Ideological Sustainability In ‘Follow the Leader’ @ IFC Center: Stranger Than Fiction – Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Photo credit Nick Troiano, participant in ‘Follow the Leader’ “Follow the Leader” is a phrase as common to the contemporary American experience as apple pie is to its cuisine. Most frequently heard within the friendly confines of schoolyard play, the phrase is an ideology in and of itself, unequivocally engrained into youthful minds by the intellectually circumspect trifecta of media, …
Tribeca Profile: Leonard Retel Helmrich, Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich (Co-Directors) & In-Soo Radstake (Producer) – ‘RAW HERRING’
The Dutch Herring (Hollandse Nieuwe Haring) has been the cultural staple, the nutritional cornerstone and the economic driving force behind …
2013 Tribeca Film Festival – 10 Films To Watch
As the 2013 edition of New York City’s Tribeca Film Festival sets to launch nearly 2 weeks of top flight …
Op-Ed: On Storytelling in Independent Film
Richard Brody’s article in The New Yorker — “The Problem with Processed Storytelling” elucidates a lot of things I’ve been …
2013 SXSW Film Festival – 10 Films to Watch
Held in and around one of America’s great cities of Austin, the SXSW Film Festival & Conference offers a versatility …
2013 Sundance Film Festival – 10 Films to Watch
Starting tomorrow, Park City will once again be the center of the filmmaking universe for 10 days of quality documentaries, …
The Top 10 Films of 2012
1. Zero Dark Thirty Read Our Review – HERE – The 2012 reteaming of ‘The Hurt Locker’ director/writer duo of …
Op-Ed: The American New Wave – A Filmmaking Manifesto
Shooting handheld is no way to start a revolution. Certainly not now, 52 years after the French New Wave blasted …
Something to Love About Indie Film: Jump Cuts
by Kenneth Burgin Jump Cuts: For the right reason, you might know who’s fighting who Jump cuts, George Méliès did …
New York, The Media Place To Be!
40,000 new media sector jobs created in New York An economic study by the Boston consulting group, commissioned by the …
TOP 10 SUMMER 2012 INDIE PICKS
Now that Memorial Day is right around the corner and ‘The Avengers’ has already made $1/2 billion worldwide, it is …