Discover: Rola Nashef Penetrates The Glass Cage with “Detroit Unleaded”
Filmmaker Rola Nashef's feature debut Detroit Unleaded centers on her experiences as a young Arab American living in Detroit. Nashef is more than satisfied to stay put in the town where she draws her inspiration.
Friedkin to be honored at Venice; Durbin passes away at 91
Golden Lions; Gordon Green; Vimeo On Demand and Video On Demand; and the passing of two great film stars, all in today’s FilmLinc Digest.
Searching for Jason
A landmark American indie was nearly lost, until it was found by a group of obsessive film archivists.
SXSW Awards “Short Term 12” & “William and the Windmill” Top Prizes
The SXSW Film Conference & Festival concluded its major events Tuesday night with an emotional awards ceremony. Short Term 12 and William and the Windmill took the top narrative and documentary prizes in the juried categories.
News From Sunny Sarasota, Sundance Heads to LA
First batch of films announced for Sarasota Film Festival, Sundance takes its NEXT section to LA with Next Weekend, Cannes favorite Laurence Anyways gets U.S. release date, and the latest trailer for Pedro Almodóvar’s campy I’m So Excited!
Interview: David Riker, “The Girl”
The acclaimed director speaks about his extensive research into the dramas of the US-Mexico border, the lasting influence of Italian Neorealist films, and the evolution of the independent film world over his decade-long career.
Smaller Indies Defenseless Against “Silver Linings Playbook” at Spirit Awards
The latest from David O. Russell beat out indie darling Beasts of the Southern Wild to take home four awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Female Lead (Jennifer Lawrence). Other major awards went to John Hawkes and Helen Hunt for The Sessions, Amour, and The Invisible War.
Daily Buzz: The Sundance Films & Filmmakers People Are Talking About
Wrapping up over a week in Park City, we take a look back at the eight editions of Film Society's Daily Buzz podcast from the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and the promising (and award-winning) films and filmmakers featured on the show.
Daily Buzz: Sundance Episode 8
We cap off our Sundance podcasts with an interview with David Lowery, who had his hand in three of the most talked-about features at this year's festival: he wrote and directed Ain't Them Bodies Saints, co-wrote Yen Tan's Pit Stop, and co-edited Shane Carruth's Upstream Color.
Daily Buzz: Sundance Episode 7
Actors Josh Radnor and Kathryn Hahn discuss Jill Soloway's Afternoon Delight and the relationship between television and indie film, plus RJ Cutler on The World According to Dick Cheney and Josh Braun on Submarine.
