While Jacques Derrida might not be a household name, filmmakers Amy Ziering Kofman and Kirby Dick thought a documentary on the famed philosopher was due. “There’s a great deal of interest in him and his work,” Dick said. Read more...

Using digital video to create professional quality films is, by now, far from controversial. The medium’s low cost and ease of use does, however, mean that filmmakers with something controversial to say are able to put their work out into the world more than ever before. Read more...

As the ’90s drew to a close, the homogenization of rock grew ever more pronounced and a series of bands in New York began playing in a style that was touted as a return to “real” rock ‘n’ roll, a style steeped in the garage aesthetics of punk and of the psychedelic movement. Read more...

Actor Brian Van Holt is making quite a name for himself. But don’t think it’s Dutch. “I’m actually Scotch-Irish,” Van Holt said. “My nickname is “˜Dutch,’ but my family’s part of the McGregor clan. Read more...

Screenwriting Professor Richard Walter remembers when Gregory Widen wrote “Highlander” in one of his classes almost fifteen years ago. “I gave him an “˜A,’ and 20th Century Fox gave him $2 million,” Walter said. Read more...

“Confidence” Starring Edward Burns and Dustin Hoffman There’s nothing like a good, solid heist picture. While there have been many recent attempts at the genre, they all harken to a bygone era of grifting, usually involving one or two players that have been out of the game for ages. Read more...

What is a man to do after a career spent touring with such rock ‘n’ roll royalty as David Crosby, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan? In the case of former Byrds frontman Roger McGuinn, the next logical direction was a merry band of best-selling authors known as The Rock Bottom Remainders. Read more...