Time’s Up
Photo: Keynote speaker April Reign
A Report from the Provincetown Women’s Media Summit
by Rebecca M. Alvin
This year’s Academy Awards ceremony was markedly different. It seemed the...
Films for the Fall Season
by Rebecca M. Alvin
Movie lovers tend to fall into two categories: those who love blockbusters and big spectacle Hollywood films that provide escape and...
Out in the Desert
by Rebecca M. Alvin
When Donna Deitch’s Desert Hearts came out in 1985, the topic of two women in love with each other was still...
Ask Me Where I’m Going
Rediscovering Chavela Vargas
by Rebecca M. Alvin
For the documentary filmmaker, timing is everything. Of course, having a passion for your subject matter goes without saying,...
Short and Sweet
by Rebecca M. Alvin
The earliest films ever made were short films. Of course, this was due to the technical limitations of early motion pictures,...
Waters Edge Cinema
"The cinema’s aim is to offer the community a mix of mainstream and independent films that span a variety of genres and subject matter."
The...
A Full Circle Rainbow
Documentaries on LGBT History
by Steve Desroches
With 1969 generally marked as the beginning of the modern movement for equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and...
Home Movies
Short Documentaries Focus on New England at Film Fest
by Steve Desroches
For those who live in the region it sometimes takes a trip afar to...
Not for the Faint of Heart
Sebastian Junger and Hell on Earth
by Rebecca M. Alvin
It’s no surprise that in the past two years there have been a lot of documentaries...
It’s Just A Movie
Jaws and the Seduction of Fear
by Steve Desroches
Swimming in the ocean became an entirely different affair after 1975. For some, even going in a...