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To her recollection, filmmaker Leah Meyerhoff has always made some form of art. “My whole life I’ve considered myself to be an artist,” Meyerhoff adds, that defining noun ‘artist’ included as part of her character wit...
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Half of the wonderful Butler brothers duo, Brett Butler talks about the foreplay of argument, why vocabulary is cool and what it's like to be an easily distracted, confused man boy.

In the wake of Connecticut's 30 percent tax credit incentive, Writer Marty Lang explores the meaning of indie film in the Nutmeg State.

SM Staff Writer Nick SCHWARTZ! tells you what's on his screenwriting docket--or, you know, not.

Jason Kohn’s debut feature documentary Manda Bala (Send A Bullet) avoids context for the sake of amusement, relying instead on stylized visual metaphors and witty editing to highlight the sensational and connect the many jagged pieces of a dense puzzle. ...
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In a conversation this week, The Workbook Project's "This Conference Is Being Recorded" runs with festival programmers Doug Jones & Matt Dentler of the LA Film Festival and SXSW respectively.

In this seventh episode of P&F podcast, Lily and JM get down and dirty with their discussion of the most-anticipated comedy of the summer Superbad: Were all of their expectations met? Is it really as funny as the trailer made it out to be? Will it stand the test of time and become this gene...
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A few notes on the essence of meaningful film journalism.

SM Staffer Barry Jenkins is "making a movie." As he goes through the production for his first feature Medicine for Melancholy, he'll keep us updated--all with that beautiful poetry of being that not only defines his films but just the bandry man himself.

After last week’s pissy Bourne debate, our friends at Pictures & Frames Magazine Lily and JM finally agree on something–Rocket Science rocks! This “little movie that could” is a welcome break from the summer blockbusters, a perfect blend of bittersweet nostalgia and high school trauma in the vein of “The Wonder Years” and “Freaks and Geeks,” with a little Wes Anderson-esque narration thrown in for good measure. Plus, the pair delve into their latest Netflix rentals–The Holiday, Zodiac and...
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As Joe Swanberg's Hannah Takes the Stairs premiere both theatrically and on VOD approaches this Wednesday, SXSW's Matt Dentler checked in with each of the film's cast and crew members--t...
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Check out this excerpt from indieWIRE's interview with Manda Bala director Jason Kohn.