Whit Stillman shares some sage wisdom about the importance of flexibility in independent filmmaking.
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What Starz's ordering of a series sequel to the famous film series augurs.
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What 'High Maintenance' augurs for the future of short films and anthology series.
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'The Interview' is pulled from theaters, raising interesting thoughts regarding high-profile studio films and VOD experimentation.
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Will content producers on the web have an easier time of becoming distributors than filmmakers have had?
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HBO's season two pickup of 'Doll & Em' indicates we're headed toward a new style of narrative fluidity in TV.
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Popular YouTube acts are encroaching on Hollywood studios' territory.
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What The Interview's VOD success means for future blockbusters-on-demand.
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In the future, the audience will come first, and the content will follow.
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Many independent filmmakers are under the illusion that you "start commercial," then become more artistic as time goes on. They couldn't be further from the truth.
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We all know that TV is often viewed with a second screen out at the same time. Are movies next?
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As Netflix announces its move into original cinema, indie filmmakers will see a new window of opportunity.
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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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Ted Hope, indie producing legend and former head of the San Francisco Film
Society, has some surprising news.
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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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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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There are hundreds of indie films made and distributed every year. But one kind of film has been performing particularly well lately. Will filmmakers follow the obvious demand for intelligent films for adults?
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Everyone's freaking out after Steven Spielberg and George Lucas announced that the filmmaking biz is is facing an "implosion." But what if that's a good thing? Here's who might benefit from the latest entertainment industry collapse and how.
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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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What does APP suggest for the future of second-screen cinema?
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Many people are saying that micro-budget features are the new shorts. They're wrong.
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Google/YouTube makes a move to blur the line between video game playing and passive viewing.
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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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