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my film friday is the illusionist starring edward norton and jessica beil. it's a lovely movie, very subtle and clever and well-a...

i was really looking forward to seeing we steal secrets: the story of wikileaks . it's my film friday pick for a few reasons: 1. not...

my uncle is visiting us and he's a bluegrass harmonica player. it's been such a treat to wake up in the morning to the wailing o...

okay another plug for our film perfection because it's screening this sunday, the 20th, in santa monica at the laemmle 4 plex @1pm...

  my teachers. today's film friday comes on wednesday because i've been at a retreat with my buddhist teacher thich nhat ha...

writing can be a lonely experience and when i'm stuck, i'm always on the lookout for inspiration. most of the time i find it in...

houston, we have a problem. we watched this movie again over the weekend in the waiting room of our car dealership. jeez it's goo...

storytelling takes many forms and though i'm a fan of the visual medium, the written word and spoken word are equally amazing and p...

i am looking forward to seeing steve mcqueen's newest film '12 years a slave'. mcqueen's movies( 'shame' and...

today's friday pick is our own film 'perfection. writer/director/actress christina beck cut together this interview she and i...

another documentary is my film friday pick. undefeated is a study in great characters, tension and and high stakes. this movie won an a...

film friday pick is going waaaaaay back...... my brother-in-law keva rosenfeld, directed his first film in 1984. it's an amazing h...

so it's 2013 and it's time to wake up to the reality that plastics suck. they really do. they break down into little particles and ...

when i was in nyc for the ifp lab with our film 'perfection' , our fellow ifp lab filmmakers ron and eleanor were working on a m...

my film friday pick is yet another documentary!  because of what's happening right now in zimbabwe with robert mugabe's re-ele...

this is from the website for blackfish,  my film friday pick: "blackfish tells the story of tilikum, a performing killer whale tha...

okay today's film friday(sorry it's sunday) is the incredible documentary entitled 'the house i live in.' it's a st...

forks over knives is this week's friday pick. although most of my film friday picks are traditional docs and features, the inform...

loved this movie! mud . the camerawork is gorgeous, the acting lovely. please go see this indie film. xo, annette

this is not a full movie, but it's such and important 'film'. nothing more for me to say. please retweet/post on fb. thank...

i don't usually pick blockbuster movies for film fridays, but i saw now you see me this weekend. this isn't a review since i do...

i'm a huge fan of documentaries. and a huge fan of beautifully shot movies. so the documentary tell them who you are , about cinemat...

"the most important film for an american to see if you have a child or know someone who has one." louis psihoyos, oscar winni...

short and oh so wonderful. today's film friday is the oscar winning short film ‘wasp’ by the most amazing director andrea arnold.   ...

in lieu of the horrible events that have occurred in boston, afghanistan, texas and syria this past week, my film friday post is about wa...

in keeping with an italian theme, i was invited to a screening at the italian film festival this weekend where i saw giulio manfredonia...

i watched this film again this weekend. in honor of roger ebert , and in honor of great films. fellini's nights of cabiria is s...

  it's hard for me to recommend this documentary. i say this because of the subject matter: a missing child and a con-man lead cha...

my short film 'bark' was just accepted to the international bare bones film festival . yea!!! we are beyond thrilled it got in....

i'm posting some of my favorite women filmmakers in honor of international women's day! a day where we celebrate all wom...

one of the better films i've seen this year. a must-see for all filmmakers who want to effect change. i thought i wouldn't be ab...

billy the kid - the documetary, is one of my all-time favorite movies. i really fell for this film and it's lead character billy ...

this is one of my favorite movies: fassibinder's fear eats the soul . this little gem of a movie is one of fassbinder's best work...

calling all londoners...our film ' perfection' will screen in the uk, february 9th at the rio cinema ! click on our facebook pa...

looking for artwork for our new home and i came across these gorgeous pieces by natasha law from the very cool dealer blai...

jiro dreams of sushi is a lovely movie to curl up on the couch and watch. jiro ono is 85 years old and after finding his dream job(sushi...

what an amazing year this has been! the world didn't end. we didn't fall off the fiscal cliff. the election and all it's ...

first off, i love this title: 'all that heaven allows'. i wish i would've thought of it for my film, or novel or short s...

my favorite bowls, pottery and cups are from heath ceramics . when my best friend asked me what i wanted for my birthday thi...

my second post on holiday shopping. if you must shop this year(and that is a difficult habit to curb and break) here is another arti...

another doc on my film friday list, chasing ice.   chasing ice follows the photographer james balog as he photographed disappearing...

as my holiday protest against the mega-store, online, superchain stores(gap, shopbop, macy's, h&m, neimans...

  okay, the greatest movie ever sold wouldn't make my top ten docs. the structure was a bit all over the place and it c...

i remember when this song came out. i was in pre-production for SuperChicas and was looking for music, for female artists that had a uni...