Full Schedule for REFF, 2014:
Friday, August 22nd:
6 pm: Short film program, followed by Brotherhood of the Popcorn, the latest from filmmaker Inda Reid that documents a group’s 35-year tradition of meeting to celebrate the silver screen. Hosted by film critic Irv Slifkin (Filmadelphia).
9 pm: Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lodger (1927) with live musical accompaniment by Steve Weber, presented by filmmaker Andrew Repasky McElhinney (A Chronicle of Corpses, the forthcoming Christmas Dreams) with a post-screening discussion. (A short film program will follow.)
Saturday, August 23rd:
10:30: Student Shorts Program
Noon: A screening of All Through the Night (1942), starring Humphrey Bogart, presented by film critic Matthew Sorrento (The New American Crime Film; editor, Film International).
2 pm: Stephen King “Dollar Baby” Short Films – a program of adaptations of short works by the master of horror, presented by OFCS film critic Brian Holcomb.
4 pm: Going Attractions, the new film by April Wright that chronicles America’s unique tradition of drive-in movies, to be screened just miles from the drive-in’s birthplace in Camden, NJ. Presented by screenwriter Faith Brody Patane (Miss December).
6 pm: Diagram for Delinquents, the theatrical premiere of a new documentary on comic book censorship, from South Jersey filmmaker Robert A. Emmons, Jr. (Goodwill: The Flight of Emilio Carranza [2007], De Luxe: The Tale of Blue Comet [2009]) who will appear for a post-screening discussion.
8 pm: An Evening with John Sayles, who will present his film, Go For Sisters, with a post-screening discussion.
11 pm: I Lay Where I Fall, the new film by Andrew Stubbs that chronicles musician Juston Stens’ trip across America, on a 1972 Triumph motorcycle, as he undergoes a personal artistic journey while collaborating with bandmembers from Wilco, Spoon, Those Darlins and the Mynabirds. Stens will appear to introduce the film and provide a post-screening discussion.
Throughout the festival, The Movie Poster and Book Shop of Barrington, NJ will be presenting their collection of memorabilia for those interested in purchasing a piece of authentic movie history or just a great book about movies. Books authored by the festival committee (Sorrento's The New American Crime Film, Slifkin's Filmadelphia, McElhinney's Second Takes: Remaking Film, Remaking America), in addition to DVDs of films by others, will also be on sale.
Friday, August 22nd:
6 pm: Short film program, followed by Brotherhood of the Popcorn, the latest from filmmaker Inda Reid that documents a group’s 35-year tradition of meeting to celebrate the silver screen. Hosted by film critic Irv Slifkin (Filmadelphia).
9 pm: Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lodger (1927) with live musical accompaniment by Steve Weber, presented by filmmaker Andrew Repasky McElhinney (A Chronicle of Corpses, the forthcoming Christmas Dreams) with a post-screening discussion. (A short film program will follow.)
Saturday, August 23rd:
10:30: Student Shorts Program
Noon: A screening of All Through the Night (1942), starring Humphrey Bogart, presented by film critic Matthew Sorrento (The New American Crime Film; editor, Film International).
2 pm: Stephen King “Dollar Baby” Short Films – a program of adaptations of short works by the master of horror, presented by OFCS film critic Brian Holcomb.
4 pm: Going Attractions, the new film by April Wright that chronicles America’s unique tradition of drive-in movies, to be screened just miles from the drive-in’s birthplace in Camden, NJ. Presented by screenwriter Faith Brody Patane (Miss December).
6 pm: Diagram for Delinquents, the theatrical premiere of a new documentary on comic book censorship, from South Jersey filmmaker Robert A. Emmons, Jr. (Goodwill: The Flight of Emilio Carranza [2007], De Luxe: The Tale of Blue Comet [2009]) who will appear for a post-screening discussion.
8 pm: An Evening with John Sayles, who will present his film, Go For Sisters, with a post-screening discussion.
11 pm: I Lay Where I Fall, the new film by Andrew Stubbs that chronicles musician Juston Stens’ trip across America, on a 1972 Triumph motorcycle, as he undergoes a personal artistic journey while collaborating with bandmembers from Wilco, Spoon, Those Darlins and the Mynabirds. Stens will appear to introduce the film and provide a post-screening discussion.
Throughout the festival, The Movie Poster and Book Shop of Barrington, NJ will be presenting their collection of memorabilia for those interested in purchasing a piece of authentic movie history or just a great book about movies. Books authored by the festival committee (Sorrento's The New American Crime Film, Slifkin's Filmadelphia, McElhinney's Second Takes: Remaking Film, Remaking America), in addition to DVDs of films by others, will also be on sale.
