Annie B’s Sleeper Movies
ANNE BERNAYS is an author, journalist, and educator. She is also a movie aficionado and will be reviewing “Sleeper Movies” for ArtSpeak – movies that have gone unnoticed for one reason or another, but which have struck her as worth writing about. Look for new reviews every fortnight (or so).
Read MoreA Family of Writers
PETER ALSON’s is the author of seven books, including the novel, “The Only Way To Play It,” and the memoirs, “Take Me to the River” and “The Vig.”
ALICE O’NEILL is a screenwriter who wrote for “Billions” on Showtime for three seasons, and has created and developed series for ABC Signature, Freeform, and Paramount Television.
EDEN ALSON is the 17 year-old author of 2 novels. Her first novel, “The Novice Twins,” was published when she was in 8th grade. Her second novel, “Far From Here,” was published in 2023.
Heidi Paster Harf + Ezra Axelrod Make “Torah Tropical”
HEIDI PASTER HARF is a photographer from Eastern Long Island, who spent the last 15 years photographing daily life in Cali, Colombia, where she lived for two decades. EZRA AXELROD is creative director of ThisTopia, producing Colombian film projects focused on countercultures, regenerative psychoactive plant economies, and social and environmental justice.. Together they made the film “Torah Tropical.”
Read MoreFilmmaker Phil Grabsky Presents the Arts
PHIL GRABSKY is a BAFTA-winning British documentary filmmaker who has received multiple awards for his directing, writing, producing and cinematography.
Read MoreAnnette Insdorf: A Passion for Cinema
ANNETTE INSDORF is an internationally renowned educator, and author of several cinema-related books, including “Francois Truffaut, Indelible Shadows: Film and Holocaust,” “Philip Kaufman,” “Intimations: The Cinema of Wojciech Has,” and “Cinematic Overtures: How to Read Opening Scenes.” She is a Professor in the Graduate Film Program of Columbia’s School of the Arts and served as Director of Undergraduate Film Studies for 27 years.
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