Convenience Story Q&A on March 19th

By |2023-03-07T15:52:41+00:00March 7th, 2023|Boojazz, Film, Highlighted|

Coming up on March 19th, I'll be moderating a Q&A session with the renowned film critic Mark Schilling about the film based on his excellent short story. This is part of the Japanese Showcase Weekend for Sophia Wong Boccio's always impressive Asian Pop-Up Cinema event, this time at the AMC in Evanston. Come on [...]

Japanese Showcase at 2022’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema

By |2022-10-28T22:52:15+00:00September 19th, 2022|Boojazz, Film, Highlighted|

This weekend, there were four outstanding films presented for the Japanese Showcase at 2022's Asian Pop-Up Cinema, Season 15. It was a marvelous time, and there are many more films from South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and many other locations showing in the coming weeks. Highly recommended. Special shout out to Sophia Wong Boccio [...]

Four Shorts About Dogs… and 1920s Chicago

By |2022-10-28T22:52:25+00:00May 2nd, 2022|Film, Highlighted, Video|

A series of two-minute films about a good cop and his two dogs planning to take down Johnny the Matchstick Man in 1920s Chicago. This is what happens when his wife leaves to dog sit for a week and he's left to his own devices... Done as a fun little side project, these little [...]

From Chicago to Osaka [シカゴから大阪へ]: The Motion Picture

By |2023-02-17T00:06:28+00:00June 28th, 2021|Boojazz, Film, Highlighted|

In the spirit of award-winning indie romantic comedy/dramas from the early 2000's, From Chicago to Osaka is a screenplay written for the modern era. With fast-paced ping pong comedic dialogue in both English and Japanese, From Chicago to Osaka is the quintessential date movie for adults looking for something smart, sophisticated, and highly entertaining. [...]

Would Persona 5 Work as a Film Series? A Persona 5 Live-Action Movie Adaptation Synopsis

By |2022-10-28T22:52:44+00:00November 14th, 2020|Boojazz, Commentary, Film, Highlighted, Video|

An in-depth overview of how one of the greatest video games of this generation could be translated into a highly successful film trilogy. (First published on November 14th, 2020. The latest revision was in May of 2022.) The Harry Potter and Hunger Games films were groundbreaking epics that pushed the [...]

Life in Purgatory: A New Short Film

By |2022-10-28T22:52:54+00:00May 3rd, 2020|Boojazz, Highlighted, Video|

This was really just supposed to be a two minute clip for the The Roger Corman Quarantine Film Festival but it turned into this whole thing. We shot it over a weekend, edited and reworked it some more... a few pick up shots here and there, and boom... a short film. A couple of fun [...]

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