Mark Maynard

Benicio del Toro’s upcoming film “A.K.A. Jimmy Picard” to feature the puppetry work of Ypsilanti’s super-talented Dreamland Theater crew

By Mark | March 13, 2013

One day earlier this winter, as I was making my way around town, pushing my sleeping son in his stroller, I decided to turn down Washington Street and see if I could find Naia Venturi, the owner of Ypsilanti’s Dreamland Theater. Fortunately, she heard me knocking on the door, and came out from behind the [...]

Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged A Christmas Tale, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A.K.A. Jimmy Picard, Aimee Adams, Andrew Bruce Mitchell III, Arlo, Arnaud Desplechin, ass, Benicio Del Toro, Blackfoot Nation, Butoh, Carla Harryman, Catherine Taylor, Dina Goldman, Dreamland Theater, Dreamland Tonight, Elya Baskin, France, George Devereux, independent film, Jamie Klenk, Jimmy Picard, Judith Goldman, Justin Lang, Katrina Whalen, knees, marionettes, Mathieu Amalric, mental illness, Michigan film incentives, Milwaukee, Monroe, Muriel Rukeyser, Naia Venturi, native american, post traumatic stress disorder, psychology, PTSD, Puck, puppet knees, puppets, Reality and Dream: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian, sloppy puppeteering, Tyrone Williams, Unabomber, WWII | 17 Comments

The Ypsi Film Shootout

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 Ann Arbor Film Festival, Cinema Sports, Corner brewery, 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 | 3 Comments

Bringing the Ypsilanti community through the fine art of sweding

By Mark | August 23, 2012

Inspired by Michael Gondry’s film Be Kind Rewind, I mentioned to a few friends and neighbors recently that I’d like to explore the possibility of rallying our community to the task of sweding a film. (To “swede” a film, for those of you who are unfamiliar with the term, means to recreate a famous movie [...]

Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Be Kind Rewind, fourth wall, Hedley Lamarr, horses, Michael Gondry, musicals, Saturday Night Fever, Star Wars, Star Wars Uncut, sweded films, Water Street, Westerns, Xanadu | 22 Comments

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews: Adrianne Finelli

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, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Bethlehem, Bethlehem Steel, Dan F. Friedlaender, documentary film, Edinboro University, exit interviews, 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 | 8 Comments

The Ullage Group Film Festival in Brooklyn on August 19

By Mark | August 8, 2012

Later this month, my friend Doug Skinner will be screening “brief, rare, and unusual” films at a theater in Brooklyn. The event, entitled The Ullage Group Film Festival, Volume One, will take place the afternoon of Sunday, August 19, and will feature, among other things, seldom-seen animated shorts by the late Fortean researcher John Keel, [...]

Posted in Art and Culture | Also tagged 1972, Anne Shapiro, Anthony Matt, art films, Brooklyn, Charles Bowers, Doug Skinner, Earle Doud, experimental film, Fink Flats, Flann O'Brien, Fortean, Garbage Pail Kids, George Kuchar, Jalopy, Jen Duffy, John Keel, Le Voyage dans la lune, Lisa Hirschfield, Mad magazine, Mark Newgarden, Metropolitan Motion Picture Club, Michael Smith, Mike Kuchar, Morgan Miller, Murder of an Anatomy, New York City, petroglyphs, Richard Shaver, Russ Johnson, The Mothman Prophecies, The Whimper, Three On a Match, Ullage Group, underground film, View Master | 12 Comments

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Benicio del Toro’s upcoming film “A.K.A. Jimmy Picard” to feature the puppetry work of Ypsilanti’s super-talented Dreamland Theater crew

The Ypsi Film Shootout

Bringing the Ypsilanti community through the fine art of sweding

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews: Adrianne Finelli

The Ullage Group Film Festival in Brooklyn on August 19

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