By Olga Verkhotina Some jobs just don't let you retire. Brothers Paolo Taviani, 81, and Vittorio Taviani, 83, started their careers as journalists, but in 1954 they shifted to the film [...] Continue Reading
Oscar fashion: How to win on the red carpet
By Olga Verkhotina When it comes to the annual Academy Awards ceremony, "Who wore what?" is often just as important a question as "Who won?" Celebrities plan their red-carpet outfits far in advance, [...] Continue Reading
Short films enjoy worldwide revival
By Jefferson Beavers Some filmmakers prefer to keep things short. Famed auteur Wes Anderson got his start by making a short movie called Bottle Rocket, a roughly edited film about a crew of [...] Continue Reading
On Christopher Walken and acting normal
By Jefferson Beavers In a film, stage, and TV career that spans more than fifty years, sixty-nine-year-old Christopher Walken -- the star of our January movie, A Late Quartet -- has surely now played [...] Continue Reading
Filmworks board picks favorite films of 2012
JOHN MOSES, PRESIDENT 1. Napoleon -- Abel Gance's biopic was originally released in 1927, but the screenings of the newly restored five-and-a-half-hour version at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, [...] Continue Reading
Filmworks sponsors “Swede Fest” on Sunday, November 11
On Sunday, November 11 at 6pm, following our Classics series, Fresno Filmworks sponsors Swede Fest 10, a film festival for sweded films: hilarious, short, no-budget recreations of popular Hollywood [...] Continue Reading
“Forget it, Jake”—It’s Film Noir and Chinatown
“What’s your favorite movie?” is a question I’m often asked. It might come from a new acquaintance who has just learned that I teach film studies and have a special interest in the history of [...] Continue Reading
Hollywood’s Coming Attractions: What’s Wrong with a Digital Future?
In March 2002, the very month Fresno Filmworks was launched at the Fresno Art Museum, the major Hollywood studios began to lay the groundwork for an industry-wide conversion to digital exhibition. The [...] Continue Reading