You Ought to Be in Pictures

For the past several years, Tim Hulsey and I have been covering the Virginia Film Festival for The Metro Herald, a 42,000-circulation weekly published in Alexandria.

Every year I take lots of pictures at the festival, which sometimes feels like Hollywood on the Rivanna. Some of the pictures get published in The Metro Herald to accompany stories and film reviews.

This year I have assembled a photo essay, which I hope will appear in next week's edition of the newspaper. Here's a preview, exclusive to my blog readers. (Other photos, taken by Tim Hulsey or provided by the Virginia Film Festival publicity team, have also been submitted to The Metro Herald.)

For my first impressions of the 2005 Virginia Film Festival, which took place during the last weekend of October, see my article, "Fever," below. As this is my first serious attempt at photoblogging, please bear with me if you encounter any glitches.

The newly renovated Paramount Theatre for the first time hosted Virginia Film Festival screenings: Rodrigo Garcia’s Nine Lives and Harold Ramis’ The Ice Harvest. (Metro Herald photo by Rick Sincere)

Richard Herskowitz, director of the Virginia Film Festival, introduces the world premiere of Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, on the final night of the 2005 festival. (Metro Herald photo by Rick Sincere)

The cast and crew of “Dead Ringer,” the short film that won the Jury Award at the Virginia Film Festival’s second annual Adrenaline Film Project. “Dead Ringer” was produced by one of three high school teams that entered the competition. (Metro Herald photo by Rick Sincere)

The cast and crew of “Sweet Dreams,” the short film that won the Audience Award at the Virginia Film Festival’s second annual Adrenaline Film Project. (Metro Herald photo by Rick Sincere)

Filmmakers Jeff Wadlow and Beau Bauman, director and producer, respectively, of the recent feature Cry_Wolf, introduce the second annual Adrenaline Film Project at the 2005 Virginia Film Festival in Charlottesville, Wadlow’s hometown. (Metro Herald photo by Rick Sincere)

Veteran director Harold Ramis, on Charlottesville’s downtown mall after a screening of his new film, The Ice Harvest, at the 2005 Virginia Film Festival. (Metro Herald photo by Rick Sincere)


Actor, screenwriter, and director Robert Margolis, whose semi-autobiographical film The Definition of Insanity won both audience and jury awards at the 2005 Virginia Film festival. (Metro Herald photo by Rick Sincere)

David Marfield, screenwriter and director of the psychological thriller Deepwater, with Matthew Jones, the Charlottesville-based author of the novel used as the basis for the film. (Metro Herald photo by Rick Sincere)

Film director Carlo Nero and his mother, Oscar-winning actress Vanessa Redgrave, are interviewed prior to a screening of their new HBO film, Fever, on the first night of the 18th Annual Virginia Film Festival. (Metro Herald photo by Rick Sincere)

“Fever”: Director Carlo Nero and his mother, Oscar-winning actress Vanessa Redgrave, are interviewed by WVIR-TV’s Stephanie Cornwell on the opening night of the 2005 Virginia Film Festival. (Metro Herald photo by Rick Sincere)

Three generations of filmmakers: Lee Caplin (left), producer of Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont; his mother, Ruth Sacks Caplin, first-time screenwriter at age 85 for “Mrs. Palfrey;” and his son, actor Danny Alexander, who stars in the critically-acclaimed indie film, Steal Me. (Metro Herald photo by Rick Sincere)

The Regal Cinemas in downtown Charlottesville was one of the venues for the 2005 Virginia Film Festival. (Metro Herald photo by Rick Sincere)