It really does seem like the team at Rooftop Films can do no wrong. And maybe they can’t. Along with offering a meticulously curated program of high-caliber indie films in some of New York City’s most spectacular settings, they are committed to helping the community of starving independent (more…)

Today saw the first frames rolled on the IndiePix co-production of ENTRE NOS (JUST BETWEEN US), co-written and co-directed by Gloria LaMorte and Paola Mendoza. It’s a fantastic project, a labor of love for Paola, and (more…)

This weekend my roommate was on his way to the video store when he handed me a graffitti-splashed DVD case and asked me if I’d ever seen DOWNTOWN 81. This ‘lost classic’, a surreal day-in-the-life portrait of the music, art, and social scene of the Lower East Side circa 1981, (more…)

The New York Times comments on “Trouble the Water” in the Sunday edition here. The Katrina Experience organized by the Full Frame Festival and IndiePix is a powerful collection of 8 documentary films from the 2006 Full Frame Festival that need to be mentioned along with the NYT article. (more…)

[Paola Mendoza is the co-writer, co-director, and lead actress in "Entre Nos", a view of community, family, and life from the streets of Queens.] I woke up this morning with a knot in my stomach. (more…)

Who better to interview Whit Stillman, whose films are known for their wry whit-icisms and overintellectual verbosity, than the wittiest blogger in the sphere, Karina Longworth? (more…)