FREE MOVIE Science Fiction Animation Spiritus by Buffalo Film Director Sabrina Young on YouTube   In this visually compelling animated sci-fi film by Buffalo filmmaker Sabrina Young, a neurotic janitor hitchhikers her way to the dying exoplanet Spiritus to escape the truth of her past in this visually stunning animated machinima film by award-winning Cuban American Director and Composer Sabrina Peña Young.  Full Feature Film Spiritus Available During Quarantine Thrown into the Asylum by her parents after a violent incident, Eleora longs to join the SpaceX crew to journey to Spiritus. Captain Reginald Hunter, a loser playboy, will do anything to stop her from finding the mysterious Ancient alien seer who calls to her light-years away.  Created using a combination of original watercolor paintings created by the director's 8-year-old daughter and video-game inspired machinima, and accompanied by Young's riveting electronica Stranger Things inspired soundtrack, Spiritus promi...

Little Green People is Not Your Typical Roswell Film Roswell Inspired Episodic Comedy Little Green People Coming to Buffalo!  A Scifi-Comedy unlike any other, created by the minds from Not Another Monster Movie & Murder Creek Little Green People is an episodic comedic adaptation of 1947 UFO crash-landing in Roswell, New Mexico. During a mishap, while transporting a dangerous intergalactic criminal through the Milky Way, the curious alien Qually ends up crashed-landed on Earth and must seek shelter while he waits for his crew to rescue him.  Besides being a hilarious comedy starring puppets, yes puppets, the production intends to donate half of the series revenue to the restoration efforts in Australia after the brushfires , as well as to animal rehabilitation centers to help injured Australian animals.  SUPPORT LITTLE GREEN PEOPLE ON INDIEGOGO Little Green People includes a cast and crew featuring Western New York's incredible talent and written ...

Top 5 Science Fiction Films to Watch in 2020 In this world of real-life dystopia and chaos, descending even deeper into a fictional rabbit hole may very well be the medicine you need. Check out these cult favorites this year. You won't regret it.  Donnie Darko  This cult favorite is a dark cinematic tale about a teen tormented by the impending doom about to engulf him. Oh, and there's a creepy rabbit.  Akira  After the 1988 destruction of Tokyo, Neo-Tokyo was born in Akira. Neo-Tokyo is a dystopian nightmare plagued by gang violence, technology, and political evils. Two punks named Tetsuo and Kaneda soon become the most powerful beings on the planet. Only Akira can control Tetsuo's evil powers.  Serenity Joss Whedon's follow-up from the science fiction fan favorite Firefly is a "space western" that you will enjoy every time you watch.  Children of Men  Director Alfonso Cuaron creates a haunting dystopian society that has fully fal...

New Music Artist Spotlight: Steampunk Musical & Interview With Gretchen Suarez-Peña New Music Resource was excited to interview exciting musical theater playwright and director Gretchen Suarez-Peña about her latest musical theater production: Melina A Steampunk Musical Tragedy. Gretchen Suarez-Peña is a long-time playwright and lover of the theatre. She has been acting, directing, and writing plays since her teenage years. Her most recent success was winning overall best full-length play at the 2018 Tampa Bay Theatre Festival for her show Conversations in the Car. Playwright and Director Gretchen Suarez-Peña NMR: How did you start in musical theatre? What inspired you to follow this path?  I've been involved in musical theatre since I was a kid. I loved the theatre, acting, singing, and acting in middle school and high school. I participated in every thespian competition and community theatre production I could at that time and into college and early ...

Starting Your First Short Film “Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds…Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul…always remember what Jean-Luc  Godard said. ‘It’s not where you take things from – it’s where you take them to.’ – Jim Jarmusch Filmmakers, much like novelists or composers, bear their souls within their films, especially in the earliest stages of filmmaking, before the lights of Hollywood dazzle them with wealth and fame. Yet, to be successful in film/media/video production, there is a combination of inspiration and sheer grit.  You have to know how to create something incredible within a deadline, with a tight budget, with that actress that can’t seem to remember her lines but can’t be fired because she contracted t...