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Since Eliza was so nice as to give all film students (and Hollywood at large) such great advice, I thought I’d give my own […]

After summer’s disappointing showing in the theaters (about as intellectually stimulating as spending an afternoon with a muppet) it’s time to start the completely

After countless phone calls of students pitching their ideas, I have a plea to all you student filmmakers: Don’t make your films about a

Not that I need to impress him, but my boss Paul "Blog or You’re Fired!" Bales is really pushing for insightful (any) updates and

It’s 11:00am in Venice and I have only seen two of the Venice Intensive students all morning, so I am forced to contribute to

Venice is a city of natural mystery.  It’s streets are a medieval maze whose twists and turns and dead ends comprise the root system

First, I’d like to thank our friends at the American Pavilion, who have launched a new student filmmaker program at the Venice Film Festival.

O.K., you all know that I go to a lot of festivals.  The truth is, I rarely go to any panel or event where

Friday night SAGIndie screened the first film (Michael Kang’s The Motel) in our newest undertaking, the quarterly Diversity Screening Series at AFI. I’d like

Dear Loyal Readers: Since I was left alone in the office today, with no one to entertain me (Paul is in NYC hiring the

SAGIndie is growing. Besides the addition of Eliza (who is putting us all to shame with the frequency of her blogging), we are going