CIFF Exclusive: Kris Swanberg on “Empire Builder”
From youth film festivals to organic ice cream, Kris Swanberg has found many ways of making her mark in the Windy City. Yet it’s her film career that has garnered […]
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Top Ten Most Anticipated Films of Fall/Winter 2012
Now that Batman has taken his final bow, there isn’t a whole lot left to look forward to this summer, unless you’re one of the eight people counting the days […]
Nick Allen on Found Footage Films
Whenever I’m ready to write off the “found footage genre” as passé, another handheld, faux vérité doc will come along and surprise me with its freshness and invention. Earlier this […]
Todd Looby on “Lefty,” “Be Good”
The instant I saw the work of Chicago-based filmmaker Todd Looby, I knew that I had to interview him. There is a naturalism and honesty to his work that is […]
Lawrence Michael Levine on “Gabi on the Roof in July”
Every indie filmmaker has their own distinctive way of capturing “naturalism” on film. In this exclusive, in-depth interview, New York filmmaker Lawrence Michael Levine provides a step-by-step analysis of how […]
Frank V. Ross on “Tiger Tail in Blue”
I’ll always cherish Joe Swanberg’s web series “Young American Bodies” for introducing me to some of independent cinema’s most fascinating figures: Greta Gerwig, Lynn Shelton, Nathan Adloff, to name a […]
