Independent Spirit Awards – Movies, Music, Tech

The Price of Following Your Dreams

February 6, 2015March 29, 2015Leo SopickiComment(0)

(Originally published on Blogcritics.org) Two films debuting this spring explore the challenge and cost of following your dreams. Documentary My Way (theatrical release on Febrary 20) follows rock musician Rebekah Starr as she leaves her Pennsylvania home for Los Angeles to make a music video. Narrative drama Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (U.S. release in March) […]

Awards Filmmaking

The Independent Spirit Awards: Real Reel People

January 25, 2013August 25, 2013Leo SopickiComment(0)

(First published on blogcritics.org) A lot goes into creating the “willing suspension of disbelief” needed for an audience to become immersed in a film and experience it — laughter, tears, fear — as “real.” The most important factor? The characters must be believable. In reviewing films to vote for in Film Independent’s Independent Spirit Awards, I watched […]