This month, I've got two film festival previews at NewEnglandFilm.com. First, there's my bit on theEuropean Short Film Festival. The narrative films I previewed for this were really impressive, and it made me a little sad how limited the range of conventional film is; there just aren't that many experiments in Hollywood cinema. (I previewed an experimental one, too, but I personally love love love having a story to hang my hat on when I watch something, so I wasn't as taken with it.)
Second, there's a round-up of interviews I did with New England ("New English"?) directors who have films screening at the Independent Film Festival Boston at the end of April. It was especially fun talking to Benjamin Brewer, who wrote and directed Beneath Contempt, because he had a lot to say about the cinematography and was very specific about his cinematographic influences.
