by Tim | Jan 22, 2014 | A SAFE HOUSE
This film rivetingly reveals that in that life, real life there is no such thing as “A Safe House.” Amidst family crime dramas that populate the small screen (Blue Bloods, The Good Wife) and the big screen, (The Town, The Departed, Mystic River), A Safe House delivers...
by Tim | Jan 22, 2014 | MOTHER COUNTRY
Breaux, a San Francisco tech writer and Stanford graduate, shot her film – a drama about a young gang member on a road trip of self-discovery after he accidentally shoots an innocent girl – in 21 days across four states. The film debuted in July at the...
by Tim | Jan 21, 2014 | MOTHER COUNTRY
It’s mid-morning on Memorial Day, and Maria Breaux is calling from El Paso. Deep in the heart of production on Mother Country, she’s got half an hour to chat while her crew packs up the caravan– two cars and a van – for the trip to Albuquerque. “We drove from San...
by Tim | Jan 21, 2014 | MOTHER COUNTRY
Written and directed by Maria Breaux, Mother Country bravely traverses a minefield of race and class issues while sidestepping cliché. She and the film manage to emerge miraculously intact. Dwight Porter (Thomas Galasso) gets caught up in gang violence in Austin. He...
