It is no secret that creatives fuel one another — artists thrive in the company of other fellow creators and risk takers. Either in formal collectives, such as Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg’s Dogme 95, or gatherings as informal as blogs and chat rooms, community is key to the artistic process and final work.
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A new documentary follows artist Gary Baseman’s journey into his family’s past. Mythical Creatures, currently in development, is a film exploring the secrets we keep, the stories we hold on to; the family histories we protect and pass down. This is the true story of the Basemans.
Friday Download is dedicated to curating the best download-able objects on the web, courtesy of BitTorrent Bundle Publishers. In this edition of FDL: a filmmaker sets out to explore the Internet’s youth fight culture. Scene Queen, written and directed by Janet Harvey, follows three kids growing up digital. Looking for themselves; looking for belonging, they…
Visitors from space discover music, save the world. Future Folk feels like the last dive bar band: bluegrass, unserious, and in-between-worlds. They’re also from space, which explains the outfits. If you’ve never heard of alien-roots music before, The History of Future Folk breaks it down.
A short interview with Evan Husney. 2014 started with a referendum on the indie film industry. The New York Times called for an end to overproduction. Salon called independent film America’s next Wal-Mart. The problem with the movies in the digital age, we’re increasingly told, is that there are too many of them. It sounds…
BitTorrent Bundle documents the making of Alan and Gabriel Polsky’s directorial debut, with exclusive behind-the-scenes videos from Willy Vlautin, Werner Herzog, Stephen Dorff, Dakota Fanning and Gabe & Alan Polsky. Also included are interviews with Stephen Dorff, Emile Hirsch, bonus footage, a signed shooting script, storyboards, photos, illustrations by famed animator Mike Smith, and more….