interviews

"Floating Market"

That Tupper Feeling
Filmmaker Laurie Kahn-Leavitt’s new film "Tupperware!" screening this month at the Northampton Independent Film Festival, humorously chronicles the history of Tupperware.

Cultural Exchange
Joan Kaufman's new documentary "Floating Market," which premieres at the MFA Boston this month, takes a look at how a centuries-old tradition of trade has shaped culture and community in the Netherlands Antilles.

Into the Ring
John Sullivan discusses his documentary which screens at New Hampshire Film Expo this month -- "Farang Ba (Crazy White Foreigner)," about Craig Wilson, a middle-aged, American lawyer, cancer survivor and celebrity in the Thai boxing community.

Filming Nowhere
Environmental documentary filmmaker Doug Hawes-Davis goes to Wal-Mart to ask questions about American culture in his latest film "This is Nowhere," which screens this month at the Environmental Film Festival in Brattleboro, VT.

profiles

Making the Rounds
Local Sightings founder David Kleiler launches a new showcase for independent cinema in New England -- the Film Circuit -- a traveling screening series.

Uncovering "Overserved"
Actress Hilary Barraford gives an insider’s look at the new independent film "Overserved," a comic showdown at a typical Boston bar between the bar staff and the barflies they serve.

industry

Money for Mainers
The Maine Arts Commission offers grants for artists including filmmakers and screenwriters.

The State of the Arts
The results of The Free Expression Policy Project’s Arts Funding Policy Report shed light on individual state's policies on artistic freedom.

review

Mythic Romance
A review of Kyle Gilman’s short film "The Epic Tale of Kalesius and Clotho," which screens in the upcoming Northampton Independent Film Festival.

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