It’s very sobering and equally humbling to see how often ahead of the curve noir films were at their artistic height in the 1940s, despite having been produced in days of great social upheaval and turmoil. Or perhaps because...
By Hilary Reid Last week, Edwin Frank discussed his greatest literary rediscoveries, the history of the Classics series, and the success of John Williams’s Stoner and Magda Szabó’s The Door, among other topics, with Susannah Hunnewell on The Paris...
Dostoevsky has never been far from Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz’s mind. Crime and Punishment figures prominently in Diaz’s debut feature, The Criminal of Barrio Concepcion (98), with the quietly impressive Raymond Bagatsing playing a version of Raskolnikov as a kidnapper...
If you’ve ever opened a book of Fyodor Dostoevsky‘s, you must have picked up that the man behind it was complicated and fascinating. His books have a unique Russian way of opening up the lives of their characters to...
“The film has a magical look… Quite an achievement!” Jonathan Dana, producer, former Director of Acquisition and Development for Samuel Goldwyn Company. We are pleased to announce that our critically acclaimed film ‘Shades of Day – Director’s Cut‘ is...
Big changes have been going on with VM Productions, as those who follow our Facebook page are well aware. Shari has departed (along with a few other team members) in a sudden exodus. The rest of the team has rallied,...
In school, we all belonged to one tribe at some point. I was a part of the “normal tribe,” if there’s such a thing, neither particularly popular nor particularly well known. The jock/mean-girl tribe is one most of us...
Recently, the subject of American Politics has gotten me thinking about Dostoevsky and his known work. As many people know, Rand Paul, a senator from Kentucky, is running for president. As some may also know, Paul and his family...
