2015 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS Recap
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This Week’s Good Reads (Week of February 16)
Oscars, Oscars, Oscars! Spirit Awards, Spirit Awards, Spirit Awards! These two events have basically monopolized the conversation this week amongst those who write about
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We’re sure your Valentine’s Day weekend will be extremely busy, with the dinner dates, long walks on the beach, intimate movie nights, or crying
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Filmmaker Interview: SHAWN CHRISTENSEN, writer/director/star of BEFORE I DISAPPEAR
SHAWN CHRISTENSEN knows how to multitask. He started writing screenplays while simultaneously fronting the successful indie rock band stellarstarr*. That move into screenwriting landed
Panel (Full Video): WORK IT! THE FESTIVAL SCOOP FROM PROS IN THE KNOW
In case you’re not in Los Angeles or couldn’t attend last night’s film fest panel at the SAG Foundation Actors Center, you can watch
This Week’s Good Reads (Week of October 20)
This week brought us the Gotham Award nominations, which means awards season has finally begun. And here on the West Coast (where awards season
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This week brought us much ballyhoo from the Toronto International Film Festival (or “TIFF” as the kids say). Films premiered. Rights were sold. Actors
This Week’s Good Reads (week of August 18)
During the week we often get so preoccupied with our real lives that we sometimes neglect our internet browsing. With the weekend ahead of
Filmmaker Interview: CHRIS LOWELL and MO NARANG of BESIDE STILL WATERS
CHRIS LOWELL is a successful actor known for his roles on the gone-too-soon television series Veronica Mars and Enlisted, as well as in the
12 TIPS FOR INDIE PRODUCERS from M. ELIZABETH HUGHES
Since earning her M.F.A. in 2008, M. ELIZABETH HUGHES has quickly made a name for herself as a no-nonsense producer who can stretch a