A few weeks ago—at the height of quarantine—Film Independent Education’s ongoing Coffee Talks series gathered together five acclaimed film and TV actors for a remote video conference. The ostensible topic…
Despite everything, one of the more encouraging things to come out of the lingering coronavirus situation has been an explosion in creativity, both in the novel ways we’ve conceived of…
Each year, the Film Independent Spirit Awards give the Someone to Watch Award to an emerging filmmaker of singular vision. In this column, film critic David Bax revisits some of the grant’s…
Ah yes, here we are again. Sitting down to write a blog about our amazing 2020 Film Independent Screenwriting Lab Fellows. So much talent. So much to say. This should…
As a filmmaker, you can probably recall what it was like starting out in Hollywood: new in town, pockets empty, exploding with energy and ambition; the great ideas practically shooting…
NOTE: The below piece originally ran in August of 2019. We’re re-posting it here with minor edits to the original text. Special thanks to author Su Fang Tham (and Jennifer…
In brainstorming visually compelling locations for a tense, confined-space thriller, it’d be hard to do much better than the murky, subterranean depths of a West Virginia coalmine. With sooty corridors…
On May 16, Film Independent Members packed into the ArcLight Cinemas Hollywood for a very special advance screening of the pilot episode of Amazon’s Good Omens—the most recent TV adaptation…
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article originally ran in May of this year as part of our coverage of the 2019 Film Independent Forum. It is being republished here with minor…
When you hear a phrase like “Hollywood studio executive,” chances are your mind goes to glitzy awards shows and Beverly Hills power lunches, not downtown theater or old school NYC…
If you think about it, spring is the ideal season for all the “proactive-planner” types among us. There are just so many things with so many logistics to be worked…
Who better to invite for Week Two of Film Independent’s 2019 Directors Close-Up series than a trio of knowledgeable, accomplished writer-directors: Jane Anderson (The Wife, Olive Kitteridge), Billy Ray (Shattered…