Inside of the World of Pure Imagination
…Casey seems to be smearing her blood across the bottom of the computer screen. Her eyes become even glossier as she stares deeper into the computer screen while watching a…
…Casey seems to be smearing her blood across the bottom of the computer screen. Her eyes become even glossier as she stares deeper into the computer screen while watching a…
…affects their relationship,” they explain. Although Castaños is now half a country away from their hometown, it will never cease to be present in their life and art. “[Laredo] is…
Courtney Gardner provides inside insight into how Olivia Peace, Jess Zeidman, Rachel Sennott, and Madeline Grey DeFreece lent authenticity to their Jewish coming-of-age film Tahara, which played at Slamdance 2020.
In a first-ever for The Independent, at least since our reincarnation in 2007, we feature a poem. This “found poem” by Brian Burt lets Bill Murray talk about movie stars, golf, and his idea of paradise, something Murray thinks everyone should experience.
…ways of approaching media that will resonate for years: “I imagined a more interactive, engaged form of documentary film making,” she writes, and also “ways to use new media tools…
…areas? There is only one awards program—the Flintridge Awards for Visual Artists. The foundation also gives grants to small- to mid-sized ensemble theater companies in California, Oregon, and Washington and…
…the blue, but somehow still predictable, this-is-a-rom-com-and-I-need-to-take-charge-of-my-fate-like-the-independent-while-completely-codependent-on-a-man-kind-of-woman-I-am transformation into a bold, fearless person. And yet even that couldn’t make me truly like her because I knew it was happening for…
Courtney Gardner reveals how the documentary short Framing Agnes reframes LGBTQ history to contextualize trans existence and raise awareness about trans stories to make them relevant for future generations.
…Films (founded in 1978) and First Run Features (founded in 1979) merged their nontheatrical divisions to create a new company. It is owned by the two companies Icarus Films and…