August 2012

Meet the Members: Clarissa De Los Reyes

by NFS August 22, 2012

Clarissa De Los Reyes is a woman of many talents. She’s a writer, director and a veteran cinematographer. Her short film Nanay was a featured short on the National Film Society channel. Here she discusses her process on that film, plus remembers the good ol’ days in NYU’s film school, where a certain other filmmaker [...]

Meet the Members: H.P. Mendoza

by NFS August 13, 2012

Welcome back, friends! This week’s featured member is H.P. Mendoza. He took some time out in the middle of making the film festival rounds with his latest project I Am a Ghost to join us. Here he talks about being known for making musicals, gets philosophical about back up singers, and discusses the illegalities of [...]

Actor Aaron Takahashi’s Greatest Hits

by Patrick August 8, 2012

Aaron Takahashi is the GREATEST COMMERCIAL ACTOR OF ALL TIME!!!! Seriously, the man is hilarious, and it was a shame we had to leave so much of our interview with him on the cutting room floor. Below check out some of our favorite Aaron Takahashi commercials as well as clips from his film and television [...]

Wong Fu Productions: Advice For Filmmakers

by Stephen August 2, 2012

In this week’s video “Why & How Filmmakers Should Use YouTube”, Patrick and I interviewed Philip Wang and Wesley Chan of Wong Fu Productions. Last summer when we were just starting to figure out what the National Film Society was going to be, Patrick and I talked a lot about Wong Fu. We were impressed [...]