Posted in Films, New York on Dec 17th, 2014 Comments Off on “Former Self”: A Bronx kid does good
Remery Camacho, a 20-year-old film student at St. Johns’ University has always had dreams of being a filmmaker. A native of the Bronx, Camacho comes from humble beginnings but has accomplished a lot through hard work and determination. “I love storytelling; I’ve always loved being told stories and telling them as well,” Camacho says. “Film […]
Posted in Awards, Films on Dec 8th, 2014 Comments Off on Stories from the set of Still Alice
The Gotham Independent Film Awards kicked off the 2014-2015 awards season last Tuesday. Julianne Moore picked up the Best Actress award for her unflinching portrayal of a Columbia University professor diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s in Still Alice. Experts and pundits are predicting that Moore will also earn the Academy Award for the film, which was […]
Posted in Films, Links, New York on Nov 19th, 2014 Comments Off on Indie cinema around the web: A link round-up
–The Oscar-winning director of 12 years a Slave, who began his career as an indie filmmaker, has lined up his next film project. The Film Experience –Actress Susan Sarandon writes a post on how documentary films are absolutely vital in contributing to social change and activism in general. Indiewire –Snowpiercer is now available on Netflix. […]
Posted in Films, New York, Podcast on Nov 12th, 2014 Comments Off on “A Victim, A Target”: One on one with an independent filmmaker
Jonathan Rigler, a film major at Brooklyn College sat down with me to speak about his experience as a film student in New York City, his love of cinema, his short film “A Victim, A Target” and what lies ahead for him as an up and coming independent filmmaker. A Victim, A Target from Jonathan […]
Posted in Awards, Films on Oct 22nd, 2014 4 Comments »
With a decade-spanning narrative and a featuring a new spin on the coming of age genre, Richard Linklater’s Boyhood has been the breakout indie of 2014. Distributed by IFC films, Boyhood has been both a financial and critical success. Shot during a 12 year period with the same actors, it seems that the film’s groundbreaking […]
Posted in Culture, Films on Oct 21st, 2014 Comments Off on Amy Dunne, anti-heroine?
David Fincher’s Gone Girl has hit the cultural zeitgeist. It has been the subject of more think pieces and op-eds than perhaps any film this year. And although not really an “indie” film, the timeliness of the film’s subject matter and the national debate that it has caused makes it a good topic of […]
Posted in Films, VOD on Oct 15th, 2014 Comments Off on Snowpiercer and the VOD conundrum
This past summer, Bong Joon-Ho’s dystopian sci-fi, action film Snowpiercer captured the imaginations of both mainstream audiences and art-house enthusiasts. The film’s combination of lush visuals and frantic action scenes alongside its very timely message about the socioeconomic battle between the haves and the haves not, made for a striking outing from the Korean […]