<![CDATA[Mud Puddle Films - News]]>Mon, 26 Dec 2022 07:38:37 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[July 22nd, 2015]]>Thu, 23 Jul 2015 03:00:16 GMThttp://www.mudpuddlefilms.com/news/july-22nd-2015
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First a DVR.  Now Netflix.  I've been drawn into this wonderful, golden age of television, so why not add a couple television shows to my list of favorites for the year so far, more or less in this order:

Love and Mercy (USA).  I wouldn't say I've ever been a particular fan of the Beach Boys, but this biopic about the creative, troubled genius behind their distinctive sound is illuminating and luminous (and sometimes dark as well).  

Rectify (USA, 2013-15).  The first two seasons of this Peabody Award-winning Sundance Channel show are available on Netflix.  When DNA tests free a man who has been on death row for 20 years, he, his family, and his small town have to adjust.  And, by the way, did he commit the original crime after all?  

Top of the Lake (New Zealand, 2013).  In this miniseries, also from the Sundance Channel, a young detective in a remote New Zealand town is forced to deal with her own difficult past as she tries to find a disappeared girl.  

What We Do in the Shadows (New Zealand).  I'm already a bit of a sucker for a good mockumentary, but this look at the complications of contemporary vampire life rivals even the beloved Spinal Tap.  

Ex Machina (USA).  While pretty female androids already border on cliché, this clever little film viciously turns the cliché on its head.
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Timbuktu (France).  This sometimes tragic, sometimes farcical depiction of jihadists disrupting the life of a small town is actually set in the Mali town of Timbuktu.
 
White God (Hungary).  A girl and her dog story turns into something much more in this strange, poetic, and violent black and white fairy tale.
 
Girlhood (France).  An innocent falls under the sway of an all-girl street gang.
 
While We're Young (USA).  A consistently funny and insightful look at a 40ish couple taken with the bohemian lifestyle of a much younger couple.
]]><![CDATA[New Black & White CD released!]]>Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:58:07 GMThttp://www.mudpuddlefilms.com/news/new-black-white-cd-released
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Mud Puddle Films' Dominic DeLay has released a new music CD with his Black & White singing partner John Paul Forté.  Maintain the Light features a variety of musical styles and includes the singing friars’ trademark narration. “We want to draw the listener into a journey of deepening and enlightened faith expression,” says Forté.  Or, as their liner notes put it, they want to “take you on a journey of cultures and people meeting each other and creating lasting friendships that change the world.”

Fathers Forté and DeLay have been singing together since their early years as Dominican student brothers.  Says Forté, “With the creation of our new album, we wanted to allow the deep friendship we celebrated in our first album to mingle with the history and spiritually of our Dominican roots.”  Maintain the Light is comprised of original songs based on scripture and Dominican tradition.  “We hope to raise questions that help people to seek God and truth and to take the light of this encounter into the world,” says DeLay. 
]]><![CDATA[Best Drama Nomination for Zola]]>Sat, 21 Feb 2015 21:25:25 GMThttp://www.mudpuddlefilms.com/news/best-drama-nomination-for-zolaZola was nominated for Best Drama at the San Diego Black Film Festival!
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]]><![CDATA[New Release]]>Mon, 01 Dec 2014 05:58:06 GMThttp://www.mudpuddlefilms.com/news/new-releaseHappy to announce the release of Zola Jumped In!
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