John Sayles News

The Sundance Channel is coming to Canada. Robert Redford's film and lifestyle channel is set to debut in March, and focuses on independent film, world cinema, documentaries and original series.

Original poster for Joe Dante's "The Howling" Werewolves are making a comeback, and no, you can't give all the credit to "Twilight Saga: New Moon." A vampire/werewolf showdown has been in the offing for some time.

The vampire trend must be dying down, because the werewolves are ready to take its place.

Here is an awesome piece of news for you. Netflix and IFC Entertainment have joined forces to stream films from the IFC catalog.

While not quite as massive as the thousands of films the Starz deal provided to Netflix's "Watch Instantly" service last year, IFC Films has signed an exclusive streaming deal with Netflix for 53 of IFC's films.A Among the 53 films are John Sayles' The Brother From Another Planet and Return of the Secaucus Seven ; Christopher Nolan's first film, ...

Sure, there was coverage of the ceremony , and maybe some drive-by praise of Corman's career , but in terms of anything substantial... nothin'. Perhaps everyone was too busy whoring for TWILIGHT traffic to notice that the one-man film industry who mentored the likes of Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Jack Nicholson, James Cameron, John ...

It was back in July of 2006 , believe it or not, that a remake of The Howling was first talked about, and now it appears that there's an actual move to get the film made, and remake it certainly sounds like as the title is The Howling Reborn.

A capacity audience attended at Garter Lane Theatre on Thursday last to listen to John Sayles, the twice academy award nominated actor, writer and director who was a guest of the Waterford Council of Trade Unions as part of their centenary celebrations.

TRADE unionism was brought to the fore in the city last week with the visit of internationally renowned American independent filmmaker, John Sayles.

A handsome, dignified African-American actor who has excelled on stage, screen and TV, Morton made his movie breakthrough as the mute extraterrestrial in John Sayles' "The Brother From Another Planet" . A virtuoso.... A handsome, dignified African-American actor who has excelled on stage, screen and TV, Morton made his movie breakthrough as the ...

Interested in seeing Major League Baseball's 1919 version of a "single sanction honor code" or witnessing young men struggling with "choosing the harder right over the easier wrong" and rationalizing choices they know to be dishonest or learning the consequences of a non toleration clause? If so, then you are invited to take advantage of a special ...

In an era when last year's indie wunderkind is too often this year's studio sellout, screenwriter-director John Sayles stands apart, his rugged self-reliance a beacon to aspiring filmmakers wishing to make complex.... In an era when last year's indie wunderkind is too often this year's studio sellout, screenwriter-director John Sayles stands apart, ...

Director Joe Dante talks with Dennis Cozzalio about stories and effects at Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule , in one of the most enjoyable filmmaker interviews I've read in a long time: ... I'm not saying all these new techniques are better .

The daughter of Sicilian and Argentine immigrants, writer-director Nancy Savoca graduated from the film school at New York University where she received the Haig P. Manoogian Award for overall excellence for her short.... The daughter of Sicilian and Argentine immigrants, writer-director Nancy Savoca graduated from the film school at New York ...

An African-American writer for film and television who started out in the business as an actor, Reggie Rock Bythewood went from teen star on NBC's "Another World" to big screen success, penning the.... An African-American writer for film and television who started out in the business as an actor, Reggie Rock Bythewood went from teen star on NBC's ...

$12 adv., $15 d.o.s. Will Oldham, who's recorded, alternately, under his own name as well as Palace Music, Palace Brothers, Palace Songs and just plain Palace, seems to have settled on the Bonnie "Prince" Billy moniker.

His instrument gets a bad rap as a tourist trinket, but Shimabukuro's remarkable musicianship is enough to make the ukulele cool again.

Reporting from New York - For 40 minutes last month he held them spellbound, reading about America in 1898.