Sarah Sherman and Jessica Barr on “September”
The following article was written by Rebecca Martin, publisher of Cinema Femme and festival director of the Cinema Femme Short Film Fest. “The final moments of director Sarah Sherman’s ‘September’ […]
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Emma Thatcher on “Fletcher”
The following article was written by Rebecca Martin, publisher of Cinema Femme Magazine and founder of the Cinema Femme Short Film Festival. A young woman (Allyson Womack) walks back home […]
Indie Outlook: Eighth Anniversary
There are so many reasons why Indie Outlook has proven to be the gift that keeps on giving. Ever since I founded the site eight years ago, it has enabled […]
Indie Flashback: Lynn Shelton on “Your Sister’s Sister”
I am stunned and devastated by the news that the wonderful filmmaker Lynn Shelton died Friday of a blood disorder at the mere age of 54. I had the great […]
Twenty-Five Anticipated Films at Sundance 2014
The 2014 Sundance Film Festival, held from Thursday, January 16th, to Sunday, January 26th, in Park City, Utah, offers an embarrassment of riches for any self-respecting cinephile. Merely attempting to […]
Beyond Mumblecore: The DIY Generation
As a longtime scholar and champion of indie filmmaking, it is a great thrill and honor to announce that I, Matt Fagerholm, will be teaching a six-week class entitled “Beyond […]
Indie Flashback: Rachel Getting Married
As yet another silly awards season kicks into hyper-drive, it’s important to remember that the vast majority of films vying for accolades will be blissfully forgotten soon after February 24th. […]
Nick Allen on Award-Worthy Films of 2012
Every awards season brings a glut of expensive campaigns. Studios believe that if they shout loud enough, they’ll drown out all of the equally worthy (and even superior) work that […]
Nick Allen on the Duplass Brothers
With the previous night’s screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” still rolling around in my head, I dove headfirst into entirely different territory–the cinema of Mark and Jay Duplass–with the […]
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 […]
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