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Catching Up With... Lance Hammer

Lance Hammer's quiet debut film Ballast continues to defy expectations. When we saw it at Sundance earlier this year we felt that it marked a new direction for independent American film...  read more

Independent Spirit Awards topped by tight budgets

The debate for what exactly constitutes an "independent" film is as old as the studio system itself and doesn't seem likely to end anytime soon. This year, the Spirit Award nominations seemed to honor films that seem a little bit more independent, with an emphasis on truly small films instead of the arguably studio-funded pictures by Quentin Tarantino or Ang Lee that have done well in the past. Not one of the best pictures nominees were above $8 million in budget, sending the message (intentionally or not) that what it takes to make a great movie is vision over financing....  read more

Signs of Life 2008: Best Film

Check out Paste's top 20 films of 2008...  read more

Ballast, The Visitor, Synecdoche earn Gotham nominations

It is but the middle of October and we already have our first set of 2008 film-award nominations. The Gotham Independent Film Awards announced its yearly list of nominees, shining the spotlight on a number of smaller films sure to factor into the Oscar equation later this year....  read more

Ballast

Brave and uncompromising, Ballast is an often bleak testimony to...  read more