Six years ago, Dallas filmmaker Alex Kinter set out to make
Poolside, a short film set in the 1950s. Starring Anne Beyer, it tells the story of a lonely, isolated high society housewife who starts to hear voices in her indoor swimming pool. The film was completed in early 2021 and is making the rounds on the festival circuit, earning prestigious selections at the Indie Short Awards Cannes and the Prague International Film Festival and collecting numerous laurels (Best Indie Short Film at The New York Movie Awards and Best Thriller Short at Indie Short Fest, to name a few). Yet the journey to bring the movie to audiences has been rife with tumult and heartbreak; it’s not simply a success story, but an example of an artist’s extreme perseverance when life interrupts moviemaking.
WORCESTER The city’s beloved and belittled “Turtle Boy” better think twice next time it wants to tussle with an unsuspecting tortoise from behind because, after a 30-year hibernation, “Snapper” has popped its ugly, hungry head out of its mutated shell.
A true Worcester creation, “Snapper” refers to both an unfinished independent film project about a shell-encrusted killer reptile on a feeding frenzy at Coes Pond (renamed Lost Lake ) and the subject of a new short-film documentary, “Snapper: The Man-Eating Turtle Movie That Never Got Made,” by Providence-based filmmaker John Campopiano.
“Snapper: The Man-Eating Turtle Movie That Never Got Made” is being screened Friday through next Thursday in the Coolidge Corner Theatre s Virtual Screening Room in Brookline.
Dallas-based director Alex Kinter may be fairly new on the film directing scene, but his new Poolside indie short has already generated serious buzz. The short, which delves deep into the psyche of a lonely high society woman in the 1950s, has been making the rounds through the festival circuit, winning a variety of awards, and is expected to be on Amazon Prime Video in January 2022.
Although Kinter has worked as a freelancer for 15 years, this is his first significant foray into directing a story-based film rather than a commercial one. This cinematography practice he s built up over the years seems to have benefitted his ability to bring a gorgeous story to the big screen, as Poolside has won awards like Gold Award for Best Cinematography at the Independent Shorts Awards and Best Cinematography at Across the Globe Film Festival.
As a Tribute to Mothers Around the World, ARC Entertainment Company Dedicates A Week of Free Livestreams Via Instagram & Facebook to Celebrate Mother s Day
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As an Added Treat, Production Company’s Principal Dancers Will Dedicate a Special Dance to Military Moms Around The Globe
“As a mom of two young boys, I know how challenging this year has been,” said Principal Dancer Kirsten Bloom Allen. SAN DIEGO (PRWEB) April 19, 2021 To celebrate the mothers from around the globe ARC Entertainment Company will be performing a special week of shows leading up to Mother’s Day. They will livestream Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 1PM PST. These five performances will include an acoustic version of the song “Somewhere Over The Rainbow,” by Israel Kamakakwi’wo’ole. An additional dedicated dance to Military Moms around the globe will take place on Mother’s Day, Sunday May 9 duri