Let’s break down Taylor Swift’s melodramatic short “All Too Well” and how the ending derails it from being the perfect indie flick. Popular singer Taylor Swift re-recorded and released it Red album on his terms, with a short film for “All Too Well”. Lyrics have even been added, which seemRead More →
Thanksgiving has taken a poignant turn in recent years. A holiday focused on friendliness has us trying to pretend that family group Zoom calls are as good as the real thing. A vacation of being grateful for what you have has, for many of us, become a heartbreaking annual reminderRead More →
Thanksgiving has taken a poignant turn in recent years. A holiday focused on friendliness has us trying to pretend that family group Zoom calls are as good as the real thing. A vacation of being grateful for what you have has, for many of us, become a heartbreaking annual reminderRead More →
Independent filmmaker Mike Mills has always been concerned about the unique nature of family relationships, and his new film C’mon C’mon looks set to continue on that path. In it, Joaquin Phoenix (Walk The Line, Joker, Her) plays a single, childless radio reporter who is tasked with caring for hisRead More →
It takes considerable comedic gifts to make a loathsome, pathetic character so mesmerizing that you can resist, even get sick pleasure, watching him dig himself in a hole for over 90 minutes. Jim Cummings, star, editor, producer, co-writer and co-director of “The Beta Test,” has those gifts. Jordan (Jim Cummings),Read More →
Seduced and abandoned, a 2013 mock documentary about the nonsense of independent film financing directed by James Toback and starring Alec Baldwin, hasn’t aged well. Baldwin and a pre- # MeToo Toback (the director’s career derailed in 2017 after hundreds of women accused him of sexual misconduct, charges he denied)Read More →
There’s a cool new concept of cinema coming to Dallas. Called Purple crown, it’s an Austin-based independent theater chain, and will open in a high-profile location: the former Magnolia Theater in West Village, which closed in March due to COVID-19. According to a representative, the new theater will open inRead More →
With Atlanta’s Major League Baseball team winning the World Series last week, the uncomfortable question of cultural appropriation when it comes to Native American imagery returned to the conversation. By what, of course, I mean a whole bunch of defensive white defensive fans who are loudly claiming the right notRead More →
Fresh from its UK premieres at the prestigious BFI London Film Festival, Bantu mother, will have its Spanish premiere at the Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva, and is also part of the selection of LIFFY 2021 (Latino & Iberian Film Festival At Yale), in the United States. LIFFY strivesRead More →
Click to enlarge PHOTO PROVIDED Junta Yamaguchi’s wacky but endearing film “Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes” closes the Anomaly 2021 film festival on Sunday, November 7th. “The miller of time has struck us!” A friend shouts. “We can see the future of the future! Another exclaims. This kind of genuinelyRead More →
A new film starring Stephen Graham as a chef under extreme pressure is one of this year’s British Independent Film Awards (Bifa) favorites. Boiling Point, in which the Ibstock actor plays a chef on one of the busiest nights of the year, joins the autobiographical tale, Belfast, leading with 11Read More →
The future of independent cinema won’t be decided in the next five days, but the American Film Market, which opens (virtual) on Monday and runs through Friday, could prove to be the stress test for models. independent cinema financing competitors. and dissemination. Shifts in the independent industry – from broadRead More →
The 23rd annual Maine Jewish Film Festival kick off Saturday. As always, this annual cinematic celebration takes on the meaning and evolution of Jewishness, while scheduling a week-long list of films that showcase different aspects of Jewish life around the world, in all its complexity. This is traditionally great newsRead More →
Like the films set in Bombay rather than Mumbai and Madras rather than Chennai, Faraz Ali’s film Shoe box concerns Allahabad rather than Prayagraj. Through the story of a movie theater owner and his relationship with his daughter, Ali and co-writer Noopur Sinha explore the ways a gentrifying city isRead More →
A movie can’t change anything, except when it does. It would be nice if every well-meaning movie about injustice, prejudice, or one of the myriad other terrible things in this world eliminated the problem, but it never happened. However, a truly inspiring film can certainly spur an individual into action,Read More →
