Mermaids, beautiful young boys and half-women half-butterflies populate the release slate on Indiepix’s schedule of announced new acquisitions this month, which will begin with Oleg Tchnerny’s lovely black and white short “Ephebes and Courtesans”, a 26-minute expose on the beauty of young men (and women), set in a Parisian cafe. Blending whirling-dervish camera setups with [...]

The grittier, edgier, and more punk rock sister of Sundance, Slamdance, is often overlooked by media and industry. This is a shame. While in Park City, I made it to the top of the hill that is Main Street to Slamdance HQ only once, but it was WELL worth it.
After gorging on a free Stella [...]

Sundance founder Robert Redford began this year’s opening press conference on what seemed a rather defensive note. After admitting that the festival had indeed, become bloated by the acquisitions war and industry bigwigs, he heralded a return to the pioneering, cinephiliac spirit of its very first incarnation. A symbolic testament to this were the countless [...]