The Next Step In Crowdfunding: Richard Guay On His New Portal & the Zach Braff Effect
Indie producer Richard Guay becomes an innovator with Passion First, a portal for crowdfunders to truly become investors.
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Racking Focus: Why TV and Film Should Keep Sharing Stories
The news that HBO is adapting Hannah Fidell's film 'A Teacher' as a series opens up a whole new world of creative possibilities.
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Racking Focus: 'Mitt,' Netflix, and the Future of Distribution
In the future, the audience will come first, and the content will follow.
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Racking Focus: Should Filmmakers Give Away Bonus Features for Free?
An unusual - but clever - new idea for how to get eyeballs on the screen that takes its cue from the music industry.
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Interview: Godfrey Reggio Returns With the Breathtaking 4K Film 'Visitors'
"The subject of 'Visitors' is you watching the film." The illustrious American experimental filmmaker is releasing his first film in eleven years. We talked with Reggio about practicing slow filmmaking in this era of fast cuts.
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Racking Focus: How New Crowdfunding Rules Will Change the Game
The next step in the crowdfunding revolution will fundamentally change the way filmmakers work.
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Racking Focus: The Distribution Paradox
Manohla Dargis's treatise on the state of film distribution merits reflection.
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Racking Focus: Expanding Storytelling With Transmedia
Cinemax's 'Banshee' tries out a new style of transmedia storytelling.
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Racking Focus: Filmmakers Helping Filmmakers
Joe Swanberg exemplifies a sense of what it means to be part of the filmmaking community.
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Racking Focus: How To Make a Living As An Indie Producer
Ted Hope, indie producing legend and former head of the San Francisco Film Society, has some surprising news.
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Racking Focus: How Independent Filmmaking Has Become Inverted
A recent comment by James Gray reveals how indie and commercial cinema have in effect switched places.
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Racking Focus: Should You Enter the Conversation Around Your Own Film?
The public conversation around their films is the one part of the process most filmmakers don't touch. Here's why they should.
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Racking Focus: Understanding Your Filmmaker Brand
With financing for one's films so contingent upon the brand a filmmaker cultivates for themselves, it's important to consider one's body of work carefully.
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Interview: Michel Gondry, Tireless Innovator
Michel Gondry's latest act of reinvention? Animating a doc with one of the country's leading intellectuals.
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Racking Focus: Does 'Nymphomaniac' Suggest a New Distribution Scheme?
What 'Nymphomaniac' indicates might be a future type of storytelling.
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Racking Focus: How Theater Chains and VOD Can Happily Co-Exist
If VOD really is the next big thing, theater chains will have to accept it. Here's a way they just might.
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Indie Master John Sayles Discusses Genre And His Latest, 'Go For Sisters'
John Sayles is as much a godfather of contemporary American indie cinema as John Cassavetes. His latest film, 'Go For Sisters,' cleverly blends a character study with genre elements.
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Racking Focus: 'Don Jon' And New Distribution Strategies
Joseph Gordon-Levitt's 'Don Jon' points a way toward a new kind of distribution strategy for studios.
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Racking Focus: What Netflix's Jump Into Movies Means for Filmmakers
As Netflix announces its move into original cinema, indie filmmakers will see a new window of opportunity.
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'The Square' Displays The Impact Of New Technology on Documentary Film
'The Square' is one of the first documentaries to show the full breadth of how technological advances are aiding documentary cinema. We talked to Jehane Noujaim about how he documented Egypt's revolutionary moment.
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Racking Focus: How 'Gravity' & 'All Is Lost' Do What TV Can't
No subplots. No supporting characters. How two of this fall's most critically-lauded films take full advantage of their limited storytelling time - and why you'll be seeing more tightly-focused films like this in the future.
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Interview: Claire Denis on 'Bastards' and the Mystery Of Cinema
"I do not create the space for the audience. I simply need them in the storytelling." Many filmmakers gravitate toward mysteries, but few have created puzzle-boxes that function as inventively as Claire Denis's "Bastards." We sat down with the acclaimed French director.
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Interview: John Krokidas on His Beat Movement Origin Story 'Kill Your Darlings'
'Kill Your Darlings' is a look at the young people who would go on to start the most famous literary movement of the 20th Century. We talked to director John Krokidas about how he pulled off an intimate, relatable period piece that feels completely current.
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Racking Focus: Two Dollar Radio and the Next Step for Micro-Budget Cinema
A pioneering literary press from Ohio is developing a micro-budget cinema slate. Soon, more purveyors of high-quality content will be getting into the film game.
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Interview: Randy Moore's 'Escape From Tomorrow' Is A Living Example Of Tech-Aided Cinema
We constantly talk about how improving technology is helping cinema become more efficient, but few examples are as stellar as Randy Moore's Escape From Tomorrow. We talked to the director about how a new camera gave him the idea for his guerrilla-style thriller.
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