The faith-based, award-winning film ‘Paradise Recovered’ is now available for viewers to own on DVD through Amazon. The DVD includes such bonus features as a Filmmaker’s Commentary and a short documentary, ‘Beyond Paradise,’ which illustrates the problem of spiritual abuse in modern culture. ‘Paradise Recovered’ is also available on Video On Demand, through such cable companies as Cox and Comcast. The drama is also streaming through Amazon, iTunes, Blockbuster On Demand and Vudu. The movie, which is being distributed by Monarch Home Entertainment, marks the feature film directorial debut of University of Texas graduate Storme Wood. ‘Paradise Recovered’ also marks the first produced feature script by screenwriter and producer Andie [ Read More ]...
- 5/24/2012
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Producer-director Storme Wood’s Paradise Recovered intelligently discusses faith and religious tolerance (and intolerance) — as well as critically analyzes abusive and prohibitive religious sects — all without a tinge of condescension or judgment. Rather than criticizing religion and spirituality (or lack there of), Paradise Recovered walks the fine line of only taking extreme religious sects to task. More than anything else, Paradise Recovered turns out to prove that religious and spiritual people can peacefully co-exist with atheists, agnostics and everyone else as long as there is an open and intelligent discourse. In other words, listening and understanding is significantly more important than attempting to convert others to your beliefs. I sat down with Wood during the 2010 Austin Film Festival for a discussion about Christianity, religious cults, personal freedom and the need for everyone to turn down the outrage. DS: What attracted you to Andie Redwine’s script? Sw: I tell Andie...
- 11/29/2010
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
It all started at the Steamboat for the Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau sponsored Opening Night Reception...which turned out to be a fun event to just be a wallflower and people-watch while knocking back a few free Dos Equis. Even the band was pretty good; they had a Modern Lovers/Television thing going on. An older white-maned British gentleman let me know that he would have preferred if Perry Como was on stage (a statement I had a difficult time disputing, because in reality what wouldn’t be made better with some Perry Como action? So, I nodded in agreement). Several Dos Equis later and I was well on my way to the Convention Center for a Dark Matters screening of I Didn’t Come Here To Die by Bradley Scott Sullivan. I’ll be posting my review of I Didn’t Come Here To Die soon, so I’ll...
- 10/22/2010
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Storme Wood's debut feature film Paradise Recovered tackles secular freedom and spiritual fulfillment in the story of a young woman forced into finding herself.
Esther (Heather del Rio) is a young woman in service to the local pastor of a fringe Christian group. She's obedient and accepting of the life her church has planned for her until an unexpected encounter leaves her cast out into the world without a home, spiritual or otherwise. When Gabriel (Dane Seth Hurlburt) and his roommate take her in, they take it upon themselves to help Esther adjust to her newfound and unwanted freedom.
Andie Redwine's script could easily have been cliché-ridden, and while there are stereotypical characters, the focus is on Esther, and her self-doubts and much as her self-discovery and she tries to find balance between the world she used to know and her predetermined path and the greater world where...
Esther (Heather del Rio) is a young woman in service to the local pastor of a fringe Christian group. She's obedient and accepting of the life her church has planned for her until an unexpected encounter leaves her cast out into the world without a home, spiritual or otherwise. When Gabriel (Dane Seth Hurlburt) and his roommate take her in, they take it upon themselves to help Esther adjust to her newfound and unwanted freedom.
Andie Redwine's script could easily have been cliché-ridden, and while there are stereotypical characters, the focus is on Esther, and her self-doubts and much as her self-discovery and she tries to find balance between the world she used to know and her predetermined path and the greater world where...
- 10/22/2010
- by Jenn Brown
- Slackerwood
The 17th Annual Austin Film Festival and Conference is now underway! From Oct. 21-28, the Austin Film Festival will be host to filmmakers, actors, screenwriters, industry pros, and people who just love film. One man (Executive Writer - Don Simpson) from the Smells Like Screen Spirit crew has single handedly completed the task of reviewing 9 of the films screening at Aff 2010 in the next week, to provide a sneak preview just for you. Stay tuned for further coverage of the festival throughout the next week; including interviews, tweets and many more reviews. _____________________________________________ Conviction (2010) | Review "...Goldwyn takes a few too many dramatic shortcuts and abides all too closely to preexisting formulas and conventions. There is no narrative depth or subtext; what you see is exactly what you get. The only real chance that Goldwyn takes is in casting Rockwell against type (Swank is cast in an all too predictable and standard...
- 10/21/2010
- by Dave Campbell
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
7:00 pmRollins TheatreParadise Recovered Dir. Storme Wood, Austin Screens, 96 min. 7:00 pmParamount TheatreExporting Raymond Dir. Phil Rosenthal, Marquee Screenings, 86 min. 7:15 pmAustin Convention CenterI Didn't Come Here to Die Dir. Bradley Scott Sullivan, Dark Matters, 85 min. 7:15 pmTexas Spirit TheaterWaste Land Dir. Lucy Walker, Marquee Screenings, 98 min. 7:30 pmAlamo Drafthouse Ritz 1Nice Guy Johnny Dir. Ed Burns, Marquee Screenings, 90 min. 7:30 pmThe Hideout TheatreAnimated Short Films, 77 min. ...
