This Week’s Good Reads (Week of October 24)
We hope you’re nice and busy prepping for a scary (yet safe!) Halloween weekend. But if you like to mix your fright with some […]
Filmmaker Interview: ALEX LEHMANN, director of BLUE JAY
The new indie romance BLUE JAY centers on a former high school couple, Jim (Mark Duplass) and Amanda (Sarah Paulson), who run into each
Filmmaker Interview: MELISSA FINELL and MEGHA KOHLI of SENSITIVITY TRAINING
If there’s one film sub-genre you don’t see much of, it’s Science Films. Not Sci-Fi, but films set in the world of science and
This Week’s Good Reads (Week of September 26)
It was a very political week in America, with both the first presidential debate and National Voter Registration Day happening. Since we’re a resource
This Week’s Good Reads (Week of September 28)
It’s October! Which means adults can eat candy judgement-free as we catch up on the best horror movies the cinema (or Netflix) has to
More Movies You Probably Forgot Were Indies
[UPDATED 9/8/17] With even more sequels, remakes, reboots, rehashes, and relapses coming now to a theater near you, there’s a lot of hand-wringing about
This Week’s Good Reads (Week of September 15)
This week, a large bulk of the independent film world was occupied with IFP Independent Film Week in New York. And there was a
Movies You Probably Forgot Were Indies
[UPDATED 5/24/17] The phrase “independent film” usually conjures up certain touchstone images: Early pioneers like Corman or Cassavetes; no-budget phenoms like Clerks and The
10 TIPS FOR DIRECTING A MICRO BUDGET MOVIE from FILMMAKER PAUL OSBORNE
If you haven’t already heard of, or run into, filmmaker PAUL OSBORNE somewhere along the way, don’t sweat it because the odds are you
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
Guest Post: WILLIAM MAPOTHER on acting in ANOTHER EARTH
When SAGIndie’s Director, Darrien Gipson, asked me to write about working on the micro-budgeted ANOTHER EARTH, I immediately agreed, partly because she’s not an
Filmmaker Interview: K. LORREL MANNING and MICHAEL CUOMO of HAPPY NEW YEAR
For a writer the genesis of a story can come from a number of different places, inspirations or experiences—some real, some manufactured, but most,