Ahead of DuneThis coming weekend’s epic release, which hopes to rack up big box office numbers amid the pandemic, the cast recalled how the filming process is reminiscent of making an independent film. Dune Director Denis Villeneuve and stars Timothée Chalamet, Javier Bardem and Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd shared their thoughts withRead More →
Have you ever wondered what happens after death? These are the reflections of Aishah, 15, the protagonist of the first feature film by the theater company Anomalist Production titled Mentega Terbang. Shot during the pandemic in July of last year (when lockdown restrictions were relaxed), the film grapples with hard-hittingRead More →
The horrors that have occurred on the island of Malaga make it a favorite location for a horror film. Photo courtesy of Peter Roberts Maine is scary. Stephen King knows it. Anyone who wakes up to the first blizzard of the year with a broken snowblower knows this. And filmmakersRead More →
Six artists who are currently winning awards for their work in the 2021 independent films will appear in the eighth annual AFI Fest Independent Nominee Panel – as always, presented by Hollywood journalist and moderated by yours truly – to discuss the challenges and benefits of making independent films: CaitrionaRead More →
American arthouse cinemas used to play exclusively foreign language films. Then this black and white portrayal of Jewish life in 1890s New York by Joan Micklin Silver helped spark a change. The 4K restoration (released this month by Cohen Media and shown at the New York Film Festival) of JoanRead More →
I think we can all agree that 2020 was indeed a yearlong dumpster fire. A pandemic, a failed white supremacist coup, economic uncertainty – 2020 was truly the kind of year that made you want to curl up in a ball and sound the wake-up call for ‘whenever the worldRead More →
Trailer Through Tom stockman | October 11, 2021 “A hilarious and heartfelt riff on Judgment Night that’s loaded with crazy combat action†– Film school rejections Gritty cinema becomes a fight to the death in Night shootersIndie Film Team Clash With Murderous Gang – Available in Digital HD and CableRead More →
INDIE FILM DRAMA “SKIPPING STONES” CO-STARS QUARTET DES FAVORITES DE SCI-FI / HORROR – Chase Masterson, Michael Ironside, Daniel Hugh Kelly and Patricia Charbonneau (WINDHAM resident) support emerging newcomers Nathaniel Ansbach and Gabrielle Kalomiris – HUDSON – The upcoming independent Skipping Stones isn’t a sci-fi film, but it features aRead More →
Very exciting news. If you haven’t seen the Irish comedy / horror film Extra Ordinary when it is released in 2019, now is a great time to give it a watch. With the spooky season upon us, this is the perfect snuggle up movie for anyone who wants to getRead More →
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Events Before, During, and After a High School Basketball Game is a mumblecore, dialogue-rich movie about nerds and weirdos that viewers could likely choose from their own high school yearbooks. Kino Sum Productions Plan your screen time with the weekly What to Watch newsletter. Register now today. Events that takeRead More →
Next Generation Indie Film Awards is proud to announce the winners, finalists and winners of its first film awards. The awards ceremony will be hosted by actor Calum Worthy (Austin & Ally, American Vandal, The Act) and held at the Loews Hotel in Hollywood on Saturday October 9, with anRead More →
The Yiddish word naches conveys the idea of ​​pride, specifically connoting the unique joy a parent feels over the accomplishments of their offspring. As in “I ran into Maurice and Doris Micklin at the market!” They said their daughter, the director, had just finished her first film. It’s a lotRead More →
When you prepare to interview the director of a movie called “Coronavirus Conspiracy”, I have to be honest, you are preparing for the worst. Thankfully, director and Maine native James Sunshine’s movie (now available to rent or purchase on your favorite streaming service) isn’t the kook-fest I imagined. Instead, theRead More →
Batman star Zoë Kravitz talks about her experience as Catwoman in the film and explains why it felt like an independent film during production. The batman Maybe a big budget DC comic book adaptation, but for Zoë Kravitz, who plays Selina Kyle / Catwoman in the film, it felt moreRead More →
FOREST HILLS, QUEENS – There are just a few days left to watch independent films screened at the Regal UA Midway Theater in Forest Hills. The 5th Annual New York Film Festival, dubbed New York’s fastest growing truly independent film festival, is a 10-day event featuring 120 independent films. ThisRead More →
The Sundance Institute, host of the annual Sundance Film Festival, is today named a Veteran and Independent Media Producer (Awake, Capernaum) Joana Vicente her new CEO. According to the email announcement from Sundance President Pat Mitchell: “Joana comes to Sundance as a true champion in discovering, incubating and nurturing independentRead More →
