VST FireRAID: Cool Drives with Blazing Speed
Last year I wrote about the red, wing-shaped FireWire external hard drive from VST Technologies (now SmartDisk). It offered a great way to utilize the new FireWire ports on Macs and PCs to add storage...
View ArticleDocumentary and Dissent
Citing the legacy of the Minutemens march against the British, the Vietnam Veterans Against the War marched over Memorial Day weekend in 1971 from Concord to Boston, seeking to draw suburban attention...
View ArticleCreating Space for Experimental Film
TP: Tell me how you two met.Kovgan: In 1997, I believe. I had been in the US for only one year. I was quite busy at that time -- filming music shows, studying film with John Gianvito at UMASS, doing my...
View ArticleLife Before the Road
When most of us think of Jack Kerouac, we think of life on the road, of the cry of a muted be-bop trumpet drifting through hazy smoke in a basement jazz bar, of crazy stoned nights in Mexican...
View ArticleFilm Festivals Unite!
In a first for this area, on Sunday, February 4, 2001, festival directors from all over New England met in Boston for what was the first meeting of the New England Film Festival Directors...
View ArticleFishing for Talent: How to Be a... Casting Director
A casting director (CD) casts a practiced eye over a pool of prospective actors to find the right one for a job, whether a feature film, commercial or corporate video. Carolyn Pickman, C.S.A* of...
View ArticleBehind-the-Scenes with Local Filmmakers
Last year Michal Goldman, president of Filmmakers Collaborative, had an idea that seemed so obvious she was surprised no one had thought of it before. Goldman realized that "For years, Boston-area...
View ArticleNew England's Hometown Festival
As a yearly Boston film event, the New England Film and Video Festival (NEFVF) shines in its presentation of varied, exciting film and video pieces since 1976. Eligibility requirements are simple:...
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