No Thanks, Take-Back Manifesto
“Can we get back to talking about movies, please?” So concludes The Take-Back Manifesto, filmmaker/blogger Michael Tully’s biting critique of…
Making Films
Tribeca 2010: Travis Senger on “White Lines and The Fever: The Death of DJ Junebug”
After winning a special jury prize at SXSW 2010, Filmmaker Travis Senger brings his short documentary White Lines and The…
Tribeca 2010: Melanie Schiele on “Delilah, Before”
After working in various capacities as writer, director, producer and cinematographer on over 20 student shorts as part of New…
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…
Tribeca 2010: Mary Robertson on “Missed Connections”
Have you ever felt your eyes lock with someone across a crowded subway, only to wish later that you had…
The Film Must Go Green
Sustainable Filmmaking Workshop Panelists: Miranda Bailey – Director, Greenlit Lauren Selman – Reel Green Media Eva Radke – Film Biz…
Film Journal: Survival Strategies During Production
In my last installment of my film journal, I wrote about the importance of pre-production for laying the groundwork for…
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…