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READ >> “Strike won! All jobs are back!”

READ >> “Strike won! All jobs are back!”

Alamo Drafthouse employees at the lower Manhattan and downtown Brooklyn locations announced their union had successfully struck a deal in which all laid-off staffers will be rehired. The union went on strike in mid-February after months of bargaining with management over key issues like scheduling, wages and safety concerns. The agreement, which was ratified on Sunday, will reinstate the roughly 70 workers who were let go. It will also restore those employees’ previously accrued paid time off, sick days, seniority and hire date, the union said. Struck staffers will resume work on Friday.

READ >> A list of 2025 Grants, Labs & Fellowships

READ >> A list of 2025 Grants, Labs & Fellowships

In these turbulent, uncertain times, No Film School reports that the indie funding ecosystem is still intact.
Here’s a list of opportunities for the Independent Filmmaker in 2025.

They can try to take everything from us, but they can’t take this!
Fight the machine, make movies!

GO TO >> A new video store is opening in Williamsburg, NYC

GO TO >> A new video store is opening in Williamsburg, NYC

“ We want it to be an experience to come into the store and browse the shelves like you did back in the day, the idea of being able to find something new purely on the cover art or because of a blurb is much more exciting than finding a listing on Amazon… I think that these Blu-rays and 4Ks, these new editions, are sort of where vinyl records were 15 years ago, there’s no question it’s a niche market, but that niche is passionate, rabid and is growing all the time.” Night Owl Video opens April 11th

LISTEN >> A conversation with filmmaker Tom DiCillo

LISTEN >> A conversation with filmmaker Tom DiCillo

Filmmaker Tom DiCillo talks collaborating with Steve Buscemi,
why his Director of Photography purposely sabotaged his film,
receiving a heart-warming letter from Peter Dinklage’s parents,
his battle to cast an unknown actor named Brad Pitt in his first leading role,
and much more on the Film Situation Podcast.

GO TO >> You Are Here: An Immersive Film Experience in NYC

GO TO >> You Are Here: An Immersive Film Experience in NYC

You Are Here draws on this rich archive of movies set in New York, combining thousands of cinematic moments across 16 screens. Sources include Hollywood blockbusters, independent films, documentaries, and experimental works. By juxtaposing these multiple visions, the dazzling montages of You Are Here make connections and contrasts that allow movies to comment on each other across time and space. Now through 10/5/2025 @ Museum Of The City Of New York.

READ >> Ben Stiller on Gene Hackman’s Simple Truth

READ >> Ben Stiller on Gene Hackman’s Simple Truth

I sat down and watched “The Royal Tenenbaums” with my son. He had never seen it. I hadn’t watched it since I lost my own father. I found myself getting emotional, thinking about my dad, and the experience
of making the movie all those years ago, and getting a chance to actually work with one of my idols.

WATCH >> The iPhone From Sean Baker’s “Tangerine”
GO TO >> WILD AT HEART: WILLEM DAFOE @ Anthology Film Archives NYC

GO TO >> WILD AT HEART: WILLEM DAFOE @ Anthology Film Archives NYC

This Valentine’s Day weekend, visit the Anthology Film Archives in NYC for the Willem Dafoe retrospective.
Spanning from Dafoe’s early works like THE LOVELESS, LIGHT SLEEPER and STREETS OF FIRE;
to his contemporary titles from Abel Ferrara & Lars Von Trier,
and the David Lynch romance classic, WILD AT HEART.

READ >> Oscar Nominee Colman Domingo On How He Almost Gave Up
No Other Talent Wants to Talk About Trump With Sebastian Stan

No Other Talent Wants to Talk About Trump With Sebastian Stan

“I couldn’t find another actor to do it with me because they were too afraid to go and talk about this movie…
That’s when I think we lose the situation because if it really becomes that fear or discomfort
to talk about this then we’re really going to have a problem.”