Pick up any book about the so-called new “Golden Age” of prestige TV (Alan Sepinwall’s The Revolution Was Televised is my personal favorite) became such an important show. It was…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/deadwood-is-coming-to-fi-presents-these-are-the-five-episodes-you-need-to-see-first/
Though it happened on April 1, Monday’s Film Independent Presents screening of the Season Two premiere of Showtime’s critically acclaimed series The Chi was anything but an April Fools’ Day…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/lena-waithe-on-the-chi-and-how-nostalgia-defines-you/
Long a regular part of the Film Independent Presents ongoing programming calendar, the popular Live Reads series had, until Tuesday night, been conspicuously absent from the to-do lists of screenplay-obsessed…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/nick-kroll-and-john-mulaney-rudely-interrupt-my-dinner-with-andre/
Phew! We’ve somehow made it through yet another awards season (relatively) unscathed. And don’t worry, clips from this year’s Aubrey Plaza hosted Film Independent Spirit Awards are available for you…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/dont-miss-indies-what-to-watch-in-march-2019/
There is something truly unique about the odd mix of multicultural influences, transience and gleeful sprawl that goes into shaping a global metropolis like Los Angeles, Cairo or Casablanca. Each…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/egypt-morocco-and-la-come-together-in-these-global-media-makers-iphone-shorts/
Each day through the end 2017 LA Film Festival, Film Independent blog correspondent Cortney Matz will be recording her experiences and offering an insider’s perspective on how to enjoy this year’s…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/festival-diary-day-three-spectacularly-sarcastic/
We apologize for stressing you out. No, seriously—it’s often said that one of the leading causes of anxiety in modern society is having too much of everything. And all this…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/la-film-festival-update-ifc-shows-unleash-funny-culver-city/
Contrary to what you might think, the most helpful tool in any filmmaker’s toolbox isn’t actually some kind of fancy camera lens or After Effects plug-in. It isn’t a bestselling…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/forum-announces-effie-brown-keynote-panelists-loving-as-opening-night-film/
As an independent filmmaker, you’re constantly looking for shortcuts. Not because you’re lazy, or don’t want to put in the work. It’s just that the entire mechanism of Hollywood is…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/whos-fast-track-2016-fellows-get-ready-three-days-pitching-culver-city/
Longtime residents of LA will no doubt have noticed a recent trend in the weather: impossibly gray, overcast early morning skies that inevitably burn off by early afternoon. Here in…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/smorgasbord-of-fun-54-brief-reasons-to-start-buying-your-tickets-to-the-2016-la-film-festival-today/
(header image: Political Animals — see: Documentary Competition) Look, it doesn’t take a MacArthur-level genius to see that the world could use some good news right about now. A reason to celebrate…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/see-whats-playing-at-the-2016-la-film-festival-competition-lineup-announced/
This morning, Film Independent announced nominations for the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards. Film Independent President Josh Welsh introduced the prerecorded video announcements, which featured…
https://www.filmindependent.org/press-releases/2022-film-independent-spirit-awards-nominations-announced/