I Heart Film: Joanne Bazarian and Giovanni Pivirotto Joanne and Giovanni own the Perfect Balance Yoga studio and the JoGio Homes real estate firm with London Properties. They are longtime [...] Continue Reading
Streaming Surprises, Volume 20
Our “Streaming Surprises” series calls attention to good movies new and old that our board members are watching. Titles are available from various streaming services. “Blindspotting” (2018) Collin [...] Continue Reading
The wildly different and lasting impacts of short films
For more than a decade, Fresno Filmworks has screened all three categories of Oscar-Nominated Short Films in the documentary, live action, and animation categories. Why? Because we believe that [...] Continue Reading
Volunteer Spotlight: Rachael Stubbert
December 2018 volunteer in the spotlight: Rachael Stubbert Where do you go to school and what are you studying? I’m currently attending Fresno State, studying English literature and creative [...] Continue Reading
I Heart Film: John Moses and Ruth Jenkins
I Heart Film: John Moses and Ruth Jenkins Where are you both from, and what do you do professionally here in Fresno? John: Ruth and I moved to Fresno 30 years ago from Long Island, New York. She is [...] Continue Reading
Chang-dong Lee and the mystery of ‘the great hunger’
“Burning” is director Chang-dong Lee’s sixth film, and his first in eight years. In addition to being placed on the 2019 Oscar shortlist for Best Foreign Language Film, “Burning” also won the FIPRESCI [...] Continue Reading
Filmworks board picks favorite films of 2018
JEFFERSON BEAVERS Board Member/President “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” — My favorite documentary of the year, from filmmaker and ethnographic photographer RaMell Ross, plays like a [...] Continue Reading
Streaming Surprises, Volume 19
Our “Streaming Surprises” series calls attention to good movies new and old that our board members are watching. Titles are available from various streaming services. “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” [...] Continue Reading