I was at the Nantucket Film Festival about a week ago to screen Meerkat Media’s film Every Third Bite. While there I only caught one film at the actual festival (it seemed a better use of my time to enjoy the outdoors). The film I saw was Brad Anderson’s Transsiberian. I’ve always been a fan of Anderson and usually enjoy his intelligent and uncommon approach to commonplace genres. Perhaps it’s been a while since I saw one of his films and in that time my viewing preferences have changed, but I found Transsiberian to be somewhat disappointing in a few ways.

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Last summer at the Nantucket Film Festival I had a chance to see Son of Rambow and luckily for everyone, the film is finally coming to theaters in May.

I won’t write a ton about it now, except to say that if anyone doubts that making movies can be inspirational - this is a film you should see. Check out the trailer below and to learn about a group that is helping kids find inspiration in movie-making: