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Portraits, moving

New genre of short films documents family histories, important events

DECEMBER 3, 2010 3:48 p.m. Comments (0)

Dexter Goodwin remembers the sound of waves lapping up on a Long Island Sound beach that put him to sleep every night as a kid.

He remembers the rocks, driftwood and barnacles that were a part of his growing up on Killams Point in Branford, Conn.

There was the weathered one-lane bowling alley, the barn and stables that were part of a once self-sustaining farm in the 1900s. Continue reading...

Zzzzzzzz

“In My Sleep,” produced by Greenville native, makes its premiere here

JANUARY 6, 2011 1:46 p.m. Comments (0)

When Daniel Sollinger was growing up in Greenville, his parents didn’t like for him to watch television or films.

They wanted him to read books instead.

Then he discovered he could study filmmaking at the Fine Arts Center. Continue reading...

Electrifying: Frankenstein revisited

Kenneth Strickfaden's theatrics created movies' mad laboratory

FEBRUARY 10, 2011 1:54 p.m. Comments (1)

The Golden Age of horror would have been so different without Kenneth Strickfaden.

It was Strickfaden’s weird electrical devices – machines that sparked and screeched with each pull of the lever, machines that groaned and buzzed as they transformed invisible electricity into crude kinetic sculptures – that brought Frankenstein to life.

“He was brilliant,” said Doug Norwine, a saxophonist who lives in Easley and works as the director of music and entertainment for Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas where he authenticates memorabilia. Continue reading...

A baseball story

Bob Jones University premiers movie

APRIL 4, 2011 10:44 a.m. Comments (0)

Screenwriter David Burke says there are three reasons why “Milltown Pride” will resonate with audiences in Greenville and the Upstate.

“Milltown Pride,” the newest production by Bob Jones University’s Unusual Films, tells the story of a young man who dreams of playing professional baseball.

But to do so, he has to defy his father and leave his privileged life for the local textile mill. Continue reading...