Filmmaker takes center stage in surveillance story
2 days ago
But her role as the first point of contact for disclosures about U.S. surveillance programs has drawn the glare of attention to the independent filmmaker who, abruptly, has pushed documentaries...
A controversial victory lap for Lewis at Cannes
24 days ago
Nearly two decades since his last film, he's at Cannes with "Max Rose," a modest independent film in which he stars as an elderly man reconciling himself to life without his late wife.
Roth says 'Aftershock' new business model for film
40 days ago
Eli Roth says one of the best things about his new movie "Aftershock" is that it creates a "real, new business model" that could help independent films hold their own against studio blockbusters.
Feds hand millions in grants to states for arts, music
41 days ago
The regional arts funding includes a Mid-America Arts Alliance traveling exhibition in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas, as well as a South Arts tour of independent...
Gomez in an 'awkward' transition with 'Breakers'
95 days ago
A little awkward" is how Selena Gomez describes her transition from Disney girl to Disney girl gone wild in the new R-rated independent film "Spring Breakers," in which she plays a bikini-clad and...
Watts, Pitt bring films to Tribeca Film Festival
99 days ago
This year's slate, culled from more than 6,000 submissions, is the typical grab bag of American independent films, issue-driven documentaries and international curiosities that customarily...
Japanese disaster films highlight victims' stories
112 days ago
Such scenes fill the flurry of independent films inspired by Japan's March 2011 catastrophe that tell stories of regular people who became overnight victims - stories the creators feel are being...
Study: Women fare better in independent film
148 days ago
But women still fare better behind the camera in independent film than in studio productions.
Women win equal time in Sundance drama competition
151 days ago
Yet the premiere section is a sign that women still are a long way from equal opportunity in higher-end independent filmmaking.
Sundance is a bit much, even for founder Redford
152 days ago
Redford watched it, sent it on to the folks at his Sundance Institute for independent film, and Burns' "The Brothers McMullen" premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1995.
