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NEW WEBSITE!!!

Check it out!

www.alexandraroxo.com

xxx  my new blog will be on the news section!

New Projects!

Hello, hello...I haven't updated this in a bit since I use facebook and twitter a lot but here is a list of the projects I am working on right now.  There have been a lot of awesome collaborations happening recently that have got me very excited!

F A S H I O N

Jill Lindsey Video Lookbook-Editor/DP Jeff Croghan and I are working on a video lookbook for NYC based fashion designer Jill Lindsey.  She makes amazing dresses...

Vanidades Behind-the-Scenes video for October Editorial-I shot a behind the scenes video for photographer Richard Machado's October editorial shoot for Vanidades magazine.  Edited by Jeff Croghan.

N A R R A T I V E  F I L M
Mary Marie-Mary Marie, the feature film I made with co-writer/star Alana Kearns-Green, is begining its festival submissions.  Stay tuned for news in the upcoming months. Join our facebook page here!

Bemvindo- The short film I made in May is also in the festival submission process.  Hoping for good news soon!

P H O T O
Shareen Sarwar and Vintage Mavens
I just did a photo shoot with the lovely Shareen Sarwar in Miami.  Shareen lives in Miami and owns Vintage Mavens, an awesome online vintage store.  Stay tuned. Check out the behind the scenes photos here.


Musician and Animator Molly Allis
I recently shot the web/album photos for Molly Allis's upcoming album.  We shot on Mt. Misery and it was exhilarating! Her videos and music are AMAZING!  See/hear here.

Writer/Director Deborah Kampmeier
I recently shot photos for director Deborah Kampmeier's new website.  She is going to be directing a new biopic on Carson McCullers who wrote "The Heart is a Lonley Hunter" and has another project called SPLIT in the works.  Check out the announcement in Variety. AND if you never saw Hounddog starring Dakota Fanning, you should watch it on Netflix!  I am in the church scene- see if you can spot me!

I've been taking a lot of photos lately in general which I am posting on my new tumblr page.

I'd also had some interviews/articles/reviews out this past month for Hammer to Nail and the Tribeca Blog:  Claire Denis and Isabelle Huppert, Lucy Walker, and Frederick Wiseman.  Its so awesome inerviewing such talented people.

I've got some exciting projects in the works that I can't reveal yet but will post very soon! And as you can see lately I've been all about the collaborations so if you have an idea send it my way.

Photos and Video for Designer Jill Lindsey

I just did a shoot with designer Jill Lindsey's beautiful dresses.  Check out her stuff at www.jilllindsey.com.  She also has a line of knit wear at the New York store "In God we Trust."  

You can see a few more pictures at www.alexandraroxo.tumblr.com.  Video look book coming soon!

Found Roll of Film from February

Rebel Rebel Bingo NYC

Photos of Rebel Bingo hosts James Flames, Julia Stephens, and Chelsey Schartz at the Underground Rebel Bingo Club on August 6th, 2010. Digital pics here.

Featured in the NY Times Blog and NBC.

Watch "The Heart is What Remains" on Vimeo!

The Heart is What Remains from Alexandra Roxo on Vimeo.

Award-winning experimental short by Writer/Director Alexandra Roxo, featuring Anna Telcs and Nko Rey. Music by Valet, Eluvium, and Dormant. The film screened in the A.I.R. Gallery Biennial in 2009, Artsfest, NJ Film Festival, Local Sightings Film Festival and more.

The Inspiring and Hilarious Michel Gondry at Lincoln Center

A week or so ago Lincoln Center held a two-hour "Conversation with Michel Gondry" as part of the series "Rendezvous with French Cinema."  Gondry's new film "The Thorn in my Heart" screened as a part of the series.

Gondry was a pleasure and a delight.  He started the evening kind of shy and got sillier and more candid as the night went on...  Gondry grew up in a family of eccentric artists which afforded him the time and energy to be creative and explore.  He wanted to be either a painter or an inventor when he grew up.  But since he was not totally qualified for either he decided "a camera is the perfect instrument to let me make a world where i can be the inventor."  He started making music videos for his band "Oui Oui" and Bjork saw them and loved them.

