Thanks again to Richard Parkin, fellow UCLA Directing Student: Nothing that exciting. The LACMA’s and New Beverly’s calendar seemed incomplete at time of compilation. Check back in with them throughout the month. _____________________________________________________________ August 1; 7:3[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Independent Film’
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[...]
July 17th, 2009 - 1:14 am § in News
Recent News
Independent Film: The 25 New Faces of Independent Film (via Filmmaker Magazine) Festivals: Cannes 2009: Stupid, Adjective (via cinemascope) Radicalism at Cannes? It’s unlikely (a little older, but still pertinent. via the Guardian) Locarno reveals strong arthouse lineup (via Screeninternationa[...]
Review: On Film-making, by Alexander Mackendrick
The road of the novice filmmaker is paved with thorns. There is an extremely apt metaphor used in the last edition of film school confidential: “Far more people are making low-budget independent films today than the market for such films can sustain. It is said that during the California gold [...]
July 8th, 2009 - 5:59 pm § in News
Specialty Box Office Mid-Year Winners
Indie Wire has annouced the Winners and Losers for the Specialty (aka Independent) Film World: 1. Sunshine Cleaning (Overture Films) – $12,055,108 2. Away We Go (Focus Features) – $6,077,303 3. The Class (Sony Pictures Classics) – $3,766,810 4. The Brothers Bloom (Summit Entertainm[...]
June 24th, 2009 - 11:07 am § in Filmmaking, News
The World As We Know It Is Over?
Another excellent article in Indiewire today, discussing the current state of the independent film world. Ten major points are brought up by a panel of producers at the Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF). Among them were Bob Teitel, producer of “Notorious,” which I missed at the Berlinal[...]