Movie review by Greg Carlson Everything good that director Andrew Stanton brought to the lauded “WALL-E” in 2008 is completely absent in the dreadful “John Carter,” a frustrating, soulless sarcophagus of a movie that feels even longer than its already bloated 132-minute length. Released one century after Edgar Rice Burroughs’ primary source material “A Princess […]
Wanderlust
Movie review by Greg Carlson Comic journeys in which out-of-touch yuppies follow their bliss are many in number, and often trace their roots to Hy Averback’s 1968 “I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!,” a groovy Peter Sellers vehicle penned by Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker in which an uptight lawyer falls under the spell of […]
Posted by GBC on March 5, 2012
https://southpawfilmworks.net/?p=392
Rich Sommer Interview
Interview by Greg Carlson Actor Rich Sommer is best known for playing Harry Crane on “Mad Men,” but his extensive performing credits include appearances on “The Office,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “CSI,” “Law & Order,” “Without a Trace,” “Ugly Betty,” “Nikita,” and “Burn Notice.” He made his feature film debut in “The Devil Wears Prada.” This […]
Posted by GBC on February 27, 2012
https://southpawfilmworks.net/?p=396
The Power of Two
Interview by Greg Carlson “The Power of Two,” the honorable mention recipient in the documentary feature category of the 2012 Fargo Film Festival, will be screened on Wednesday, March 7 at 10:30 a.m. (followed by a lunch panel) and 7 p.m. Twins Ana and Isa Stenzel, along with producer Andrew Byrnes and director Marc Smolowitz, […]
Posted by GBC on February 20, 2012
https://southpawfilmworks.net/?p=401
Allison Schulnik Interview
Interview by Greg Carlson Multi-faceted artist Allison Schulnik has earned a reputation as a phenomenon in several disciplines, from music to painting to filmmaking. Her latest short “Mound” was recently named the honorable mention in animation for the 2012 Fargo Film Festival. The stunning piece of stop-motion that uses clay, fabric, and other materials to […]
Posted by GBC on February 13, 2012
https://southpawfilmworks.net/?p=407
Chronicle
Movie review by Greg Carlson We are less than two months into the new year and “Chronicle” isn’t even the first movie to feature the gimmick suggesting that its entire story was compiled from found material shot by characters on personal camcorders and supplemented by news footage and security tapes. That dubious distinction belongs to […]
Posted by GBC on February 6, 2012
https://southpawfilmworks.net/?p=413
First Dakota Digital Film Festival
Interview by Greg Carlson The first Dakota Digital Film Festival will take place in Bismarck on March 30, 2012 at the Belle Mehus Auditorium. Submissions are being accepted until March 9, 2012. For more information about entering work or attending the event, email ddff@freetv.org or visit the Dakota Digital Film Festival Facebook page. The High […]
Posted by GBC on January 30, 2012
https://southpawfilmworks.net/?p=419
Haywire
Movie review by Greg Carlson Frustratingly coy and belligerently reductivist, Steven Soderbergh’s “Haywire” cooks up a story that plays to the strengths of mixed martial artist/American Gladiator Gina Carano. Parallel to the employment of Sasha Grey in “The Girlfriend Experience,” Soderbergh’s selection of Carano in the lead role laces his movie with a sense of […]
Posted by GBC on January 23, 2012
https://southpawfilmworks.net/?p=425
The Iron Lady
Movie review by Greg Carlson Waterlogged with the worst clichés of the biopic, not even a committed act of Meryl Streep’s vaunted mimicry can buoy “The Iron Lady.” Skittering over the highlights of Margaret Thatcher’s political career without ever stopping to take intellectual stock of the historical details that undoubtedly required tremendous thought, concentration, and […]
Posted by GBC on January 16, 2012
https://southpawfilmworks.net/?p=429
Matt Kish Interview
Interview by Greg Carlson Ohio-based artist Matt Kish, who spent roughly 18 months illustrating “Moby-Dick” with a drawing for every page of the Signet Classics edition, has seen the fruits of his labor published as a beautiful, full color volume from Tin House Books. Kish will present a talk on Thursday, January 19 at 7:30pm […]
Posted by GBC on January 9, 2012
https://southpawfilmworks.net/?p=433