Entries Tagged as 'press'

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

The Everything Film Show

Join The Everything Film Show crew as they share their picks for Oscar gold and chat with filmmaker Leah Meyerhoff. Thursday March 4th 8:00pm PST / 11:00pm EST live at Blog Talk Radio

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

Uncompleted Works

Leah was recently interviewed by Merrel Davis about using her short film Twitch to gain traction towards making a feature.

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Film Panel Notetaker

Leah is a guest blogger on the Film Panel Notetaker

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

Leah in the Wall Street Journal

Recently Leah was interviewed for an article in the Wall Street Journal about how the recession is affecting coffee shops.

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Leah on Brooklyn Television

Leah recently did a Brooklyn Television interview for a program called “Artist to Artist” where she discussed her filmmaking process with fellow filmmaker Esther Bell.

Saturday, May 16th, 2009

How Not to Make a Short Film

Leah was recently intereviewed in “How Not to Make a Short Film: Secrets from a Sundance Programmer” written by Roberta Munroe. In bookstores January 20th 2009 or buy on Amazon today!

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Leah in Lost Forever

Leah was recently interviewed for a documentary about film preservation called Lost Forever.

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Twitch is profiled by RCWA

Twitch is profiled by the Regional Center for Women in the Arts

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

Wonderfluff in Ion Magazine

Wonderfluff Sandwiches was recently reviewed in Ion Magazine as part of the “Best in Breed” compilation.

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

Leah in RWUL

Leah Meyerhoff is interviewed in this month’s issue of RWUL Magazine Women in Film Series: Interview with Filmmaker Leah Meyerhoff Richmond Worldwide Underground Link July 2008

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

PacMouse and Neurotica on tour

PacMouse and Neurotica are screening in the CineKink festival tour July 10-12 2008 Yerba Buena Art Center San Francisco, CA

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Eternal Flame at NewFest

Eternal Flame is screening at NewFest 2008 1:00pm Sunday June 6 2008 Play Loud Program AMC 9 Loews 34th st Theater 34th st & 8th Ave New York, NY More screening info coming soon…

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Twitch is a Trigger Street finalist

Twitch is a finalist in the Trigger Street Film Festival SEASON 3 FESTIVAL 3 TOP TEN ANNOUNCED – ACADEMY VOTING BEGINS!

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Leah in Filmmaker Magazine

Unicorns is mentioned in Filmmaker Magazine The Film Panel Notetaker has an interview up with filmmaker Leah Meyerhoff, who is bringing a retrospective of her short films to the Boston Underground Film Festival this weekend. She is also beginning work on her first feature, Unicorns, which she hopes to begin shooting this summer. Here’s Meyerhoff [...]

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Leah interviewed by Film Panel Notetaker

Leah is interviewed by the Film Panel Notetaker about Unicorns, filmmaking, and her upcoming retrospective at the Boston Underground Film Festival. On Saturday, Brooklyn, NY-based filmmaker Leah Meyerhoff will be heading to Beantown to present a retrospective of her short films at the Brattle Theatre during the Boston Underground Film Festival. I had the great [...]

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Leah in Fader Magazine

Leah is featured in this month’s Fader Magazine

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Leah in Austin Film Society journal

Leah is interviewed for the Austin Film Society’s Persistence of Vision journal. One of those filmmakers, Leah Meyerhoff, whose film Team Queen has screened in countless festivals around the globe, decided to go with online distribution from b-side because “the audience was more important to me than the money. B-Side actively pushes for its artists [...]

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Team Queen in the Feminist Review

Team Queen is reviewed in The Feminist Review Remember Van Halen’s 1984 video for their adolescent anthem “Hot for Teacher?” Well, Team Queen is its queer, feminist doppelganger. Okay, that’s giving David Lee Roth too much credit because the post-punk, emo, Brooklyn-based Triple Creme are way cooler than Diamond Dave could ever hope to be, [...]

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

Twitch in the Feminist Review

Twitch is reviewed in The Feminist Review At its core, Twitch makes far more subtle points about shedding norms and other’s expectations, by portraying a pivotal moment in one young woman’s transition into adulthood and coming into self in an unsentimental, non-deterministic fashion. In doing so, the work offers an alternative conclusion to the main [...]

Friday, October 12th, 2007

Team Queen in Bad Lit

Team Queen is reviewed in Bad Lit This extremely well-done music video for the band Triple Creme has been playing the underground film circuit all year long. Seriously, run a search on “Meyerhoff” on Bad Lit and you get a ton of entries, so I was extremely happy to finally see a nice, high-quality version [...]

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

OurStage at HollyShorts

Leah was interviewed again by OurStage at the Holly Shorts Film Festival OurStage at Holly Shorts an interview with Leah Meyerhoff by Alyssa J Hale watch the full video here OurStage also interviewed Leah at the Gen Art Film Festival a few months back. Watch that video here

Monday, August 20th, 2007

Leah in Short End

Leah is interviewed in Short End Magazine For Meyerhoff, reaching millions has very little to do with personal recognition but rather entirely to do with her desire to affect social change. Before a screening of her Student Academy-Award finalist short Twitch at the HollyShorts Film Festival, Meyerhoff says repeatedly in talking about her work the [...]

