When a passionate puppet animator meets Lisa Henson, daughter of legendary Jim Henson (The Muppets, Dark Crystal, Sesame Streets) you get a fantastic visionary endeavor: the short film ‘The Haunted Swordsman’ which just played at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. We sat down with director and puppet master Kevin …
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The 35th Santa Barbara International Film Festival just completed another splendid year with an amazing programming of mesmerizing features and inspiring documentaries. One of these documentaries that caught my interest was the American project written, produced and directed by two maverick men: Darroch Greer and Paul Glenshaw. Their film, ‘The …
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Q: You said that this film is a “special” film for you, what is the reason? Takashi: I think that film is one my most hopeful movie with some political undertone. Also it’s a movie about love, about relationship and I think this is different from my other movies in …
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Akira Takarada is a legendary Japanese Actor who was in over six Godzilla movies . We met him at the Macau Film Festival and Conferences as he was promoting his new film “DANCE WITH ME”, a mesmerizing musical from Japanese director Shinobu Yaguchi . Q: How did you end up …
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ANIMATION: MADE IN OKINAWA, JAPAN! The ultimate experience while at the Okinawa film festival was the visit of the CGCG Animation Studio which has the biggest motion-capture set up in Asia . No only does CGCG Studios do motion capture, but they also are producing 3D computer graphics video using …
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Time to celebrate again the independent spirit of courageous filmmakers releasing ‘Bushwick Beats’, a film based in the heart of Brooklyn’s hot Bushwick neighborhood. This film is a brilliant construct by six promising young directors: Anu Valia, A.Sayeeda Moreno, Chloe Sarbib, Brian Shoaf, Sonejuhi Sinha and James Sweeney. The unconditional …
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It was very hard not to pay attention to the many talented Actresses gracing the red carpet and the screenings of the 11th Okinawa Film Festival . This year, among others, the festival had invited from Japan: Honoka Matsumoto and Ayame Misaki as well as from Myanmar, Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi . …
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For most tourists in the World, Okinawa is this iconic Japanese Island some 400 miles from the mainland of Japan and where it’s always a “feel good” feeling to escape, rejuvenate in this paradise similar to Hawaii. For others it’s also the gruesome reminder of the ugly battle of Okinawa during …
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Check out my red carpet interview with Melissa McCarthy at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival as she received the ‘Montecito Award’ tonight! https://youtu.be/Y1V8UwHo9L8 Merci to Emmanuel Itier for shooting the interview and B-roll tonight! photos: Emmanuel Itier/ Rick Carter
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Looking for an action-adventure film with stunning visuals to see this weekend? Then “Mortal Engines” is for you! Produced by Oscar-winning Peter Jackson, starring Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, Jihae and more, “Mortal Engines” is a film-adaptation of the Philip Reeve books of the same name. Check out my …
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