Freelance director Alyssa Botelho, a native of Fairhaven and a graduate of the University of Rhode Island, is both hopeful and thrilled that her second short will be well received at film festivals here and abroad. His latest short film To dust all the way back will screen this FridayRead More →
Tthe independent feature film river path premieres Friday night at the Woodward Theater in Over-the-Rhine, distributed by Cincinnati-based Four by three productions. This will be the first showing of a limited theatrical release for the film, which stars Cody Kearsley from the hit television series Riverdale. Cody Kearsley (right) andRead More →
A city’s cinematic identity is shaped by surprisingly few people. For a large but otherwise mid-sized Maine city like Portland, that cinematic landscape is in the hands of local film programmers, event coordinators, and a few motivated others who – to use an internal cinema term – s’ don’t care.Read More →
JK Simmons has joined the cast of Sheridan O’Donnell’s first feature drama, “Little Brother,” Exclusive Learned. The protagonists previously announced are Daniel Diemer (“The Half of It”) and Philip Ettinger (“The Evening Hour”). The film follows Jake and Pete Duffy (Diemer and Ettinger, respectively), who embark on a road tripRead More →
JK Simmons has joined the cast of Sheridan O’Donnell’s first feature drama, “Little Brother,” exclusively learned from TheWrap. The protagonists previously announced are Daniel Diemer (“The Half of It”) and Philip Ettinger (“The Evening Hour”). The film follows Jake and Pete Duffy (Diemer and Ettinger, respectively), who embark on aRead More →
Ranked one of the 25 coolest film festivals in the world in 2017 by MovieMaker magazine, the eighth annual Jerome independent film and music festival is scheduled to take place Thursday through Sunday, September 23-26, according to a press release. . Set in America’s largest ghost town, the Jerome IndieRead More →
Ranked one of the 25 coolest film festivals in the world for 2017 by MovieMaker magazine, the eighth annual Jerome independent film and music festival is scheduled to take place Thursday through Sunday, September 23-26, according to a press release. . Set in America’s largest ghost town, the Jerome IndieRead More →
Look, it’s been a tough year. A pandemic, the economic uncertainty and deadly fear that accompany a pandemic, climate crises, a resurrection against the pillars of American democracy – no one will judge you for taking yourself out of it all with a bit of restorative and selective blindness informations.Read More →
Growing up in the spotlight is far from easy, but Jasper Polish and Harlow Jane do it with grace. Harlow, daughter of Patricia Arquette, and Jasper, daughter of Jo Strettel, both star in the new film I love us, soon in the cinema. The film follows a man born intoRead More →
It could just as easily have been a remake of “The Grifters”. An independent film producer has been condemned to 13 years in prison for carrying out a scam that cost investors over $ 60 million to fund Broadway movies and shows and used it to buy luxury cars, brandedRead More →
The Franklin International Indie Film Festival (FIIFF) will be celebrating its fifth year at The Factory at Franklin’s Mockingbird Theater from Tuesday, November 9 to Sunday, November 14. FIIFF Director and Executive Director Nancy “Nan†Puetz travels abroad and participates in some of the biggest film festivals in the world.Read More →
The Camden International Film Festival is always an inspiration, but watching festival founder Ben Fowlie and his team go through two full seasons of adversity and come out better than ever before deserves a standing ovation. Thankfully, the Standing Bones are in the works for this year’s 17th CIFF, asRead More →
If the title disconcerts, scratches the surface, digs deeper, the meaning is just below. Spirituality is not far from life. It emanates from life and helps us to understand it. Just like the cinema. Symbiosis finds expression in the films of Amartya Bhattacharyya. It’s wild, it doesn’t seek any validation.Read More →
WINCHESTER – Virtual and in-person screenings of dozens of films from around the world will be presented during the four days of Skyline Indie Film Fest. The films will be screened in two theaters in Winchester, including blocks of shorts at the Bright Box Theater at 15 N. Loudoun St.Read More →
Shelley Surpin, the entertainment lawyer who produced half a dozen movies and championed independent filmmakers like Allison Anders, Nicole Holofcener and Gregg Araki, has died. She was 72 years old. Surpin died Friday in Santa Monica of complications from a stroke, her Century City-based law firm, Surpin, Mayersohn & Coghill,Read More →
