Behind the Music
“Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of…
Making Films
Can Story be Taught?
Charlie Kaufman: Screenwriting seminars are bullshit Donald Kaufman: In theory, I agree with you. But this one’s different. This one’s…
Baltimore, Maryland
Languishing in the shadows of bigger-shouldered cities like Washington and Philadelphia, Baltimore is burdened with something of a municipal chip…
Revolutionary Road
When he’d just sprung from the college gates in 1972, John Sayles embarked on a cross-country hitchhiking trip. “It was…
Spik(e)ing The Indie Film Punch
I met Spike Lee for the first time in the fall of 1989 at the University of New Hampshire, where…
Surprise Ending
After the Apocalypse is a black and white science fiction film shot on 16mm, about five survivors trying to cope…
Subtilting within reason
Dear Doc Doctor: Should I provide subtitles for the subjects in my documentary who speak Spanglish, or other "hybrid" languages…
Risky Business
There’s an old adage in the business world that you should never risk offending a client by talking about religion…
What’s (still) experimental?
For filmmakers, being experimental isn’t as easy as it used to be. Fifty years ago, tossing aside Hollywood’s conventions of…