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There's no more fertile ground for indie filmmakers than horror, and for a few extremely talented directors like my guest Matt McClung, you c…

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Attend A Screening Of PAPER MARRIAGE in Washington, DC

To paraphrase Walt Whitman, Jeff Man is a man that contains multitudes. He often plays a character, like in PAPER MA…

Every Sunday, I'll post a quick video -- and podcast -- about an indie film from at least a year ago. Today's film: ONCE AGAIN (2019). The film is also on streamers as "una vez más."

Director: Guiller…

Music is one of the most important parts of filmmaking and yet it's often left to the last minute or shortchanged; the dynamic Lauren Denemark and her company, Triple Threat Music Supervision, is aim…

Every Sunday, I'll post a quick video -- and podcast -- about an indie film from at least a year ago. Today's film: BABYSITTER (2022).

Director: Monia Chokrisd

Written By: Catherine Léger

Cast: Pierre-M…

Every Sunday, I'll post a quick video -- and podcast -- about an indie film from at least a year ago. Today's film: AFTER EVERYTHING (2018).

Director: Joey Power; Hannah Marks

Screenplay: Joey Power; H…

The motto of the podcast is the future of filmmaking -- well, this is it. I'm joined by Marc Iserlis, head of film at Republic.

When you find out about Marc Iserlis' job in finance and film, you might…

"Let's make a market for independent and student films" -- it sounds like an impossible dream, doesn't it? Not for the founders of Rise Flix. In this episode, I talk with Edouard Larouche, Ahmad Baqe…

Every Sunday, I'll post a quick video -- and podcast -- about an indie film from at least a year ago. Today's film: LISTEN UP PHILIP (2014).

Director: Alex Ross Perry

Screenplay: Alex Ross Perry

Cast: J…

The Independent Spirit John Cassevetes Award is, for me, the best film award an indie film can get. It's for independent feature films made under $1 million dollars. And we can discuss, as I do with …

Every Sunday, I'll post a quick video -- and podcast -- about an indie film from at least a year ago. Today's film: THE HOLDOVERS (2023).

Director: Alexander Payne

Screenplay: David Hemingson

Cast: Paul…

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Season three opens with a powerful return to the show of Ibrahim Nash'at, the multi-award-winning Egyptian documentary filmmaker whose film, HOLLYWOODGATE, is shortlisted…

Happy holidays! We wrap up season two with Lisa Trifone, a multitalented woman who founded Bright Iris Film Co. No matter what angle you come at indie films, Lisa has it covered. Several of the films…

Every Sunday, I'll post a quick video -- and podcast -- about an indie film from at least a year ago. Today's film: LONG DECEMBER (2023).

Director: Thomas Torrey

Writer: Thomas Torrey

Cast: Stephen Will…

I am so pleased to be joined by groundbreaking filmmaker Mira Shaib, director of Arzé, a brilliant first feature comedy-drama about the relationship of a family in Lebanon. (In North America, it shou…

Gratitude is the operative word with filmmaker Adam Kinyon, founder of Best Dressed Films and producing two independent features in 2024. How do you get your short made? What's the state of play for …

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If there's a more innovative, surprising, enjoyable, and fun documentary than STARRING JERRY AS HIMSELF (2023), I haven't seen it th…

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There's something so inspiring about a filmmaker who has a million different reasons for why he shouldn't be selected for this fellowship or that school, but goes forward…

There is no other filmmaker working today that personifies being the "man in the arena", as Theodore Roosevelt so eloquently put it, than Matthew Heineman. His films have ranged from the frontlines o…

Welcome to spooky season in this re-release of my conversation with filmmaker Hoku Uchiyama.

Published last year while he was crowdfunding for WHITCH, we talk about:

• his filmmaking in the Bay Area star…