African American Film Festival enters 14th year
The annual Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival arrives at the Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center on Monday, August 8. The festival, founded by...
Celebrating women filmmakers
Remember 2010 when Kathryn Bigelow was the first woman to win an Academy Award for best director for her film “The Hurt Locker”? Since...
We Were There: The Filming of Jaws
I spent the summer of 1975 the same way I had spent every summer of my 11 years — at my family’s cottage on...
James Lapine’s ‘Falsettos’ screens at the M.V. Film Center
One of the perks of the Vineyard summer season is the number of luminaries of the arts world who not only either live or...
Summer Institute Film Festival screens at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center
"Monsieur Mayonnaise" will be screened August 20.
The Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center launches its annual Summer Institute Film Festival on Sunday, July 9. It is...
International Film Festival brings the globe to the Island
Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan in "The Trip to Spain." —Courtesy MV Film Society
Now in its 12th year, the Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival...
Behind the scenes at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival
Eighteen years ago, Island carpenter Thomas Bena and a handful of friends decided they wanted to show the film shorts they’d made, so they...
Beloved local painter Allen Whiting gets a movie
Two years ago, Emmy awardwinning filmmakers David and Barbarella Fokos (Salt & Sugar Productions) produced a documentary on Vineyard artist Heather Neill. The Fokoses...
Made on MVY: ‘One Big Home’ documentary
There is no downside to placing reasonable limits on house size.
In his first feature-length documentary, “One Big Home,” Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival founder...
Music galore coming this weekend in FilmMusic Festival
The M.V. Film Center tunes up for a weekend of music, June 20 to June 23. Seven films, including six documentaries and the classic...
