Actress Illeana Douglas will kick off the 5th Macon Film Festival (“MaGa”) on Thursday, February 18, 2010, with the special screening of “Easy to Assemble” at the Cox Capitol Theatre at 7:45 p.m. Earlier that day the Best In Show award will be renamed for Douglas’ grandfather, Academy Award-winning actor and Macon native Melvyn Douglas. Her name is familiar to film buffs, but others will recognize Illeana Douglas from the numerous memorable roles in films like Message in a Bottle, Cape Fear, Goodfellas, To Die For, Grace of My Heart, Stir of Echoes, The Perfect Woman, and Happy, Texas; and [...]
I just received this information from Pat Rasberry with the Tupelo, MS Film Commission: Blues Documentary, “Full Moon Lightnin’” to screen at Black Box Theatre Thurs. Jan. 28 FILMMAKER JOHN C. GARDINER WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE AT THIS SERIES OPENER….PG-13 Thursday, Jan. 28 at 6:30 pm – Link Centre The Tupelo Film Commission is cranking up the Indie Film Series at the Link Centre with “Full Moon Lighting” – an award-winning documentary that follows an aging New York Bluesman back to his Mississippi roots. It’s a film that Melanie Addington has described as “Raw, beautiful, heartbreaking….” And Ken Baynes from [...]
The 2010 Deep Blues Film Festival will take place January 23rd and 30th in the St. Paul/Minneapolis, Minnesota area. I won’t be going but I sure wish I could. The Deep Blues Music & Film events that have taken place over the last three years are the brainchild of Chris Johnson of Hudson, Wisconsin. Chris is a wonderful guy who encourages musicians and filmmakers who make films about music. I’m very proud to have had two of my documentaries, “Richard Johnston: Hill Country Troubadour” and “Songs Inside The Box” featured at previous Deep Blues events. The upcoming events include great [...]
Shane Speal wrote on my Facebook wall last night, “Max, check out the front page of Cigar Box Nation.” When I did, I found that Shane had made a special banner and posted an article noting that “Songs Inside The Box” had won an award from the Los Angeles Reel Film Festival. Thanks Shane! I produced and directed “Songs Inside The Box,” the cigar box guitar documentary and Shane is one of the leading characters featured. He is the self-proclaimed “King of the Cigar Box Guitar,” after all. He is also the creator of Cigar Box Nation. “Songs Inside The [...]
