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This Month’s Good Reads (December 2021)
Life is busy – you're forgetting old acquaintances for auld lang syne, whatever that means. It can be tough to stay up-to-date on the latest film industry news, profiles, analysis, and advice. That’s why we’ve curated some essential reads you may have missed over the...
SAGindie’s Favorite Films of 2021
The world finally, carefully - eventually, somewhat - opened back up in 2021. Maybe you didn't go to the theater as much as you hoped; maybe a few large gatherings were still canceled. And maybe you didn't buy enough crypto or go to space with a billionaire or get to...
Filmmaker Interview: LAUREN HADAWAY, writer/director/editor of THE NOVICE
Before she began directing her own work, LAUREN HADAWAY helped shape how some of the past decade's biggest movies sounded. As an ADR and sound supervisor, editor, and mixer, Hadaway worked on such massive projects as Pacific Rim, Transformers: Age of Extinction, and...
This Month’s Good Reads (November 2021)
Life is busy – you're giving thanks for health, for family, for friends... But are you giving thanks for good reads? It can be tough to stay up-to-date on the latest film industry news, profiles, analysis, and advice. That’s why we’ve curated some essential reads you...
THE 2021 GOTHAM AWARDS – Winners
It's hard to believe another awards season is upon us, but time marches on, indie movies get released, and somebody has to recognize the best of the best. So our good friends at The Gotham (formerly IFP) kicked off the annual tradition of giving trophies to great...
Filmmaker Interview: JUSTIN CHON, writer/director/star of BLUE BAYOU
The last time we spoke with JUSTIN CHON, he was riding high off the release of his second feature as actor/director, the Sundance Award-winning Gook. In the following years, Chon returned to Sundance for his next directorial effort, Ms. Purple, continued acting in...
Stowe Story Labs SAGindie Fellowship
[UPDATED 4/29/22] SAGindie is excited for our continuing partnership with the Stowe Story Labs in offering the SAGindie Fellowship, and our newest fellow(s) have been announced! The 2022 SAGindie Fellowship went to not one, but two emerging filmmakers!...
Filmmaker Interview: HANNAH MARKS, writer/director of MARK, MARY & SOME OTHER PEOPLE
HANNAH MARKS has quickly made a name for herself as an in-demand actor (in features such as Slash, Southbound, and I Used to Go Here; and series including Awkward and Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency), though she has almost just as quickly risen to the ranks of...
This Month’s Good Reads (October 2021)
Life is busy – you're trick-or-treating, bobbing for apples, realizing how unsanitary it is to bob for apples in this current climate. It can be tough to stay up-to-date on the latest film industry news, profiles, analysis, and advice. That’s why we’ve curated some...
This Month’s Good Reads (September 2021)
Life is busy – you're getting ready for fall, browsing the new Black Film Archive, and doing a lot of research about the vaccine's effect on a rapper's cousin's friend's anatomy. It can be tough to stay up-to-date on the latest film industry news, profiles, analysis,...
RIP to a Baadasssss
The film industry is mourning the loss of a cinematic rule-breaker who epitomized the indie spirit, MELVIN VAN PEEBLES, who passed away on September 21. Born in 1932 in Chicago, Van Peebles served nearly four years in the U.S. Air Force before he began making short...
Filmmaker Interview: JONAH FEINGOLD, writer/director of DATING & NEW YORK
As a native New Yorker who watched When Harry Met Sally... on repeat, JONAH FEINGOLD was maybe destined to make a romantic comedy, even before he ventured west to attend USC Film School. While gaining behind-the-camera experience through a string of new media shorts,...
This Month’s Good Reads (August 2021)
Life is busy – you're getting worked up about trivia show hosts, learning which celebrities don't bathe, and cautiously going back to school amid virus surges and natural disasters. It can be tough to stay up-to-date on the latest film industry news, profiles,...
Filmmaker Interview: SIÂN HEDER, writer/director of CODA
Even before she premiered her feature debut film at Sundance, writer/director SIÂN HEDER had seen career success in many forms. That first feature, Tallulah, was picked up as a Netflix Original before it even hit the screen at Sundance 2016. Prior to that, Heder's...
This Month’s Good Reads (July 2021)
Life is busy – you're masking up again, half-watching the Olympics, spending billions to go to space, and studying the new COVID production protocols. It can be tough to stay up-to-date on the latest film industry news, profiles, analysis, and advice. That’s why we’ve...
Filmmaker Interview: ZOE LISTER-JONES and DARYL WEIN of HOW IT ENDS
Actors/filmmakers/spouses ZOE LISTER-JONES and DARYL WEIN did what a lot of people said they would do during the early lockdown days of the COVID pandemic: they got productive. Collaborators for over a decade (including the features Breaking Upwards, Lola Versus,...
This Month’s Good Reads (June 2021)
Life is busy – you're celebrating Pride, returning to theaters, dealing with debilitating heat. It can be tough to stay up-to-date on the latest film industry news, profiles, analysis, and advice. That’s why we’ve curated some essential reads you may have missed over...
Filmmaker Interview: JOSH RUBEN, director of WEREWOLVES WITHIN
If you watched any comedy on the internet from roughly 2003 to the present, you've likely encountered a JOSH RUBEN production. From his early online sketch group Dutch West to the Upright Citizens Brigade to being a founding member of CollegeHumor Originals, Ruben...