Indie Companies: Neon and the Oscars (“Sentimental Value.

Secret Agent got the biggest post-nomination bump of any film competing for best picture

Field of Dreams (1989): Reel/Real Impact–Father-Son Melodrama

Above all, it’s a film about a son getting to play catch with his long-dead father one last time.

New Book: Camera d’Or Year 28 (2005): Miranda July’s “Me and You and Everyone We Know”

Miranda July’s “Me and You and Everyone We Know” is the most original film I saw at the 2005 Sundance Film Fest. (Camera d’Or Winner).

Disclosure: Spielberg Got Excited When Obama Said Aliens Are Real

Spielberg Got Excited When Obama Said Aliens Are Real: ‘This Is So Great For “Disclosure Day”‘

Directors: Chabrol, Claude (1930-2010)–French New Wave Filmmaker

Le Beau Serge is considered the inaugural film of the French New Wave Film movement that would peak between 1959 and 1962.