The Film Panel Notetaker

One-on-One Q&A: Director/Screenwriter, Phillip Van

A scene from Phillip Van’s She Stares Longingly At What She Has Lost.
She Stares Longingly At What She Has Lost is the title of Phillip Van’s segment of Little Minx, a new web film series produced by Rhea Scott and based on the French parlor game of the same name where [...]

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One-on-One Q&A:
Sue WilliamsDirector, Young & Restless in China

Young & Restless in China, a new documentary from director Sue Williams and her company Ambrica Productions, opens April 11 for a week-long stint at New York’s Cinema Village as well as at Laemmle Theatres – Grande 4 in Los Angeles. The film “follows the lives of [...]

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One-on-One Q&A:Paul KrikWriter/Director, Able Danger

Paul Krik’s Able Danger, which premiered at the 2008 International Film Festival Rotterdam, is a fast-paced, very good-looking, modern-day independent film noir about a conspiracy theorist/Brooklyn bookstore café owner who unassumingly gets in the middle of a 9/11 cover up when he helps a femme fatal keep a secret that leads [...]

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One-on-One Q&A:Josh KouryDirector, We Are Wizards
We Are Wizards, a feature documentary directed by Josh Koury about fans of the Harry Potter phenomenon, had its world premiere at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival last month. Koury’s next stop on the film festival circuit is the New York Underground Film Festival on April 5 & [...]

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At SXSW a few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to meet and hang with Brooklyn-based filmmaker Fritz Donnelly. Fritz gave me a copy of his latest DVD, To The Hills 2, a collection 25 of his short films including Financial Advice, Real Estate, Milk Industry and my personal favorite, Awkward Social Situations. Fritz will [...]

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On Saturday, Brooklyn, NY-based filmmaker Leah Meyerhoff will be heading to Beantown to present a retrospective of her short films at the Brattle Theatre during the Boston Underground Film Festival. I had the great pleasure to hang out with Leah recently during the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin, Texas. I first became [...]

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