Independent Cinema

"The Family Fang is the best kind of art film - it has no pretensions to anything beyond telling its story and does so in the simplest and most straightforward manner it can.

The things I had the most fun with were writing the film and casting the film.

As a first time director I wasn’t frightened, but I was concerned about being able to work with my co-director and harness the set and create a good atmosphere on the set.

If the planet's temperature rises by 2 degrees, what climate impact will that have on coastal cities like New York and Miami? Tune in to HBO tonight for "How to Let Go of the World"

"Olympic Price, American Predjudice" explores the real story behind the 1936 Olympics, Hitler and 18 African Americans who represented the Olympic Team USA.

In Ari Taub's new film "79 Parts," premiered at this year's Soho Film Festival, we rediscover New York City of the 1970s before cell phones, Uber, and "If you see something say something."

'Creedmoria', a film by first-time writer/director Alicia Slimmer, made its SoCal premier at the Dances With Films Festival. It chronicles the efforts of sweet-sixteen Candy Cahill, played by Stef Dawson, to come of age in one of the most dysfunctional families in movie history. As I watched the film, I hoped, for Slimmer’s sake, that this movie wasn’t too autobiographical. It turns out that it was.

I just hope to raise the bar in terms of how people respond to independent film, in particular black independent film.

To gain a friend is golden; to lose a friend is heartbreaking.

The statistics about PTSD are overwhelming. The numbers of vets who cannot deal and commit suicide are staggering.