Exclusive Interview Part Three: The Solution Daizy Gedeon with Ramez Tomeh, Beirut transcribed and introduced by Bev Questad, IJM writer What is going to happen to Lebanon? Its political and economic systems have collapsed. People can’t get their own money out of the banks and inflation has made t[...]
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Exclusive: Filmmaker Exposes Corruption
Exclusive Interview Part Two: The Politicians Daizy Gedeon with Ramez Tomeh, Beirut transcribed and introduced by Bev Questad, IJM writer Daizy Gedeon, an ex-pat in Australia who has returned to Lebanon amidst its political chaos and economic fall, has created a film, “Enough! Lebanon’s Darkest [...]
Exclusive: Filmmaker at Risk
Exclusive Interview Part One: The Film Daizy Gedeon with Ramez Tomeh, Beirut transcribed and introduced by Bev Questad, IJM writer Lebanon has free-fallen from a robust bastion of capitalism and visionary democracy to a corrupt failed state incapable of maintaining a banking system or stable electri[...]
New Daniela Repas film in pre-production
— by BEV QUESTAD — It was a dark, rainy night as I walked into the hollow exhibition building on Portland Oregon’s Eastside, just steps from the cold Willamette River. Hung on repeated clotheslines were notebook-sized hand-drawn pencil sketches, hundreds meticulously crafted in testimo[...]
Recap: 2022 HP Lovecraft Film Festival
— by WILLIAM STERR — “The only festival that understands.” When the haze-dimmed sun lights days grown short, and the gibbous moon illuminates lengthening nights, the chill air is filled with cries of “Cthulhu fhtagn! Ph’nglui mglw’nfah Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’na[...]
Exclusive Interview: Kristin Chenoweth
— by LYNETTE CARRINGTON — Kristin Chenoweth is an Emmy and TONY Award-winning Broadway powerhouse who can really do it all. In addition to her endless talent on the stage, she also has a considerable resume in television and film. Her current movie, “National Champions,” is now avail[...]
Interview: Jon Heder & Summer Bellessa
— by LYNETTE CARRINGTON — “Funny Thing About Love” enjoyed its debut at Harkins Superstition Springs in Mesa, Arizona, earlier this month when the cast, crew, director and producers pulled into the theater’s parking lot in a couple of massive stretch limos. Outside the theater, hun[...]
Interview: Don Most
— by LYNETTE CARRINGTON — The film “Cult Cartel” is a passion project and an insightful look at the real-life events and human trafficking tragedy in Colorado City, and the downfall of “prophet” and convicted felon and polygamist, Warren Jeffs. Notably, the movie stars actor Don [...]
Exclusive Interview: Lee Chambers
— by LYNETTE CARRINGTON — Prolific producer, writer and director Lee Chambers is riding high on another film project that is garnering much attention. In the past six years, he has taken home more tham 20 accolades for multiple films. His latest project is short film “Hell in a Handbas[...]
Exclusive Interview: Suzanne DeLaurentiis
— by LYNETTE CARRINGTON — Prolific producer, writer and director Suzanne DeLaurentiis (“Rocky V,” Mannequin 2,” “10th & Wolf,” “D-Railed,” and “Black Gold”) was lucky enough to keep working through the pandemic, and also debuted a new horror series entitled “Suza[...]
Exclusive Interview: Actor Paul Wilson
— by LYNETTE CARRINGTON — It took a pandemic to keep “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” out of theatres longer than expected. When it finally conjured in theaters in June 2020, the third installment of scary and creepy series dominated the movie competition in its opening week,[...]
Exclusive Interview: Tom Sizemore/Cybil Lake
— by LYNETTE CARRINGTON — The new film “Central Park Dark” is a horror thriller that will leave the viewer wondering. When a married doctor has a one-night stand with a woman, things take a turn for the strange and terrifying as he become endlessly tormented by her. Or is it really h[...]
Chandler Film Festival Wrap-up
— by LYNETTE CARRINGTON — The fifth annual Chandler International Film Festival was unlike any other before it. The excitement of marking its fifth anniversary was faced with challenges posed by the pandemic. The leadership team of the festival put on their thinking caps in mid-2020 and [...]
Born a Champion: Exclusive Interviews
— by LYNETTE CARRINGTON — The new film “Born a Champion” is a passion project that has been 13 years in the making as long-time friends Paul J. Alessi and Sean Patrick Flanery sunk their teeth into a film that they knew had heart, soul, guts, glory and tremendous truth and love. For [...]