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FILMS GONE WILD: Danny Glover at the Oxford Film Festival and the accomplishment of a star actually showing up to the fest

by John Wildman | Feb 22, 2017 | Films Gone Wild

One of the absolute highlights at the just concluded Oxford Film Festival this year was Danny Glover’s appearance at the fest. And the wonderful nature of how it all played out and how he interacted with everyone (staff and film fans) personally was then underlined by...

FILMS GONE WILD: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Cary Darling shows everyone how to actually be a film journalist by making a single phone call

by John Wildman | Feb 14, 2017 | Films Gone Wild

When I was making the decision to revamp and put more emphasis on the film and film festival news reporting and criticism on Festworks.com (apart from the company’s film and film festival consultation services), one of the reasons I did so was because I feel there is...

FILMS GONE WILD: So who exactly are the snowflakes? Budweiser’s Super Bowl ad hurts the feelings of delicate conservatives all over again

by John Wildman | Feb 7, 2017 | Films Gone Wild

So, who exactly are the snowflakes? As you many of you likely know by this point, during the Super Bowl broadcast, Budweiser aired a commercial which celebrates the efforts of one of the founders of the Anheuser-Busch to immigrate to this country and start the...

FILMS GONE WILD: Today my name is Angela. (Or let’s not sweat the small stuff, shall we?)

by John Wildman | Feb 4, 2017 | Films Gone Wild

Today my name is Angela. Well, actually, my name was Angela for a couple days while I was in Park City because a filmmaker, while reaching out to journalists to cover their short film, sent an email to me without editing the cut and paste from the last time they had...

FILMS GONE WILD: Hollywood’s New World Order – Amazon and Netflix takes over the business of studios’ mid-budget star-driven dramas and comedies

by John Wildman | Feb 2, 2017 | Films Gone Wild

Following up on my “Regional Film Festivals are where the discoveries are” column yesterday, I wanted to float the following idea that I came up with during this just concluded Sundance trip: Is the Amazonianzation and Netflixication of independent film basically just...