Everybody wants Hazelwood Central's Kalen Grimes and St. Louis' junior class of hoopsters. But recruiting in the city is a courtship dance and a high-maintenance affair.
If you haven't read it yet, this week's RFT film feature is on Streetballers, a movie shot right here in St. Louis. The film has picked up all kinds of awards since debuting at film festivals last year. Streetballers might best be described as a Shakespearan drama -- complete with duplicitous friends, furtive love interests and, yes, ghosts. There's also lots of great basketball and stunning cinematography. (Read a complete review of the film here.) Streetballers is the brainchild of writer/d
Received an e-mail yesterday from Patrick Rooney, one of the producers and actors in the St. Louis film Streetballers, which opened last weekend in local theaters. The film is living up to the expectations of its crew, who hoped the movie would sell enough tickets to rank in Variety's list of ten best-grossing films per theater. Yesterday the Hollywood trade journal ranked Streetballers as No. 9 in its list of per-screen sales for the week of August 21-27. In taking in an average of $5,791 (a
Streetballers rolling to Kansas City.Received a note last week from the guys behind Streetballers, the independent film shot in St. Louis that's won an armful of awards and accolades at film festivals across the country. The movie had its Los Angeles debut last month at Hollywood's historic Mann Chinese 6 Theatre. In its premiere week there, the film -- a basketball drama featuring former Vashon High/University of Missouri hoopster Jimmy McKinney -- grossed more than $6,000 and earned th
