It wasn’t enough that Mark Gill, The Film Department, got so much of the story mixed up in his high strung remarks at the Los Angeles Film Festival recently. We can let that go. But now the New York Times wants to echo those comments and grant them its sober imprimatur. That [...]

I was JUST having the humility conversation with Jordan! My favorite artists are the ones who manage to be creatively and financially successful while ALSO not transforming into an egotistical chest-puffer. You’ve got to have a well-developed ego to be a film director — it comes with the territory. But you should also [...]

IndiePix has announced the formation of IndiePix Studios and has announced its location on the web at www.indiepixstudios.com. This new force and this new location on the internet will be the focal point for IndiePix’s connection with its growing number of filmmakers. We want this effort to be an online “virtual studio” which [...]

Starting from this morning and moving backwards, I will give a partial recap of my first SilverDocs up to this point (this point being a cheesy Mexican restaurant in the strip mall Disneyland that is SILVER SPRING, where I am finally able to log onto a network called “Eggspectation,” a restaurant next door.) As children [...]

In the metamorphous cosmos of the media arts, cinema has taken antecedence in the alchemical melding of artistic disciplines. Actor, welder, woodcarver, lawyer, doctor, editor, designer - and a hundred more roles come together in the composition of a narrative film. Infectious and enduring in its spidery reach, film has tainted media that existed before [...]

Proving to be nearly as intrepid as postmen, the Rooftop Films staff, volunteers, and panelists ignored the torrential downpour and flood watch conditions on Saturday and still pulled off a stimulating, fun, and surprisingly packed event. Though the rain started just as the panel was scheduled to, filmlovers came out anyway, waiting patiently while the [...]