The writer-directors Berman and Pulcini (who are married) are Oscar-nominated screenwriters filmmakers working in both features and documentaries. Thier latest film is THE NANNY DIARIES, which the Weinstein Company will release August 24, 2007.
Sundance Babes: Women Directors–Berman, Shari Springer and Husband Robert Pulcini (American Splendor)
February 14, 2015 by
Sundance Babes: Men Directors–Autumn Heart (1999)–Old-Fashioned Family Melodrama
February 7, 2015 by
Sundance Film Festival 1999 (Dramatic Competition)–As literal and schmaltzy as a conventional TV MOW, Steven Maler's The Autumn Heart is a an old-fashioned family meller about a dying mother and her three grown-up daughters, who still painfully feel the effects of their parents' divorce when they were children. Big in heart, but small in vision, pic can safely play on Lifetime (or any other Cable channel) without any damage to its integrity. Though decently acted by Tyne Daly, Ally Sheedy and others, there's no urgent need to see it on the big screen.
Sundance Babes: Women Directors–Miller, Rebecca, Angela (1995)
February 6, 2015 by
Sundance Film Festival 1995 (Dramatic Competition)–In Rebecca Miller's grim, occasionally haunting film, a 10-year-old girl named Angela (Miranda Stuart Rhyne) observes her manic-depressive mother Mae (Anna Thomson) going through scary, unpredictable mood swings.
Sundance Babes: Women Directors–Anders, Allison
February 6, 2015 by
If Allison Anders' screen work had been as interesting as her provocative offscreen persona, she would have become the most prominent contemporary female director. Unfortunately, it is not. With all the attention surrounding her career and a McArthur Foundation Genius Award, Anders remains an uneven filmmaker, with only one satisfying film, Gas Food Lodging.
Sundance Babes: Women Directors–Kusama, Karyn
February 4, 2015 by
After making a splash with her stunning debut, the 2000 Sundance Fest winner, Girl Fight, director Karyn Kusama fell flat on her face with her follow-up, Aeon Flux, a sophomore jinx. This silly sci-fi thriller revolves around a sexy and strong rebel (played by Charlize Theorn right after her Oscar-winning turn in Monster), who fights […]
