Some friends and colleagues have invited me and you to support this wonderful documentary that tells of the post-War innovation we all benefit from of Holocaust survivor Henry Glass and his wife Elly Glass. This is your chance to help ...Read More
Hmm. Local filmmaker, and according to IMDB, Executive Producer on his nex project...I think Kevin Foster is going to meet the Nerd on Saturday....
Having a conversation with Kevin Foster is an interesting experience.
Actually, “conversation” isn’t exactly the word that comes ...Read More
This week sees the premier of the film festival circuit for Tender as Hellfire, the short film created here in Porterville this past year by director Jason Stone.
Follow here at PortervillNerd.com or TenderAsHellfire.com for updates and additions to this schedule ...Read More
Posted By Jay Berg to Jay Berg's Cinema Diary at 3/22/200
Wednesday March 18, 2009
I first fell in love with the cinema while growing up in the 50's watching a ton of those Grade B (and most ...Read More
"Tender as Hellfire" a short thesis film by USC grad student Jason Stone, makes its silver screen debut in Porterville, CA on March 5 at 7PM at the Galaxy 9 Theater.
Filmed last summer in Porterville ((trailer is ...Read More
Just in time for Porterville's silver screen debut next week comes this new and clever movie reviewing technique. Take 3 still frames at arbitrary times, 10 minutes in, then 40 and 70 minutes in exactly, and review the film based ...Read More
In this post, I mentioned a film not likely to play in Porterville. But tonight it opens in Visalia:
Thanks to PFLAG of Tulare and Kings County for the tip.
The Visalia premier of Gus Van Sant's Milk.
When: Friday, February 13, 2009, 7:40 ...Read More
The Reader" *** (123 minutes)
Posted By Jay Berg to Jay Berg's Cinema Diary
On the Oscar trail again and next up is the thought provoking film written by David Hare, based on Bernhard Schlink's 1995 best seller (the first ...Read More
The Times of Harvey Milk
Posted By Jay Berg to Jay Berg's Cinema Diary at 2/04/2009 02:58:00 PM
February 3, 2009
In 1984, Rob Epstein's documentary "The Times of Harvey Milk" received and richly deserved the Academy Award. Covering ...Read More
From Jay Berg's Cinema Diary:
"Harvard Beats Yale 29-29" *** 1/2 (105 minutes)
Back to Cinema Sundays at The Charles and the latest documentary by Kevin Rafferty, whose best known doc was 27 years ago: 1982's critically acclaimed cult classic "The ...Read More