25 New Faces of Indie Film Unveiled – indieWIRE An excellent list to watch out for. A few film students, a few new media people, a few doc people, and a few actors.[...]
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July 5th, 2010 - 1:17 pm § in News
July Cinema 2010
This is a list of all the independent and art-house screenings in LA in July, compiled by fellow TFT Directing student Richard Parkin. July 2; 7:30pm – Lisandro Alonso Retrospective: Liverpool @ Billy Wilder Lisandro Alonso in person. Very excited about this ongoing retrospective. Along with Rey[...]
May 19th, 2010 - 5:08 pm § in News
So You’re Moving To Hollywood/Foxes and Hedgehogs
William Boyd on Mark Rothko and the play Red | Art and design | The Guardian I recently read this play for a job I was working on. The discussion between Foxes and Hedgehogs is fascinating. Once again the ancient adage that Archilochus evolved (later popularised by Isaiah Berlin) seems particularly [...]
May 14th, 2010 - 5:10 pm § in News
UCLA Focuses on Showbiz 101
A very interesting look at the two schools, including a look at what UCLA’s doing to try and catch up. UCLA focuses on showbiz 101 – Entertainment News, Brian Lowry, Media – Variety UCLA and USC often engage in spirited competition, although at times the scales have appeared almost[...]
May 2nd, 2010 - 5:05 pm § in News
When We Leave Wins Tribeca!
When We Leave was the last feature I worked on before I left Berlin. I was so happy to see it win Tribeca. Congratulations to Feo! Tribeca Fest Honors ‘When We Leave’ & ‘Monica and David’ – indieWIRe Expressing “gratitude” and “surprise,” German director Feo[...]
April 30th, 2010 - 5:07 pm § in News
The New Dating Game/Don’t Make the Feature Version of Your Short
Two very interesting articles, one on how mating structures seem to be changing in America, the other about why you shouldn’t make the feature version of your short film. I have to agree with John August on that one. The New Dating Game by Charlotte Allen Welcome to the New Paleolithic, where [...]
April 30th, 2010 - 12:04 am § in News
Sundance and Nicholls Deadlines Tomorrow!
For all of you writers out there, the postmark deadlines for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab and The Nicholls Fellowship are tomorrow! Submit![...]
April 24th, 2010 - 5:05 pm § in News
Howard Suber: Why They Hate Our Movies
Howard Suber: Why They Hate Our Movies Howard Suber is a founder of the Producer’s Program at UCLA and teacher of a legendary course on structure. In this article he looks at the success of the Hollywood film and it’s root (as all good drama he argues) in individualism. Why do people aro[...]
April 21st, 2010 - 5:07 pm § in News
The Coming Revolution in Indie Distribution/ Tribeca’s Bold New Move
Film – The Coming Revolution in Indie Distribution – NYTimes.com LAST November inside a conference room at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, a film consultant named Peter Broderick was doing his best to foment a revolution. Mr. Broderick, who helps filmmakers find the[...]