Spoiling the Spoilers of Star Wars: The Last Jedi
I signed 15 different non-disclosures to screen Star Wars: The Last Jedi. But I knew that this movie needed to be reviewed. How else would people know to go see it? The […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Don’t Break Down, A Film About Jawbreaker: Columbus Theatre, Dec 9
There’s a case to be made that ‘90s punk legends Jawbreaker have a big influence on underground music these days. So many bands now similarly walk the line between heart-on-the-sleeve […]
Annual Short Short Story Film Festival Keeps it Short!
The biggest and best things happen in the the biggest little state, and this Thanksgiving weekend is no different. AS220 will hosting the 11th Annual Short Short Story Film Festival on […]
Interview: Richard Griffin
Richard Griffin has directed 24 feature films in the last 14 years through Rhode Island-based Scorpio Film Releasing, which he runs with his husband and producer, Ted Marr. This article […]
The Searchers Seeks the Truth About JFK’s Assassination
October 26 may, on the surface, appear to be just a regular Thursday in Rhode Island. But under the surface there is something more going on — something BIG. On […]
Local Film Round-Up
It’s been a while since these pages delved into the heated waters of local film activity, but everything from features to web series, documentaries to bountiful shorts is getting released […]
Documentary Finding Joseph I: H.R. of Bad Brains Struggles with Mental Illness
[See later Dec 2017 interview: motifri.com/hr-bad-brains-pop] Documentary subject Paul “H.R.” Hudson, the frontman for Washington, DC, punk legends Bad Brains, and director James Lathos were both in attendance for a […]
A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud. Screens at RIIFF
Karen Allen was barely into her 20s when she first read the short story, A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud., by Carson McCullers, but the words continued to resonate throughout […]
Local Filmmaker Takes on ‘Higher Methods’
The recently released trailer for Higher Methods is generating lots of excitement for the film, which director Nathan Suher describes as a “trippy psychological drama.” Higher Methods is about […]
Waiting For My Close-Up
I made my debut as an extra in motion pictures on July 23. It was the last day of filming on Higher Methods. I reported to Country Gardens in […]