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Giles Paley-Phillips’ “The Fearsome Beastie” to become film

A CGI animation short film of The Fearsome Beastie by award-winning author Giles Paley-Phillips, and released by Maverick Arts Publishing, is in the works.

The book will be adapted by Slurpy Studios and co-directed by Katie Steed and Jon Hunt, …{read more}

Help make the surfing film “Within” a reality!

The story in the filmmaker, Darius Devas’ words

I got into filmmaking through Bodyboarding (surf) films. During this time two things happened that seeded the foundations for Within: The first was Billy, my childhood next-door neighbour and surfing friend, …{read more}

‘The Suffering and Celebration of Life in America’ Book & Movie

Amy and Shane Bugbee went on the road for a low-budget, year-long exploration of the people and places of America. The result is their book, The Suffering and Celebration of Life in America and the accompanying film, Politics, Art, Religion, …{read more}

Jack Kerouac – “Big Sur” Movie Trailer Released!

The film, Big Sur, based upon Jack Kerouac’s novel of the same name, is due to be released this year. The trailer has just been released.

Directed by Michael Polish, who also wrote the screenplay, it stars Jean-Marc Barr as …{read more}

How Dennis Hopper Conquered the American Century

Dennis Hopper’s extensive filmography is filled with an array of painfully bad films. His early career saw him appear in any number of B-Movies and exploitation flicks; his late eighties/early nineties excursion into mainstream blockbusters such as Super Mario Bros …{read more}

The Biggest Mystery in Hollywood History

“An author should have no other biography than his books.”
“The biography of a creative man is completely unimportant.” 
- B. Traven

Warner Brothers bought the novel THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE in 1941 with John Huston in mind …{read more}

Down by Law: The Loneliness of Jim Jarmusch

Not that it would make any difference. But if only for the sake of morale, you are willing to admit that it’s a welcome shade of orange that breaks east at the horizon of what has been a roughandtumble one …{read more}

(Revisiting) Mondo Hollywood

At midnight on June 10, 2006, in a special event for the Moondance Film Festival, The Chaplin Theater (5300 Melrose Ave) in Los Angeles will be presenting the digitally-enhanced Director’s cut of Mondo Hollywood. Written, produced, directed and edited …{read more}

The Last Waltz Considered

The Last Waltz was a revolutionary documentary. It was the first concert movie shot in 35 mm, the record of a celebration of the Band’s last concert on the site of their first show as The Band. It is the …{read more}