In the 11 years that I’ve been writing this column and getting to know the filmmakers of Maine, the question always arises: are you staying or are you going? Everyone has to start somewhere, but, for those aspiring filmmakers who aren’t fortunate enough to grow up in Los Angeles orRead More →
Robert Shepherd’s independent film arrives at KDH By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice on September 5, 2021 “Past Shadows” is VA resident’s latest foray into show biz Bob berger Shadows of the past is not a big budget Hollywood production. Shot entirely in the Hampton Roads area, the filmRead More →
Creative San Antonians who embrace all things monstrous, spooky and spooky — and looking to scare silly people this Halloween season — now have their chance, thanks to a local independent film festival. Terror High Film Fest, a non-profit festival organized by the Association of Creative Multimedia Partners that celebratesRead More →
Lisbon filmmaker Alex Cole has already reached the modest crowdsourcing goal he has prepared his next short film “Grace”. But that doesn’t mean people should stop giving. “We’ve hit 100 percent,†Cole said of his $ 800 budget, “but that was just to rent the cameras and equipment. So anyRead More →
Cat Fly Film Fest returns to Asheville for its 5th annual festival August 26-29, toasting at the end of summer. The four-day event will feature more than 25 short films, a feature film projector as well as educational components, social mixers and multimedia collaborations by local and regional filmmakers andRead More →
A dream-eating Japanese elephant-like creature called baku, right, is one of the mythical creatures in “Cryptozoo”. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures “Utopias never work.” The visually stunning new animated film “Cryptozooâ€, Which opened nationwide and on demand on Friday, (including for a weekend run to the recently reopened for in-personRead More →
Extract from “Seven short films on (our) marriage”. Photo courtesy of Chris Hansen By Clay Thompson | Internal A film directed by a Baylor professor is now available to watch on most digital platforms. The film “Seven Short Films About (Our) Marriage”, written and produced by Chris Hansen, Baylor PresidentRead More →
Actress, screenwriter, producer and change actress Naomi McDougall Jones tries to solve the Rubik’s Cube that is independent cinema. In the last episode of Demystified of StudioFest, the producer and star of films like Imagine that i am beautiful and Bite me explains why she thinks the success of independentRead More →
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Cryptozoo keepers attempt to capture a Baku, a legendary dream-eating hybrid creature, in Cryptozoo. Courtesy of Mongrel Media Plan your screen time with the weekly What to Watch newsletter. Register now today. Cryptozoo Written and directed by Dash Shaw With the voices of Lake Bell, Michael Cera and Alex KarpovskyRead More →
You all know me – I’m always looking on the bright side. Wait, that’s a lie. Anyone who knows me is all too aware that my fault is looking at every lost silver coin and assuming that I am about to receive the rain. Still, it’s been really, really longRead More →
After completing the first series of classes this summer, the Conroe Independent Film Foundation is presenting its first project on Saturday. The short “Escape from Film School” premieres at 4 p.m. at the Star Cinema Grill, Pine Hollow Shopping Center, 2000 Interstate 45 in Conroe. The nonprofit Indie Film FoundationRead More →
Murray Hamilton, the mayor of Amity in “Jaws,” embodied the short-sighted, economy-focused attitude that made him such a terrible leader. Universal Images/IMBD The films have received a lot of undeserved criticism over the years. Hand-wringers, scapegoats and other assorted busy bodies have tried to lay the blame for the perceivedRead More →
Indira Varma spends “a great time” on the set of the Disney + Star Wars production…. To this reader, the words “like an independent film” ring pleasantly in the ear. Sure, Star wars (1977) is perhaps the most recognizable “independent†film of all time. Fortunately, according to Indira Varma, that’sRead More →
Neville’s documentary received a wave of praise from critics and audiences alike; the film currently has a critical approval rating of 93% and an audience approval rating of 94% on Rotten tomatoes. In addition to its critical success, the film’s commercial success was cemented by record box office earnings forRead More →
Luke Benward, Michael McKean, Hannah Kasulka Photo: Courtesy of Scott Brignac At first glance, Houston director Scott Brignac’s new thriller / dark comedy “Playing God,” which hits theaters and digital platforms on August 6, tells the story of two brother-in-law crooks attempting to commit the scam of their lives byRead More →
“Should I stay or do I go?” “ It’s a question I hear all the time taken up by filmmakers in Maine. For them, Maine is their home, and making their films here makes sense, in many ways. After all, you know your home best, not to mention the factRead More →
