by Jeff Maisey | Jun 28, 2016 | Film, Horton
By John L. Horton I just saw the newly released movie, “Independence Day: Insurgency,” this afternoon (Saturday, June 25). Twenty years ago, July 1996, I saw the original/first “Independence Day” movie. Although a science-fiction, action filled movie, strictly for...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 28, 2016 | Film, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III A line that ties Norfolk’s NEON Arts District and the Work|Release venue on Granby Street to a globe spanning host of filmmakers and dancers, musicians and visual artists from Europe, Asia, Israel, Italy, New York, Chicago and California,...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 22, 2016 | Film, Stage & Film
By Tench Phillips, Naro Cinema I live in an interspecies household. We consist of a male and female human, two female canines, and two male felines. Each of us had originally lived solitary lives–some of us having grown up on the streets. We have all been brought...
by Jeff Maisey | May 21, 2016 | Film, Stage & Film
By Tench Phillips, Naro Cinema I was stunned to recently learn that the revenue of the biggest 500 multinational U.S. corporations now makes up 72% of the country’s GDP (gross domestic product). And the remaining part of the economy? That’s what all the...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 13, 2016 | Film, Stage & Film
By Tench Phillips, Naro Cinema I was recently invited to speak on a panel at Norfolk State University. The topic was ‘The Film Industry: Its Celluloid Past, Its Digital Present, Its Limitless Future’ sponsored by the Mass Communications and Journalism...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 23, 2016 | Film, Stage & Film
By Tench Phillips, Naro Cinema Dear Bernie, By the time this issue of Veer hits the streets, the media pundits will have declared your campaign for president as effectively over and done with. They’ll rest their claims on the results of the Southern state...