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

Leah on Velvet Park

Leah is interviewed by Velvet Park Magazine NewFest Women’s Part 1 – Leah Meyerhoff May 22 2007 interview by Grace Moon Leah Meyerhoff is interviewed by Grace Moon about the Team Queen screening at NewFest Watch the full interview here

Monday, April 9th, 2007

Leah on KZSC radio

Leah will be on “Closet Free Radio” on KZSC tonight at 7:30pm PST “Closet Free Radio” KZSC 88.1 FM 7:30pm PST Closet Free Radio is the longest running radio show in this country featuring Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender programming. Leah will be promoting the upcoming Team Queen screening at the Santa Cruz Film Festival [...]

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

Leah is a featured filmmaker

Leah Meyerhoff is a featured filmmaker on Pawky October 19 2006 MEET THE FILMMAKER 10-19-2006 Leah Meyerhoff (leah) Featured Short: Twitch Involvement: writer/director As a filmmaker, I admire… John Cameron Mitchell, Kimberly Pierce, Lynne Ramsey, Cam Archer, Catherine Breillat, Jonathan Coauette, John Cassavetes, Gus Van Sant, Cindy Sherman, Marina Abramovic, Pipolotti Rist, my dad… I [...]

Wednesday, May 10th, 2006

Team Queen reviewed by Flavorpill

The Team Queen music video release party is previewed in Flavorpill Post-punk lez rockers Triple Creme enlisted the brightest and most buoyant of New York’s burlesque scene to star in the new music video for their single “Team Queen.” Relentless schtick-slinger Murray Hill hosts the single’s launch party, featuring a live performance by Triple Creme [...]

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006

Team Queen review in Eros Zine

The Team Queen music video release party is a featured event in Eros Zine Filmmaker and nightlife entrepreneur Leah Meyerhoff is the director of the titillating Team Queen music video, featuring music by the queer- post-punk phenomenon Triple Creme. Ms. Meyerhoff is throwing a Brooklyn bash to celebrate the music video’s premiere. The star-studded main [...]

Sunday, February 5th, 2006

Leah interviewed by the Contra Costa Times

Leah is interviewed by the Contra Costa Times about the Twitch screening at the San Francisco Indie Film Festival “Filmmaker’s Project Gets Personal” February 5 2006 When the story is as good as filmmaker Leah Meyerhoff’s, you can’t help but be drawn in. – Jennifer Modenessi Contra Costa Times read the full article here

Thursday, December 22nd, 2005

Twitch review in Film Threat

Twitch is reviewed by Film Threat December 22 2005 “Twitch” is a story about fear, love and an uncertain future … Writer/director Leah Meyerhoff has secured her place in film with this short movie … She’s done a story that is as honest as it is touching, and there is nothing sickly sweet about it. [...]

Monday, October 24th, 2005

Leah in Apperceptions

Leah was interviewed by Apperceptions during the Ojai Film Festival Markus Sandy was on a panel called “Distribution in the Digital Age” and Leah was screening her film “Twitch” as part of the “Into the Limelight” program. The rest is history. Watch the full interview here

Friday, September 10th, 2004

Leah in the NY Times

Leah Meyerhoff is written up in the New York Times “For Would-Be Scorseses The Streets Are Truly Mean” September 10 2004 Leah is an artsy American who wants to make a movie based on her own angry, cold relationship with her disabled mother. – Virginia Heffernan New York Times read the full article here

Thursday, September 9th, 2004

Leah in the Hollywood Reporter

Leah is mentioned in the Hollywood Reporter for her participation in the Film School series on IFC “Film School” September 9 2004 There’s Leah Meyerhoff, 24, an eccentric from Oakland, Calif., whose film will help her face down demons collected from a childhood spent taking care of her wheelchair-bound mother with MS. – Ray Richmond [...]

Wednesday, September 8th, 2004

Leah in the Boston Globe

Leah Meyerhoff is interviewed by the Boston Globe about her participation in the Film School series on IFC “IFC Reality Show Focuses on Stressed Out Student Filmmakers” September 8 2004 Meyerhoff’s film, “Twitch,” is a coming-of-age story about a teenage girl who’s resentful about taking care of her mother, who has multiple sclerosis.Their complex, fractured [...]

Sunday, August 8th, 2004

Leah in SF Chronicle

Leah is mentioned in the San Francisco Chronicle for her participation in the Film School series on IFC “Industry Buzz” August 8 2004 Tisch alumni Oliver Stone, Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese and “Monster’s Ball” director Marc Forster make cameo appearances, but the real stars are unknowns like 24-year-old Bay Area native Leah Meyerhoff, who tries [...]

Friday, June 25th, 2004

Packged Goods review in the NY Times

Leah Meyerhoff‘s video installation Packaged Goods is reveiwed in today’s New York Times Art In Review: Death to the Fascist Insect that Preys on the Life of the People by Holland Cotter June 25 2004 The area under the Manhattan Bridge overpass is being condominium-ized, and art spaces are on the move. Smack Mellon will [...]