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Diane Keaton was Woody Allen‘s ex-girlfriend and muse when she played the lead in his 1977 hit film, Annie Hall — but she wasn’t the only one who served as inspiration.

In her new memoir, Brother & Sister, the 74-year-old star explains that Annie’s troubled brother Duane (Christopher Walken) was based on her own brother John Randolph Hall, an artist who has struggled with mental illness, alcoholism, and dark fantasies his whole life. Now 71, Hall suffers from dementia and lives in a care facility, where his sister visits him weekly.

“Sometimes, when I’m driving on the road at night,...

In September of 1986, Miles Davis released Tutu, his first album for Warner Bros. after three decades as a Columbia artist. But what fans of the late trumpeter didn’t know at the time was that he had originally started recording an entirely different LP for the label. Begun in 1985 and eventually shelved before it was complete, that album — Rubberband — will finally come out on September 6th, following a preview Ep that came out on Record Store Day 2018.

Original producers Randy Hall and Zane Giles finished the project along with Davis...

Diane Keaton hasn’t lived a traditional life (an Oscar-winning actress, she never wanted to be a wife, she says), but family remains the center of her world. And family includes her younger brother, Randy Hall, who she says suffers from dementia.

“I’ve spent a lot of time in senior living facilities [recently] with my brother, Randy, who has dementia,” the 73-year-old actress—who’s now starring in her 58th film, Poms–tells People in a wide-ranging interview for this week’s issue. “I’m writing a book about him. He always had mental issues. Nobody could figure it out,...

Stars: Scott Adkins, Nick Chinlund, Caitlin Keats, Madison Lawlor, Tony Perez, Jake La Botz, Scott Evans, Randy Hall, Julien Cesario, Ray Diaz, Anthony L. Fernandez | Written by Chad Law, Shane Dax Taylor | Directed by Isaac Florentine

After unwittingly making off with a mysterious flash drive during the rescue of his young niece from a powerful drug cartel, Colton MacReady is thrust into a relentless fight to save his family as the cartel descends upon his sister’s home in search of it and their own brand of south-of-the-border justice. In tow is a corrupt local sheriff and his crew of deputies, ensuring that help won’t be coming any time soon. What ensues is a non-stop assault, a blow-by-blow survival marathon for Colton to protect his loved ones and save his own life while keeping the drive from falling back into the wrong hands.

Isaac Florentine and Scott Adkins, two...

Update on new online web series titled Chasing Monsters, you can grab a peek her below!

“Teddy” is Part I in a five part web series, created by Director Randy Hall and Writer Jason Klefisch (the founders of Chasing Monsters Productions). “Teddy” is aimed to introduce the audience into this world of the unknown. With each installment to the Chasing Monsters Web Series, we will be pulling back the curtains a little more, as … Continue reading →...

And the winner is……St. Louis!

Independent filmmaking thrives here and we’re lucky to have such a top-notch cinema-related event planning group like Cinema St. Louis to organize an event like last week’s Stella Artois St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase at the Tivoli Theater. After Thursday night’s final film, an awards party was held in the Duck Room at Blueberry Hill.

Congratulations to all the winners……and here they are:

Best Film (Narrative Feature): “Joint Body” by Brian Jun

Best Documentary Feature: “Give a Damn?” by Dan Parris

Best Actor: Mark Pellegrino “Joint Body”

Best Actress: Libby Bibb “All Those Yesterdays”

Best Supporting Actor: David Martyn Conley “Bedlam Street”

Best Supporting Actress: Julie Layton “Bedlam Street”

Best Actor In A Comedic Role: Doug Jones “Sudden Death!”

Best Actress In A Comedic Role: Michelle Davidson “Ready to Pop”

Best Juvenile Actor: Caden Self “Hidden Treasure”

Best Juvenile Actress:...

Cinema St. Louis, our city’s non-profit cinema-related event planning group, will presenting its 11th annual St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase which begins this Saturday, August 13th at the Tivoli Theater (and ends with a party on the 18th at Blueberry Hill). The showcase, sponsored by Stella Artois Beer, is a chance for St. Louis-based filmmakers to show off their art. All of these films were written, directed, edited or produced by St. Louis natives or those with strong local ties. The 16 film programs that screen at the Tivoli from Aug. 14-18 serve as St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase.s centerpiece. The programs range from full-length fiction features and documentaries to multi-film compilations of fiction and documentary shorts. Many programs include post-screening Q&As with filmmakers. Watch for more coverage of this important local event here at We Are Movie Geeks.com over the coming days

Here’s the schedule:

Saturday, Aug.