Edited by Gregg Morris PROGRAM DETAILS [May 11 update] Link to first story Opening Night Film & Reception Friday, June 10, 6:30 pm – Film Society of Lincoln Center HOOLIGAN SPARROW (New York premiere screening + panel discussion) Nanfu Wang—2016—83m—doc—In English and…
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Human Rights Watch Film Festival: Eighteen Powerful Films
Edited by Gregg Morris, May 11, 2016 HRW Film Fest Press info will be repeated in coming weeks. It is divided into two parts. Below is important information. And, for part two, a link is being provided to the festival schedule. The…
Aspiring Writers Mentoring Program II Opens
New York City – The Aspiring Writers Mentoring Program is now open for application for its second phase. On May 7, 2016, program director Marivir Montebon and former New York Times senior editor Terry Schwadron will provide an initial orientation…
SACRIFICE Film Review
A savagely witty, edge-of-your-seat film By Gregg Morris Opened April 29 in New York City at IFC Center, is now available on ON DEMAND and other digital platforms, such as Comcast. Opening May 6 in Los Angeles at the Arena…
Epic Pictures Group Acquires Sci-Fi Somnus for Cannes
Edited by Gregg Morris gmorris@hunter.cuny.edu Film production, financing and distribution studio Epic Pictures Group has acquired the worldwide sales and distribution rights to the sci-fi thriller SOMNUS, written by Russell Owen and Chris Reading who also directs. Reading’s directorial debut,…
BALCONY: Tribeca Film Festival Review
By Gregg Morris “I wanted to tell a story that captures the daily injustices, individual and institutional, in an environment like the estate I grew up on, a place that struggled with racial tension and simmering rumors.” – Director Toby…
Remarks by President Obama to College Reporters
Edited by Gregg Morris From White House Press Office, Thursday, April 28, 7:13 p.m. James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, 3:53 p.m. EDT Transcript sent to Gregg Morris The President I hear there’s some hotshot journalists here. Josh was speaking for me,…
CURVE, Tribeca Film Festival Review
Uh oh! Director Tim Egan’s superbly nightmarish 11-minute cinematic nouvella resonated on all those levels where fear and panic can reign. In my gut. In my mind. In my soul. She’s inches away from certain death. How the hell did…
THE CHAUFFEUR: A Tribeca Film Fest Movie Review
By Gregg Morris – The publicity blurb caught my eye: Donald is an artist. Donald is musician. Donald is an actor. But Donald lives in Los Angeles, so to everyone, Donald is the chauffeur. I thought, “everyone,” after he becomes famous,…
Tribeca Film Festival Film Review, HERE ALONE
By Gregg Morris Director Rod Blackhurst’s HERE ALONE, just two days ago selected as the 2016 TFF Audience Award Winner for Narrative, is an exquisitely crafted piece of suspense and horror that will reach into the hearts and souls of audience members.…