If new and established filmmakers find themselves moving outside the big studio orbit, they may discover that more than a few movie stars, craving artistic challenges, will follow suit. (csmonitor.com)
One does not expect to find references to Bertolucci in a action movie distributed by American International, but Mad Max is no ordinary action movie: it's a B - movie classic on the order of Truck Stop Women, and when its director, George Miller, steals from established filmmakers, he steals from the best. (metacritic.com)
It's titled The People's Network Showcase; each quarterly episode will run two hours and feature works by indie filmmakers from around the world, interviews with the up - and - coming artists, and behind - the - scenes chats with established filmmakers, too (gonna guess that Rodriguez and his Grindhouse cohort Eli Roth might pop up during those segments). (io9.gizmodo.com)