Your Independent Movie Guide
Interviews
By | July 2014
Film historian Lee Gambin shines a new light on the diverse movie musical output of the 1970s…
Few people consider movie musicals as a defining genre of the 1970s, but Lee Gambin is working to change that perception. In his upcoming book “We Can Be...
Is “Dazed and Confused,” Richard Linklater’s 1993 journey through the pot-smoke of seventies stoner culture, a drama? A comedy? A detailed...
Premiering at the 2013 Seattle International Film Festival, “Teddy Bears” enjoyed a festival tour before Tribeca Film picked it up for distribution,...
While mainstream-inclined 20-somethings went to dance clubs, fist-pumping to the latest hits but there to catch a buzz and hopefully get some, New Jersey...
Blue Ruin is the biggest success story to come out of (Warning: pun ahead) the blue this year. Tapped out on funding to finish the film, writer/director...
For filmmaker Larry Wessel, cinema has always been his “religion,” as he was raised by “two religious fanatics” whose church was the movie theatre....
There are just about as many ways to get an independent movie made as there are independent movies, and screenwriter Steve Zotnowski had one of the more...
Robert Greenwald makes documentaries. He also makes waves. And enemies. In the capital of this country there are doubtless lots of seriously powerful...
During the first scene of “As the Palaces Burn,” Don Argott’s wildly unpredictable documentary, singer Randy Blythe is clearly enjoying his life....
Two filmmakers going balls-out. Both fearless. Both brilliant. Both at Sundance. Two years ago, Gareth Evans and Timo Tjahjanto collaborated on “Safe...
