Premiering at Tribeca, Emma Needell’s short film Life Rendered tells the story of a closeted gay Colorado man who lives on a ranch, where he takes care of his aging cowboy father while seeking romance in the virtual world. Set in the near future, the short draws...
Between theaters, streaming, and physical media, it can take longer to decide which movie to watch than it takes to watch one. Thankfully, we have places like Rotten Tomatoes to make that decision easier. If you're not familiar, Rotten Tomatoes is an aggregator of reviews for...
EXCLUSIVE: levelFILM and Cranked Up, the genre-leaning arm of Good Deed Entertainment, have acquired North American rights to writer-director Jefferson Moneo’s sophomore feature Cosmic Dawn, starring Emmanuelle Chriqui(Entourage) and Camille Rowe (The Deep House). The film tells the story of a woman who, after witnessing the...
In November, as COVID-19 cases were spiking, Heart + Mind Media along with with Ascend Digital Strategies developed this campaign on behalf of the Colorado Hospital Association. Their mandate was to capture the attention of young people (18-34) who are making up a disproportionate share...
At its core, “Help Wanted” is a short film about a retiree that must look for work again to make ends meet, a film that encapsulates the fears that many people have about reaching their golden years without the necessary tools to get through them...
Help Wanted stars Jim O’Heir, best known for playing the lovable loser Jerry on Parks and Recreation, as a Boomer who finds his skills depreciated in the workforce. With nowhere else to turn, he has no option other than to link up with a Millennial who is...
The current cinema is haunted by a fear of drama. The master-thinkers of that fear—like the master-thinkers of modern cinephilia—are French, and there’s even some overlap between them. But these thinkers, for the most part, neither shared this fear nor intended to instill it. The fear...
For over a decade director Jefferson Moneo has been working up to making his first feature, Big Muddy. In 2011 the short-film version of Big Muddy premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Fast forward three years and the film has made its feature-length debut at TIFF. Big...
The term minimalism is also used to describe a trend in design and architecture where in the subject is reduced to its necessary elements. Minimalist design has been highly influenced by Japanese traditional design and architecture. In addition, the work of De Stijl artists is...