Get to know our former intern and newest board member, Cassandra Ruby. Where do you currently work? I work in an escape room called Xcape Room Fresno, which is kind of like an hour-long entertainment [...] Continue Reading
Best of 2016: Our picks for the films of the year
As 2016 winds to a close, Filmworks has been reflecting on the best of the year. Here, as our holiday gift to you, are our picks for the best movies we saw last year. Rita Bell “Captain [...] Continue Reading
Streaming Surprises – Our picks for the best of streaming movies
"Victoria" Director Sebastian Schipper and cinematographer Sturla Brandth Grøvlen pull off an extraordinary feat in this German crime thriller and Berlin International Film Festival [...] Continue Reading
Streaming Surprises: Our picks for the best of streaming movies.
Filmworks board members and volunteers love movies. It’s why we do what we do. When we’re not busy putting together screenings at the Tower Theatre we spend much of our time watching movies at home [...] Continue Reading
Streaming Surprises – Our picks for the best of streaming movies
"Clerks" This classic of the 1990's independent film movement, launched the directorial career of Kevin Smith. "Clerks" introduced riffs that would become nerd culture classics and start an epic [...] Continue Reading
Elevating films: Letting go and letting art change us
Next month Fresno Filmworks will present the 2016 Fresno Film Festival. Our theme this year is "elevating film". At Fresno Filmworks, we believe movies have the power to change the way we look at [...] Continue Reading
Streaming Surprises – Our picks for the best of streaming movies
"Dogtown and Z-Boys" This 2001 documentary was truly a labor of love. Skateboarding legend Stacy Peralta turned the camera on himself and his friends who, as rebellious teens in the 1970s, [...] Continue Reading
Welcome back!
Well, it was a great summer for Fresno Filmworks. We had fun this summer, but we’re ready to come back with a new slate of movies. Our fall season is promising to be our best ever with a lineup of [...] Continue Reading