Texas Chainsaw Massacre to screen at Endless Mountains Theatre Saturday

This Saturday, April 2, the Tobe Hooper’s horror classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre will be screening at the Endless Mountains in Dockson City this Saturday at 10 pm. Tickets are $9 and available at the theatre. The film is presented by the fine and crazy folks at SpookyDudes, so expect a wild night out at [...]

Local Project Update: "Cubes"

The independent digital film Cubes is currently in active post-production. The initial rough cut of the film was assembled this past fall, at which point major post work went into a planned hiatus while the director went into theatrical production on a large cast musical and 17 one-act plays. Some work did continue during the [...]

Wyoming Valley’s Film History Lecture This Sunday (March 13)

Did you knw that there was once a silent film studio in Forty Fort that produced comedies for Paramount Pictures? Or that an early pioneer in film exhibition was headquartered right in Wilkes-Barre? This Sunday (March 13) Community Film Project board member Rich Drees will be lecturing to the Shickshinny Historical Society on the history [...]

Indie film pioneer Morris Engel has passed away

We here at the CFP are saddened to note that independant film pioneer Morris Engel has passed away this past Saturday, March 5 at his home in New York City at the age of 86. In 1953, Engel shot the film The Little Fugitive, the story of a 7 year old Brooklyn boy who mistakenly [...]

"Winter In The City" This Friday

This Friday, March 4, members of the Community Film Project board will be attending Scranton Tomorrow‘s Winter in the City at the Lackawanna County Trolley Museum (at Steamtown National Historic Site) from 5:30 to 8pm. The admission is $15.00 and covers Beer, Wine, Soda, Cosmos, Pizza and Hors d’oeuvres with the proceeds going towards Scranton [...]

CFP Board Members on this week’s "Northeast Current"

CFP Board members Vice-President Jason Sherry and Press Officer Rich Drees will appear on the locally produced current affairs show Northeast Current this Saturday to discuss with host John Baldino the Community Film Project, show clips from our recent project Bad Time and to invite interested viewers to check out our website. The show airs [...]

Endless mountains Theatre’s JW Colwell a ‘Millionaire’?

JW Colwell, the promotions manager at Dickson City’s Endless Mountains Theatre has temporarily swapped working behind a movie projector for appearing in front of the camera, specifically this coming Monday’s (March 7) installment of the game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? airing at 4:00 pm on WNEP channel 16. (Check cable listings for [...]

Audition Notice: "Wishbone"

Auditions for “Wishbone” are slated for March 11 (4 – 7 PM) and March 12 (Noon – 6 PM). Director Tim Gaer of Archon Films will conduct the casting call at the Dickson City Borough Building. “Wishbone” is a horror film written by Pittston resident Michael Fasciana.