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MAGNOLIA & CLEMENTINE at the Beloit International Film Festival
There is a long tradition of American actresses becoming directors (including figures as disparate as Ida Lupino, Elaine May and Barbara Loden), often in order to give themselves better roles than...
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RENDEZVOUS IN CHICAGO Wins Best Comedy at the Lindsey Film Fest
I am so honored that RENDEZVOUS IN CHICAGO won the Best Film Comedy award at the George Lindsey UNA Film Festival in Florence, Alabama last night! This was a great festival and it was a privilege just...
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HAIL SATAN? and MIDNIGHT FAMILY at Doc10
My latest post for Time Out Chicago concerns my best bets for the Doc10 Film Festival. Entering its fourth year, the Chicago Media Project’s Doc10 Film Festival has established itself as an annual...
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RENDEZVOUS IN CHICAGO Wins Audience Choice in Tallahassee!
I am pleased to announce that RENDEZVOUS IN CHICAGO has won the Audience Choice Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Tallahassee Film Festival! This was our fourth award in eight festival...
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ROY’S WORLD at the Glasgow Film Festival
ROY’S WORLD, the documentary film I produced about the childhood of the great writer Barry Gifford (WILD AT HEART) in Chicago during the mid-20th century, will have its World Premiere at the Glasgow...
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Chicago Shorts at the Beloit International Film Festival
I wrote the following capsule review of the Beloit International Film Fest’s “WI / IL TWO” shorts program for Time Out Chicago. A Missed Connection. Photo courtesy of Third Wheel Entertainment. Chicago...
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ROY’S WORLD at the 2021 Beloit International Film Festival
The virtual edition of the great Beloit International Film Festival is now live. That means that Wisconsin and Illinois residents have between now and February 28 to stream ROY’S WORLD: BARRY...
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RELATIVE World Premiere at Gasparilla
My new film RELATIVE will have its World Premiere at the 15th annual Gasparilla International Film Festival in Tampa, Florida on Saturday, March 12 at 7:30pm (EST). Joining me on the red carpet will...
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RELATIVE Screenings: January-March 2023
There will be many screenings of RELATIVE across the U.S. between now and mid-March — at least 14 screenings in 8 different states. I’m including a list of these screenings below and will be providing...
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The World Premiere of PAPER PLANES at the AfterImage Film Festival
In January, it was my great pleasure to co-direct the short film PAPER PLANES with Alyssa Thordarson (who also wrote and co-stars). We had an amazing cast and crew, headlined by Shaina Schrooten in...
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