Independent Cinema

A plethora of impulsive passions and rancorous violence, which can only bring forth an ending besmirched with tragedy.

Every day I went to work wanting to make this the best film that it could possibly be.

I was making bad action films in Asia. Not that I don’t love Asia. I do. That was the best part of it, seeing other countries.

Whit Stillman's winning romantic comedy about politics set in late Cold War Spain.

Bridgend is hauntingly beautiful and at the same time like a nature built prison.

How would you feel if a bribe that you took ended in people's deaths?

"Brigend" is a relentlessly downbeat film, and lacking a dramatically satisfying conclusion, it's a film that can be admired for its execution, even as it keeps viewers at arm's length.

What I saw at the first half of this year's festival.

I like filmmakers. Not just actors. I like to deal with filmmakers because I like the way filmmakers think.

Second chances are possible for some people. But for politicians?