My Thoughts on Catherine Breillat's new film Bluebeard...

Breillat is one of my all-time favorite directors.  Her work has influenced me greatly as an artist and a filmmaker.  So I decided to review her latest film...

Bluebeard, a French literary folk tale from the late 1600's, has been the subject of many films. In early March, the Anthology Film Archives ran a series of the Bluebeard inspired films those of directed by Méliès, Lubitsch, Lang, Ulmer, Chaplin, and Michael Powell. Catherine Breillat's depiction of the tale of Bluebeard opens at IFC Center on March 26th.

Mary Marie's Alana Kearns-Green at Fusion Fest Saturday Feb. 27th!

 

Mary Marie's  co-writer/producer/star Alana Kearns-Green will be speaking on the "Double Threats" panel at NYU's Fusion Film Festival on Saturday February 27th at 5 pm at NYU's Tisch: 721 Broadway building, Theater 006. 

This panel features many multi-hyphenates: actor-writers, director-producers, writer-directors and so on. It seems some ladies can really do it all.Other panelists include Paola Mendoza, Jennifer Grausman, and Lena Dunham.    

Follow Mary Marie on Facebook and Twitter to hear what the panelists are saying, see pics, and watch video of the panel!

Brian Newman's Master Class on Audience Building at DCTV

Last night Brian Newman conducted a class at DCTV on Audience Building.

Brian Newman is the founder of sub-genre consulting, helping filmmakers and organizations to distribute content and connect with audiences through innovative uses of new technology. Brian was most recently CEO of the Tribeca Film Institute, and has been the executive director of Renew Media and IMAGE Film & Video Center. He speaks regularly on new media, audience development and the future of the industry, and contributes to a blog on these subjects at Springboardmedia.
 

Below is a slideshow of his presentation!

Shooting People Engage101

View more presentations from Brian Newman.

Great Advice from Paola Mendoza and Gloria La Morte, Directors of Entre Nos

Tribeca All Access had a case study of Paola Mendoza and Gloria La Morte's feature film Entre Nos and a panel which included Paola and Gloria.  Gloria and Paola wrote "Entre Nos" together and the film won a camera package grant from IFP before going into production and then screening around the world.

"Entre Nos" is the story of Paola's mother's journey as an immigrant with two kids in New York City. In the clips shown at the case study Paola's performance is stunning and profound.  Gloria and Paola seem to be a fearless duo.  Here is some advice they gave that I found super helpful and inspiring for filmmakers...

Cast and Crew Call!

The Domani Vision Society and Visionfest have chosen 5 directors to make short films for the FivexFive New York State of Mind Digital Project. Directors include:  Ari Taub, Alexandra Roxo, Elizabeth Van Meter, Debra Eisenstadt, and Nyle Cavazos Garcia. Mark Doyle will serve as Supervising Producer to the projects.  The films will have their world premieres in New York City on June 27, 2010 at the Tribeca Cinemas as part of Visionfest 2010.  Each film will be five minutes long, take place in NYC, and each director will have to direct actors of the opposite sex.

We are currently accepting resumes for all crew positions! 

Please email alexandra.roxo@gmail.com with resumes, reels, etc.  

It's going to be a 2 day shoot in late April here in New York City.  And you will able to see the fruits of your labor in June at Visionfest with lots of fun parties and screenings.

My Valentine's Day Suggestion for Film Lovers...

 

BAM Brooklyn is doing a dinner and a movie special on Valentine's Day with the 1934 classic "It Happened One Night."

I wrote a little somethin' about it for Tribeca Film.  Check it out here!

Latest Articles for Tribeca Film!

I have had some fun articles on Tribeca Film's blog including one on Werner Herzog's film "My Son My Son What Have Ye Done" and also "Masquerades" by Lyes Salem.

Read the Herzog article here.

Read the "Masquerades" article here.

Sign up to be on Tribeca Film's mailing list and get my articles sent to you in their newsletter!

My First Article for the Tribeca Film Blog!

