Latin America — where an influx [...]
Indie filmmaker Alexia Anastasio seeks fabulous redheaded femmes for her new project!
Posted in From the Lowell Film Collaborative, Movie Rants-N-Raves, Screenings and Events Outside Lowell, tagged Adventures in Plymptoons, Alexia Anastasio, Bill Plympton, Cape Ann Community Cinema, Ginger Girls documentary, Ginger Girls Kickstarter, IndieGoGo, Kickstarter, Vampira the Movie on December 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
There’s absolutely NO shortage of great indie film projects out there, especially among the hundreds of IndieGoGo and Kickstarter ideas in queue. One of these impressive film artists seeking our collective financial support is Alexia Anastasio, whose current documentary Adventures in Plymptoons! showcases the brilliant work of Academy Award nominee, animator, and filmmaker Bill Plympton. [...]
No Restrictions Entertainment: Telling life’s hardest stories on film
Posted in From the Lowell Film Collaborative, Movie Rants-N-Raves, tagged Edgar Michael Bravo, John Paul Rice, Lowell Film Collaborative, Mother's Red Dress, No Restrictions Entertainment, One Hour Fantasy Girl, The Magic Stone on December 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
We all know that film often has a conscience. It takes great courage and skill for filmmakers to both entertain and open up the heart to a little darkness, especially if you’re an independent filmmaker working on a shoe string budget and with limited resources. Enter director Edgar Michael Bravo and producer John Paul Rice [...]
Take in great film this Thanksgiving with The Cape Ann Film Festival and “The Artist”
Posted in Film Festivals, From the Lowell Film Collaborative, Movie Rants-N-Raves, Screenings and Events Outside Lowell, tagged Amigo the movie, Berenice Bejo, Cafe Indigo Concord NH, Cape Ann Film Festival, Jean Dujardin, John Sayles, Lowell Film Collaborative, Take Shelter movie, The Annie Gloucester, The Artist film on November 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Lowell Film Collaborative sends VERY Happy Thanksgiving wishes to each and every one of you! We are incredibly grateful to everyone who attended a Lowell film screening or who conveyed their support through kind words, generous donations, or by helping to publicize our Mill City movie mission. We hope you enjoy spending this day [...]
Indie film “GWAPA (Beautiful)” brings awareness to children suffering facial deformity in the Philippines
Posted in From the Lowell Film Collaborative, Movie Rants-N-Raves, tagged Cleft palate Phillippines, Gwapa the film, IndieGoGo, John Hoff III, Kickstarter, Thirsty Girl Films on November 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This week we’d like to spotlight an IndieGoGo film project that came to our attention via fellow indie film supporter and Twitter friend, John Hoff III. We were instantly moved, and hope you’ll be as well, as this project will be coming to a close in just over 10 days and is in dire need [...]
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