Film critic and journalist Marshall Fine writes about movies at the website Hollywood & Fine (www.hollywoodandfine.com). He serves as freelance film/TV critic for Star magazine.
The Huffington Post takes a great look at the daunting task of Sundance in this piece by Marshall Fine, as the grand festival is creeping up on us all. Continuing [...]

The Miami International Film Festival is a month or so off but there’s no reason to not be pumped for all the cinematic action coming your way! With scheduling by Festival Genius, MIFF has released its full film lineup today along with the ability to sign up for pre and post festival parties/events! [...]

The Sundance Institute has released its list of jury members for this year’s Sundance Film Festival, running from January 19, 2012 – January 29, 2012. Here is the list, with biographies of each jury member:
U.S. DOCUMENTARY JURY
Fenton Bailey
Fenton Bailey made his Sundance Film Festival debut in 1998 with the documentary Party Monster. He
later co-wrote [...]

The elusive Short Film list from Sundance has finally been funneled out from over 7,000 submissions. Here is the comprehensive list from Sundance Institute of each film and its significant details.

The Festival and Stagnation
The film festival has become something of a homunculous in that the shapes, sizes and breadth of them never settle into one constant state. This brings into question the discussion of whether or not the industry can find a place for new festivals which desire elite festival status, and/or whether the [...]

The Gotham Independent Film Awards, presented by the Independent Film Project (IFP), takes place tonight and is hosts an all star line up of the great indies of 2011.  From the soulful The Descendants starring George Clooney to the loving tale of Like Crazy, Gotham’s 2011 indie awards promise to be hard fought with any [...]