Welcome to Cassava Films, an independent film production company run by Mark Tapio Kines in West Hollywood, California.
This site contains short films, development updates, and hundreds of lists and reviews. The most recently updated sections are at top:
Iron Man 3
Movie Reviews
Virginia Welch in A Trophy
Development Updates
A Trophy: Inching Forward
A few months ago, as I was redesigning this site and importing all my old Development Updates, I noted with some guilt that back in 2002-2004, I had news to share just about every month. Well, that was because I was making Claustrophobia and there was a lot going on. The past five years? Not so much. That needs to… read more!
Kirk Douglas, 96 as of this writing
The List of 9
Nine Movie Stars Who Are Over 95 and Still Alive
This is one of those lists I really can't put off writing, because life is short - and it's even shorter for these nine actors. While there are many more film and TV stars who are in the 95+ club right now, none are nearly as well-known as this crowd. Mostly, this list serves as a reminder of just how… read more!
Browse through over 250 Lists of 9 here!
The Road to Hana
The Films
The Road to Hana
This music video for State Shirt was shot in July 2011 on the 101 freeway in Los Angeles. State Shirt is Ethan Tufts, a local singer/songwriter/musician who tapped me to direct one of the videos for his 2011 album Let's Get Bloody. I conceived the idea for this video, did most of the (shaky) camerawork, and edited it as well.… read more!