film

New Movie 'Lake Windfall' Seeks To Entertain, Educate About Deaf Culture

Erin Williams — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:43:10 +0000

Local production company Rustic Lantern Films has recently released their debut movie called "Lake Windfall," about five friends on a camping trip that turns disastrous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImKSmuQ7ESE

After 60 Years, Guggenheim Film Unearthed At Washington University

Rachel Lippmann — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:30:00 +0000

Nearly 60 years ago this week, Washington University launched a 3-year, $20 million capital campaign – at the time, the second-largest by an American university.

Small Movie Houses Face Digital Change

Tim Lloyd — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:06:00 +0000

"If it wasn't here, we wouldn't have anywhere to go."

About a dozen people mill around the small lobby of the Senate Theater in Elsberry, Mo., a little town about an hour north of St. Louis.

New documentary asks 'What happened to Spanish Lake?'

Maria Altman — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:25:25 +0000

Filmmaker Phillip Andrew Morton returned to the north St. Louis County community of Spanish Lake in 2007 to find his boyhood home abandoned and his elementary school empty.

He decided to make a documentary to explore what had happened to his hometown, including the underlying causes of “white flight” from the area.

Called simply “Spanish Lake," the documentary is expected to be released this summer.

A sneak peak of the film will be shown at the Open/Closed and Shuttered Flim Fest in April.

St. Louis Public Radio’s Maria Altman spoke with Morton and we have a summary of their conversation - and a trailer of the film - for you here.

Grab some popcorn: it was a good year for local documentaries

Bill Raack — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:35:43 +0000

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/national/local-national-998013.mp3

It’s been a good year for documentary films focused on issues in St. Louis and for local filmmakers. “The Pruitt-Igoe Myth,” about the urban housing complex of the 1950s and 60s; “Brick by Chance and Fortune,” which looks at St. Louis’ architectural heritage; “The Gray Seasons,” about a four-year span with the Saint Louis University women’s basketball team; and "Give a Damn?," the story of three St. Louisians who explore the issue of poverty across three continents; have all been popular at film festivals in 2011.

As part of St. Louis Public Radio’s series, “A Good Year”, Bill Raack spoke with Cliff Froehlich, the executive director of Cinema St. Louis. Here's a summary of their conversation: