On February 11, Filmworks will show a film about a unique kind of strike, one for the benefit of women and led by women. It’s called Made in Dagenham, and it dramatizes events that occurred from 1965 [...] Continue Reading
January’s film Waste Land is a Treasure of Art and Dignity
It used to be there was nothing more disgusting than a garbage dump, especially to Americans. But in other places of the world this view of refuse is changing. Agnés Varda, the French filmmaker, [...] Continue Reading
The Great Democratization of the Short Film
Many years ago the following announcement of coming attractions turned up on many theatre marquees around the country: SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON AND SELECTED SHORTS. Passers-by sniggered. Some may even [...] Continue Reading
Hollywood Comes Home from War
As one war is winding down and another ramping up, more than 1.8 million American men and women have already served in Iraq or Afghanistan. January figures from the Department of Defense put the [...] Continue Reading
“Miracle of Rare Device”: The British Romantics in Film
The release of Bright Star has brought critical acclaim for Jane Campion after a five-year hiatus from feature films and the poor reception for her underrated thriller In the Cut (2004). Campion’s [...] Continue Reading
Buried Cinema: Films from Palestine
Our December film, Amreeka–Arabic for “America”–is about a Palestinian woman who transplants herself and her teenaged son to a small town in the U.S. But it’s not really a Palestinian film in the [...] Continue Reading
John Moses’ top films of 2008
A Clips tradition, here are the Top Films of 2008, as compiled by Filmworks President John Moses. The Edge of Heaven. From Germany and Turkey, overlapping stories of parents and their adult [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Filmmakers Beware
If you are a filmmaker in Fresno, your working conditions changed suddenly this summer—you may now be a guerrilla filmmaker and not even know it! In July, the Fresno Film and Entertainment Commission [...] Continue Reading