Kirsten Studio

As most people who watch television award shows and subscribe to cable know, Mad Men is a AMC original series about the Manhattan advertising world of the early 60’s. Created by Matthew Weiner (with writer credits for some 26 episodes), Mad Men is an exceptionally constructed, high quality show. You can’t find too many of [...]

I recently watched the documentary, Blue Vinyl.  Last summer, I attended a panel discussion on Philanthropy and Film that was part of IFP’s Filmmaker Conference in New York.  Judith Helfand was one of the speakers on the panel.  She co-directed and produced Blue Vinyl with Daniel B. Gold.  Ms. Helfand was an excellent speaker and talked about [...]

  The other night, an acquaintance of mine suggested I was a walking contraction of taste and values when he pointed out that I referred to both filmmaker Sally Potter and the late 50′s, early 60′s Peter Gunn episodic, as “great”. Granted, this praise was referenced during two separate conversations over the course of a couple cups [...]

Remember back when your high school or college had foreign exchange programs?  A family would host a student from some far off land (although now days the world wide web makes it seem less far, but it still indeed is) and you’d meet them at school and get to know them, learn about their culture [...]