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The ITVS Indies Roundup
October 5, 2012A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. Has the line between highbrow and lowbrow vanished? When we have film festivals for cat videos, you have to wonder. A.O. Scott and David Carr chew over this question (literally, as Carr snacks on Cheez-Its and Diet Coke) in a casual video filmed in the New York Times newsroom. Here’s…
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The ITVS Indie Roundup
September 28, 2012A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. Has the film industry given up on liberal arts? At least two recent movies suggest that might be the case. The 50th New York Film Festival opens up today at the Lincoln Center, and will hopefully calm our fears about the death of cinema. West Coasters yearning for a film festival…
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The ITVS Indie Roundup
August 31, 2012A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval.While San Francisco says goodbye to Woody Allen (he just wrapped up shooting his latest film in the Bay), here’s a comprehensive 1995 Paris Review interview of the screenwriter:“I have no compunction stealing from Strindberg, Chekhov, Perelman, Fellini, and Bob Hope’s…
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A Full Frame Documentary Extravaganza
April 16, 2012Eric Martin, filed this report from the 2012 Full Frame Film Festival, which ran April 12-April 15 in Durham, N.C.The Full Frame Film Festival turned 15 years old this year in Durham, N.C., where I happen to live right now, and it’s no surprise that the well-attended, four-day, 100+ documentary extravaganza, which ended Sunday, included a meaty slate of…
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Four ITVS Shorts Featured in PBS Online Film Festival
February 22, 2012Beginning Monday February 27, PBS will launch its first Online Film Festival to showcase 20 short films from independent filmmakers. The festival will last until March 30 and can be accessed via the PBS website and PBS’s YouTube channel. This is the first time PBS has produced a film festival exclusively for online content and with a focus on…