On Watching Amreeka
Last week I concluded my independent film unit. It’s always one of my favorite units to teach, partly because I am a filmmaker and partly because when I go to the movies, I tend to see independent films. One of the challenges of teaching the unit is choosing which three films to show. One limit [...]
One Nightstand: What we read before we go to sleep
Even though Jess and I get a lot of info from the internet, we’re also still fans of books: you know, those things with the pages and the chapters and that crisp dusty smell. Here’s a peek at what we’re reading now: Bound and Gagged: Pornography and the Politics of Fantasy in America (1999, Kipsis) [...]
The Boyfriend Experience
We have to tell you something….we are girls. Yes, we know that you probably already know this. We have long hair, we have curvy girl bodies, sometimes we wear make-up, and so on and so forth. The movies we saw at film festival screenings around Chi-town this weekend reminded us of our absolute and unquestionable [...]
How Do You Solve a Problem Like "Too Many Ideas"?
Posted by filmmaker Raffi Asdourian on Twitter (3/3/10): “I have so many movies inside of me bursting to get out…it’s not even funny!” Too many ideas. This is what writers (and artists, in general) talk about all the time, right? “I have so many ideas, but I can’t get them down on paper.” “I had [...]
