Mark Elijah Rosenberg

This Weekend: Help Us Make Our 2014 Trailer!

This Weekend: Help Us Make Our 2014 Trailer!

Come out and help us shoot our new trailer for the 2014 Summer Series this Friday, April 18th!

Building “Building Something Bigger”

Building “Building Something Bigger”

A look behind the scenes at making the Rooftop Films 2013 trailer, “Building Something Bigger.”

Sundance Review: “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints”

Sundance Review: “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints”

There is a certain hypnotic power in David Lowery’s films. Ain’t Them Bodies Saints is a post-modern Western, a form of near-magical realism, so vivid and detailed and intense as to seem dreamlike.

Sundance Review: “The Rambler”

Sundance Review: “The Rambler”

Rooftop alum Calvin Reeder’s in-your-face freakout odyssey.

Sundance Review: “Computer Chess”

Sundance Review: “Computer Chess”

“Everything is not everything. There’s more.” Andrew Bujalski’s masterful dark comedy about an early 80’s programming convention.

A letter from our Founder, Mark Elijah Rosenberg

A letter from our Founder, Mark Elijah Rosenberg

A personal appeal from Rooftop Films Founder and Artistic Director Mark Elijah Rosenberg.

Orbit(Film) Circulating in July

Orbit(Film) Circulating in July

A whimsical and scientific omnibus of short films about our solar system, commissioned and created by Cinemad and Rooftop Films, landing in Portland, Chicago and San Francisco in July.

Rooftop Films 2012 Trailer

Rooftop Films 2012 Trailer

Introducing the first version of the official Rooftop Films 2012 Summer Series trailer, presented by AT&T. All this footage was genuinely projected onto the city streets. Rooftop’s got guts and projectors; we don’t have after effects.

Just Announced: Our 2012 Summer Series Feature Line-Up

Just Announced: Our 2012 Summer Series Feature Line-Up

It is our pleasure to announce our full feature line-up for the 16th Annual Summer Series presented by AT&T.

Sundance Review: The Cynical Hope of “The Comedy”

Sundance Review: The Cynical Hope of “The Comedy”

The Comedy is a fiction film about a self-absorbed, filthy-rich, entitled, obnoxious, lazy hipster who goes around insulting his friends and condescending to strangers—and I genuinely, deeply cared about him.

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