'Casting the Buddy movie

Reel lives: Three to watch at the RIIFF. By Bill Rodriguez.

Screenings + seminars + ScriptBiz: The skinny on the Rhode Island International Film Festival. By Bill Rodriguez. 

Small state, big stage: Steven Feinberg reveals how Rhode Island wound up on the Hollywood map.By Ian Donnis.

A pleasure doing business: The social side of the film boom. By Ian Donnis.

Local color: Michael Corrente draws on his roots.  By Bob Gulla.

Life after Bizkit: Fred Durst's 'new' career. By Bob Gulla.

Made in the Ocean State: A Rhode Island movie timeline

•   TURKEY TIME  |  November 22, 2011
  It's time for the Phoenix 's third annual turkeys issue, wherein we call out Rhode Islanders for acts most fowl.
•   CHAFEE’S NUMBER  |  July 27, 2011
  This week, we continue with a running feature, the Gubernatorial Scorecard. Every so often, we'll rate Lincoln Chafee from 1 to 10 on both the politics and substance of his most recent maneuverings.
•   AWARDS FOR THE MELANCHOLY  |  May 12, 2011
  Any gathering of journalists these days is, inevitably, a bifurcated affair: half-liquor-fueled bonhomie and half-dark talk of an uncertain future.
•   PROVIDENCE GIFT GUIDE 2010: REAL GIFTS FOR REAL PEOPLE  |  December 09, 2010
  So, what do you get for the drug dealer who has everything? Flummoxed by the thought of trying to surprise the music snob on your list? We'll tell you what presents they want this year.
•   THANKS FOR NOTHING: RHODE ISLAND TURKEYS 2010  |  November 22, 2011
  Thanksgiving has arrived. And you know what that means: dinner with your boorish uncle, the disturbing quiver of canned cranberry sauce, and the Phoenix 's second annual list of Rhode Island turkeys — people and institutions who committed crimes against the state in the past year.