August 2005

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Early on in the screenplay "Blind Spot," Suki, a mother and psychiatrist, is summoned to a Massachusetts prison to interview a convicted killer. The killer has psychic abilities, and it is no coincidence that Suki has come to meet her. The confrontation is an eerie foreshadowing of a taut, film noirish script in which Suki must battle mysterious forces to vindicate her daughter of a murder charge. "Blind Spot" is reminiscent of classic psychological thrillers such as "The Dead Zone" and read more...

Established in 1994, Maura Tighe Casting (formerly Tighe & Doyle Casting) is one of the Boston-area heavyweights. With credits such as "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events," "State and Main," and "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" on her resume', casting director Maura Tighe has certainly honed her talent for recognizing...talent. But not only is she interested in finding actors for opportunities; she's dedicated to creating opportunities for actors. As a member of the recently founded read more...

What started out as a hobby in the woods of Maine has become a burgeoning career for filmmaker Lance Edmands whose latest short film "Vacationland" draws upon his familiar theme of man’s relationship to nature. The film will screen at "The Movies" on Exchange Street in Portland, Maine on September 8th as part of a program sponsored by the Maine College of Art and the Institute of Contemporary Art. It has been accepted into the IFP New York Market as part of the Emerging Narrative program read more...

One of NewEnglandFilm’s goals is to promote an active regional filmmaking community by sharing the stories of filmmakers and the filmmaking process. Such stories are an important resource for maintaining a strong independent filmmaking community. What better way to celebrate the eighth anniversary of NewEnglandFilm.com than by taking a look back at some of the filmmakers featured here in the past and tracing the paths their lives and films have taken in the ensuing years? Although each has a different experience and different style in read more...

On July 21st NewEnglandFilm.com spoke with writer/director John Stimpson about his new film, "The Legend of Lucy Keyes," currently in post production. The film is a contemporary thriller that draws on the true story of the disappearance of a young girl from the woods of Wachusett Mountain in 1755, and the stories told by townspeople to this day of the roaming spirits of the lost child and her grief stricken mother. I spoke to Stimpson about the process of bringing the story to the screen, shooting in High Definition, read more...