Browsing: Independent Film

Interview by Paul Salfen, Text by Christine Thompson for AMFM Magazine When Oscar-winning screenwriter Roger Avary steps onto the stage at the historic Texas Theatre this Sunday for a special screening of Pulp Fiction, it won’t just be another career retrospective. It will be a full-circle moment for the man who co-wrote one of the

Most teenagers learn through a clumsy first kiss or a shaky confession that vulnerability can be terrifying. But what happens when the very thing you crave is also the force trying to destroy you? Writer-director Adrian Chiarella’s powerhouse debut Leviticus turns that question into a haunting, genre-blending coming-of-age story set in a tiny Australian town.

Exclusive Interview by Paul Salfen, Text by Christine Thompson for AMFM Magazine Entrepreneur-turned-actor JB Yowell sits down with AMFM Magazine to discuss his riveting role in The Leader, the highly anticipated Heaven’s Gate biopic starring Vera Farmiga, Tim Blake Nelson, and Jim Parsons that premiered at the 2026 Tribeca Festival. In this candid conversation, Yowell

Exclusive Interview by Paul Salfen, Text by Christine Thompson for AMFM Magazine At this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, director Mickey Keating swapped his horror playbook for something even more dangerous: a sleek, double-crossing crime thriller that keeps you guessing - and surprisingly rooting for the bad guys. In CROOKS, Faye (Angela Trimbur) and her partner

Exclusive interview by Paul Salfen, Text by Christine Thompson for AMFM Magazine In an industry that often rewards conventional paths, the mother-daughter creative duo of Natalie Baszile and Hyacinth Parker is proving that complementary instincts, shared passion, and sheer determination can produce something extraordinary. Their documentary HARVEST makes its world premiere in competition at the

At this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, two rising stars sat down with AMFM Magazine’s Paul Salfen to talk about the most fun, most surprising, and most unexpectedly deep project of their careers. SWITCH — the completed eight-episode independent series created by showrunners Isabelle Platt and WGA Award-winner Sofya Levitsky-Weitz — flips the classic “boy meets

When concert pianist Mia Nox’s thoracic spine shatters in a freak accident just weeks before her Carnegie Hall solo, her carefully constructed world begins to unravel. A younger lover books her coveted Lincoln Center audition, signs with her manager, and drifts toward another woman while Mia lies paralyzed, questioning whether the man she trusted is

Interview by Paul Salfen, Text by Christine Thompson for AMFM Magazine AMFM Magazine’s Paul Salfen caught up with acclaimed actor-director Katie Aselton for an exclusive interview about her latest passion project, Magic Hour. The Duplass Brothers Production, which world-premiered at South by Southwest, stars Aselton opposite Daveed Diggs (Hamilton) as Erin and Charlie—a couple who

Interview by Paul Salfen, Text by Christine Thompson for AMFM Magazine In his latest high-octane thriller Normal, Bob Odenkirk trades the quiet life of a substitute sheriff for a explosive showdown in a town that is anything but. The kinetic neo-Western from director Ben Wheatley (Free Fire, High-Rise), written by John Wick creator Derek Kolstad

An AMFM Magazine Exclusive Interview by Paul Salfen “It’s about chosen family versus blood family — and when it’s okay to step away from people who aren’t good for you.” - Madison Lawler In theaters May 1, 2026, the heartfelt family drama reunites audiences with characters first introduced in a 2020 limited series. Directed by