For Inspiration, Judd Ehrlich Looked to the Subject of His New Film, “Run For Your Life”
While vampires made a big splash at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, a documentary about a son of Transylvania carved…
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The Doc Doctor’s Anatomy of a Film: “Muskrat Lovely”
About this column: Many filmmakers ponder in anguish, How do other people—celebrated people—do it? Am I taking too long to…
As Sundance Sells to Cablevision, Filmmakers Ponder the Future
The Sundance Channel was scooped up by Cablevision’s Rainbow Media for $496 million on May 7. That division of Cablevision…
The Doc Doctor’s Anatomy of a Film: “Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea”
About this column: Many filmmakers ponder in anguish, How do other people—celebrated people—do it? Am I taking too long to…
To Shoot “Flying,” Jennifer Fox Gave Up Control of Her Camera
As an award-winning director, producer and camerawoman, Jennifer Fox is certainly well-versed in all the conventions of ‘proper’ documentary filmmaking…
The Doc Doctor’s Anatomy of a Film: “The Longing”
About this new column: Many filmmakers ponder in anguish, How do other people—celebrated people—do it? Am I taking too long…
The Peabody Award Winners: Watch Trailers and Clips
The full list of 2007 George Foster Peabody Award winners was released on April 2. The winners include films such…
The DVD Isn’t Dead… At Least Not Yet
With a call for shorts for Independent Exposure 2008 open through the end of the month, The Independent wanted to…
Download This: The Future of Distribution is Just a Click Away
Video blogs, vodcasts, YouTube — in many ways it seems that independent filmmakers have taken the internet by force. But…