Life is busy – a new year arriving, an old year done and dusted. It can be tough to stay up-to-date on film industry news, profiles, analysis, and advice. That’s why we’ve curated some essential reads you may have missed over the past month. So take some time to catch up with this month’s good reads!
This Month’s Good Reads (December 2025)
Indie Film Revival? Peace With AI? Guillermo del Toro, Richard Linklater and More Predict the Future (via Tim Molloy for MovieMaker Magazine)
Independent filmmakers look into their crystal balls.
The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library (via Claire Woodcock for 404 Media)
Your tax dollars are creating a little socialist Criterion Closet just for you!
The 10 Commandments of Sustainable Filmmaking (via Hudson Phillips for Hope For Film)
Setting goals beyond making money.
A Massive List of Winter 2025 Grants, Labs & Fellowships (via Laura Moss for No Film School)
Ring that proverbial Salvation Army bell for some film funding!
Hal Hartley Is Still Figuring It All Out Onscreen (via August Prum for Defector)
One of indie film’s premier rom-com makers has a new movie.
What the Warner Bros. Sale Means for the Art of Movies (via Richard Brody for The New Yorker)
‘Tis the season for corporate media acquisitions.
Mary and Ronald Bronstein Are This Oscar Season’s Hottest Power Couple. It’s About Time (via David Canfield for The Hollywood Reporter)
The husband (Marty Supreme writer/producer) and wife (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You writer/director) team is giving indie-film-relationship-goals.
The Last Good Thing (via Jess Love for The American Scholar)
How one writer abandoned the streaming world to re-live that DVD life.
The Disney-OpenAI Deal Redefines the AI Copyright War (via Brian Barrett for Wired)
Mickey Mouse enters the slophouse.
Rob Reiner Found a Way to Please Everyone — By Going His Own Way (via Amy Nicholson for Los Angeles Times)
How the late filmmaker went from nepo baby sitcom sidekick to director of hit comedies, dramas, romances, thrillers, and more.
Hollywood Took Your Job. The Holidays Can Help You Get Your Next One (via Lacey Leone McLaughlin for The Ankler)
Career tips during the holiday season.
Hits & Misses: The Sundance Class of 2025 (via Anthony Kaufman for Filmmaker Magazine)
Catching up with last year’s Sundance alumni – what hit, what missed, and what never got released.
Learning From Amos Poe (via Jaime Levinas for Filmmaker Magazine)
The lessons and legacy of the punk “No Wave” filmmaker.
10 Factors That Should Shape Festival Strategies in 2026 (via John Fitzgerald for On the Circuit)
How to strategize for your next film fest.
Who Is Mubi For? (via Will Tavlin for Vulture)
The growing pains of a once-underdog cinephile streamer.
In case you were ignoring us (aka blatant self-promotion)
The 2025 Gotham Awards Winners
See the NY-based indie film winners!
2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominees
See the LA-based indie film nominees!
SAGindie’s Favorite Films of 2025
Our staff saw movies; have opinions.
Videos worth watching
The Oscars, hosted by Mr. Beast? The Academy Awards are heading to YouTube! (via The Big Picture)
How ’bout you? Read anything good this month?
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