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Bystander Bullies: audience as enabler

A bully needs an audience.
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Get It Clear and Make It Sing: an interview with filmmaker Brandon McCormick

“Heartless” tells us the story of a very recognizable figure: the Tin Man of the The Wizard of Oz. Coming at well-worn material from an unexpected vantage point, filmmaker Brandon McCormick achieves the impossible: he makes one of the most inescapably familiar stories in American mythology fresh and new. Read more →

Cinema Is Animation: an interview with filmmaker Thomas Phillips

The IndieFlix short film “Sometimes the Moon Is Velvet” contains vast worlds in a small vessel. Here’s an interview with filmmaker Thomas Phillips. Read more →

Seattle Pulp & IndieFlix: Flick of the Week Series

March 27th, 2012 | Posted by Charley Cvercko in IndieFlix in the Media | Interview | New Releases | Short films - (0 Comments)

Seattle Pulp is a Seattle-based pop culture blog. It has a bit of a smart mouth, which keeps it readable. Which is important in a sea of pop culture blogs: seattlepulp.com’s irreverent tone helps it rise above the crowd. Also, its taste in content. For example: Seattle Pulp has been partnering with IndieFlix for a … Read more →

Indie music for indie films: audiosocket fills an overlooked need

March 8th, 2012 | Posted by Charley Cvercko in IndieFlix in the Media - (0 Comments)

So you’ve made a short film. You’ve got it written, shot, and cut, ready to go. Except for the music. Read more →

Zombie Viewing Party: A Film Festival in a Box

March 5th, 2012 | Posted by Cathie Horlick in Film Festivals | IndieFlix in the Media | Movie Reviews | New Releases - (0 Comments)

Guest blogger Cathie Horlick gathered some friends for an evening of interactive horror with IndieFlix’s Film Festival in a Box: Zombies. Read Cathie’s account of the experience. Read more →

friends, game, Hesher, Mia Wasikowska, party, trivia, voting, zombies

The Color of Horror: Hammer Films’ The Curse of Frankenstein

February 2nd, 2012 | Posted by Charley Cvercko in Film Festivals | IndieFlix in the Media | Movie Reviews | New Releases - (1 Comments)

The new Daniel Radcliffe movie, The Woman in Black, marks another chapter in the continuing revivification of one of the most iconic imprints in the history of movies — certainly in the history of horror. Read more →

christopher lee, daniel radcliffe, exploitation cinema, ghost stories, Harry Potter, monster movies, peter cushing, woman in black

IndieFlix Presents: Slamdance Filmmaker Alexandra Berger

This year at Slamdance, IndieFlix’s Kyle Boynton managed to get Alexandra Berger to sit down for a few minutes and tell him how she got involved in directing Danland, a documentary about a pornographer looking for love. The conversation, brief as it is, covers everything from the filming process, to Alexandra’s approach to handling the … Read more →

IndieFlix Presents: A Year Without Rent’s Lucas McNelly

January 23rd, 2012 | Posted by Administrator in Film Festivals | IndieFlix in the Media | Interview | New Releases - (0 Comments)

A conversation with filmmaker Lucas McNelly from Sundance 2012. Read more →

You Can Make Your Own Difficulties: a conversation with Lars von Trier

November 15th, 2011 | Posted by Charley Cvercko in Film Festivals | IndieFlix in the Media | Uncategorized - (0 Comments)

Danish director Lars Von Trier is a big believer in the value of obstacles. In his approach to filmmaking, an obstacle can concentrate the creative energies. “You can make your own rules,” he says in the IndieFlix short film, A Conversation with Lars Von Trier: “You can make your own difficulties.” Read more →

antichrist, Cannes, controversy, denmark, directors, melancholia