Archives for "Film"

WOSU’s King Lincoln Documentary Airs Tuesday

WOSU’s King Lincoln Documentary Airs Tuesday

5 Walker / April 18, 2011 10:15 am

The third installation of the Columbus Neighborhoods documentary series airs tomorrow night at 9pm on WOSU-TV. This edition focuses on the King-Lincoln District. Following the format of the first two in the series, this documentary provides a detailed look at… [Read More]

10TV Relaunches Documentary Project as Next 10

10TV Relaunches Documentary Project as Next 10

5 Walker / April 2, 2011 10:30 am

Last year, WBNS-10TV aired their Central Ohio 2015 documentary, and announced on Wednesday that it will be continued this year in a new multi-part format. The series is being rebranded as “Next 10″ and will debut today with a 30-second… [Read More]

Drexel Theatre Becomes Non-Profit Arts Venue

Drexel Theatre Becomes Non-Profit Arts Venue

5 Walker / March 18, 2011 10:20 am

A little over a year ago, several community leaders launched a non-profit organization called Friends of the Drexel, Inc. to help support the historic Drexel Theatre located in Bexley. Today, Friends of the Drexel has announced that they are purchasing… [Read More]

The long way home: Dani Leventhal

The long way home: Dani Leventhal

0 Jeff Regensburger / February 14, 2011 4:30 pm

I was struck by an interesting bit of serendipity regarding filmmaker Dani Leventhal’s visit to the Wexner Center this month. Not only was she born in Columbus, she was a student at Indianola Elementary; a school whose just-off-campus address makes… [Read More]

Bexley Mayoral Documentary Gets DVD Release

Bexley Mayoral Documentary Gets DVD Release

1 Walker / December 23, 2010 10:45 am

Filmmaker and former Bexley Mayoral candidate Travis Irvine took his “American Mayor” documentary about the 2007 Bexley race to Cannes earlier this year, and has just announced that the film is getting a DVD release through Independent Media Entertainment (IME)… [Read More]

Columbus Mega Weekend – Fall 2010 – Vol 5

11 Anne / November 4, 2010 12:30 pm

Happy Weekend! Now that it is chilly outside, are you spending your evenings with cider, hot cocoa or vodka-plumped cranberries? It’s National Opera Week. Join the Opera at Sugardaddy’s downtown location this afternoon from 1-2pm. Sugardaddy’s is now open on… [Read More]

Rave Motion Pictures Expanding to Grove City

Rave Motion Pictures Expanding to Grove City

23 Walker / April 15, 2010 12:15 pm

Stringtown Road continues it’s “Polarisification” with the planned addition of a new 14-screen Rave Motion Pictures movie theater. Rave entered the Central Ohio market four years ago when they opened their 18-screen theater at 1071 Gemini Place near the Polaris… [Read More]

Local Artist Spotlight: Cassandra Troyan

Local Artist Spotlight: Cassandra Troyan

3 Walker / March 11, 2010 2:00 pm

Last month, Cassandra Troyan held a food fight at the ROYGBIV gallery in the Short North. A few weeks later she was spotted shouting into a bullhorn from the rooftop of a building Downtown. While these are not your typical… [Read More]

Found Footage Festival Returns on Saturday

18 Walker / February 17, 2010 8:00 pm

The Found Footage Festival made its Columbus debut last March, and they’re back again this weekend with an all-new set of strange and wonderful videos to share. Hosts Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher will be presenting the new lineup at… [Read More]

CU Podcast #32: The Columbus Film Community

CU Podcast #32: The Columbus Film Community

5 Walker / November 19, 2009 9:00 am

In this week’s podcast we sit down with filmmaker Peter John Ross to discuss the changing landscape of the local film community. “Ross” tells us a bit about how he first got involved in film production, describes some of the… [Read More]

Putting the Power in ‘A Powerful Noise’

Putting the Power in ‘A Powerful Noise’

2 Logbook / August 24, 2009 3:45 pm

Film review by Roger Landes A Powerful Noise asks nothing from its viewers. At least, not directly. It’s not that kind of documentary. To put it quite simply, it doesn’t need to be. Sure, it’s an activist film with a… [Read More]

Interview with Karl Mechem, Publisher of Short Film

Interview with Karl Mechem, Publisher of Short Film

0 Submitted News / August 5, 2009 9:45 am

Columbus is home to many inspired creatures, engaged in multifaceted, often overlapping, worlds of creative production. I met Karl Mechem in 2006, as he was entering his second year publishing a quarterly collection of short films. Karl’s inspiration came from,… [Read More]

Remember When Aliens Stole Rhodes Tower?

7 Walker / July 30, 2009 12:02 pm

This CCAD student film from 1980 captures the event perfectly. Thanks to Joe Peffer for tipping us off to this

DVD Journal, Democratizing Short Films

DVD Journal, Democratizing Short Films

0 Submitted News / July 19, 2009 11:46 am

The Journal of Short Film is a locally published quarterly DVD collection of short video/film from around the world. In its newest volume, #15, the Journal continues its voice of democratized film distribution, while offering a selection of films along… [Read More]

CAPA Summer Movie Series Ticket Giveaway

CAPA Summer Movie Series Ticket Giveaway

66 Walker / July 16, 2009 9:30 am

CAPA’s popular “Summer Movie Series” kicks off this weekend with a showing of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and CAPA wants to invite 50 of their closest Columbus Underground friends. We’ve got five sets of ten tickets to be… [Read More]