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80 Percent Angel is a nonprofit production company formed by Pittsburgh-born Parker Snyder and Poland native Kasia Romanska during a trip the two took to Africa for volunteer work. After witnessing good deeds that were going unnoticed, Snyder and Romanska...

A year-and-a-half after wowing audiences at Sundance, Goran Dukic's dark comedic satire, WRISTCUTTERS: A LOVE STORY, finally gets a theatrical release. By Ray PrideWistcutters: A Love Story, Goran Dukic's loping airy-tale comedy of a non-utopian afterlife,...

This past January two filmmakers found themselves in an unusual situation when they brought their films to Park City. At Sundance was Lincoln Ruchti's Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade, while at the top of the hill Seth Gordon's The King of Kong: A Fistful...

Reports from Cannes, Aspen Shortsfest and Tribeca.Cannes Film FestivalHOWARD FEINSTEINAfter the low tide of 2006, most critics rated this year's Cannes [May 16-27] "very good." There were some gems, but, overall, it was uneven. Funny how after it's all...

Five years in the making, Jason Kohn's Sundance award winning doc, MANDA BALA, examines the violence and corruption that runs wild in São Paulo.Jason Kohn likes to say what's on his mind. At 28, he's already honed his skills from one of the greatest...

Five new films in postproduction. By Mary GlucksmanBEGGING FOR BILLIONAIRES"Eminent domain was designed to facilitate crucial public projects, but these days it's more often abused by state and city governments to eliminate roadblocks for wealthy private...

Filmmaker's look at the season's DVD releases.Rock The Bells Warner Bros., July 31 Driven by the dream of putting the entire Wu-Tang Clan back together for one night, concert promoter Chang Weisberg finds its easier said than done in this riveting vérité...

Jamie Stuart walks us through how he used Final Cut Studio 2 to make his latest short film.I've maintained for the past half-dozen years that the most significant event in the history of DIY filmmaking has been the introduction of Final Cut Pro. While...

Alicia Van Couvering breaks down the complex state tax incentives and learns how producers find the best deals for their films.Not so long ago, it looked like the Canadians had seduced film production away from the United States, beguiling studios and...

Ti West chats with directors Dan Bush, David Bruckner and Jacob Gentry about their apocalyptic horror movie, THE SIGNAL.In deriding Hollywood cinema, independents often assail "filmmaking by committee." So then what to make of The Signal, the ingeniously...

Eight things that will keep you in the know.1 R. Crumb The dirty ol' grandfather of underground comics gets an institutional nod at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in its show "R. Crumb Undergound." The exhibition covers the span of his...

Nick Dawson talks to English writer-director Shane Meadows about his new film THIS IS ENGLAND, which draws upon his personal experience in British skinhead culture in the 1980s.It's not in Shane Meadows's nature to take the conventional route. His debut...