All posts by Grant Vance
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Festival Spotlight: HorrorHound Director Jason Hignite on the Genre Convention’s Evolution into Adding a Film Festival
Lurking in the midwestern shadows of Indianapolis and Cincinnati lies something full of more horror than any convention center could ever fathom….... -
Space Odyssey: Beautiful New Book Examines Two Geniuses’ Creative Relationship Operating At Its Peak
Destined to sit on the dusty bedside tables of young film students and seasoned fanatics alike, Michael Benson’s Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick,... -
Full Circle: Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead Cement Their Indie Horror Mastery With UFO Cult Chiller The Endless
Ever relive a moment over and over again until you realize you’re in a UFO-obsessed death cult? I’ve been asking around at... -
Exclusive: Ultrasound Images Spark a Timely Debate in This Clip from Leena Pendharkar’s 20 Weeks (Video)
With 35 weeks in a traditional nine-month pregnancy, there’s a good 245 days (give or take) of down time to rack up... -
Exclusive: Up-and-Comer Faraday Okoro Lauded by Crew on the Set of Nigerian Prince (Video)
A bustling Nigerian city and by-the-books calm composure flesh out the world of AT&T’s Untold Stories grant recipient Faraday Okoro‘s debut feature Nigerian... -
Exclusive: Thomas Middleditch and Jess Weixler Dive in and Let Go in This Underwater Clip from Entanglement (Video)
Entanglement flirts with life’s quantum “what ifs” in a pseudo-sceintific equation composed of yarn, romance and Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley, Joshy). Jason James’s... -
Exclusive: Psychoanalyze This in the Trailer for Cinema Libre’s Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity To Be Free (Video)
“What does not engage our feelings does not long engage our thoughts either.”—Lou Andreas-Salomé Andreas-Salomé may not be as popular compared with... -
Exclusive: Dominic Cooper and Tom Felton Prepare to Confront a Dangerous Rogue in This Clip from Stratton (Video)
John Stratton (Cooper) of MI6’s Special Boat Services (SBS) has his espionage cut out for him—tracking down an international terrorist with sensitive...
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Inside the Issue: Distribution
Your Key to Distribution Success: Get Keyed in to Key Art, and You’re On Your Way to an Instantly Iconic Movie
Think about some of the most famous posters ever produced: Jaws, Scarface, Taxi Driver, The Shining, Ghostbusters, E.T., The Godfather. What do they have in common? To...2Inside the Issue: Festivals
deadCenter Film Festival 2017: Oklahoma City Is the Biggest Star Of This Consistently Great Event
Film festivals are as good as their programmers and audiences, and the deadCenter film festival has an abundance of excellence in both. From the very first...Inside the Issue: Producing
What Investors Want to Hear: Here Are the Things You Need to Be Telling Potential Financiers In Your Pitch
There are as many different ways to get funding as there are movies made, but the one thing all of those stories have in common is...6