‘Twelve’ could have easily derailed given its circumstances. 12 separate short films, each helmed by a different director, some overlap in story (but they’re mostly scarce nods to earlier pieces), each with a different tone and approach.
Twelve directors and twelve unique stories all in one film can seem like a daunting task to undertake and manage. Will it work? Does it flow? Should it flow?
The Independent Film Festival of Boston kicked off with a bang this evening with the East Coast premiere of Brad Anderson’s ‘Transsiberian,’ a thriller set during a journey between China and Moscow.
‘Twelve’ is a unique film appearing at the IFF Boston. Conceived by Scott Masterson who, along with Steve Oare, produced the film as well, ‘Twelve’ is actually a series of 12 short films, each short taking place in a specific month of the calendar year.
The cinematic adaptation of Ayn Rand’s classic tome, ‘Atlas Shrugged,’ is preparing to move forward with production this fall/winter, pending Vadim Perelman finishing the final script by then. Perelman, who is set to direct the picture, told ComingSoon.net that the book, which is notoriously long, has been whittled down to a manageable film and that …
I’ve never seen the ‘Stones in Concert, not sure if I’ll ever get to, but I seriously walked away from this film feeling like I’d legitimately gone to a very rare, very small, personal show with the Rolling Stones.
Broadly speaking, films tend to reflect the culture that produces them. For example, horror movies when looked at from a distance, plays on our cultural fears. George Romero’s ‘Night of the Living Dead,’ while outwardly appearing as a zombie survivalist movie, took America’s fear of nuclear war and took it to a next step. More …
Bob Marley will be gracing the silver screen soon. The Weinstein Co. is adapting to film Rita Marley’s 2004 autobiography, ‘No Woman No Cry: My Life with Bob Marley.’ So far, no casting decisions have been made yet, but it is planned that the film will show Bob at two stages of his life: as …
New details have emerged regarding the writing team and the story direction for the upcoming adaptation of 80s television cartoon, ‘G.I. Joe.’ The film’s executive producer, Brian Goldner (who is also the COO of Hasbro), recently spoke with MTV regarding the upcoming feature. You can read it here. Personally, I couldn’t be more uninterested in …
I have recently viewed ‘Caramel’, a delightful romantic comedy about a group of beauty shop workers in Beirut, Lebanon. The film was written and directed by its star, Nadine Labaki. Directing her first feature film, Labaki assures us we are in able hands from frame one, a gorgeous shot of glistening caramel that leads into …