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Our friends at the Slamdance Cinema Club are making sure the indie film scene is alive and kicking in Los Angeles. If you’re in the LA area, head here for more info on upcoming events and screenings! (And don’t forget, the first-ever Rumpus Lo-Fi Film Festival is just around the corner.)
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“Never pay an entry fee. If they won’t give you a waiver they aren’t interested in the film.”—Programmer for a major film festival
...moreIn the New Yorker, Richard Brody laments how little coverage there is of independent film in mainstream media. If film culture is to change for the better, he argues, critics need to step out of their comfort zone and focus less on wide releases: It’s up to critics and editors to acknowledge what was already […]
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Producer Jeff Sommerville, director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, and the cast of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl discuss their movie that went to Sundance and beyond.
...moreDebuting what is surely one of the longer titles in literary history, Bethany Billman has published a piece called, “Lost Scenes from Generic Hipster Indie Romance Films Found in 2076 During a Museum Restoration of an Old MacBook Air and Subsequently Adapted for the Stage During Heritage Week at a Camp for 7th and 8th […]
...moreThis week in San Francisco, booze for a cause at Drink Good Do Good, come hang out with me at this month’s Quiet Lightning, two words: Cinema Orgy, Booksmith’s first Literary Clown Foolery, Babylon Salon, and fund raise San Francisco style (aka. naked) at the Santa Skivvies Run. Monday 11/29: Indie spirits meet social consciousness […]
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