On Saturday, the Spirit Awards returned to the beach. Casa Del Mar Hotel Santa Monica hosted our annual Spirit Awards Nominees Brunch to celebrate all the ...

It's officially Spirit Award season here at Film Independent. We had our annual Awards Brunch last weekend, and we're getting ...

You can find Part One of our Incomplete History of Film Independent here. *** In filmmaker Alexander Payne’s acclaimed 2004 wine snob dramedy Sideways–a ...