- 10/19/2010
- by Shane Ramirez, Austin Arthouse Cinema Examiner
- Examiner Movies Channel
Director: Storme Wood Writer: Andie Redwine Starring: Andrew Sensenig, Austin Chittim, Dane Hurlburt, Heather Del Rio, Jim Aabear, Marina Seitsinger, Oliver Luke, Richard Dillard, Wendy Zavaleta Esther (Heather del Rio), a young Jesus-loving God-fearing Christian woman donning an over-sized frumpy and shapeless dress, takes a job at a health food store owned by Gabriel (Dane Seth Hurlburt), who is for all intents and purposes a left-wing Godless bohemian -- as they say, desperation makes strange bed-fellows. (“The point on the ideological spectrum where far-left bohemians and right-wing fundamentalists meet is a health food store.”) Esther also works as an assistant for David Sawyer (Andrew Sensenig) -- the local preacher for Warren F. Vanderbilt's Prophetic Watchman Ministries, a very prohibitive Christian sect -- and his family. When David’s son Phillip (Austin Chittim) returns home from Vanderbilt's Kingdom Bible College after being hand-picked by Vanderbilt to become a minister, Phillip and...
- 10/18/2010
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Always one of the most enjoyable events of the year, the 17th Austin Film Festival is gearing up to kick-off next month.
The annual event takes place from October 21-28 in Austin, Texas with movies such as Natalie Portman's "Black Swan" on the docket.
With other films set to screen including "Meek's Cutoff," "127 Hours," and "Fair Game," the full lineup is as follows:
Marquee Screenings
"127 Hours" – Danny Boyle (Writer/Director), Simon Beaufoy (Writer) – (Regional Premiere)
"Black Swan" – Darren Aronofsky (Director), Andres Heinz (Writer), John McLaughlin (Writer) – (Regional Premiere)
"Peep World" – Barry W. Blaustein (Director), Peter Himmelstein (Writer) – (U.S. Premiere)
"Bloodworth" – Shane Dax Taylor (Director), W. Earl Brown (Writer) – (World Premiere)
"Blue Valentine" – Derek Cianfrance (Writer/Director), Joey Curtis (Writer), Camille DeLavigne (Writer) – (Regional Premiere)
"Exporting Raymond" – Phil Rosenthal (Director) – (World Premiere)
"Fair Game" – Doug Liman (Director), Jez & John-Henry Butterworth (Writers) – (Regional Premiere)
"High School" – John Stalberg (Writer/Director...
The annual event takes place from October 21-28 in Austin, Texas with movies such as Natalie Portman's "Black Swan" on the docket.
With other films set to screen including "Meek's Cutoff," "127 Hours," and "Fair Game," the full lineup is as follows:
Marquee Screenings
"127 Hours" – Danny Boyle (Writer/Director), Simon Beaufoy (Writer) – (Regional Premiere)
"Black Swan" – Darren Aronofsky (Director), Andres Heinz (Writer), John McLaughlin (Writer) – (Regional Premiere)
"Peep World" – Barry W. Blaustein (Director), Peter Himmelstein (Writer) – (U.S. Premiere)
"Bloodworth" – Shane Dax Taylor (Director), W. Earl Brown (Writer) – (World Premiere)
"Blue Valentine" – Derek Cianfrance (Writer/Director), Joey Curtis (Writer), Camille DeLavigne (Writer) – (Regional Premiere)
"Exporting Raymond" – Phil Rosenthal (Director) – (World Premiere)
"Fair Game" – Doug Liman (Director), Jez & John-Henry Butterworth (Writers) – (Regional Premiere)
"High School" – John Stalberg (Writer/Director...
- 9/21/2010
- GossipCenter
The Austin Film Festival has unveiled the program for its 17th edition, which runs October 21-28.
"Black Swan," "127 Hours," "Peep World," "Meek's Cutoff," "Conviction," "Brother's Justice," "Fair Game," and many more, including 23 U.S. and world premieres and a handful of locally-made projects, will screen at the fest. The opening, centerpiece and closing night films have not yet been announced.
Festival line-up is below:
Marquee Screenings
"127 Hours" – Danny Boyle (Writer/Director), Simon Beaufoy (Writer) – (Regional Premiere)
"Black Swan" – Darren Aronofsky (Director), Andres Heinz (Writer), John McLaughlin (Writer) – (Regional Premiere)
"Peep World" – Barry W. Blaustein (Director), Peter Himmelstein (Writer) – (U.S. Premiere)
"Bloodworth" – Shane Dax Taylor (Director), W. Earl Brown (Writer) – (World Premiere)
"Blue Valentine" – Derek Cianfrance (Writer/Director), Joey Curtis (Writer), Camille DeLavigne (Writer) – (Regional Premiere)
"Exporting Raymond" – Phil Rosenthal (Director) – (World Premiere)
"Fair Game" – Doug Liman (Director), Jez & John-Henry Butterworth (Writers) – (Regional Premiere)
"High School" – John Stalberg (Writer/Director...
"Black Swan," "127 Hours," "Peep World," "Meek's Cutoff," "Conviction," "Brother's Justice," "Fair Game," and many more, including 23 U.S. and world premieres and a handful of locally-made projects, will screen at the fest. The opening, centerpiece and closing night films have not yet been announced.
Festival line-up is below:
Marquee Screenings
"127 Hours" – Danny Boyle (Writer/Director), Simon Beaufoy (Writer) – (Regional Premiere)
"Black Swan" – Darren Aronofsky (Director), Andres Heinz (Writer), John McLaughlin (Writer) – (Regional Premiere)
"Peep World" – Barry W. Blaustein (Director), Peter Himmelstein (Writer) – (U.S. Premiere)
"Bloodworth" – Shane Dax Taylor (Director), W. Earl Brown (Writer) – (World Premiere)
"Blue Valentine" – Derek Cianfrance (Writer/Director), Joey Curtis (Writer), Camille DeLavigne (Writer) – (Regional Premiere)
"Exporting Raymond" – Phil Rosenthal (Director) – (World Premiere)
"Fair Game" – Doug Liman (Director), Jez & John-Henry Butterworth (Writers) – (Regional Premiere)
"High School" – John Stalberg (Writer/Director...
- 9/21/2010
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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