Welcome to Cassava Films, an independent film production company run by Mark Tapio Kines in Los Angeles, California.
Please also check out Mark's latest non-film project L.A. Street Names, about the origins of street names throughout Los Angeles County.
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Movie Reviews
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Cocaine Bear, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Aftersun, EO, Women Talking, Living, Avatar: The Way of Water
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21st century abs in an 1880s drama
The List of 9
Nine Things That Will Take Me Out of a Movie Or TV Show
The suspension of disbelief is imperative when watching (or reading, or listening to) a work of fiction. This is how we can accept a fantasy about giant blue aliens in outer space but get irked when there's a plot hole. Even though I've directed films and thus I know how the sausage is made, I can still easily lose myself… read more!
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L.A. Street Names, the one and only
Development Updates
Introducing My New Labor of Love: L.A. Street Names
It took over two years and thousands of hours of research, writing, and web design, but last month my new website L.A. Street Names finally launched. As you might guess, this project is about the origins of Los Angeles street names – not just in the city itself, but across all of L.A. County: Beverly Hills, Compton, Pomona, Pasadena, you… read more!
Words to Live by
The Films
Words to Live by
A young woman heading out to a bar encounters a young man who asks her to talk him out of committing suicide. Starring Angie Kim, Armando Torres, Leandro Cano, Tricia Fukuhara, Ruby Park, Merrick McCartha, Cathy D. Tomlin, William Christian, Stacy Arnell. Producer: Jane Petrov. Director of Photography: Andie Ximenes. Editor: Cheryl Campsmith. Costume Designer: Stephen Boyd-Morales. Music: Hatem Elgenedy. Casting: Michael LaPolla.
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