Mutual Admiration Society (2014) will be premiered in IndieCork Film Festival this month.
"Surreal and mysterious, in equal parts absurd and intense, Mutual Admiration Society is part of the noted multi-film collaboration between actor James Devereaux and experimental filmmaker Rouzbeh Rashidi. Based entirely around a silent, tour-de-force one-man...
Dear friends,
Today marks the 500th day in a row I've written a post in The Great Acting Blog. So, it is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my run must now come to an end. Getting my new feature film off...
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Check-out the teaser
Mutual Admiration Society, my collaborative feature film made with Rouzbeh Rashidi, has been selected for the forthcoming IndieCork Film Festival (12-19 October 2014). More info soon.
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