This is a documentary about a non-profit organization called MISSSEY (Motivation Inspiring, Supporting, and Serving Sexually Exploited Youth). MISSSEY is a project...
A Special Tribute to our Troops on the 4th!
And now as part of our Hollywood salute to the military. A special July 4th treat for all the boys "over there." A TOP GUN retrospective. Sorry girls....
The Day the Movies Died
You want to understand how bad things are in Hollywood right now—how stifling and airless and cautious the atmosphere is, how little nourishment or...
What’s the Difference Between the ARRI ALEXA and...
The ARRI ALEXA and RED EPIC (and RED ONE M-X) are cameras that we’ll be seeing hundreds of features shot on over the next several years. What’s the...
A Hat, Some Change, and A Shoe
This is a short film about a young boy going on an adventure in his community to help a poor, homeless and hungry old man.
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Mark Lipsky, with a 30+ years career in film, recently launched his blog, Light a Fire. He bases it upon Stranger than Paradise, a film by Jim Jarmusch, which I now...
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You can watch this 117 minute feature documentary for free on IMDb. This is just the trailer. Protesters on various sides of the recent health care insurance...
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Arin Crumley's new project to set up a cutting edge film self distribution website has succeeded in getting it's initial round of funding through...
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Los Angeles 10/15/09 – 12 arrested at the L.A. Anthem Blue Cross offices sit-in at as Maureen Cruise RN, public health care nurse, explains why single payer is...
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Dr. Jo Olson, at the recent "Mad as Hell Doctors" rally in Hollywood, talks about the futility of the public option that she seems to think is failed from...
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After filming the Doctors' Mad as Hell rally in Hollywood last night I got a song from this street musician. It is here raw, uncut and unedited. Of course, he is...
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I got this email from a contact: Over the bridge in Oakland, there was a sneak demonstration at the local Whole Foods, complete with brass band and superb dancing....
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Beautiful, a bit funny and always carrying this wierd darkness. A bit long but give it a bit, it is very creative.
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Short docs made for the cost of DV tape. OK, we have a camera and mikes. Even lights. And editing software. And a computer. And lots of experience. And maybe some...
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Winner of Best Documentary Short in the Durango Independent Film Festival this month, and directed by Moez Moez, “Green” is a documentary film that uses a...
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“The good news is that the independent film process gives young filmmakers an opportunity to find a voice, to express themselves, to experiment. The bad news...
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There is a disturbing trend in Hollywood toward convention. By that I mean movies that are made with the conventions you'd expect to see in a given genre or even...
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Jenny Abel who said, "had no idea what I was doing when I started working on this film" premiered new new documentary, a film about her father, at...
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Four Eyed monsters is a film about the making of itself (it's almost Charlie Kaufman-esque). Two young artist-filmmakers meet and document their lives, in the...
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Lance Weiler (http://workbookproject.com) collaborates with other DIY filmmakers to figure out how to self distribute their films. Lance didn't like the idea of...
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