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Filmmakers Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine discussed their acclaimed documentary feature Boys State along with Steven Garza, one of the 1,000 teenage subjects in the film who participated in the annual event at the University of Texas at Austin. The Boys State program takes place over the course of a week in all 50 states, with thousands of high school students participating in mock exercises to build representative state governments from the ground up. Garza himself was one of the teenagers who ran for governor — Boys State’s highest office — and the documentary follows his campaign, fr...

Filmin also tries its hand at series production Doctor Portuondo, directed by Carlo Padial, will be the first series to bear the “Filmin original” hallmark Director Carlo Padial and actors Jorge Perugorría and Nacho Sánchez, who will be working together on Doctor Portuondo It’s clear that Filmin is enjoying a period of great success at the moment, as proven by the fact that it is making the transition from being a website for legally watching European arthouse and independent films, known only to film buffs, to now being all the rage. In addition, owing to the pandemic, many festival...

Skip to main content Neon's Tom Quinn or (The Unexpected and Relentless Pursuit to Get a Documentary in Best Picture) Neon's Tom Quinn or (The Unexpected and Relentless Pursuit to Get a Documentary in Best Picture) It's not just about best documentary or international feature for Tom Quinn - he's looking for them to be embraced in a major way by the Academy Awards. Clayton Davis, provided by

Photograph by iStock Why not carve out time for a writing retreat through The Muse & The Marketplace? Organized by Boston’s nonprofit creative-writing center Grub Street, the annual conference is held online this year during two April sessions. During week one, April 21-25, more than 65 speakers and workshops will offer lessons and insights to writers of all styles, genres, and experience levels. Literary agents will also be on hand at small-group “Shop Talk Happy Hours” to discuss manuscripts they’d like to see. Week two, April 28-May 2, is reserved for the popular Manuscript Mart. W...

U3A Cinema Group shows The Painter and the Thief 14 Feb, 2021 10:32 PM Quick Read Norwegian director Benjamin Ree at The Painter and the Thief premiere during the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in Utah. Photo / Getty Images Wanganui Midweek U3A Cinema Group's first offering for 2021 is an unusual but remarkable documentary recording the development of a relationship between a painter and a thief. Norwegian director Benjamin Ree invested three years in making this film. The painter, Barbora Kysilkova, has two paintings stolen from an exhibition she is mounting. The thief, Karl-Bertil Nordland, is...