AKA the time Danny Elfman’s brother told me to smoke pot. Trapped in a Closet Locked in a poorly lit, narrow side room of the Capitol Theater, the performers yelled at me to go find them some marijuana. The group of Olympians dressed in a variety of costumes—skeleton suits, devil […]
The 29th Annual Olympia Film Festival
This year, the Olympia Film Festival stepped up its game. The 29th annual film fest, running from November 9 to 18, has been hosting some high profile events and bringing in well-known names in the media industry. With Chantal Ackerman, Philip Kaufman, Fred Willard and Todd Hayes taking part, festival […]
Student Filmmaker Nik Nerburn Spills the Beans About His Artistic Journey
What type of film would you consider “Paul: The Secret Story of Olympia’s Satanic Sheriff”? I would call it an experimental documentary. It’s sort of like a combination of an essay film – exploring an idea rather than a plot – and an historical documentary. There’s this filmmaker Nathaniel Dorsky […]