River Eyelid / Double Negative Screening
River Eyelid (2010) My new piece entitled River Eyelid will be premiering at Cinema Parallel on June 17th. The film is screening with new work by the Double Negative Collective as part of the Suoni Per Il Popolo festival in Montreal. River Eyelid was a collaboration with my partner Amber Goodwyn and was shot in […]
Dennis Hopper (1936 – 2010)
Dennis Hopper passed away today at the age of 74 from prostate cancer. Well known for his work in such films as Rebel Without a Cause, Apocalypse Now, Rumble Fish, Blue Velvet, River’s Edge, Hoosiers, Red Rock West, and True Romance, Hopper was also an accomplished director (Easy Rider, Colors), photographer (see below) and visual […]
Double Negative presents the work of Robert Beavers
The Double Negative is honoured to present the films of robert Beavers with a rare screening of his work. The lifetime partner of fellow filmmaker Gregory Markopolous, Beavers began making films in the 1960s and thus marked his place within the history of the American avant-garde. Senior curator Susan Oxtoboy of the Pacific Film Archive […]
The Delian Mode
The Delian Mode (2009) directed by Kara Blake and produced by Blake and Marie-Joseé St.Pierre received the Genie award this week for Best Short Documentary. The film explores the work of Delia Derbyshire, best known for her sound treatment of the Doctor Who theme song. I had a small part with the production of this […]
Saintpaulia
After five years of feeding and watering my African Violet it finally bloomed! For a second I thought I would have to take drastic measures! Saintpaulia: Wikipedia Little Shop of Horrors: IMDB
Like a reeler I wind the silence of the space
Only the space of the movie can form it’s meaning. The opinion will be formulated by the spectator. – Sergei Loznitsa Perusing the list for the official selection of the 2010 Cannes film festival I noticed a nice surprise – the inclusion of Sergei Loznitsa’s film You, My Joy. I have not yet seen Loznitsa’s […]
All Citizens
My blog posts have been rather spotty in the last few months due to a heavy teaching load and organizing my thoughts and time around a new film that I am preparing to shoot in the summer. I will keep this blog updated more often. I SWEAR! I received a nice email from fellow blogger […]
One Take Super 8 Event
The Double Negative Collective presents: THE ONE-TAKE SUPER 8 EVENT Saturday November 21st 2009 La Brique, 6545 Durocher # 402 (corner Beaubien) Doors at 8pm / Screening starts at 9pm Suggested donation 5$ BYOB No cuts! No Splices! In collaboration with the Double Negative Collective, the One Take Super 8 Event will showcase the work […]
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