The Brother Roars and More
2013 was a great year on a number of levels. Yes, The Brother roars and more. This short film, that I co-wrote and co-produced with Michael Stevantoni, my grandson, had…
Read more2013 was a great year on a number of levels. Yes, The Brother roars and more. This short film, that I co-wrote and co-produced with Michael Stevantoni, my grandson, had…
Read moreEvery once in a while a movie comes along that not only moves me but makes me think about the choices we have in this life. The British Film, What…
Read moreI’ve been a fan of author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and his classic novel, The Great Gatsby, for at least half my life. I’ve read it, as well as many books…
Read moreWith the recent Boston Marathon tragedy and the extensive media coverage that followed, it would be easy to believe we live in an unsafe world. But the opposite is true.…
Read moreOn Jan.24th, our 16 yr. old grandson, Michael Stevantoni, premiered his thirteenth film, THE BROTHER, in Campbell River, B.C. With Michael being in school, it’s taken a year and a…
Read moreIt’s no accident that at the close of 2012, we have a number of films celebrating the power of the human spirit. Les Miserables and Lincoln are two such movies…
Read moreI’m an optimist by nature, so this has been a hard post to write. And I’m sorry for getting off the writing track here. But the senseless killings at the…
Read moreGrowing up reading fairy tales and seeing films with a happy Hollywood ending, I expected more or less the same kind of ending when I got married. I soon found…
Read moreAfter watching the film, Love Liza with the incredibly talented Philip Seymour Hoffman, I wondered what it was about this story that kept me engaged. It was depressing. And yet,…
Read moreI saw Asghar Farhadi’s film, A Separation, the week before it won best foreign film at the Oscars. Shot in a very intimate fashion—no panoramic shots of city or country—this film…
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