Author: Todd Wallinger

“If Woody Allen had let John Cassavetes take over September, it might have turned out a lot like Helena from the Wedding.”– D.B. Bates, The Parallax Review “The acting performances are all perfect… A brutally realistic depiction of the trials and tribulations of 30-something couples and their friendships.” – SMELLS LIKE SCREEN SPIRIT Writer/director Joseph…

FESTIVUS FILM FESTIVALWhen: 6:45p.m. Thursday, January 13 to 11:30 p.m. Sunday, January 16Where: Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver                  Oriental Theatre, 4335 W. 44th Ave., DenverAdmission: $8 for a single screening to $50 for a full-weekend pass With a slate that includes animated shorts, live action shorts, music videos, experimental films, documentaries and narrative features,…

If you thought there were a lot of sequels and retreads in 2010, well, to paraphrase Al Jolson’s character in The Jazz Singer, “You ain’t seen nothin’ yet.” The coming year promises much much more of the same, with even the normally innovative Pixar cranking up a numbered film for the second year in a row (Sure, Toy…

Alfred Hitchcock made a lot of great spy thrillers throughout the 1930’s and 1940’s, and near the top of the list of his greatest films is the 1946 film Notorious. In it, Ingrid Bergman plays the American Nazi who is recruited by a government agent played by Cary Grant to infiltrate a group of Germans…

Looking to stock your Netflix queue for the upcoming Christmas break? Forget It’s A Wonderful Life or one of the million and a half versions of that perennial chestnut, A Christmas Carol. For a truly memorable Christmas, check out one of these 18 Weirdest Christmas Movies, compiled by our friends at TotalFilm. If that’s not…

Although I haven’t published any updates since our big public presentation at the Cornerstone Arts Center on September 30, the CREEP! team has been very busy. Our main focus remains fundraising. Director Pete Schuermann, producer Nancy Theken and I have been pitching the project to potential investors. As a result, we’ve managed to sign on…

Once upon a time, Colorado had a Film Commission–an entire office dedicated to luring both big and small film productions to our beautiful state. That was shuttered a couple of years ago, only to be resurrected last year as part of the Colorado Office of Film, Television & Media. A broader outlook, to be sure,…

Big news for aspiring screenwriters and filmmakers. On Tuesday, Amazon announced that they’re launching their own production company and they’re seeking material from YOU. The Amazon Studios concept is a lot like TriggerStreet, the screen submission and feedback web site launched eight years with the promise that the best material submitted would be produced by…

Aspen Shortsfest is now accepting submissions for its regular International Competition categories in live action, documentary, and animation. Recently named by Indiewire as one of the world’s top-50 leading film festivals, Aspen Shortsfest is widely recognized as a premier North American showcase for short film and video.  Recent jurors and panelists have included actress Meg…

Any exploration of power production in America will lead to Appalachia, a region that has supplied our nation with coal for over a century. As America’s energy consumption rises, the extraction and burning of coal to meet these demands has dramatically altered the Appalachian landscape, economy, and culture. Mountaintop removal mining has stripped swaths of…