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Big Muddy Film Festival | Preview
Big Muddy Film Festival at SIUC Words by Matthew McGuire The Big Muddy Film Festival returns for its 36th year in Southern Illinois with special film screenings, workshops and more surrounding the Southern Illinois University Carbondale campus this February 18-23. Students, faculty and staff are all welcomed to view the screenings for free admission this year. Joe Swanberg, filmmaker and director of 'Drinking Buddies' will be screening his film that was distributed on Magnolia Pictures. This film will be featured to open the festival on Tuesday night with a reception that meets from 5-6 p.m. at the Student Center International
Sundance Film Festival | Photos and Review
An Honorable 30th Year Celebration at Sundance Words and photography by: Matthew McGuire Welcome to our special review and recap on the 2014 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. This post is to help navigate viewers to various sections of our 2014 coverage. Hyperlinks are available within this recap to easily connect with individual reviews on films screened this year at Sundance. Check out the links to the directors, artists and other talented people that helped put this event together. This year we have provided high definition photos from the event via our Google+ page. Viewers can download and
Sundance Film Festival | Casey Neistat YouTube Seminar
Casey Neistat Breaks Down YouTube Words and photography by: Matthew McGuire Casey Neistat is an indie producer that has made a history online. His past work has shut down his personal servers, the MIT sever system and universities servers nationwide with excessive streaming of his videos. Neistat stopped by YouTube at Sundance 2014 on Wednesday, January 22. This marked my first panel discussion with YouTube at Sundance. Casey was dialed in for a live speaker. He was comedic, inspiring and intelligent on several levels. Neistat opened the forum with stories on his progression from working on personal home videos to
Sundance Film Festival | Web Junkie Film Review
Addiction, Society and the Real Issue in Web Junkie Movie stills by: Hilla Medalia and Miao Wang. Photography and words by Matthew McGuire On Wednesday, January 22 I was able to screen the film 'Web Junkie' by Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia. It marked my first international film based in China. The film is in the World Cinema Documentary competition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. "Internet Addiction" is not only going on in China. As smart phones have entered the marketplace, more and more people are becoming detached from society in hopes to find recognition online. One might look
Sundance Film Festival | The Devil Makes Three
[av_postslider link='category,447' columns='3' items='9' offset='0' contents='excerpt' preview_mode='auto' image_size='portfolio' autoplay='no' interval='5'] The Devil Makes Three Kick Off A West Coast Tour at Sundance Photography by Erik Philbrook and words by Matthew McGuire The Sundance Music Café and ASCAP celebrated their sixteenth year as Sundance hit its 30 year mark. For those unfamiliar with ASCAP it is the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). It is a professional membership organization of songwriters, composers and music publishers of every kind of music. The Devil Makes Three is a trio with Pete Bernhard, Cooper McBean, Lucia Turino from Santa Cruz, California. Pete
Sundance Film Festival | The Signal Film Review
William Eubank and Co. at Midnight Words and photography by: Matthew McGuire The cast and crew of 'The Signal' premiered their film on Monday, January 20. This film is apart of the Sundance collection of films being screened late night. William Eubank teamed up with A & E Indie films to help with distribution on this project. Laurence Fishburne stole the film with his incomparable acting chops. Brenton Thwaites, Olivia Cooke and Beau Knapp stepped up as well in this Sci-Fiction tale of computer programming gone very wrong. Eubank has progressed as a filmmaker over the past decade, and with
Sundance Film Festival | The Measure of All Living Things
Sam Green Conducts a Live Screening in Fashion Words and photography by: Matthew McGuire The action continued at the Yarrow Hotel Theater on Monday, January 20 with Sam Green's 'The Measure of All Living Things' with Y Music. Sundance is known for breakthrough creative projects, and Green's live performance hit the nail on the head. It was my first time experiencing a film screening with live narration and a live score from Y Music. Overall, it was the most advantageous project I have witness during the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. One of the exciting elements to seeing a show at
Sundance Film Festival | Happy Valley Film Review
Amir Bar-Lev Brings the Heat to Park City Words and photography by: Matthew McGuire The Crescent Vale Network has landed in Park City, and the ride has been unforgettable. We are currently based out of Carbondale, Illinois. After driving for three days, and risking physical health, we have found the true meaning of cinema at Sundance Film Festival. The first film we review is 'Happy Valley' by Amir Bar-Lev. The film runs 100 solid minutes, and was premiered under the Doc Premier category. This screening marked my first time watching film at the Sundance. It was an eye opening experience
Sundance Film Festival 2014 | Preview
[av_postslider link='category,447' columns='3' items='9' offset='0' contents='excerpt' preview_mode='auto' image_size='portfolio' autoplay='no' interval='5'] Sundance Film Festival Restores Movie Magic in 2014 Written by Matthew McGuire The 37th Sundance Film Festival is set for this January 16-26 in the ski resort town known as Park City, Utah. The event moved to the ski resort in 1981 after starting in Salt Lake City in 1978. Robert Redford created the original festival to entice filmmakers from California to Utah. After decades of growth, the event now has an annual operation going in London, England. The festival origins still carry on, but the event now brings in
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Casey Neistat Breaks Down YouTube Words and photography by: Matthew McGuire Casey
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