Rushing across the street from one breathtaking portrait of an artist (Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present, at the Missouri Theatre) to another (Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, at the Picturehouse), a visitor from New York observed: “You know how Marina needed lots of back rubs and baths after sitting all day at the MoMA? We’re gonna need … Continued
The ingenious team at Tiny Attic Productions (aka Paul and Chelsea) have posted another short highlight reel, this time covering Day Three of the fest, featuring interviews with Morgan Spurlock and Karim El Hakim…
Many new photos are now on the T/F Photos page, including this thoughtful portrait of forty-seven cupcakes by Scott Patrick Meyers:
Yesterday at the fest I ran into the director of Secret Screening Orange, whose identity I am forbidden from revealing. She (or it could be a he! I cannot say!) took a moment to tell me why a director might agree to participate in T/F’s unique Secret Screenings.—Andrew Leland
Billy Schuh sent us this photo from Thursday night’s Bass Drum of Death show at the Mojo’s Showcase: Jamie Davis of Hott Lunch (left), Leah Cheney (T/F 2011 music coordinator, center), and Kyle Stewart of Richard the Lionhearted (right) were walking out of Mojo’s when a bystander shouted STOP! Schuh says he thought there was an … Continued
In certain sectors of industry, the term “greenfield” is used to describe a project that strikes into virgin territory. Built from entirely scratch, greenfield projects cultivate previously undeveloped terrain. Along these lines, it seems fair to say that Lauren Greenfield’s latest film, The Queen of Versailles, is a Greenfield through and through. Following a family of … Continued
Tiny Attic presents highlights from Day Two of the True/False Film Fest:
Have you wondered how the indefatigable French four-piece Les Trois Coups ended up busking their brains out at every juncture this T/F weekend? Kristin Torres caught them in a rare unfrenzied moment to get the back-story. Take a listen:
Dubb Nubb, returning as buskers to this year’s fest, serenade their listeners with songs of soldiers, mud cities, and kindergarten weddings. When they’re not busking, they do things like lead songs at Hebrew School and deliver singing Valentines (with fellow 2012 T/F busker Lizzie Wright) around Columbia. The duo recently became a trio when their older sister … Continued
Day Two of the fest is in full swing, and despite the manic-depressive weather (I am snow; I am rain; I am sad), True/False is charging forward into the second full day of programming. The reports continue to roll in. Billy Schuh, music co-coordinator for the fest, wrote in about the multilingual challenges of the reception … Continued
