Archive for February, 2009
Examined Life Opens in Theaters Across the Country!
Examined Life, which is director Astra Taylor's second feature film, will open at the Film Forum this Thursday, February 26th. The film had it's local premier at last year's Citizen Jane Film Festival with Astra Taylor in attendance. The film has already been receiving great reviews and is hailed as a refreshing, earnest, and intelligent approach to discussing and sharing philosophy.Here is the recent review in the New York Times: "Thinkers in Transit, Philosophy in Motion" (by Dennis Lim, February ...
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Get Ready for Citizen Jane 2009!
Statistics about women in cinema point to a mainstream industry that has remained incredibly difficult for females to break into. This is astonishing when we consider how far women have come in so many other fields. But what is even more remarkable is that despite these barriers, women all over the world are making amazing films! From Mira Nair to Maya Deren, the proof is in the pudding: women can direct and be bosses, they can carry those heavy cameras and ...
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