Keith David, Justin Etheredge Reflect On Life In Indie Movie “Good” Trailer by Alex Billington July 29, 2021Source: Youtube “There is always something in this life that you haven’t done.” Gravitas Ventures has unveiled an official trailer for an indie drama titled Good, the second feature film directed by up-and-comingRead More →
It was reported earlier this week that actor Judy Greer will star in an independent film titled My beauty. The latest is that actor Christine Ko (Dave) will star alongside Greer in the film. My beauty is directed by Nicholas Ma, who also wrote the screenplay with Joy Goodwin. TheRead More →
How many more zeitgeists can you get than a movie adapted from a viral Twitter feed? Not least that begins, “You all wanna hear a story about why me and that bitch ran into it?” Zola, a scary fairy tale / nightmare about two strippers on a bizarre weekend inRead More →
I spent the last week in New York having face-to-face business meetings with entertainment executives after having been unable to make direct contact for the past 15 months. The last time I was in Manhattan was in February 2020, just before COVID-19 started wreaking havoc in my favorite city awayRead More →
Thanks to Cinemalaya and the PCC, the Filipino film industry stays afloat Some say that Filipino cinema is dying, but we are not giving up, at least not the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, which supports the lives of young Filipino filmmakers in the making. While the world is stillRead More →
Lydia Lunch on stage, in a scene from the documentary “The War Is Never Over”. Photo courtesy of Kino Marquee “Short, sharp, precise shots with brutal precision.” This is how Lydia Lunch describes the music of her longtime debut band, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks. And while the singer, poet,Read More →
Noel David Taylor’s independent film The man under the table will be available to Arrow subscribers in the US, Canada, UK and now Ireland! The independent film about independent filmmaking will premiere on August 2. We showed off the teaser trailer for Taylor’s movie ahead of its world premiere atRead More →
Ste. Michelle announces $ 1.2 billion acquisition A love for Ste. Michelle’s wine seems to be spreading all the way to the east coast. Ste. Michelle Wine Estates recently announced that a New York-based private equity firm, Sycamore Partners, will acquire the company for an estimated $ 1.2 billion inRead More →
The rapidly changing entertainment landscape is creating new strategies in the independent film space, changes only accelerated by the pandemic. During the Variety & IndieWire broadcast room presented by Vuulr, executives from Neon, IFC Films, Pops, Struum and Vuulr agreed that one way to understand these changes is to acceptRead More →
“The Catch” is one of many films made in Maine shown at the Maine International Film Festival. Photo courtesy of MIFF Currently in full screening of a carefully curated selection of the best films in the world, until Sunday, the venerable Maine International Film Festival is officially back. Of course,Read More →
Acclaimed Polish director and President of the European Film Academy, Agnieszka Holland, has expressed growing fear in the world of independent cinema: that global streamers could kill theatrical cinema. Speaking via video link at a Cannes Film Market panel on Thursday, Holland called streaming platforms a “great unorganized black holeRead More →
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) – Details have been released for the Beverly Theater, an independent movie house and performance theater that will open in downtown Las Vegas in mid-2022. The project begins in the fall on 6th Street near Bonneville Avenue, according to the Rogers Foundation, which is fully funding theRead More →
Mason Engel during a stop in “The Bookstour”. Photo courtesy of Mason Engel If you’re making a major documentary showcasing all the best independent bookstores on the East Coast, you’re going to come to Portland. Sure enough, first-time author and filmmaker Mason Engel ended up interviewing the good folks atRead More →
When you’re from Texas and starting a production company in Texas, why not start by going back to your roots? This is what Fort Worth filmmaker Derek Presley does with White tail, a southern gothic thriller inspired by his upbringing that marks the first feature film of the Muscular PuppyRead More →
Executives Elissa Federoff, President Distribution, Neon; Arianna Bocco, President, IFC Films; Marissa Hanafi, OTT Manager, Pops; Thomas Hughes, CEO of Americas, Vuulr; and Lauren DeVillier, co-founder and CEO of Struum, will join the panel “The State of Independent Film in the Age of Streaming” on July 13 at the veryRead More →