18 years after traveling to Arkansas to make a documentary about the gruesome murders of three young boys by alleged Satan-worshiping teenagers, Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky bring their crusading story of the West Memphis Three to a miraculous conclusion with Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory. By Jason Guerrasio
Following up his impressive debut, Reprise, Joachim Trier uses a Pierre Drieu La Rochelle novel and the Norwegian capital to create the beautifully somber Oslo, August 31st. By Scott Macaulay
Category Features, Issues, Sundance, Sundance Features | Tags: 2012 WINTER, Anders Danielsen Lie, Joachim Trier, Oslo August 31st, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, Reprise,
Directors Joshua Marston (The Forgiveness of Blood) and Braden King (Here) discuss the making of their very different pictures through the prism of their shared experience — making an independent film in Eastern Europe.
Category Features, Issues | Tags: 2012 WINTER, Braden King, Dutch Harbor, HERE, Joshua Mart, The Forgiveness of Blood,
Category Features, Issues, Oscars | Tags: 2011 WINTER, Blue Valentine, Derek Cianfrance, Gotham Awards, Kelly Reichardt, Meek's Cutoff, Michelle Williams, Oscars 2011, Shutter Island,
A dark character study of a girl escaping a cult, Sean Durkin’s feature Martha Marcy May Marlene is an impressive debut that also highlights the talents of this year’s Sundance breakout actress,
Elizabeth Olsen. By Jason Guerrasio | Photograph by Henny Garfunkel
Category Features, Issues | Tags: 2011 FALL, antonio campos, borderline films, Elizabeth Olsen, josh mond, martha marcy may marlene, Sean Durkin,
Though Lars von Trier’s mouth gets him into trouble, the Dane’s incredible story-telling talents are well under control. Melancholia, his latest, is a masterfully beguiling tale of sisters, depression and the end of the world. By Zachary Wigon
Category Features, Issues | Tags: 2011 FALL, Charlotte Gainsbourg, dogville, Kirsten Dunst, Lars von Trier, Melancholia,
Is independent filmmaking a calling, like a religion? The Rev. Megan Hollaway looks at the religious impulse in Todd Rohal’s priest comedy, The Catechism Cataclysm. Photograph by Henny Garfunkel
Category Features, Issues | Tags: 2011 FALL, IFC Midnight, robert longstreet, Steve little, The Catechism Cataclysm, todd Rohal,
Welcome to the 14th edition of Filmmaker’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film.
Category Features, Issues | Tags: 2011 SUMMER,
Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Steve James returns to his native Chicago to look at a group of ex-cons who have formed an organization dedicated to wiping out the violence that has plagued their streets in THE INTERRUPTERS. By Jason Guerrasio | Photograph by Henny Garfunkel
Category Features, Issues | Tags: 2011 SUMMER, CeaseFire, Steve James, The Interrupters,
For Evan Glodell, surviving a bad breakup by making a movie wasn’t enough — he also built the camera it was shot on and the car featured in its story. Dubbed the mad scientist of this year’s Sundance, he takes Septien director Michael tully through the apocalyptic fever dream that is BELLFLOWER. Photograph by Henny Garfunkel
Category Features, Issues | Tags: 2011 SUMMER, Bellflower, Evan Glodell, Oscilliscope, Sundance, Tyler Dawson,
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