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John Patton Ford wrote and directed his first short film, Patrol, in 2010. He thought he was off and running but while he’s remained in the industry in other roles, he had to wait twelve years to finally write and direct his first feature film, Emily the Criminal – which was presented as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) on the eve of its U.

Once described as the “intellectual Johnny Appleseed of the counterculture,” writer Stewart Brand, member of the Merry Pranksters and founder of the Whole Earth Catalog, cut an influential swath through the 60s, the 70s, and beyond, helping to birth and shape what we now recognize as the modern-day environmental movement.   The documentary We Are As Gods, receiving limited theatrical exposure in advance of its release across digital platforms on September 6, chronicles Brand’s standing within this community of environmental defenders, and a great schism which has now made enemies of many past friends and supporters.

For Miguel Sapochnik, director of several episodes of the epic series Game of Thrones (2011-2019), returning to the neighborhood of the characters created by George R. R.

“It’s important for me to not forget my roots because that is my core,” said avant-garde fashion designer Furne One Amato. “My foundation of being a designer started when I was a kid and my influences are from my experiences from childhood – the place where I grew up, the things that I did, my friends, the everyday hustle and bustle of life, traveling, new people.

A comedy about death is a serious matter, especially when children are included in the target audience. Tim Burton has become an expert in achieving that with both animated and live-action films: The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Ed Wood, and Beetlejuice.

December 25, 2016, is a day that George Michael fans will never forget. In the midst of eating, drinking, and putting Wham’s “Last Christmas” on repeat, our phones let us know that our very own musical deity tragically and unexpectantly passed away.

  The documentary Kili Big is the story of 20 plus-sized women from around the world all attempting to climb to the top of Africa’s highest mountain, Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Director John Ford once said to a reporter, “Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals.  Directing is not a mystery, it’s not an art.

Interesting and heavy, consequential questions of art’s relationship to commerce hang all over the terrifically engrossing documentary Claydream, informing its bittersweet portrait of the rise and fall of the man largely considered the father of modern-day clay animation. That its subject’s actual name remains unknown outside of tight-knit industry circles while his rebranded, formerly eponymous studio, wrested away from him two decades ago and given a new moniker, has gone on to garner considerable acclaim with a fanciful origin story speaks to a time-honored Hollywood axiom: when the legend becomes fact, print the legend.

When can a disease be life-saving? The answer to that riddle forms the spine of the documentary Syndrome K, narrated by the late Ray Liotta and available across digital platforms on August 16. Directed by Stephen Edwards, the movie tells the fascinating story of a fictitious highly contagious illness concocted by three Roman Catholic doctors during World War II.