I confess I’ve been reluctant to write about the migration of prestige films from the arthouse to the living room. I keep hearing about streaming media, HDNet, day-and-date platforming, etc.  But technology won’t wait. A few months ago, Wayne Wang…

On Thursday night at the Hi-Pointe I caught a special screening of “Box Elder,” a very independent comedy directed by Todd Sklar of Columbia, Mo. Sklar’s Range Life Entertainment caravan is rumbling across the Midwest to promote his movie and three…

In the era of streaming video and social networking, the rules of movie distribution are changing rapidly. But the indie filmmakers behind the Range Life entertainment Tour are reverting to an old-fashioned model: barnstorming city-by-city. The road show is the…

The same weekend as the Oscars, there is a maverick event in Santa Monica called the Independent Spirit Awards that honors the top art-house films of the year.  The leading contenders this year, with six nominations apiece (including best picture, director…