Filmmaker Interview: BOMANI J. STORY, writer/director/producer of THE ANGRY BLACK GIRL AND HER MONSTER
BOMANI J. STORY started his creative output at a young age, writing short stories as a child and finding early inspiration in an 1818 […]
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This Month’s Good Reads (May 2023)
Life is busy. With the WGA on strike, it can be tough to stay up-to-date on all the other latest film industry news, profiles,
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2023 – Recap
Ooh la la, SAGindie has returned from France! The 2023 Festival de Cannes took place May 16-27, and SAGindie once again sponsored The American
This Month’s Good Reads (April 2023)
Life is busy – flowers are in bloom, Netflix DVDs are dead, and your Twitter checkmark is probably gone. It can be tough to
Filmmaker Interview: FRANKLIN RITCH, writer/director/star of THE ARTIFICE GIRL
Like many indie filmmakers, FRANKLIN RITCH made a proof-of-concept to help sell his vision of a potential feature debut. Unlike a lot of other
This Month’s Good Reads (March 2023)
Life is busy – you’re prepping your Oscar speech, springing your clock forward, and kissing someone ’cause they’re Irish (and ’cause they consented). It
Filmmaker Interview: LIZ CARDENAS, producer of ACIDMAN
As a producer, LIZ CARDENAS has a specialty in using a project’s ingrained constraints to its advantage, from the minimalist isolation of David Lowery’s
2023 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS – Winners
It’s that time of year again! Movies and shows were made, movies and shows were released, movies and shows were watched, and now movies
This Month’s Good Reads (February 2023)
Life is busy – you’re celebrating Black History, Super Bowls, Valentines, and Angela Bassett doing the thing. It can be tough to stay up-to-date
Filmmaker Interview: JAMIE DACK, writer/director/producer of PALM TREES AND POWER LINES
With an evocatively-titled screenplay, two powerful leading roles, and a Cannes-approved short to work off of, JAMIE DACK had a lot going for her
FILM INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS CLOSE-UP 2023
We all have our awards season rituals, right? Catching up on all the nominated movies, placing friendly wagers, planning a screening party. Thankfully, our
2023 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL Recap
Hollywood loves a comeback story, and 2023 was an in-person comeback for the Sundance Film Festival after two virtual years. This year’s fest was