Down South, Singing the Indie Blues
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Twenty-seven years and 16 features after they began their mutual career, John Sayles and Maggie Renzi are still making movies.
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The South by Southwest Film Festival, in the heart of Texas, will celebrate some of the state's native sons with its opening-night premiere of "The Wendell Baker Story," a comedy from brothers Luke, Andrew and Owen Wilson.
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Fred Thompsonâs style is playing well in rural South Carolina, where his poll numbers show a tease of life.
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Indie darlings Arcade Fire return to the spotlight in their own quirky downbeat way.
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The Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines couldn't resist the rich irony &#151; or the chance to rub their success in the face of a country-music establishment that turned its back on them.
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As summer ends, the fourth quarter looms and the fragile hopes of record executives head south, to Nashville. This season is already off to a good start.
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Sweetness and whimsy fill the screen to capacity in âIâm Reed Fish,â a rural coming-of-age tale thatâs so laid-back that its cast is almost horizontal.
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Ross McElwee's reflective, wise, often hilarious documentary examines the tobacco industry in his native state of North Carolina.
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From Hawaii to the Philadelphia suburbs, community sings, or singalongs, draw together the average-voiced and bring old songs into common memory.
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On her indie debut, much like her  previous albums, Long Island, N.Y.-bred Lil&#39; Mo emotively  relates around-the-way tales of love and lust, heartache and  heartbreak.
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LOS ANGELES - While theaters will be alive with the sound of Julie Andrews in song again, the actress insists it falls short of all-out singing.
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The main attraction is still renting movies by mail, but now the company is producing its own indie flicks. Look out, Bob and Harvey. By  Erin Biba from Wired magazine.
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Jazz, Pop, and Country all make an appearance in this week's roundup of new releases.
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Wiley College is suddenly feeling the glow of celebrity with the release of a film about the schoolâs debating team.
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A well-made absorbing tale of two brothers in a small town.
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Molly Shannon teeters between kooky and lovable as an obsessive dog lover in this quirky indie.
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Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall, producers of studio films like the âIndiana Jonesâ trilogy, are moving into more indie territory.