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2018 Indy Film Fest: Filmmaker Panel

The Indy Film Fest is well underway and filmmakers from all over the world have come to participate. Saturday night held the opportunity for these talented people to gather in one room and discuss their stories, triumphs, and lessons learned throughout their filmmaking careers. Over a dozen…

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2018 Indy Film Fest: Short Films

Why watch one movie when you can watch six? Don’t miss out on the shorts at Indy Film Fest! Shorts 9: Movie Madness combines genres for an awesome, diverse pack of different short films. Gorilla—In this highly stylized, vintage short, a costumed gorilla in horror movies secretly desires the leading…

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2018 Indy Film Fest: Film School Africa

Indy Film Fest is here and includes the world premiere of documentary feature, Film School Africa! This Hoosier Lens documentary tells the compelling tale of Katie Taylor, a casting director who left Hollywood to teach film to South African students. Taylor planned to teach the kids technical skills…

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The Ninjas have Landed

Excitement builds as the American Ninja Warrior crew begins to set the course for this weekend’s taping. Ninjas from all over the state will come to compete on the obstacle course right on the Circle of Downtown Indy. Here’s what you need to know to be ninja ready: Want to be a Ninja?: Think you…

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Indy Film Fest 2018 Preview

Indy Film Fest may be moving from July to April this year, but that doesn’t mean it will be any less enthralling. Slated to take place April 26-May 5 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, the Midwest’s largest and fastest-growing film festival returns with more films than ever before…

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Behind the Camera: Coaches and Wranglers

We’ve explored the ins and outs of film jobs, but there are still more to learn! Today is all about jobs that support the actors. Every actor has a team of workers behind them creating the character and working to produce the best possible product. Dialect Coach Except for silent films, movies are…

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American Ninja Warrior: Meet the Producer Brian Richardson

In 2016, Indy welcomed an L.A-based crew of 140 people to transform the north-end of Monument Circle into a grueling obstacle course, fit for a ninja. Brian Richardson, Executive Producer of American Ninja Warrior and Indy-native, was one of the people responsible for bringing the competition to…

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Get on Board with the Pacers

I am a self-professed Indiana Pacers junkie. Of their 82 games this season, I can confidently say I watched all or part of 75. I would have done so if they sucked, because they are my team. After being forced into a trade by Paul George, my team bid farewell to their brightest star over the summer…

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Phoenix Theatre Moves to New Neighborhood

For decades, Phoenix Theatre has presented Indianapolis with world-class theater experiences. Now, it’s time for the storied institution to turn a new page of the script. Following three years of planning, two years of campaigning and ten months of construction, the longstanding Indianapolis theater…

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Catch a Western Classic at the Downtown IMAX

“These movies are called Spaghetti Westerns, Cherie. That means they were largely filmed and produced in Italy.” I tucked back that piece of knowledge for Jeopardy! questions and to dazzle my nerdy friends on trivia night. Anytime a reboot of a classic cowboy flick releases, I have an impulse to…

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