May 20 | Author: Mike Plante
A recovering engineer, Hue Rhodes fled the software industry for a career in the arts. He and his wife quit their jobs and moved to New York so that Hue could earn an MFA from NYU’s Tisch graduate film program. SAINT JOHN OF LAS VEGAS is his first feature film and the opening night film of CineVegas 2009.
In the film, Steve Buscemi plays John, an ex-gambler-turned fraud investigator who must return to Las Vegas to investigate an insurance claim. read all »
May 19 | Author: Mike Plante
Sean Conway was born and raised on a council estate in Batley, a small mill town in West Yorkshire. He attended Batley Parish C of E Primary School, Batley Grammar School and Greenhead College Huddersfield, before going on to film school at Northumbria University,where he graduated with a 1st Class BA Honours Degree. His short films ROCCO PARIS (2005), RABBIT STORIES (2006, Special Mention of the Jury at Clermont-Ferrand), ALEX AND HER ARSE TRUCK (2007, a Cinema Extreme film) and KINGS OF LONDON (2008) have played hundreds of film festivals worldwide and on British TV.
KINGS OF LONDON is about the fortunes of two teenage black brothers, both named Aristotle, and the Ghetto Riders, a group of young black men from London’s rough estates who have transformed themselves into urban cowboys. read all »
May 19 | Author: Mike Plante
Ben Steinbauer is making his feature directing debut with WINNEBAGO MAN. He is the recipient of the 2007 Princess Grace Foundation Award for filmmaking. Steinbauer’s short films have played at South by Southwest and aired on PBS. He teaches film at the University of Texas, Austin.
Jack Rebney’s outrageously funny outtakes from a Winnebago sales video became an underground phenomenon and made him an Internet superstar. Filmmaker Ben Steinbauer sets out to find him in WINNEBAGO MAN. read all »
May 18 | Author: Mike Plante
To date, Emily Carmichael’s films, plays and cartoons have included one jealous ghost, six witches, and two imaginary mud people. She’s been awarded $70,075 in writing prizes and scholarships, $60,000 of which she declined in order to go to Tisch film school. She currently lives with her parents and tries hard to not pay for drinks. CineVegas 2009 is proud to present TWO of her short films.
THE ADVENTURES OF LEDO AND IX is about two 8-bit video game characters who confront the void. read all »
May 17 | Author: Mike Plante
Kerry Prior is a writer and filmmaker living in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kerry has worked on numerous movies creating visual effects. He is one of the original members of Filmmakers Alliance, a Los Angeles filmmaker’s collective founded by producer Jacques Thelemaque. His previous feature films are ROADKILL and The BLARE RABBIT PROJECT.
THE REVENANT, Kerry’s newest film, is a satirical treatise on friendship, regret, and the nature of evil under the guise of a rootin’-tootin’ vampire buddy movie. read all »
May 16 | Author: Mike Plante
Bobcat Goldthwait wrote and directed SHAKES THE CLOWN, SLEEPING DOGS LIE (aka STAY) and his latest film, WORLD’S GREATEST DAD; directed many television shows including “Chappelle’s Show,” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” As a comic, he has starred in 3 HBO specials and had appeared on “The David Letterman Show” by the time he was 20 years old.
The closing night film of CineVegas 2009, WORLD’S GREATEST DAD is a story about a man (Robin Williams) that learns the things you want most may not be the things that make you happy, and that being lonely is not necessarily the same as being alone. read all »
May 16 | Author: Mike Plante
Talmage Cooley was born in Charlottesville, Virginia. His award-winning shorts films POL POT’S BIRTHDAY and DIMMER have premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and have been shortlisted for the Academy Awards, as well as being included in the permanent film collections at the New York Museum of Modern Art and the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. Talmage was named by RES Magazine as one of “Ten Most Innovative Talents”, and by Screen International Magazine as one of “10 Emerging Talents to Watch.” Talmage is currently working on several film projects and resides in Los Angeles.
PATRIOTVILLE, his first feature, is about an idealistic museum manager and a beautiful troublemaker who go to war with a corrupt mayor to stop a casino from being built on their town’s “historic” battlefield. read all »
May 15 | Author: Mike Plante
The short film FIDDLESTIXX comes in three parts:
Episode 1. Fiddlestixx is the coolest party animal in the entire universe, and he’s got the chops to prove it.
Episode 2. Fiddlestixx is back and better than ever, once again showboating with his infectious blend of both class and sass.
Episode 3. Fiddlestixx takes it to the limit and won’t let go, even though he’s squeezing super hard.
Fiddlestixx was kind enough to interview. read all »
May 15 | Author: Mike Plante
Jessica Oreck works as an animal keeper and docent at the American Museum of Natural History. When not at the museum, Jessica spends her time inventing new ways to create a sense of wonder in the world. BEETLE QUEEN CONQUERS TOKYO is Jessica’s first feature film.
Working backwards through history, BEETLE QUEEN CONQUERS TOKYO solves the mystery of the development of Japan’s cultural obsession with bugs. read all »
May 14 | Author: Mike Plante
Two-part interview for MERCY. First part with the director Patrick Hoelck and second part with the actor and writer Scott Caan.
MERCY director Patrick Hoelck’s early break came when friend Vincent Gallo requested Patrick to shoot a magazine cover, followed by a published photography art book titled “Tar”, a producing role on the film COFFEE AND CIGARETTES by Paul Thomas Anderson, and countless music videos. Hoelck is currently working on a coffee table book comprised of short stories and images.
MERCY centers around a successful but cynical young writer writes about love but does not really believe in it until he meets the titular character of Mercy, who turns his world upside down. read all »
