Wow, it is really surprising just how many really, finely made horror films are out there right now. We are almost to the half-way point in our submission entries for 2012. The number of smart, well-made horror films is truly awe-inspiring!
Just glad we set out 6 days to run movies and shorts!
Oddly, for every twenty horror subject films we receive, we get one sci-fi or fantasy film??? Interesting. Which begs the question... are we in a time where filmmakers feel more deeply in tou...
By Maria Esteves - June 1, 2010
Presenting characters that overcome life's difficulties, filmmaker Roberto Rizzo (RR) is founder of the New York City International Film Festival (NYCIFF). Rizzo's passion for film began at the age of four, is writer, producer, director of Trust Me, Couples, Fascination, and Connecticut Cooking & Conversation, founded Vesuviano Pictures, has appeared in 13, 30 Rock, My Father's Will, New Amsterdam, and others. RR has performed many interviews and several ...
4th annual event returns to Victoria Theatre in San Francisco
The CounterCorp Anti-Corporate Film Festival, now in its fourth consecutive year, is moving to May in 2009, with a three-day event spanning May 28 through May 30.
The Festival -- nicknamed "Tipping Man" in reference to its logo, which depicts a crowd pulling down a statue of a corporate executive-- has taken place in October in previous years.
But as the Bay Area's autumn cinema cale...
By Chris Raposa
For Weekly Surge
Photos by Scott Smallin
Staff Photographer
Horror flicks can be broken down into three major categories: suspense, slasher, and supernatural. In many cases, these three core components are fused together for the greater goal of the film, which is to scare the hell out of moviegoers.
The horror genre in movies dates back to the onset of film itself. In 1896, George
