Guess what? It’s time to replace that worn old copy of your favourite Arthurian film! ARROW VIDEO is just about to release a brand new deluxe edition of EXCALIBUR! Always good news to hear that a film you love is getting the royal treatment, but I’m particularly chuffed because I have an essay in the…
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Matinee: Quiet Please, Murder (1942)
Among the more obscure of films noir: George Sanders (although too little of him), Gail Patrick as the femme fatale she’s always meant to be, and Richard Denning with some well floppy hair. A winner because it’s set in the stolen/forged book racket and mostly in a library. Some library! Not only does it have…
Matinee: A Damsel in Distress
Sometimes you need to cheer yourself up with a little hoofin’ and laughing and ingenue romance. As I did the other day thanks to iPlayer. A Damsel in Distress was just what the day needed: Fred Astaire, George and Gracie in London where a most youthful Joan Fontaine has fallen for an American and of…
20×20 + Arcane Alchemy
Busy week ahead! Not one but two art openings and one big reception for both. Two photos and two charms in the 20×20 show: And in the big exhibit upstairs all kinds of magical pieces from Stephanie and me, which her beautiful poster hints at. You will be amazed! Paintings, sculpture, conceptual pieces, films, and…
Arcane Alchemy: 15Nov-30Dec 2024
I am delighted to announce ARCANE ALCHEMY will appear at CREATE Gallery in Catskill NY, 15 Nov through 30 Dec, 2024. Art shenanigans by me and Stephanie Johnson AKA The Queen of Everything who has designed this gorgeous poster. Featuring a wide variety of paintings, assemblages, sound sculpture and a few films, we hope to…
Calcanthum (2019)
As I work furiously away behind the scenes on both my forthcoming online course HOW TO KEEP WRITING WITH A FULL TIME JOB (ironically, finally have time to put it together because I do not) and on ARCANE ALCHEMY the forthcoming exhibit with the Queen of Everything AKA Stephanie Johnson, I have been assembling my…
Nephomancy Selected!
The first festival appearance for NEPHOMANCY! The Great Lakes International Film Festival has selected my experimental short for presentation at the event. I am quite pleased as you can imagine! I mistakenly thought this was in my home state but it’s actually in Erie, PA. But Great Lakes is Great Lakes. And I am delighted….
Pomegranate @NYSWI Albany Film Fest
This Saturday the Albany Film Festival runs most of the day with a big variety of screenings, speakers, and events. My film ‘Pomegranate’ will be screened during the Experimental Shorts slot 12:15-13:00 in the Campus Center West Boardroom (see map at link). Pomegranate is based on my six-sentence story of the same name and deals…
Pomegranate at Albany Film Fest
Wow, my first fest film! My experimental short Pomegranate will be part of the NYS Writers Institute Albany Film Festival on April 1st (yes, really — despite that date). This is exciting for me. Maybe I shouldn’t have turned down that filmmaking scholarship all those years ago (long story) but as with all things that…