Independent Films
State of Play: More of Washington’s conspiracies
By David Walsh, April 28, 2009
State of Play is a political thriller, based on a mini-series broadcast by the BBC in 2003. The filmmakers have transposed the events to the US and condensed six hours to two. The general shape of the...
Sugar: baseball and struggle
By Alan Whyte, April 16, 2009
Sugar is a fictional account of an aspiring pitcher from the Dominican Republic, played by an actual player, Algenis Perez Soto. The filmmakers, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Half Nelson), have cast a nu...
An interview with Jennifer Venditti, director of Billy the Kid
By Joanne Laurier, March 31, 2009
The WSWS spoke recently with Jennifer Venditti, director of Billy the Kid.
Billy the Kid: “Can you see inside me?”
By Joanne Laurier, March 31, 2009
Billy the Kid is an unusual independent film, about a teenager in a small town in Maine.
Rachel Getting Married: Something, but not everything
By Hiram Lee, November 29, 2008
The latest film from director Jonathan Demme and first-time screenwriter Jenny Lumet is a moving story about a troubled daughter's return to her family. While intelligent and sincere, the work is not...
Toronto International Film Festival 2008—Part 5
The Dardenne brothers: but what about the “extenuating circumstances”?
By David Walsh, September 29, 2008
This is the fifth and final part of a series devoted to the recent Toronto film festival (September 4-13).
Interview with Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, directors of Lorna’s Silence
By David Walsh, September 29, 2008
The WSWS interviewed Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne at the recent Toronto film festival.
Toronto International Film Festival 2008—Part 3
Mike Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky, Terence Davies’ Of Time and the City: What the filmmakers now see
By David Walsh, September 24, 2008
This is the third of a series of articles devoted to the recent Toronto film festival (September 4-13). To create a visually appealing and insightful film is difficult. There are many technical probl...
Buffalo '66:
By David Walsh and Joanne Laurier, July 22, 1998
Vincent Gallo's Buffalo '66, co-scripted by the director and Alison Bagnall, is one of the most beautiful and moving American films I have seen in a very long time. It deserves the support of every se...
