Movies You Missed & More: 'Rectify'

by Margot Harrison Posted on April 4, 2014 at 9:35AM

Of Handguns, Pirates and Juggalos: Waylon Speed's New Vid, "Until It All Ends

by Dan Bolles Posted on April 3, 2014 at 12:13PM

(Full disclosure: RF's Bobby Hackney Jr. is a Seven Days employee, and WS drummer Justin Crowther is an occasional 7D contributor.)

What I'm Watching: 'Sky High'

by Ethan de Seife Posted on April 2, 2014 at 3:53PM

Film Producer Christine Vachon Brings 'Kill Your Darlings' to Middlebury College

by Ethan de Seife Posted on April 1, 2014 at 5:28PM

Christine Vachon, an American independent film producer, will visit Middlebury College on April 13 to present Kill Your Darlings, which her company, Killer Films, produced in 2013. The film stars Daniel (Harry Potter) Radcliffe as a young Allen Ginsberg, who, as a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, finds himself caught in a web of love, literary aspirations and murder.

Middlebury Hosts Weekend Events to Celebrate 'The Place of Dance'

by Xian Chiang-Waren Posted on April 1, 2014 at 9:01AM

, a connection to creative work." If a reader moves through The Place of Dance experientially, reading one chapter per day for a month, Olsen hopes that person would have gained "a little more clarity about the body, perhaps a dance or an investigation in movement, and a nice full writing journal." 

Kingdom County Productions to Produce New Film, 'Peter and John'

by Ethan de Seife Posted on March 31, 2014 at 5:30PM

Kingdom County Productions, the independent filmmaking company headquartered in the Northeast Kingdom town of Barnet, has announced that it will commence shooting for the new film Peter and John in April. Principal photography will take place on Nantucket Island, Mass.

Jericho Teen Wins National Recognition for Whiteboard Animation Video

by Ken Picard Posted on March 31, 2014 at 5:18PM

When I was in eighth grade, I was happy to make a hotplate in shop class that didn't break under direct pressure. Which makes me all the more impressed — and envious — to see the animated short video (above), "Whatever Comes to Mind,"  by 14-year-old Jack Fagnant.

Werner Herzog in Vermont: The Saga Continues!

by Ethan de Seife Posted on March 31, 2014 at 4:02PM

Last fall, filmmaker Werner Herzog made an unexpected contribution to Vermont film culture by shooting original Super 8mm footage and giving it to University of Vermont film students to do with what they would. (You can find Live Culture's multi-part coverage of this story here.)

Burlington Considers How to Become a Bikable City at Walk/Bike Summit

by Kevin J. Kelley Posted on March 30, 2014 at 12:00PM

Another advance: The bike ferry linking the Colchester Causeway to South Hero will operate seven days a week this year, from mid-June through Labor Day. Weekend-only service starts May 24 and resumes from September 2 through early October.

Movies You Missed & More: Electrick Children

by Margot Harrison Posted on March 28, 2014 at 2:34PM

1-4 points: Do the characters seem like real people? Failing that, do they look pretty?