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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Sweet is probably the last word you'd expect to use in describing a film about an aging black man who chains a young white woman to a radiator to cure her of her demons. In the rural South, of all places.
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Independent Artists Club launched to promote regional artists.
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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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The road-trip romp "Little Miss Sunshine" and the gritty classroom drama "Half Nelson" led contenders Tuesday for the Spirit Awards honoring independent films, each earning five nominations, including best picture.
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Robert Plantâs worldly hard rock, Alison Kraussâs limpid update of rural traditions and T Bone Burnettâs rangy Texas twang, all on one album.
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The hit road comedy "Little Miss Sunshine" and the acclaimed drugs drama "Half Nelson" led the list of contenders on Tuesday for the Independent Spirit Awards, the American art-house world's version of the Oscars.
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Comedy Little Miss Sunshine leads the nominations for the Independent Spirit film awards.
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The sound was never exactly polished, but it had plenty of soul, and the Memphis sound created at Stax Records has found its own special place in the history of American music.
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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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Fred Thompsonâs style is playing well in rural South Carolina, where his poll numbers show a tease of life.
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The breezy vocal harmonies and classic rock sound of Dr. Dog, an obscure Philadelphia band, are sure to attract a rabid cult of indie-rock fans.
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The duo OutKast has tried to do something unique with "Idlewild," a musical drama set in the 1930s. It wildly blends genres and eras, featuring a high-class cast and heavy visual tricks.
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Revisiting the best online music store for indie fans.
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Its mismatched lineup features shows on Southern foods, music and attractions along with some live Atlanta sports events and a healthy dose of previous-run movies and TV reruns.
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From the creators of the political satire sensation "This Land" comes a sequel set to the tune of "Dixie."
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Battered and deep-fried wasn't enough for "A Love Song for Bobby Long." So smothered in self-conscious Southern gothic, the film feels as if it's been drowned in gravy without even the benefit of a biscuit on the side to sop it all up.