Features
Monday, January 28 2008
Fireflies and Failureboys
Digital filmmaking has provided independent filmmakers with the tools to produce watchable films, but then there's the matter of enticing people to actually watch them. An interview with indie filmmaker, Peter Marcy.
Tuesday, July 10 2007
The Head Trauma of Independent Filmmaking
PopMatters' interviews Lance Weiler, Director of The Last Broadcast and Head Trauma and who, along with his former partner Stefan Avalos, is one of the real pioneers of digital filmmaking and distribution.
Friday, February 9 2007
From the Inside, Looking Out
Holcomb speaks with writer-director Djinn, director of Perth. Djinn hails from Singapore, a small nation of avid movie goers who, like their film industry and their country, says Djinn, are 'always looking outward.'
Reviews
Tuesday, September 23 2008
Dirty Money (Un Flic)
For Jean-Pierre Melville, the classic cops and robbers crime story was simply a vehicle to place his flawed heroes through ritualized situations of life and death.
Tuesday, August 12 2008
City of Vice
Educated men outraged about crime face situations in which they do not fully comprehend the true moral horror.
Thursday, May 29 2008
Dead Man's Bounty
This oddball film's closest progenitors are Fassbinder’s Brecht-influenced and just plain weird Whity, and Cox’s Americanized Spaghetti western, Straight to Hell.
Thursday, April 10 2008
Sleuth
Both dazzlingly brilliant and incredibly irritating, often most irritating when it catches itself being brilliant.
Monday, April 7 2008
Damages: The Complete First Season
A superbly acted, complex serial story, this show is well-suited to the DVD medium as it can followed at your own pace without fear of missing some of the story.
