Produits de Brandon Short

Film-Fest DVD - Issue 2 - Cannes

Get into issue 2 of FILM-FEST DVD magazine and you'll be whisked away to the south of France for all the glitz and glamour from the most famous festival in the world, the Cannes Festival International du Film. Spend time with acclaimed director John Sayles, actress Irene Jabob, actor-turned filmmaker Alex Winter, hot young actors Timothy Olyphant and Natasha Gregson Wagner, and go behind the scenes with Ron Howard, Spike Lee, Atom Egoyan and Salma Hayek. Not to be missed - 7 of the best short films from the festival circuit including the Academy Award Nominated 70mm masterpiece More. (Short films included in issue 2 include - More (Mark Osborne), Express Aisle To Glory (Jonathan Buss), Devil Doll (Jarl Olson), The Mischievous Ravi (Byron Shah), Falcone (Jean-Dominique Ferucci), Descent (Kevin Souls), Catholic School (Jona Frank)). And don't forget the "Coming Soon" section where we preview Sophia Coppola's, The Virgin Suicides and the controversial Kevin Smith hit film, Dogma.

DVD Extras include Alternate Audio Tracks, Production Notes, Advanced Web-Connectivity, Pop-up festival facts, interactive menus, filmographies and more.

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Paul Robeson: Portraits of the Artist (The Emperor Jones / Body and Soul / Borderline / Sanders of the River / Jericho / The Proud Valley / Native Land / Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist) - Criterion Collection

Paul Robeson is today known for little more than singing "Ol' Man River" in Showboat, but this hefty and potent collection from Criterion (seven movies and a rich trove of documentary features and commentaries) should return Robeson to much-deserved cultural awareness. An imposing, charismatic black actor who demanded respect when most black actors were trapped in mammy and minstrel roles, and a singer whose deep, rolling voice won him acclaim on the concert stages of Europe, Robeson was among the most significant performers of the 20th Century--until the 1950s, when the U.S. government suspended his passport out of fear that Robeson's commitment to social progress and civil rights would project a negative view of America. But even before then, Robeson's career took place outside of the establishment channels of Hollywood. Paul Robeson: Portraits of the Artist includes two silent films (Body and Soul, a melodrama railing against the hypocrisies of the church, made by the pioneering black filmmaker Oscar Micheaux; and Borderline, a startlingly inventive story of an interracial love rectangle, made by film theorist Kenneth Macpherson), both given additional vitality by contemporary jazz scores; three movies from Robeson's rich period in England (Sanders of the Valley, Jericho, and The Proud Valley, which chart both Robeson's rising social conscience and his increasing clout in the industry); Robeson's most significant Hollywood film, The Emperor Jones, adapted from the Eugene O'Neill play that shot Robeson to stardom in the first place; and the movie that probably reflected Robeson's social beliefs more than any, the remarkable and riveting semi-documentary Native Land, which Robeson narrated.

Robeson is one of those rare actors, like Bette Davis or Humphrey Bogart, whose performances drive his movies as much as the director or the screenplay. Much is made of Robeson's powerful voice and intimidating physique, but just as impressive are his piercing eyes; in every role, a questing intelligence bursts through, looking at the world and cutting through charades and illusions. Criterion packages always have phenomenal extras, but Portraits of the Artist is unusually complex because Robeson's life is as important to his stature as his movies. These excellent features capture the world around Robeson, a world that both raised him up and tore him down. Far from a musty historical document, this is a film package that matters, which will reward and surprise viewers used to conventional notions of Hollywood and America. --Bret Fetzer

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Seven Minutes To Midnight: Trip-Hop Loops & Samples Mini Box

In four short years, Jim Greer and Brandon Arnovick have emerged as one of the industry s most dynamic duos, producing (Prince Paul, Head Automatica), remixing (Ella Fitzgerald, New York Dolls), and putting on raucous live shows worldwide. Now, the Rondo Brothers are ready to quake your desktop with Seven Minutes To Midnight: Trip-Hop Loops and Samples. This exclusive Sony Sound Series offering marks a first in the world of sample libraries: the breakout of an entire album into the universe of royalty-free sounds. Trip-Hop Loops and Samples is a true mother lode of sound, painstakingly extracted from the original session files of the Brothers critically acclaimed sophomore effort, Seven Minutes To Midnight. You get the whole enchilada broken out, looped up, and fortified with genuine Sony metadata for flex power in ACID and all the other heavy-hitting DAW platforms. Blend a little abstract Bay Area funk into your own vision, or mash-up the goods into a Rondo Brothers hybrid. This time you re behind the board, and anything goes

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The Other Brother

The award-winning author of Dark Corner, Thunderland, and Within the Shadows, Brandon Massey delivers a chilling supernatural thriller of the ties that bindand dark secrets written in the blood. . .

Good fortune has smiled upon Gabriel Reid since the day he was born. Blessed with a loving family, educated in the finest schools, he holds a senior position in his fathers successful construction business in Atlanta. Engaged to a smart, beautiful woman and standing to inherit the CEO mantle, Gabriels got it all. But hes about to meet someone who could change everything...

Raised on the mean streets of Chicago, Isaiah Battle refused to succumb to the violence that claimed others in his neighborhood. Hes forged his own identity from various influences, relying on his strength of character in the face of adversity. He also relies on another kind of strengthand few who have witnessed Isaiah wield his dark power have survived to tell the tale. . .

Now Isaiah has come to Atlanta to claim his birthrightas Gabriels half-brother from their fathers extramarital affair. The news threatens to tear the Reid family apart as they struggle to accept the stranger among them. But Isaiah, talented in ways no one ever imagined, wants much more than acceptance. He wants what he believes is rightfully his: everything Gabriel has. And hell let nothing stand in his way. . .

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Within the Shadows

Be Careful What You Wish For

At just thirty-one, Andrew Wilson has it all: close friends, a great house in an Atlanta suburb, and a successful career as a mystery writer. Only one thing is missinga special person to share it with. Then one day he meets someone new, a woman who seems almost too good to be true.

Beautiful, smart, and sophisticated, Mika Woods is everything that Andrew has ever wanted and moreat first. After one night of passion, Andrew soon discovers that Mika isn't quite who she appears to be. Or even what she appears to be.

But it's too late to turn back. Mika has been waiting a lifetime for a man like Andrew. And what she wants, what she desires, she will haveno matter who has to die

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Voices From The Other Side: Dark Dreams II (Dark Dreams)

BEYOND THE SHADOWS...they linger, showing themselves only to those brave enough to perceive them...willing to see beyond human existence and into the heart of darkness. Feel the racing pulse in the primal desire of werewolves. Embrace the aura of two gifted women as they unleash power beyond imagining. Savor the aroma of otherworldly flora planted in a unique patch of earth.

THEY WALK THE NIGHT...prepared to face terrors humans were never meant to confront. Chant with an African mystic as he protects his people from an entity of unbridled malice. Ride the dusty trails of the Old West in pursuit of monstrous legends. Sail on a ship of damned souls as it languishes in the depths of forbidden waters. From the untamed wilderness of ancient times to the concrete jungles of today, these seventeen excursions into nightmares will keep you awake long past the midnight hour--and praying for daylight...

Featuring stories by Eric Jerome Dickey, Tananarive Due, L.A. Banks, Brandon Massey, Christopher Chambers, and many more, this is one collection you don't want to miss.

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