Budgeting for archival footage
Dear Doc Doctor: How can I calculate how much archival footage I’ll need for my film, and how much it…
Making Films
Beyond Bollywood
And there are so many stories to tell, too many, such an excess of intertwined lives events miracles places rumors,…
Q&A: BAI LING
I am somewhat embarrassed to say that I did not know exactly why I was to meet the actress Bai…
Good Lord, Not Another Artsy Film
I am Marc Vogl, a 30-something East Coast kid who came out to San Francisco in the 90s following a…
Behind the Spin
There is a mystique to filmmaking—the silvery light that reflects off the screen, the way the story shapes a character’s…
What a Long, Freaky Head-Trip It’s Been
“Get on the ground, motherfuckers,” declares Wayne Coyne, directing two somewhat confused kids to lie on their chests in the…
Q/A: Terrence Howard
There was one good thing about Malcolm Lee’s 1999 studio film The Best Man: Terrence Howard. I wrote a review…
Effie Brown
“A hybrid of a hippie commune and capitalism,” is how revered indie film producer Effie Brown describes the goal of…
Gregg Araki Gets Mysterious
Gregg Araki is George Bush’s worst nightmare. In Araki’s parallel cinematic universes, the mainstream is subverted, what the right wing…