First of I’d like to thank Mom, Dad and Sallie Mae for making it possible for me to go on this trip. As my first study (kinda) abroad trip from Eckerd this has been a great one. Living in Park City, just minutes from Main Street for 10 days was a great growing experience. Attending the film festival and participating in all of the activities that goes with it was amazing. Never have I seen so many BlackBerrys and iPhones in one place. When new President Obama was sworn the theatre I was sitting in at 10am lit up with a blueish LCD glow from all the text messages and emails from happy friends all over the country. (more…)

Ry Russo-Young and Stella Schnabel put together a stunning portrait of a 20-something working her way around the New York rock scene. Russo-Young directs this gritty script that she and her lead actress co-wrote together after over a decade of friendship. Schnabel plays Shelly: she’s emotional, mean, honest, sexy, hard to get along with but easy to talk to and, in her own words, “fucked up.” (more…)