By Mark | January 19, 2013 Becca Keating, the former Director of Development at the Ann Arbor Film Festival (AAFF), has spent the past several days driving across the country with the intention of transforming herself into an Angeleno. Following is our exit interview, conducted as she adjusted to life in a world with sunshine. MARK: Let’s start with where you’re [...]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged abortion, Ann Arbor Paper, avant-garde, Becca Keating, David Lynch, exit interviews, Grand Canyon, Gratzi, independent film, Ken Burns, Kevin Jerome Everson, Laida Lertxundi, Laura Abraham, Liberty Street Video, Los Angeles, Marcin Gizycki, Ohio, old white men making decisions on women's health, parade floats, Pasadena, pie, porn, reproductive justice, Rick Snyder, Rose Parade, Roswell, Scientology, Suzan Pitt, The Central Park Five, tiramisu, Toledo, Twin Peaks, Un Chien Andalou, Village Corner, Whitney Biennial, women's rights, womne's health, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | By Mark | August 30, 2012 A few weeks ago, upon hearing that a local film competition was being planned, I submitted a list of questions to the organizers. Well, I just received the following answers from Mark Ducker, the man behind the Ypsi 24-Hour Film Shootout. (As his response came in the form of one long message, I’ve broken it [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Cinema Sports, Corner brewery, Film, film competition, Hump, independent film, Mark Ducker, Mix Marketplace, Shadow Art Fair, The Ipsy, WDEE-TV.COM, Wild Rose Pictures, Ypsilanti Convention and Visitors Bureau | By Mark | August 14, 2012 After living among us for the past half dozens years, Adrianne Finelli will be leaving shortly for Pennsylvania. I took the opportunity to ask her a few questions. MARK: Where will you be moving to and what will you be doing there? ADRIANNE: I’m moving back to Pennsylvania, not back to Philly, but the other [...]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Special Projects | Also tagged Adrianne Finelli, Bethlehem, Bethlehem Steel, Dan F. Friedlaender, documentary film, Edinboro University, exit interviews, Film, film making, home movies, independent film, Lehigh Valley, MFA, Nancy Heers, pain, Pennsylvania, Perspective on Pain, Philadelphia, Prison Creative Arts Project, Roseto, School of Art & Design, Shadow Art Fair, Shirley Axon, Slate, steel, suicide, teaching, Temple University, The Dance of My Grandmothers, time-based media, University of Michigan, urban farming, Work Gallery, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | If you’ve walked around Ann Arbor these past few days, you likely encountered free film, video and moving image installations, in the windows of stores, projected onto buildings, etc. The initiative, called 50 Screens, was undertaken by our friends at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, in order to engage with members of the public who [...]
In a few short weeks, the Ann Arbor Film Festival will begin celebrating its 50th anniversary. It’s a huge milestone that, to my knowledge, no other North American independent film festival has reached, and, as you might expect, organizers are pulling out all the stops. As luck would have it, I had the opportunity to [...]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Shadow Art Fair, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1963, 2 Live Crew, 3D, 826Michigan, A2Geeks, American Falls, animation, Ann Arbor District Library, art films, Arthur Lipsett, Barbara Hammer, Ben Rivers, Bentley Historical Library, bike-powered zoetrope, Bruce Baillie, burlesque, corporate rats, costumes, Craig Baldwin, culture jamming, Devo, Don Hertzfeldt, Donald Harrison, Encore Records, experimental film, Exquisite Motion Corpse, family-friendly shorts, feral films, Festifools, Film, film archives, film festival, founders syndrome, Gallery Project, George Manupelli, Gus Van Sant, Hauling Toto Big, Irina Leimbacher, Japanese avant-garde film, Jodie Mack, Krampus, La Jetée, Leighton Pierce, LGBTQ, Luther Campbell, Mark Toscano, Mark's Carts, Martin Thoburn, Matthew De Gennaro, Michael Robinson, Michigan Theater, MOCAD, Neutral Zone, Nickels Arcade, Pat Oleszko, Paul Clipson, Peter Rose, Phil Solomon, Robert Nelson, Scott MacDonald, Silvio's, Slusser Gallery, Spatial Shift, Star Wars, Summer Festival, Tate Modern, UMS, Voluptuous Sleep, Work Gallery | 
