Three films chosen for this year’s Anthem Libertarian Film Festival were created in Iran. Film festival director Jo Ann Skousen said how glad she was to have these submissions, given the risks filmmakers took making the films.
Read More »Leo Sopicki
Anthem Film Review: ‘No Safe Spaces’ Redux and Grand Prize, Too
It takes a long time to perfect a film. Last year, the producers of No Safe Spaces brought it to the Anthem Film Festival to get feedback on their work-in-progress. This year, they were back at Anthem with a “95% done version.” But, as true creatives, they were still open to suggestions for improvements. Not many improvements will likely be needed, as the film won the Anthem Grand Prize for director Justin Folk and producer Mark Joseph.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Anthem Film Festival’s Jo Ann Skousen – Cowboys, and Vampires, and Laughs, Oh My!
Individuality, accountability and choice are themes of the Anthem Libertarian Film Festival, but, they have cowboys, vampires and Penn Jillette, too.
Read More »Anthem Film Festival Exclusive Interview: Kevin and Sam Sorbo on ‘Miracle in East Texas’
Kevin and Sam Sorbo talk about their new film which will show at Anthem Film Festival. “Miracle in East Texas” was inspired by one of the most improbable true stories ever, the tale of two con men at the dawn of the Great Depression, and the biggest oil strike in the history of the world.
Read More »FEEcon 2019: So, What’s this Writing Thing About?
Four different perspectives on what it means, and what it takes, to be a writer were provided at the FEEcon Writers Panel presented by the Foundation for Economic Education.
Read More »FEEcon 2019: Making a Career Out of Video
There are many paths to careers in video. Here are four success stories.
Read More »FEEcon 2019: How Does Paris Get Fed?
If you had to feed a major city like Paris, where would you start? Find out how to keep people from starving.
Read More »FEEcon 2019: John Stossel’s Journey from Twenty-Twenty to 2019
Stossel became well known as a consumer advocate on ABC, spending 29 years exposing corrupt businesses, winning 19 Emmy awards along the way.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Filmmaker Linda Palmer on Her Quirky and Touching ‘Turnover’
This new film by writer/director Linda Palmer will make you love the characters. It's a quirky but charming story of people down on their luck who end up helping one another in spite of themselves.
Read More »NAB 2019: The Making of ‘Apollo 11’
Rarely does a documentary film not only relate past events, but along the way preserve the culture and set new standards for future filmmaking: Apollo 11, currently in theaters, does just that. At the 2019 NAB Show, the National Association of Broadcasters industry meetup in Las Vegas, April 5-11, filmmaker …
Read More »
Blogcritics The critical lens on today's culture & entertainment