About
I’m Jay Antani and CinemaWriter.com is my movie review site, started in 2009. CinemaWriter is all film reviews all the time. This is where you go if you want my latest reviews. You’ll also find links to my reviews written for other outlets, most often for Moving Pictures Magazine, Filmcritic.com and Slant Magazine.
A bit about me: I’ve been a film critic and feature writer since 2002 when I began writing for the short-lived, little-known but very plucky Los Angeles Alternative newsweekly. A year or so later, I also started writing for Slant, Filmcritic, and, later, for Boxoffice Magazine and the world-cinema site Jaman.com. I began contributing to Moving Pictures Magazine in 2010.
The majority of my film coverage has been in the areas of independent, international, classic and non-mainstream cinema because that’s where I think the most rewarding discoveries are to be made. Still, I love all kinds of movies — from classic and current Hollywood and World Cinema to documentaries and experimentals. If it’s good, what does it matter what genre it is or where/how it got made made?
In 2004, I was inducted into the Online Film Critics Society and, in 2005, I became credentialled with the MPAA.
I try to update Cinema Writer as often as I can, but, as this is a labor of love, a professional hobby if you will, I can’t devote as much time to it as I’d like. Oh, and feel free to leave comments. Feedback is always awesome.
June 3, 2009 at 7:10 pm |
Dear Jay,
I just recently viewed your website and I greatly enjoyed it. I’m sure you get alot of views. With that in mind, I have a movie I would like reviewed. I work for Slappy K-nappy Productions, a small film company in Austin, Texas and we just recently produced a feature length comedy titled “Sno Cone Inc,” starring Tony Sirico (“The Sopranos”) and Morgan Fairchild (“Chuck”). It’s a movie about three stock broker trainees who hate their job and their bosses, played by Sirico and Fairchild, and attempt to start their own business by opening up a sno cone stand. We plan on releasing it onto DVD nationwide on July 4th. If you would please get back to us on how we might get you to review it, I would greatly appreciate it! Thank you!
Sincerely,
George Cagle
P.S. If you wish to view the film’s website, it it http://snoconemovie.com
February 12, 2011 at 8:42 pm |
Hi Jay,
Love your blog!
We just released a feature documentary that is being distributed on dvd by Indiepixfilms on the life of David Klein-the forgotten founder of Jelly Belly jelly beans…Its an amazing true story that has to be seen to be believed…It is the Social Network with candy…we were just written up in USA Today…we’d love for you to review the film…This film really is truly inspirational for anyone who has had major ups and downs in life. It is directed by Costa Botes(Forgotten Silver).
http://content.usatoday.com/ communities/popcandy/post/ 2011/02/candyman-spills-the- beans-on-an-inventors-life/1
Candyman the David Klein Story is directed by Costa Botes(Forgotten Silver) and exec produced by Eddie Schmidt(This film is not yet rated)
website and trailer is at http://www.candymanfilm.com
Bert Klein