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…
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The Doc Doctor’s Anatomy of a Film: “I Was a Teenage Feminist”
About this new column: Many filmmakers ponder in anguish, How do other people—celebrated people—do it? Am I taking too long…
Alex Karpovsky’s “Woodpecker”: The Perfect “Ficumentary”?
Filmmaker Alex Karpovsky is sure to leave reviewers scrambling for a dictionary in an attempt to define the hybrid genre…
Writer’s Strike: A Conclusion
As the Writers Guild of America Strike seems to be finally nearing its end after three months, The Independent offers…
The Doc Doctor’s Anatomy of a Film: “51 Birch Street”
About this new column: Many filmmakers ponder in anguish, How do other people—celebrated people—do it? Am I taking too long…
The Doc Doctor’s Anatomy of a Film: “Rock and a Heart Place”
Case Study No. 2 Rock and a Heart Place, produced by Nancy Sabino and Michael Sodano Running time: 80 minutes…
“Writer Interruptus” A Writers’ Strike Screenplay
INT. STUDY – DAY A WRITER sits at his desk, hunched over a keyboard. He types in a few words;…
The Doc Doctor’s Anatomy of a Film: “Kiran over Mongolia”
About this new column: Many filmmakers ponder in anguish, How do other people—celebrated people—do it? Am I taking too long…
Letter from the Board
In the March issue of The Independent, we reported that AIVF faced a financial crisis and an uncertain future. As…