Above: “Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You,” and below: Chris Cooper in “Coming through the Rye.” The Woods Hole Film Festival kicks off its 25th annual festival at Redfield Auditorium on Saturday, July 30. The WHFF runs for eight days and supports emerging independent filmmakers; it is the oldest film festival on Cape Cod … Continue reading
James Broughton was a poet, an experimental film maker, and a gay/countercultural icon who urged people “follow your own weird, do your odd thing” to fully experience the joy of life. His story is told in “The Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton” which was shown this week at the Woods Hole Film Festival … Continue reading
August 3, 2011 “Losing Control” A quirky romantic comedy, with a bit of scientific method and international intrigue thrown in, “Losing Control” will be screened at 7 PM on Thursday, August 4, in Redfield Auditorium. Director Valerie Weiss has a doctorate in biophysics from Harvard University, where Samantha, the main character in her film, is … Continue reading
July 28, 2011 A scene from Morning Copy The Woods Hole Film Festival 2011 opens Saturday, July 30, and runs through Saturday, August 6: eight days of feature length and short films, workshops, classes, parties, and live entertainment. For details, go to Woods Hole Film Festival. For the past couple of weeks, I have had … Continue reading
August 1, 2010 Most of the narrative films I previewed this year touch on death of a family member, or the aftermath of death for the living. In this category are “House of Bones,” a documentary about a family house on Martha’s Vineyard after the death of the director’s grandmother; “Lebanon, PA,” a drama about … Continue reading
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