In filmmaker Nicola Rose’s directorial debut Goodbye, Petrushka, an unexpected encounter takes place between two people from opposite sides of the world — one a talented yet eccentric young American puppeteer/collegian, Claire (Lizzie Kehoe), the other a past-his-prime French figure skater, Thibault (Thomas Vieljeux) — in a heartwarming, funny and…

With the rise of artificial intelligence (A.I.) technology offering to make our lives easier while potentially using its power to destroy the human race, the idea that someone could fall in love with an A.I.- either through an app or a life-like robot — has already become an incredible yet…

Acclaimed actor/singer/podcaster/producer Mary Kate Wiles (The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Young Sheldon, Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Party, I Ship It) continues to build a superb track record of playing and creating memorable characters on-screen while bringing successful, independently-produced content to audiences through record crowdfunding efforts on Kickstarter and her own…

Watching a movie at a local theater can be a mesmerizing experience, even if the flicks themselves aren’t always memorable. Screening them as a projectionist and programmer for Rochester, New York’s Little Theatre, though, has been profoundly inspiring for filmmaker and cinema aficionado Roy, whose daily work showing and seeing…

Actor Che Holloway may not yet be a household name in the entertainment world, but with his outstanding work in web series like the acclaimed satire Dark Justice and short films such as the unsettling crime drama PRESSURE, he’s already making a strong impression on both audiences and critics. Now…

Fans of classic “shoot ’em up” films like High Noon, Gunfight at the OK Corral, Unforgiven and director Sergio Leone’s legendary “Dollars” trilogy starring Clint Eastwood (The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, A Fistful of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More) love the epic showdowns between lawman and lawbreaker…

Even the most brilliant artists suffer periods of creative frustration; times where the once-flowing pool of ideas and visions that abound in their minds suddenly run dry for reasons internal (such as “imposter syndrome”) and external (family, marriage, children, money, etc.). While those moments severely test artists both famous and…

For better and for worse, today’s teens are more connected to each other and their world through the unavoidable presence of social media networks. Yet in the 1990’s, their predecessors’ perceptions of our complex world were shaped by MTV, the gloomy lyrics of grunge rock poets like Nirvana’s late lead…

Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman. Rivals. Enemies. Roommates? Thanks to the critically acclaimed troupe Shipwrecked Comedy (Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Party, Little VVomen, The Case Of The Gilded Lily)’s successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for their latest project Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story, the once unlikely pairing of two…