Parental responsibility and the power of media

The other night at the video store I overheard a conversation between a mother and her son. The boy was somewhere between 4-6 years old.
Boy: Mommy, look there’s Scream! Can we get it?
Mother: No, I don’t think so, we watched it 6 times last week. Let’s find something else.
A few minutes later, she approached the [...]

Ventura Film Festival

It was only a matter of time before the “New Art City” had its own film festival. The official launch of the first annual Ventura Film Festival took place at Candlelight Kitchen & Bar Sunday evening. Festival director Lorenzo DeStefano has the right idea by engaging the community through its neighborhood [...]

The Zeitgeist Movement

Something about this movement resonates with me. What has lingered about my consciousness since viewing it last night is this: There is no independence in nature. Everything is inter dependent. When you really absorb this, it changes everything.

Germs and antibiotics

These two things dominated my week as antibiotics did battle in my body against one germ and the majority of my conversations revolved around the GERMS.
A few years ago a good friend of mine became an extra in the indie film What We Do Is Secret. As a result, she became quite close to some [...]