Ian DurkininVimeo BlogStaff Pick Premiere: the real-life urban legend “DOGWALKER”Some stories are too good not to retell. When I hear a tale that seems stranger than fiction, I usually cannot resist sharing it with my…Mar 1, 2017Mar 1, 2017
Ian DurkininVimeo BlogStaff Pick Premiere: “A Grand Canal” tells a 16mm tragedyAs filmmakers, we wield the unique ability to revise the world around us by scripting and reworking it into a version that feels most…Feb 1, 2017Feb 1, 2017
Ian DurkininVimeo BlogStaff Pick Premiere: coming of age as a ‘Five Star’ recruitAs many Americans can attest, in recent years the college admissions process has transformed into an expansive and expensive mesh of…Feb 1, 2017Feb 1, 2017
Ian DurkininVimeo BlogStaff Pick Premiere: A male director has dramatic relationships with his actressesIf beauty really is in the eye of the beholder, what else does that eye hold? Hate? Jealousy? Fear? They say nothing’s more important than…Feb 1, 2017Feb 1, 2017
Ian DurkininVimeo BlogStaff Pick Premiere: “Quelqu’un d’extraordinaire” — The Paradox of Being ExtraordinaryOur 20s are a free-for-all. They’re a period in our lives when we no longer have the structure of school to define us and to keep us on the…Feb 1, 2017Feb 1, 2017
Ian DurkininVimeo BlogStaff Pick Premiere: The Federico García Lorca and Joan Miró-Inspired Romp “The Sleepwalker”What a feature film is to the novel, the short film can be for the poem. A burst of ideas distilled into something almost indefinable, but…Feb 1, 2017Feb 1, 2017
Ian DurkininVimeo BlogStaff Pick Premiere: A Desperate Plea, Lost in TranslationIf the past volatile couple of years on planet Earth have taught us anything, it is that while being heard should be a human right, it is…Feb 1, 2017Feb 1, 2017
Ian DurkininVimeo BlogStaff Pick Premiere: “Whale Valley” — A hauntingly beautiful Cannes Film Festival short about the…In Iceland, depending on the season, the days or nights can be excruciatingly long. While the sun highlights the pastoral landscapes, the…Feb 1, 2017Feb 1, 2017
Ian DurkininVimeo BlogBetting, boxing, and boozing: when literary and film legends clash“Toback vs. Mailer: The Incident” is the story of an epic altercation within the written world. In one corner, Norman Mailer. Two-time…Feb 1, 2017Feb 1, 2017
Ian DurkininVimeo BlogStaff Pick Premiere: “The Chaperone” — A Tale of Biker Gangs, Blaxploitation, and Blue WolvesMy grandfather once told me that as a teenager in 1940’s Boston that one of the first jobs he got was as a chaperone at a local ballroom…Jan 27, 2017Jan 27, 2017