Ashland Independent Film Festival Awarded $25,000 Grant

The Meyer Memorial Trust has given the Southern Oregon Film Society, which operates the Ashland Independent Film Festival (AIFF) the $25,000 Grassroots Grant to support operating expenses associated with the Festival. The Meyer Memorial Trust has given AIFF funding twice…

Review: “12 Years a Slave” The Reality of Stolen Freedoms

  12 Years follows the miraculous true story of Solomon Northup, a free man who was wrongfully sold into slavery for 12 years and then freed. From the beginning, this film makes it clear that it is about slavery. It’s about…

Review: “Killing Kennedy” is Powerful History

Based on Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard’s best seller comes this powerful thriller starring Rob Lowe and Ginnifer Goodwin (Once Upon A Time’s Snow White). The film follows John F. Kennedy rising to become the U.S. president, and Lee Harvey…

Review: “Thor 2” is Really Really Cool

With even more hilarious quips and eerie villains, Thor: The Dark World is a terrific follow up to the original film. There’s still enough action to intensify, enough mythology to entertain, enough romance to intrigue, and enough of the hammer-toting…

Review: “Captain Phillips” Blows Competition Out of the Water

Without a doubt this is the best movie that I have seen this year. Captain Phillips will take you through a roller coaster of emotions throughout the entire movie. Captain Phillips (directed by Paul Greengrass) focuses on merchant mariner Captain…