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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Mike Hofman is The Independent’s editor
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 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…
“Prince Among Slaves”: Recreating History on a Budget
Prince Among Slaves, which aired in February on PBS as part of public television’s Black History Month programming, is the…
Watch Clips from the Oscar-winning Docs, Shorts, and Animated Shorts
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE No End in Sight (Magnolia Pictures) A Representational Pictures Production Filmmakers: Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs The…
Mastering Archival Footage: How to Find It, When to Use It
Immy Humes is adept at bringing a light touch to dark subject matter as she did in her Oscar-nominated 1991…
Writing a Companion Book to Your Film
An examination of how the Iraq War went so wrong, Charles H. Ferguson’s documentary No End In Sight is by…
How to Get a Short on Logo
Grassroots filmmakers are always looking for mainstream distribution, and short films often have a particularly tough time gaining exposure. Which…
His Muse is the Rule of Law
James Cooper is one of those globetrotting guys who has more stamps in his passport than you do. A Cambridge-educated…