Click here to listen to the interview. OH LUCY!, a serious comedy about love, identity, and escaping a rut, started as a short film that garnered a great deal of acclaim on both sides of the Pacific Ocean. Filmmaker Atsuko Hirayanagi parlayed that, and the endless lucky breaks it generated, into a feature-length film that continues… Read More »
OLIVE OR TWIST
Consider the martini. That just what Peter Moody has done with OLIVE OR TWIST, a kitschy 55-minute valentine to that most persistent and evocative of cocktails. Standard references will give you facts, figures, and the twisted history surrounding Martini’s origins, but only Moody will also give you the ambiance, the gestalt, and yes, the cult… Read More »
Paul Mariano & Kurt Norton Reveal THESE AMAZING SHADOWS
Paul Mariano and Kurt Norton brought their love of film to their documentary, THESE AMAZING SHADOWS, but they were interested in doing more than paying tribute to an art from that they loved, they wanted to put it into the context of the larger culture, hence using The National Film Registry as the framework. The… Read More »
Peter Moody Offers An OLIVE OR TWIST
After chatting with Peter Moody about his ode to the martini, OLIVE OR TWIST, he mixed the best example of that cocktail that I’ve ever had the pleasure of sampling. You’ll hear him doing that at the end of the interview. Just before that, you’ll hear his wife, Mara, opine about the subliminal message that… Read More »