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Project of the Day: A Zombie Western in "The Good, The Bad & The Undead"

Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite.

How Not To Make a Film (Part One)

I am in the process of trying to make a short film. I thought it might be interesting to write about it from the very start, when nothing is really certain, nor anyone particularly sure how or when any of it will become any less so. My natural instinct would be to narrate the whole experience in a manner that casts me as some kind of inspired and inspiring auteur, driving my uncompromising artistic vision to the screen with guile and panache. But it would surely be far more interesting to force myself to be honest. And the truth is that the whole process is bound to be a severe learning experience for me more than anyone, and that 90% of i...

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Vote for Project of the Week: "Persephone," Guitar Orchestra, College Reunion, or Chilean Earthquake

Will You See This Movie? "Mutual Friends," an Ensemble NYC Comedy With a Twist

Plenty of movies feature a bevvy of characters with seperate plots whose stories converge over the course of a big event. So what makes Matthew Watts' New York-set comedy about seven intertwining stories stand out from the pack? Each story was written by a different writer.

Project of the Day: Devastation of Chilean Earthquake in "Espera Dichato"

Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite.

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Project of the Day: An Orchestra of Guitars in Western Massachusetts

Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite.

Fortissimo at 20: A Vendor's Tale

Fortissimo spoils us. The multinational-based sales company is very well respected by those in both the film biz and the symbiotic universe of criticism and programming. Perhaps that is why the "family" has received multiple tributes this, its 20th-anniversary, year. (I will write about th...