Independent Film

Wrapping-Up Woodstock: A Film Festival with Character

Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York


Stewart Nusbaumer

There is more to this frenzy of film festival expansion than free booze and filmmakers' desperation for recognition and distribution and filmgoers craving films not dumbed down.

Woodstock Film Fest -- Easier With Practice

Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 10.06.2009 | New York


Stewart Nusbaumer

Can an old fashion in-the-flesh reality relationship match post-modern technological sex fantasies?

Oh No, Not Another Film About Climate Change

Franny Armstrong | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green


Franny Armstrong

If you have a burning idea you need to communicate -- uncensored -- with maximum possible emotional punch and a potential audience of tens of millions, a doc's the way to go.

The Age of Stupid Gives a Coin-Flip Chance of Avoiding Climate Catastrophe

Franny Armstrong | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green


Franny Armstrong

We are the most intelligent creature ever to evolve and yet we are about to make the stupidest mistake in all of geological time

Finding Yourself and Your First Film, on Google

Jim Killeen | Posted 11.08.2009 | Entertainment


Jim Killeen

I met a sexual swinger in Denver, a father of eight in St. Louis, a retired NYPD detective, a traffic engineer in Scotland, and a health care executive in Melbourne Australia.

Play the Game: Marketing a Senior Sex Comedy

Marshall Fine | Posted 09.26.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

Play the Game is the little independent film that could. When the romantic comedy tested in Florida, a one-week engagement turned into a three-month run, earning almost $400,000.

Joe Swanberg on The Interview Show

Mark Bazer | Posted 09.03.2009 | Entertainment


Mark Bazer

Discussing ice cream and movies with filmmaker Joe Swanberg (Alexander the Last, Hannah Takes the Stairs) at The Hideout.

Chicago Director Kyle Alvarez Debuts First Film in Vegas

Patricia Martin | Posted 07.13.2009 | Chicago


Patricia Martin

Kyle wrote and directed Easier With Practice, a film about a young writer on a desperate road trip to promote his unpublished novel. He also hustled the financing.

Indian Film Director to Open Orphanage

Jim Luce | Posted 06.12.2009 | World


Jim Luce

Karri believes that as an Indian national he will be particularly adept at guiding OI India towards successfully raising 'global citizens' in India.

Review of Don McKay

Dylan Eckman | Posted 06.06.2009 | Entertainment


Dylan Eckman

The weaknesses of Jake Goldberger's debut filmDon McKay are only apparent because of their proximity to its brilliance.

Why I Support First-Time Filmmakers and the Importance of Celebrating Their Work

Trudie Styler | Posted 06.01.2009 | Entertainment


Trudie Styler

I hope you'll take some chances on movie night and see some independent films - these are the hidden jewels of the film industry, and the showcases for the future greats of cinema.

What's Killing Independent Film?

Marshall Fine | Posted 04.30.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

The question I've asked myself recently after watching any number of worthy but small movies is, "This is a nice little movie -- but who will ever have the chance to see it?"

Hollywood, Bollywood and now Nollywood

Lola Olley | Posted 04.04.2009 | Entertainment


Lola Olley

After the United States and India, West Africa has become the birthplace of the world's third largest film industry in terms of production.

Berlinale Days

Efe Cakarel | Posted 03.15.2009 | Entertainment


Efe Cakarel

I came to the Berlinale film festival to discover things, not be turned away by convention, commercialism, and artistic timidity.

Indie Intelligence: The Chicago Underground Film Festival

Chicago Reader | J.R. Jones | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago


This year the Chicago Underground Film Festival has entered into a partnership with the Independent Feature Project Chicago, so its screenings--which ...

Searching for Screenwriters in the South of France

Jonathan Handel | Posted 07.14.2008 | Entertainment


Jonathan Handel

Not surprising for the country that originated the auteur theory, screenwriters are not the stars of Cannes. But if screenwriters don't garner the glamour, they nonetheless can be found with a bit of searching.

The Third Screen: Larry Gelbart on the Future of Media

Vickie Karp | Posted 07.05.2008 | Media


Vickie Karp

In the American media landscape, human viewers may be the only constant, but it remains hard to tell if media is about them and for them, or only, well, about money. Does it matter?

"I'm Not There" Director Todd Haynes Dishes On Dylan

Huffington Post | Michelle Kung | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Todd Haynes has much to be thankful for this holiday season. Boosted by gushy reviews and positive film fest receptions, I'm Not There, the indie dire...