Film Review: CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER
On August 3rd, Sony Pictures Classics released CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER to limited audiences in LA and NYC. The film, directed by Lee Toland
Film Review: BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
Every once in a while, a film pulls away from every comfortable storytelling convention viewers have come to know and expect. Somehow, the story
INTERACTIVE STUDIO ZONE MAP
[Updated 5/9/22] Check out this amazingly helpful interactive map that the California Film Commission has on their website. You can enter any address and
AFI FEST 2011 RECAP: The Dish and the Spoon
SAGIndie was very pleased to sponsor a screening of the indie film, THE DISH & THE SPOON at the 2011 AFI Fest. After the
FILM INDEPENDENT: Only Members Vote
Cast your vote to determine the winners of the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards. Filmmakers, film lovers and industry professionals who join the Film
Film Review: THE HAMMER
I was first introduced to THE HAMMER, previously titled Hamill, at AFI Fest 2010, where the film took the Audience Award. I met some
Film Review: WIN WIN
WIN WIN played at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival as a Fox Searchlight non-competition premiere. Paul Giamatti stars in this dramedy as family man
Guest Post: WILLIAM MAPOTHER on acting in ANOTHER EARTH
When SAGIndie’s Director, Darrien Gipson, asked me to write about working on the micro-budgeted ANOTHER EARTH, I immediately agreed, partly because she’s not an
Film Review: THE CONVINCER (aka THIN ICE)
Why scheme, lie, cheat, and steal? Because an honest day’s work is so darn hard, and the payoff is usually higher; at least that’s
Filmmaker Interview: EBEN KOSTBAR and JOSEPH MCKELHEER, writers/producers of THE HAMMER (a.k.a. HAMILL)
UPDATE – 10/24/11: I’m pleased to report that THE HAMMER (a.k.a. HAMILL) has acquired distribution and will be playing in select theaters starting October
Filmmaker Interview: K. LORREL MANNING and MICHAEL CUOMO of HAPPY NEW YEAR
For a writer the genesis of a story can come from a number of different places, inspirations or experiences—some real, some manufactured, but most,
Empire State of Mind.
People have always told me that no place on earth is better than NEW YORK CITY during the holidays. Now I know why. Over