Independent – Page 8 – Anywhere But Hollywood

Village of the Giants

July 9, 2026

Long before he directed Apollo 13 and won an Academy Award, eleven-year-old Ron Howard mixed a batch of bright pink goo in his basement and…

The Pyramid

July 6, 2026

He was Tarantino’s inspiration for Cliff Booth, the stunt man character played by Brad Pitt in Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood. He once faced…

In the Soup

July 2, 2026

It beat Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs for the Grand Jury Prize at the 1992 Sundance Film Festival. Then it disappeared for twenty-five years. The reasons were…

Longtime Companion

June 28, 2026

In the 1980s, when a gay man died of AIDS, newspapers would not name the person he loved as his partner. The obituary might use…

Robot Monster

June 23, 2026

Arguably the most iconic monster in 1950s science fiction is a man in a gorilla suit wearing a deep-sea diving helmet with two antennae glued…

Roar

June 21, 2026

It was the most dangerous movie ever made. Cinematographer Jan de Bont was shooting a scene with a lioness when she tore the top of…

Before Sunrise

June 18, 2026

One of the most beloved romances in modern cinema actually happened. The woman who inspired it never got to see the film. In the fall…

The Fall

June 15, 2026

Tarsem Singh had been saving money for a wedding. When his girlfriend left him he used the money to make a movie instead. David Fincher…

Somersault

June 14, 2026

A sixteen-year-old girl is caught kissing her mother’s boyfriend. Frightened and ashamed, she runs away and drifts from stranger to stranger, seeking warmth, confusing sex…

Strawberry Mansion

June 10, 2026

In the near future, the government taxes your dreams. A weary auditor assesses the dreams of an eccentric old woman who has recorded thousands on…

Living in Oblivion

June 9, 2026

Any actor who put up money got a part. That’s how most of the movie was cast. One glaring exception: A guy in Brooklyn who…

The Dark Backward

June 7, 2026

A failing stand-up comedian grows a third arm out of his back. His best friend, a garbageman who plays the accordion, decides this is exactly…

Junk Head

June 6, 2026

At forty, an interior designer with no filmmaking training decided to make a stop-motion movie. He didn’t know it was impossible, so he did it.…

UFO Abduction

June 5, 2026

A 24-year-old shot an alien abduction movie for $6,500 in a single night. A retired Air Force lieutenant colonel watched it and decided it was…

Following

June 4, 2026

Christopher Nolan returned to his London flat to find his front door completely smashed in. The violation taught him that society relies almost entirely on…