It’s an interesting time at Sony. November’s hacking has, in a complex and challenging way, given the company an opportunity to think outside the box when it comes to how a distributor can release a film. Now that the traditional theatrical rollout for The Interview has been canceled, the opportunity is there for an exploration of [...]

  In the new film Bonobo, Judith (Tessa Peake-Jones), a straitlaced, middle-aged widow tries to reconnect with her estranged daughter Lily (Eleanor Wyld), who has fled to a libertarian commune in the English countryside. The commune’s policies are modeled after the polyamorous primate of the film’s title: all members of Bonobo must resolve conflict through sex or [...]

Thirty years ago, on the night of December 2, 1984, the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, India, leaked 30,000 tons of poisonous gas. More than 3,500 people died that night or in the next few days from the poison. Over the last 30 years, another 25,000 people have died from debilitating ailments directly related to [...]

IndiePix is very pleased to welcome Elizabeth Lennard, Director of Edith Wharton: the Sense of Harmony to the IndiePix Blog. We were attracted by her documentary’s revelation that Ms Wharton, a member of Society in what is often referred to now as “America’s First Gilded Age”, was such a critic of that society in her [...]

Recently KQED, the public station in San Francisco, CA, ran an article entitled: “For Cinephiles, Netflix Is Less and Less an Option” — see this link. The article is a very detailed story about the search for a very prominent, if somewhat older, black independent film, Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song. NetFlix wasn’t the resource that [...]

In the audio commentary to Satellite, the new IndiePix Films DVD release, Director Jeff Winner comments (at about 57:00) that: “we see them trying to figure out their responsibilities in this new world they have created, to themselves and other people … we want them to work things out but we see them making choices [...]

Ready or not it’s here: Dick: The Documentary. Brian Fender, a fine art photographer, writer and filmmaker, is the man behind the film – a collection of interviews with men who share stories about their first orgasms, talk about circumcision, size, masturbation, molestation and religion among other things. The idea for the doc came to [...]

A tense, revealing conversation is given visually distinctive flair with inspired use of animation in the short documentary Mariposa, directed by Hamideh Moeinfar. Annika, covered head to toe in traditional Islamic garb, and Mathilda, a Swedish fashion model with once-overpowering body issues, get together to discuss their ideas on how women should be allowed to express themselves. [...]

Hollywood’s focus on superheroes, comedies, and animated movies for kids is leaving a door wide open for independent filmmakers. As more people stay away from movie theaters opting to stay at home and watch movies on demand on better televisions – this summer has seen a 15 percent drop in tickets sales – there is [...]