My first article for the Tribeca Film Blog is live.  The article is about an indie film called "You Won't Miss Me" by Ry Russo-Young and Stella Schnabel.  I am hoping to begin a series on women in film for their blog.  The film is screening this week at MoMa. 

Read the article HERE.

"The Heart is What Remains" wins "Best Short Film" at the Local Sightings Film Festival!

The two actors from the film Anna Telcs and Nick Rey before the festival.

Prizes for "Best Short Film" included a bottle of wine wrapped in some of Guy Maddin's film footage and $500!

"A visceral experience; evocative, uncompromising and ambitious, a film that achieves every artistic goal it attempts...and there are many."
     -Juror Barry Jenkins (Director of "Medicine for Melancholy")

"The Heart is What Remains" at the Local Sightings Film Festival

My short film "The Heart is What Remains" is playing as part of the Local Sightings Film Festival in Seattle, WA on October 6 at 9 pm.

Northwest Film Forum is located at 1515 12th Ave in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, on 12th Avenue between Pike & Pine Street.

Article about "Mary Marie" in newspaper

Independent movie makers film in Beavertown 
By Megan Angstadt, September 17, 2009 

Alana Kearns-Green, 24, of Los Angeles, sat with her legs tucked under her on a worn, but comfortable brown couch in her family’s home in Beavertown. She carefully sipped from a glass of water in between breaths as she described her most recent artistic endeavor, the independent film “Mary Marie.” Kearns-Green, along with a crew of 14, recently wrapped up filming “Mary Marie,” in the very same house she was born in, located at 325 W. Market St. in Beavertown.

Even though she has traveled a great deal throughout her life — growing up in Harrisburg, attending high school in California, and graduating from New York University with a degree in drama — something about the house she was born in, and the surrounding area, drew her back here when the idea of the film surfaced.

Interview with Alexandra in THE PICTURES: London Underground Film Zine

Article about Alexandra Roxo's film work:

The term ‘psychodrama’ was often used in the 1940s to describe the films of Maya Deren – films in which a single protagonist travels through the film’s often surreal space as if in a dream, everything around them an extension of their consciousness, loaded with symbolism, weight and unsettling significance. While Deren’s ideas have been appropriated by everyone from student filmmakers to David Lynch, and have in themselves become a common (and often poorly thought out) part of film grammar, it is rare to find a modern day filmmaker who uses these techniques in such a pure, stripped down form and with such emotiveness that they feel fresh and moving and every bit as effective as a film by Maya Deren herself.

Alexandra Roxo has made two films in this vein – Out Of The Blue and The Heart Is What Remains. Both are exquisitely shot on Super-8, foregrounding all the grain and texture of film, and both are soundtracked by gorgeous minimal electronica. In both films a young woman finds herself in a picturesque graveyard and wanders in a state of captive trance, negotiating resonant obstacles and evocative traps in a bid for freedom. Horror is never far beneath the surface.

Feature film "Mary Marie" currently in post production!

New feature film "Mary Marie" in post production!


Directed by Alexandra Roxo, written by Alana Kearns-Green and Alexandra Roxo, produced by Rachel Earnest, cinematography by Magela Crosignani, production design by Tim Linden.


Website and trailer coming soon!

"The Heart is What Remains" at Indie Fest USA

The Heart is What Remains will be playing at Indie Fest USA at the Disney Resort in an AMC theatre.

Monday August 24th, 2:00 pm
1565 Disneyland Drive, Anaheim, CA 92802

"The Heart is What Remains" at Visionfest

Visionfest was a success! The screening of the shorts block was sold out, as was the previous night. After the shorts block there was an awesome Q&A and party.

"The Heart is What Remains" at Visionfest

The Heart is What Remains will be screening at VISIONFEST NY at the Tribeca Cinemas on June 18, 2009 at 9:15 pm.

Tribeca Cinemas
54 Varick Street
New York, NY 10013

"Out of the Blue" in Edinburgh

Out of the Blue will be screening on May 31, 2009 at The Pictures Underground Film Club Edinburgh.

The Bowery in Edinburgh, Scotland at the Roxy Arthouse, 2 Roxburgh Place, from 5-11 pm.