March 3, 2008 March 3-9, 2008
Reviews
DVD Release: The Business of Being Born
Producer Ricki Lake & Director Abby Epstein, The Business of Being Born

It appears that Hollywood's girl-who-almost-could, Ricki Lake, has found her niche and donned the producer's hat in The Business of Being Born, a provocative do...
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SXSW 2008
Repeated Phrase, "Nuts & Bolts": Making Medicine for Melancholy
Barry Jenkins, director Medicine for Melancholy

We start here, in a conversation held the after day South By Southwest announced its 2008 feature lineup, SM staffer Barry Jenkins' debut Medicine for Melancholy on that list. The story of two lost, wandering San F...
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Conversations
On the Bittersweet Inheritance of the Me Generation
Baystate Blues

As Mark Lewis sees himself, he's a one part campfire storyteller and the other bordering-on-but-not-quite pretentious artist. "I love how film lets me combine the two sides of my creative personality," he writes via e-mail. "I've been making films since I was a teenager in the 80s. This ...
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Opinions & Ideas Making Forged & Notes on the Australian Film Industry
Forged

With the release of his stunningly crafted and ambitious fantasy short Forged to IndieFlix, David No reflects on genre filmmaking, the Australian film industry and his hopes for American outlets.


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SXSW 2008Trailer: Medicine for Melancholy

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