Spinning The Sundance Roulette Wheel

Old School Film in The New World 21 January 2010 | 0 Comments

I’m tired of talking about art. I want to talk about money. Can we just have an art-free conversation today? Ok, here it goes. Aah, I think I smell the faint aroma of the Sundance acquisition. It’s crisp, like fresh money. Like your payout on a roulette win in Las Vegas. That sweet stash of cash sitting there [...]

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Is It Time to Re-define Independent Film?

Old School Film in The New World 7 January 2010 | 0 Comments

One of the interesting results of the proliferation of web video has been that whatever special distinction independent filmmakers felt they had is kind of over. The truth is, right now, in January 2010 most of the visual storytelling–series, one-off videos and even features you’ll find on content sites (outside of the Netflix and Hulus [...]

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