Missouri Motion Media Association Legislative Update

Jack & Edie Robinette with Jason Grill (KC)

On Tuesday March 31st, the Missouri Motion Media Association (MOMMA) held a Legislative Day in Jefferson City. Close to 50 members of the industry converged on the Capitol that day to visit with legislators and share with them our thoughts on the ‘shovel ready’ nature of the Film and Video production business in Missouri. The [...]

MSU Film Series Continues Semester of Suspense

There are three films remaining in the free public series this semester. It’s an Alfred Hitchcock Spring: April 1st – “North by Northwest” April 29th – “Psycho” May 6th – “The Birds” Tuesday evenings, the films begin at 7:00 pm and are free and open to the public. Plaster Theatre in the Plaster Student Union [...]

Europe’s New Auteurs: Filmmakers With a Future

By GARETH HARDING, Wall Street Journal January 4, 2008 The filmmaker as “author,” or dominant creative force behind a movie, was first described in a famous 1954 magazine article by François Truffaut, who drew a distinction between directors like Jean Renoir and Alfred Hitchcock, who sought to “bring something genuinely personal” to their films, and [...]