2018 Montclair Film Festival

The 11-day Montclair Film Festival made connections and attracted spectators, says CEO Bob Feinberg.

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 Colbert asked Weisz when she first realized that she wanted to be an actress, Weisz recalled watching Elizabeth Taylor’s star turn in National Velvet. “When I watche ...

Fame is isolating, says actor Ethan Hawke.

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 got underway Friday, May 4, at the Wellmont Theater. She certainly h ...

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 in a Southern black Baptist church during the Jim Crow era. “The ...

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, I hold up the Daily News and I say, ‘This is the movie.’” Wesley gave a master class in s ...

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 canceled. “Disobedience” is the story of Ronit Kruschka, an Orthodox Jewish woman from London who has been living a sort of exile in New York as a photographer. She returns to London after rece... R

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 May 3 during the film festival for its state-wide broadcast and community engagement initiative series. The program spot...

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 Cinema, and Short Film. "...

Gov. Phil Murphy says Jersey has the DNA for great films.