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Robot & Frank
Robot & Frank is a sentimental buddy-movie between two unlikely people; well, technically just one as the other is a robot as the title suggests. It is a simple story that aims to entertain and satisfy the audience rather...
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Watch: The Taking trailer
An intriguing trailer recently came out for the indie horror The Taking. Directed byThe BAPartists (aka Cezil Reed & Lydelle Jackson), The Taking is their debut feature. The trailer is somewhat mysterious, with scenes of two people tied up...
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SF IndieFest Coverage Wrap-Up
After two weeks of movie-watching, subway-riding, popcorn-eating, people-meeting, white-russian-drinking madness, all I can say is that SF IndieFest is an incomparable experience not to be missed by any fan of independent film. What makes SF IndieFest special are the...
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Interview: H.P. Mendoza – I Am a Ghost
I Am a Ghost is a classic definition of low budget indie filmmaking. Shot over seven days in a mostly DIY fashion, I Am a Ghost follows Emily (Anna Ishida), a young woman who doesn’t realize that she’s a ghost who’s still...
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I Am a Ghost
Most horror films today seem to put less of an emphasis on form, which makes I Am a Ghost such a breath of fresh air. The opening 15 minutes, which brings to mind the work of Chantal Akerman...
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Giveaway: Win The Sessions on Blu-ray
If you haven’t had a chance to see the Oscar and Independent Spirit Award nominated film The Sessions, which stars John Hawkes and Helen Hunt, now is your chance. Way Too Indie is giving away one copy of The...
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Interview: Paul Bunnell – The Ghastly Love of Johnny X
I had a lot of memorable experiences at this year’s SF Indiefest, but the screening of director Paul Bunnell’s The Ghastly Love of Johnny X has to be right up at the top of the list. I was greeted...
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2013 Oscar Winners
Just as many expected, Argo took home the top award of Best Picture at the 85th Academy Awards, despite Ben Affleck not receiving a Best Director nomination, something that has only happened four times in 85 years. It was...
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2013 Independent Spirit Award Winners
The 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards were filled as many laughs from the host Andy Samberg as there were shocks from some of the voting. Silver Linings Playbook walked away with four major awards but surprisingly only one of...
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Top 10 Films from SF IndieFest
The lineup at this year’s SF IndieFest was unbelievably strong; I anticipated that there would be at least a few certified duds, but that wasn’t the case. Though I didn’t love every film, each had its unique voice, ambition,...
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SF IndieFest Reviews – All the Light in the Sky, Sun Don’t Shine & More
Joe Swanberg’s All the Light in the Sky is a naturalistic portrait of Marie (Jane Adams), an actress whose career seems to be losing steam. Romantically, she’s gotten to the point where she no longer possesses the energy to...
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Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Werner Herzog chops up and rearranges footage from a Russian television documentary about Bakhtia, a remote Siberian village on the Yenisei river, and provides his signature lyrical narration that elevates the footage into a moving examination of strength,...
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SF IndieFest Top 10 Short Films
There were loads of fantastic independent shorts shown at this year’s SF Indiefest, and while I wasn’t able to watch all of them, the ones I did see (I still saw a lot) ran the gamut from exciting, to...
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Interview: James Stewart – Foxed!
The implementation of stereoscopic 3-D in film is still a relatively new concept. It's a polarizing subject, with most casual moviegoers having no problem throwing wads of cash at major studios for the chance to put on the infamously...
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