“Lights, Camera, Animals” - Compass Film Academy Roll with Themes

What could a pig farm have in common with Victorian England or a cutting edge barber shop? All three subjects are part of the stories in thesis films currently being produced by Compass Film Academy’s class of 2010. The projects this year are some of the most ambitious and complicated productions in the school’s history. [...]

Han Solo Tames the Shrew Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love “Gone With the Wind”.

Disclaimers:

“ Gone With the Wind” has some deep problems in terms of its portrayal of African-Americans and slavery that I’m not going to get into in detail here. If you see the film and aren’t frustrated with this element, examine your soul
I’m going to be making some generalizations in regards to men and women in [...]

Compass Films Win Big at Detroit Independent Film Festival

The 2009 class of Compass Film Academy made its presence known at the Detroit Independent Film Festival this weekend with the short films “The Commandant” and “1 New Message.”
Nominated for Best Michigan Short and winning for Best Actor (Robert William Ford), “The Commandant” tells the story of three Russian soldiers hiding in Poland during World [...]

My “Favorite” Movie or A Confession from an Elitist Snob

If you’re not a cinephile it may not make much sense that a film history teacher and a rabid film goer/watcher/maker/snob wouldn’t have a favorite film, but I don’t. My top 10 are constantly changing and are never in order of importance (that’s if I can get to 10. Usually I get to 9 and [...]