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Notes From The 15th Montclair Film Festival: We Got Attitude
Packed House | Courtesy of Montclair Film and Neil Grabowsky
By Gail S. Leicht
Other film festivals (which shall remain nameless, but you know who you are) focus primarily on celebs, red carpets, and optics, with a certain seriousness tha...
I Play Rocky! A Knockout In New Jersey
Anthony Ippolito in 'I Play Rocky.' CLAIRE FOLGER/AMAZON MGM STUDIOS
Written by Adam Nelson, Co-Founder, Socko!
There is a peculiar cruelty in being told that you are not good enough to become the very thing you invented.
Sylvester Stall...
Platonic Romances, Gender-Bending Fairytales, And A Musical Made In New Jersey: Everything I Saw At The New York Film Festival
By Angela Matusik
Here it is a week after the close of the 64th Annual New York Film Festival and I am still having Lincoln Center withdrawal. Starting on September 17th with an early morning press screening of All of a Sudden to a joyous...
Full Steam Ahead: Celebrating New Jersey’s Film Industry Momentum at Palisades Post
By Gail S. Leicht
Brian Papworth and Jackie Stolfi Coalition for American Production, Mayor Janice Kovach, David Schoner, SANJ President Nick Day, Jane Sinisi, Aldey Sanchez
Under three white tents set up on the lawn in front of Palisades...
Rockwell, Pascal, Johansson: All The Big Guns Screening at the Montclair Film Festival 2026
The applause has barely died down from its 14-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival — where Oscar was the name whispered on everyone’s lips — and the news hits: Wild Horse Nine, directed by Martin McDonagh and starring John Ma...
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SOCKO! keeps score in New Jersey—the place where movies began and where production is roaring back. From Edison's first frames to what's shooting now, it's the straight dope on the state's screen scene.
Adam Nelson is an award-winning writer, actor, & producer. His debut novel, Huckleberry Jim, a literary fiction, was published during Banned Books Week, Tom Sawyer’s 150, year of America’s 250. {Now Available!} Bookshop, Amazon, B&N, fine bookstores
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