In a Manhattan bar a reporter, an elementary school art teacher, a law school student, a potential victim of a date drug rape, a struggling playwright, a wealthy Cornell University dropout and a bitter and frustrated bartender-actress wanabee an actress on Oxy converge...
Read moreVideo: Exclusive Look at Trailer for THE ARRIVAL, Starring Peter Bradbury and Pooya Mohseni
Stonestreet Studios, Jamaad Pictures, and Gravitas Ventures have announced the digital release of the highly anticipated film The Arrival, set to debut this September 17th. The film will be available on major TVOD platforms including Amazon, Apple, Google Play, and On Demand.
Read moreBTL Radio Show with special guest Alyssa Rallo Bennett
Interesting conversations and filmmaker insights on this episode of BEHIND THE LENS as director ALYSSA RALLO BENNETT joins us going in-depth about her new film THE ARRIVAL, and you’ll hear my exclusive interview with producer-turned-director BOB SALERNO discussing his feature directorial debut HERE AFTER.
Read moreNorm Wilner and Alyssa Rallo Bennett on "Leave the World Behind"
With her new drama The Arrival freshly available on digital and on demand, producer-director Alyssa Rallo Bennett is here to explore the slow-rolling dread of Sam Esmail’s 2023 drama Leave the World Behind. Your genial host Norm Wilner stocked up on bottled water before the recording, just in case.
Read moreAlyssa Rallo Bennett Talks About Her Three Recent Music Releases and New Film ‘THE ARRIVAL’
A filmmaker with an incredible voice! In honor of her return to Rockwood Music Hall, Alyssa released not one, not two, but three new songs. And we personally can’t choose a favorite! We had the pleasure of speaking with Alyssa about collaborating with her husband, and more!
Read moreRising Star Rachel Sennott Wins 2023 Stonestreet Studios Granite Award!
At the Bushwick Film Festival, we're all about celebrating the success of talented filmmakers, and Rachel Sennott is a perfect example of this. Her story is one that many aspiring artists dream of. We first noticed Rachel with her short film "Shiva Baby," which was originally set to be part of our festival in 2021. However, something amazing happened – the film got a deal to be turned into a feature and we were thrilled! This is exactly what we hope for our filmmakers: opportunities that launch their careers to new levels.
Read moreOpening This Week: Movies By and About Women
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists highlights movies made by and about women. With a vigilant eye toward current releases, we maintain an interactive record of films that are pertinent to our interests. Be they female-made or female-centric productions, they are films that represent a wide range of women’s stories and present complex female characters.
Read moreEmma Stone’s Vow, Miles Teller’s Promise
Screen acting is its own art form. You have to be microscopic with your choices. There’s an intimacy to it. But it’s also very deconstructed. By 1990, Alyssa Rallo Bennett and Gary O. Bennett, the co-founders of Stonestreet Studios, were looking for a way to teach screen acting techniques in a field that was entirely dominated by theater acting.
Read moreThe Arrival NYC Premiere at Big Apple Film Festival's Opening Night
Stonestreet Studios and Jamaad Pictures are having their NYC premiere of their latest feature film, The Arrival, at The Big Apple Film Festival on its opening night on Friday, November 3 at 7:30pm at Cinema Village. Click here to purchase tickets to the screening, which is paired with shorts The Shepherd, featuring John Travolta & Ben Radcliffe, and I Am What You Imagine, written and directed by Matthew Modine.
Read moreThe Arrival Opens Big Apple Film Festival with NYC Premiere
Stonestreet Studios and Jamaad Pictures are having their NYC premiere of their latest feature film. The Arrival brings an array of patrons seeking to unravel the truth. And uncover the mystery behind their origins, relationships, and boundaries crossed. Only to deeply challenge who they are and might become.
Read moreTHE ARRIVAL Makes Waves with World Premiere at Martha’s Vineyard Women in Film Festival
Stonestreet Studios and Jamaad Pictures recently celebrated the world premiere of their latest feature film, THE ARRIVAL, at the Martha’s Vineyard Women in Film Festival on Sunday, October 15, 2023. Outline: In the backdrop of a quiet afternoon at a popular Manhattan bar, THE ARRIVAL introduces an array of patrons, each wrestling with their own emotional, physical, or professional boundaries. The film takes viewers on a gripping journey as characters delve into the mysteries behind their own predicaments, urging them to ponder on their identities and future selves.
Read moreThe Arrival: Mini Film Festivals Light Up The Screen
Films abound this weekend with both The Martha’s Vineyard Film Society and Circuit Arts hosting mini festivals. At the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society, women take center stage in the fifth annual Women In Film Festival, which runs from Oct. 13 to 15. The festival concludes with The Arrival, set in a Manhattan bar. Directed by Alyssa Rallo Bennett.
Read moreCrowbar West Coast Premiere at Newport Beach Film Festival
Crowbar, starring Rosalyn Coleman and Jaylen Axel, displays the challenges between young gay man, Nathan, and his mother as she crashes his graduation party. It’s a compassionate tale of the complexities that exist intergenerationally in regards to ideologies, sexual identity, emotional logic, and morality. Part of the Short Sweet and Queer presentation of the Newport Beach Film Festival.
Sat, Oct 14, 2023 at 12:30 PM | Newport Beach, CA
Read moreCompulsion
Directed by Alyssa Rallo Bennett and written by Gary O. Bennett, Sloane, a young woman living in Texas, finds out she is pregnant and has to answer to her mother and her boyfriend. Starring: Mizz, Saori Goda and Sebastian Mora.
Read moreStonestreet Studios World Premieres Crowbar, and Compulsion at Soho
Stonestreet Studios is having their world premieres of two socially poignant short films, Crowbar and Compulsion, both directed by Alyssa Rallo Bennett, at the Soho International Film Festival on Wednesday, September 20th.
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