Jonathon Narducci tries to blow up perfect ideas of love in his documentary, Love Me, about men and women whose matches are made the old-fashioned way, by mail order. Dana Knight asks how he reached his conclusions about how and when love succeeds.
…guidance of the steering committee, do the work of running the co-op. How, when, and why did New Day come into being? New Day was founded in 1971 by four…
…much of it mindless “entertainment.” As independent film- and videomakers who are committed to media as a vehicle for social change, our challenge is to continue to find ways to…
…advise watching the opening credit sequence, for example. With only picture and music—there is no dialogue—Littleton introduces us to each character and we immediately get a sense of who these…
…Senate-House conference committee agreed to fund the NEA at $98 million for FY ’98. Because conference committees are widely seen as compromise bodies, the final budgetary appropriation was widely anticipated…
…wide range of people involved, Max Collins [Road to Perdition] for example. We have people just starting and everybody in between. We [offer] workshops and seminars. We’ve had a Hollywood…
Now in its eighth year, The Independent’s 10 Filmmakers to Watch highlights filmmakers – producers, programmers, animators, and others – whose upcoming work we think will wow you this year. Submit your nominations by February 15, 2016.
…echoed typical rom-com tropes, such as proposals, dance scenes, meeting the parents, and the one who doesn’t want to commit. “Bros” toed the line of parodying a straight romantic comedy….
For 10 years now The Independent has been tooting the horn for indie filmmakers everywhere with our annual 10 to Watch. Read on about how to help us in our 10 for 10 year by nominating a filmmaker. We want to hear the stories of characters who often hide in the shadows of cinema. We will post our list this spring.