COMMERCIAL BREAK

Stephen Gaydos on the importance of the IFP/West Spirit Awards

THE MYTH OF DEVELOPMENT

Joan Galt on the games development people play

TAKE A MEETING

Isabel Sadurni on the International Film Financing Conference. Also, Stephen Gallagher on the IFP’s AIM program.

LABOR LAWS

David Geffner explains the complex SAG foreign residuals crisis for independent films

CUT & PASTE

Stephen Garrett and Peter Bowen think about editing

OUT THERE

Ted Hope on learning from Pam, Tommy Lee, and "South Park"

CON ARTIST

Ray Pride chats with Spanish Prisoner’s David Mamet

THE SANDBOX

Michael Jones on Nick Veronis’ Day at the Beach

OUTWARD BOUND

John Kim on Shopping for Fangs and Margin Films

MY FUNNY VALENTINE

Bari Pearlman corresponds with Dear Jesse’s Tim Kirkman

PROMISES, PROMISES

Peter Bowen discusses Brian Sloan’s I Think I Do

THE YEAR MY CAREER BROKE

Peter Bowen talks with Lawn Dogs star Sam Rockwell

WEIGHING IN

Rick Berg on Michael Moore’s The Big One

MY LEFT HOOK

Holly Willis on Shane Meadow’s TwentyFourSeven

AT WHIT’S END

Adam Pincus interviews Last Days of Disco’s Whit Stillman

KILLING ME SOFTLY

Scott Macaulay on the violent art of Takeshi Kitano

COST OF LIVING

Josh Zeman sits down with Boaz Yakin of Price Above Rubies

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION

Ray Pride interviews Chinese Box’s Wayne Wang

FELLOW TRAVELERS

Jem Cohen meets Taste of Cherry’s Abbas Kiarostami

FESTIVAL ROUNDUP

Sundance, Berlin, Rotterdam, Thessaloniki, Havana, and CineQuest film festivals. By Noah Cowan, Stephen Gallagher, Scott Macaulay, Marco Masoni, Beth Kinsolving.

PRODUCTION UPDATE

by Mary Glucksman