Read More: In 'Results,' Andrew Bujalski and Guy Pearce Riff on the Romantic Comedy Formula Paul Bernon is a principal at Rubicon Real Estate, which owns and manages one million square feet of commercial property in New England. Sam Slater is a principal at Tremont Asset Management LLC, which owns and manages over 2,000 apartments, office properties and agricultural properties throughout the United States and Canada. After meeting at a party at Bernon's house in 2012, they teamed up to start a production company, Burn Later Productions. They made a splash with their first feature, Joe Swanberg's "Drinking Buddies," starring Olivia Wilde and Anna Kendrick. Since then, they've produced a string of high-profile indies including Ross Katz's "Adult Beginners," starring Rose Byrne, Nick Kroll and Bobby Cannavale; the Peabody Award-winning documentary "Best Kept Secret;" Terence Nance's "An Oversimplification of Her Beauty;" and most recently, Andrew...
- 6/20/2015
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
Nobody can question San Diego's climate. With 201 days above 70 degrees each year, America's Finest City (it's official nickname) hosts more than 32 million visitors who annually pump an estimated eight billion dollars into the regional economy. And the locals have it good, too: S.D. has recently been named America's second best city to work, its ninth best place to buy a house and, for the thirsty, the third best beer town in America. But it's not all sunshine and smiles in SoCal. Where there's wealth, there's an underbelly. And that's...
- 1/31/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Samantha Buck’s documentary “Best Kept Secret” may be the best kept secret of the year. Not only is it currently the only 2013 release with a perfect 100 rating on Metacritic — a more discerning review aggregator than Rotten Tomatoes — but it’s one of five movies recently nominated for the 2013 Gotham Independent Film Audience Award along with major awards contenders “12 Years a Slave” and “Fruitvale Station.” (Fans can vote on the award until Nov. 24.) Made for less than $400,000, “Best Kept Secret” chronicles 18 months in the lives of Janet Mino, a New Jersey teacher whose students...
- 11/22/2013
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
The films 12 Years a Slave and Fruitvale Station made it through the first round of voting for the Gotham Independent Film Audience Award. The two titles will face off against the other top three vote-getters in the second round, with the winner to be announced at the Gotham Awards ceremony Dec. 2. The other remaining nominees are Samantha Buck's Best Kept Secret, Ramona S. Diaz's Don't Stop Believin': Everyman' s Journey documentary for Cinedigm, and Tadashi Nakamura's Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings. Analysis: Oscar Watchers Shouldn't Read Too Much Into Gotham Awards Noms The winner will be
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- 11/7/2013
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Independent Filmmaker Project set its top five nominees for the 4th annual Gotham Independent Film Audience Award. To be eligible, a U.S. film must have won an audience award at one of the top 50 U.S. or Canadian film festivals from December 2012 through October 2013. First round voting began October 24th and ended November 5th at 12:00 am, and comprised 36 audience award-winning films from the top 50 Us and Canadian film festivals. Round two voting begins November 8th at 10:00 am to select a final winner and ends November 24th at 11:59 pm. Filmgoers can vote online for their favorite film at http://gotham.ifp.org/audience_award. 2013 Gotham Audience Award Nominees 12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen, director; Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Bill Pohlad, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Anthony Katagas, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Fruitvale Station Ryan Coogler, director; Nina Young Bongiovi, Forest Whitaker, producers (The Weinstein Company) Best Kept Secret Samantha Buck,...
- 11/7/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
As befits its title, "Best Kept Secret," Samantha Buck's intimate look at a New Jersey High School for special needs children, is one of the best kept secrets of the past year. At the movie review aggregation site Metacritic.com, it is the only film with a perfect 100 "Metascore." It was the Audience Award winner at Iff Boston and named one of the Best of the Fest at AFI Docs. It played well on PBS' P.O.V. strand in September. And yet 15 film festivals rejected "Best Kept Secret" before it found acclaim. What did critics and audiences eventually see in "Best Kept Secret" that 15 film festival programmers did not? Film festivals reject movies for a variety of reasons -- quality, or the lack of it, of course -- but there are other factors, as well: achieving a "balanced program"; picking films appropriate to specific local audiences. But do some films...
- 10/31/2013
- by Anthony Kaufman
- Indiewire
I find Newark, New Jersey to be one of the scariest and ugliest cities in the United States, but Samantha Buck's documentary Best Kept Secret reveals a side of the economically ravaged city that very few people even know about. John F. Kennedy High School is Newark’s best kept secret. A public school located in the 10th poorest city in the U.S., JFK High School provides a loving and attentive educational environment for students with special needs, specifically those spanning the spectrum of autism. Best Kept Secret focuses specifically on Janet Mino, a teacher at JFK High School who is about to see her class of autistic men graduate in the spring of 2012. Mino knows that once the students leave JFK High School, they will no longer receive the same kind of care that she is able to provide for them. As the students creep closer to...
- 9/7/2013
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Title: Best Kept Secret Director: Samantha Buck An open-hearted, engaging documentary that follows the lives of a group of young autistic kids for the 18 months leading up to them placing out of a special needs school at age 21, “Best Kept Secret” is a movie that flirts with heartbreak and despair while also showcasing — in the form of both struggling yet involved parents as well as its strong, crusading teacher protagonist — the better angels of human nature. In telling a more compact, focused story than recent, similarly themed nonfiction feature “The United States of Autism,” the film packs an undeniable emotional punch, throwing a spotlight on characters [ Read More ]
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- 9/6/2013
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
Here's the brand new trailer for the feature documentary, Best Kept Secret, directed by Samantha Buck and produced by Danielle Digiacomo, which had its DC premiere at AFI Docs last night. Its film festival circuit run will be followed by a limited theatrical release this summer (details on that to come later). Its synopsis reads: At JFK High School, located in the midst of a run-down area in Newark, New Jersey, the nation’s 10th poorest city, administrators answer the phone by saying, “You’ve reached John F. Kennedy High School, Newark’s Best Kept Secret.” And indeed, it is. JFK is a public school for all types of students with special education...
- 6/21/2013
- by Natasha Greeves
- ShadowAndAct
After making its world premiere at the Independent Film Festival Boston over the weekend, the feature documentary, Best Kept Secret, directed by filmmaker and actor Samantha Buck and produced by filmmaker/distributor Danielle Digiacomo, will have its New Jersey premiere on Saturday, May 4 at 1:45 pm during the Montclair Film Festival at the Montclair Kimberley Academy. Its film festival circuit travels will be followed by a limited theatrical release this summer (details on that to come later). Its synopsis reads: At JFK High School, located in the midst of a run-down area in Newark, New Jersey, the nation’s 10th poorest city,...
- 4/30/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
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