Arts The Biggest Truth: Filmmaker Lacey Schwartz on identity, politics and “Little White Lie” After the film: Q&A with filmmaker Lacey Schwartz. By Editor
Arts TSL And Its Founders Inspire A Two-Part Film, "A Bread Factory" A pair of new films takes a warm look at community art spaces in the modern age, inspired by Time and Space Ltd. in Hudson. By Jamie Larson
Arts Director Cameo Wood To Film A Feature Film In Pittsfield By Nichole Dupont Atavism is a throwback or a remnant with traits to a particular time. That is precisely what award-winning director Cameo Wood sees when she visits the main drag of her hometown, Pittsfield, Mass. Wood grew up and came of age during the long, post-industrial, post-General Electric decline By Editor
Arts Filmmaker Joan Kron, 89, Is The Freshest Face At BIFF By Dan Shaw It’s befitting that the octogenarian producer and director of the plastic-surgery documentary "Take My Nose . . . Please!" doesn’t look her age. “Do you think I’d have gotten funding for this film and be taken seriously on the film festival circuit if I looked By Editor
Arts The 12th Annual BIFF Reveals Karen Allen's Filmmaking Chops By CB Wismar The 12th Annual Berkshire International Film Festival – affectionately known as “BIFF” opens with its much-anticipated gala on Thursday, June 1 in Great Barrington. The schedule of films, as always, is eclectic. Fresh features that capture the essence of independent film making on a global scale ("In By Editor
Arts You Can't Look Away From Tony Stone's "Peter and the Farm" By Jamie Larson With elegant sweeping landscapes, scenes of animal processing and a lonely man battling his isolation and madness, Hudson-based filmmaker Tony Stone’s latest movie, “Peter and the Farm" is the naked examination of solitary, 70-year-old, organic farmer Peter Dunning. Though shot in Vermont, Stone (the co-founder By Editor
Arts The View From BIFF 2016: World Facing And Local Focus A Year By The Sea By Jeremy D. Goodwin One of the most delicious preludes to summer’s high season around here is the Berkshire International Film Festival, which reliably fills downtown Great Barrington (and a busy bubble around Pittsfield’s Beacon Cinema) with happily dazed festival warriors, walking around By Editor
Arts Something Old And A Whole Lot New At Wind-Up Fest By Amy Krzanik Some people find it difficult to cultivate the suspension of disbelief needed to enjoy most big-budget films. Luckily, the recent and explosive popularity of memoirs, reality TV shows and documentary films has filled in the entertainment gap. Their popularity can be attributed, in part, to the ease By Editor
Arts New Movie, 'Look Away,' Stars Hudson By Jamie Larson When Location Manager Matthew Chamberlin needed to find small town backdrops with texture, character and some “authentic grit" for the setting of the dark comedy Look Away, starring Matthew Broderick and Chloe Sevigny, he said he found everything he could have hoped for in the always By Editor
Arts 'Dog Down' Pairs Man And Beast For Mutual Benefit By Amy Krzanik “I’ve always been crazy about dogs, but when I was younger, my parents wouldn’t let me have one and it made me furious," says Candide Jones. “As an adult, I’ve had as many as five dogs at a time, but my veterinarian says By Editor
Arts The Good Life: Documentary Finds True Happiness In The Shire By Nichole Dupont The longer we live, the more essential it is to continue to drink from the elusive goblet of happiness. But where does the elixir come from? Documentary filmmaker Pamela Tanner Boll (executive producer of "Born into Brothels" and director of "Who Does She Think By Editor
Arts Williamstown Film Festival: The Screenplay's The Thing Match By Lisa Green Its winning formula has kept it a Berkshire fall tradition, but the Williamstown Film Festival is opening its 16th year with an experiment, Project Screenplay, and if you’ve ever considered writing a screenplay (or just happen to have one on hand), you shouldn’t miss By Editor
