by Colin McCormack | May 13, 2024 | Featured, indieBlog, Miscellany
The independent film world has lost one of its all-time icons: Producer, director, distributor, and mentor ROGER CORMAN. With over 400 produced films to his name (including 60 as director), Roger Corman was a low-budget filmmaking godfather, legend, kingmaker, and any... 
by Colin McCormack | Sep 23, 2021 | indieBlog, Miscellany
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... by SAGindie | Jul 6, 2018 | Filmmaker Resources, Indie News, indieBlog
While we celebrated Independence Day this week on arguably the worst day of the week to have a holiday (who has holidays on Wednesdays?!), we nevertheless kept an eye on the blogs and news websites to curate some must-reads for filmmakers and actors and– ugghhh,... by Colin McCormack | Nov 20, 2014 | indieBlog, Miscellany
Let’s be honest, MIKE NICHOLS was about as accomplished as a filmmaker can get. The director-writer-producer-comedian, who died yesterday at age 83, was one of the few, the proud, the EGOT winners: That’s right, he won Emmys (for Wit and Angels in...