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Twenty Stories, By Jack Driscoll. The selection of the best stories from a lifetime of fictions by the acknowledged master of his craft.

11 May 2021 11:02am The 15th Los Angeles Greek Film Festival is celebrating the breadth and depth of Greek Cinema today. The LAGFF virtual edition will offer New Greek Cinema with curated features, shorts, documentaries, animations on a secure platform accompanied by a host of webinars, live and pre-recorded Q&A sessions. Due to COVID-19, the festival will run on-demand only for this year from May 10 to May 30th. The virtual component allows this year’s Festival to reach a global audience. Wi...

Singer-songwriter Haroula Rose Discusses Her Debut Film ‘Once Upon a River’ Haroula Rose, singer, songwriter, and debut filmmaker emulates cinema from countries outside of the US in her understated adaptation of Bonnie Jo Campbell’s Once Upon a River. Once Upon a River First Run September 2020 Reeling Chicago Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (US) / October 2020 Chicago International Film Festival / May 2021 Virtual Cinemas and On Demand (UK) Set in the 1970s,  Once Upon a River (2019) is th...

"Christmas Blood" - Scandanavian Noir.  A psycho Santa in a bloody Xmas tale. Credit The Michigan Theater / michtheater.org An exclusive backstage pass into a fascinating underground world of alternative Christmas music.   Starring an eclectic cast of characters – The Flaming Lips, Run DMC, John Waters – plus two dozen amazing & original songs, this is a cinematic sleigh ride into the strange and sublime universe of alternative Xmas music. Credit The Michigan Theater / michtheater.org In...