LINE ITEMS
ESCAPE FROM MOVIE JAIL
Richard Shepard, writer-director of The Matador, on doing hard time for making a failed first feature.
TOUGH CHOICE
Thom Powers takes us behind the scenes on picking a film fellowship winner.
COLOR THEORY
Once solely the province of big-budget filmmakers, the digital intermediate is revolutionizing post-production for independents as well. Bob Fisher investigates.
QUICK STUDY
Filmmaker Andrew Wagner takes a crash course in self distribution. By Mike Plante.
REPORTS
Matthew Modine’s Full Metal Jacket Diary; Kevin Jordan’s Brooklyn Lobster; new soundtrack releases from Commotion Records; Ennio Morricone’s greatest hits; Trixie DVD; Palm Pictures’ Directors Label; rediscovering Nicolas Roeg; David LaChapelle’s Rize on DVD; Lourdes Grobet’s LUCHA LIBRE: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling; the Had To Be Made Film Festival; a Jerome Hill tribute; Rodrigo García’s Nine Lives.
