The 11-day Montclair Film Festival made connections and attracted spectators, says CEO Bob Feinberg.
2018 Montclair Film Festival
MFF: Rachel Weisz makes her own choices
By PATRICIA CONOVER For Montclair Local Most of the children who watched “National Velvet” on television decided that they wanted a horse, Stephen Colbert observed. But not Rachel Weisz. When […]
MFF: For Ethan Hawke, fame is a prison
Fame is isolating, says actor Ethan Hawke.
MFF: ‘A perfect Montclair night’ with Taylor Mac
By ANTOINETTE MARTIN For Montclair Local “This is such a Montclair night,” sighed a female filmmaker in a front-row seat as Taylor Mac’s spectacularly uncategorized, profound and profoundly entertaining show […]
MFF: Fashion gospel, house party, and André Leon Talley
By KELLY NICHOLAIDES For Montclair Local A haute couture defining figure in late 20th century style, Vogue editor-at-large André Leon Talley seems to have been driven by his childhood experience […]
MFF: Richard Wesley gives master class
By PATRICIA CONOVER For Montclair Local “I hold The New York Times up and I say, ‘this is the novel’,” Montclairite Richard Wesley says he tells his screenwriting students. “Then, […]
MFF: Weisz stars in ‘Disobedience’ as Orthodox Jew who is a lesbian
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news It was a full house at Montclair Kimberley Academy on Saturday evening for the screening of Rachel Weisz’s film “Disobedience,” even without the Q&A, which was […]
Montclair and the locals featured on NJTV’s ‘In Your Neighborhood’
By Tina Pappas for Montclair Local The iconic Raymond’s Restaurant was host to the NJTV program “In Your Neighborhood” with a focus on Montclair. The popular program showcased Montclair on […]
MFF: 2018 audience awards winners announced
Montclair Film Festival announced the winners of the festival’s 2018 Audience Awards, presented by Investors Bank. Screenings were balloted throughout the festival across four categories: Fiction Feature, Documentary Feature, World […]
MFF: Gov. Murphy vows to bring film back to NJ; jury prizes announced
Gov. Phil Murphy says Jersey has the DNA for great films.
MFF: The future of television in ‘money, audiences, acclaim’
By STEFANIE SEARS For Montclair Local Television is changing. That was a key theme in the panel “The Future of Television” held on April 28. There are more than 500 […]
MFF: seeking love, causing pain in ‘The Seagull’
Actress Annette Bening was the reason to make “The Seagull,” says director Michael Mayer.
MFF Fiction Centerpiece: Parents’ growing pains in ‘Hearts Beat Loud’
Hearts Beat Loud Saturday, May 5, 2:30 p.m. Wellmont Theater, 5 Seymour St. Q&A with director Brett Haley and Nick Offerman to follow. Fiction Centerpiece facebook.com/heartsbeatloud By Andrew Garda garda@montclairlocal.news […]
MFF: ‘A Kid Like Jake’ and preschool dress
Robin Woods talks to the director of “A Kid Like Jake,” starring Claire Danes and Jim Parsons.