“The door from the next room suddenly opened with a timid, quiet creak, as if thus announcing the entrance of a very insignificant person…” In 1846 a 25-year old Dostoyevsky published his second novel. Titled The Double, the novella...
Why are you here, in LA? “The City of Angels,” also called “The Capital of World Entertainment,” boasts a unique concentration of technical facilities (studios, labs, equipment rental houses, etc.) and an enormous pool of talent and skilled technicians...
An indie film can often be overlooked due to it’s small budget, lack of big name actors and quite often a limitation when it comes to special effects but most film fans know that’s no reason why indie films...
By Robert Koehler I had begun writing about my viewing experience of TIFF’s Wavelengths section for Film Journey with the customary introduction and mini-history of the section and its crucial importance to the world’s largest film festival, followed...
Note to Our Readers: The following entry is a combination of two blogs that were lost during our website’s server crash. Luckily, I have managed to restore them. If you were fortunate enough to read The Missing Screenwriter: Anomalies and...
Natasha Blasick Leading Role On Festival Circuit With Award Winning Film “Notes From The New World”.
Actress Natasha Blasick is being seen around the world in Notes From The New World as the film screens in festivals and wins awards. The movie had its North American premiere at the Crest Theater in Los Angeles, California...
We’ll admit it right off the bat: when we started collecting data for this humongous list of films adapted from Dostoyevsky novels, we never expected it to reach these numbers: we have found a whopping 124 films that were...
The femme fatale is a famous archetype in film noir. She is dark and seductive, and ultimately helps entangle the plot. Inspired by yesterday’s Dostoyevksy & Women, this week’s trivia is all about the femmes fatales. [mlw_quizmaster quiz=8] Want to...
Welcome again lovely readers, welcome back to the Dostoevsky-BTS blog! Have you ever wondered how Dostoyevsky felt about women? I admit that since the first time I read Dostoyevsky, which was Notes from Underground, I had the impression that...
Film noir is renowned for its dark cinematography and darker story lines. If it’s a happy ending, it simply isn’t noir. Wondering how our films end on a noir note? Well, you’ll have to watch to find out. But, for...
