Tribeca 2010: Michael Creagh on “The Crush”
As an “ad man by day,” filmmaker Michael Creagh had been “tinkering with ideas and scripts” for several years before…
Film Festivals
Best of the Shorts: Tribeca 2010
At the movies, I want to laugh out loud, clutch my armrest in terror, weep uncontrollably, and be amazed. I’ll…
The Film Must Go Green
Sustainable Filmmaking Workshop Panelists: Miranda Bailey – Director, Greenlit Lauren Selman – Reel Green Media Eva Radke – Film Biz…
Taking the Temp of SXSW 2010
The fact that Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker made its US premiere one year ago at SXSW upped the intrigue…
Advance Look at New Directors/New Films
For the past 38 years in Manhattan, The Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art have…
Has the Drive to Fund “Social Issue” Docs Affected Their Form?
Over the past few years, I’ve had the pleasure of attending a number of film festivals and conferences, some with…
10 to Watch in 2010… Plus Five Runners-Up
Choosing The Independent’s 10 to Watch is like trying to predict the future, or the stock market, or the weather…
How Funders are Like Crushes and Other Sundance Morsels
Editor’s note: Below is just a sampling of Shechter’s Sundance account. For the whole enchilada, visit her blog. Hello from…
Doc Highlights from the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
You may want to check out part one, which offers a festival overview with a focus on its narrative features….