DGA Hosts Panel Celebrating the Life & Career of Jonathan Demme
Last Friday, John Sayles joined actors, producers and directors alike to celebrate the life and work of Jonathan Demme. Demme was most...
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- Apr 7, 2016
Karyn Kusama’s New Thriller THE INVITATION Opens Friday
Karyn Kusama (Girlfight, Jennifer’s Body), a dear friend and collaborator of John and Maggie’s, has a new movie coming out this Friday,...
- Nov 9, 2015
THE CHEROKEE WORD FOR WATER American Indian Film Festival Screening: Tonight (Nov. 9th) in San Franc
Congratulations to our friends Kristina Kiehl and Charlie Soap on the continued success of THE CHEROKEE WORD FOR WATER. The film has been...
- Oct 19, 2015
John is writing DJANGO LIVES! for Franco Nero to star
John is working on the latest installment of the iconic Django series. DJANGO LIVES! will see Franco Nero return to the role that he...
- May 18, 2015
MUST READ: Cari Beauchamp’s My First Time in Hollywood
More than forty Hollywood legends including Mary Pickford, Harold Lloyd, Myrna Loy, and Cecil B. DeMille recount their first trip to...
- May 18, 2015
Sandy McLeod’s SEEDS OF TIME opens at Cinema Village NYC Friday May 22
Our dear friend, frequent collaborator and talented contemporary Sandy McLeod directed a riveting bio-diversity documentary and it is...
- May 30, 2014
John and Maggie in Michigan for U-M Symposium and Cinetopia
John and Maggie are heading to Michigan for the public unveiling of the John Sayles Archive at the University of Michigan. Leading up to...
- May 14, 2014
What We Are Reading: Mary Cybulski’s BEYOND CONTINUITY
John and Maggie’s dear friend Mary Cybulski wrote a new book (BEYOND CONTINUITY: SCRIPT SUPERVISION FOR THE MODERN FILMMAKER) that is...
- Mar 18, 2014
People of Letters: New York
The Australian literary phenomenon Women of Letters is bringing their incredible cultural salon to New York for the very first time, with...
- Feb 26, 2014
News from Bohol
We have had an update on the goings-on in Bohol, Philippines, from Cooper Resabal (our Second Second Assistant Director and John’s...
- Feb 22, 2014
An Update from Hawaii
John and Maggie have spent February in Hawaii, teaching master classes and doing Q&As at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (where John...
- Jan 28, 2014
John in Residency as 2014 Inouye Chair in Democratic Ideals at UHawaii at Manoa
John and Maggie will be spending most of the month of February at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. John will be in residency as the...
- Dec 10, 2013
Luis Jimenez: From the Barrio to the Smithsonian
Please take a look at this forthcoming project from Cesar Alejandro, an old friend of John and Maggie’s who played the fighting cock...
- Dec 3, 2013
Good Works and Giving Tuesday
You may have heard that today is Giving Tuesday, which is the charitable giving cohort to shopping on Black Friday. In the spirit of...
- Nov 19, 2013
AMIGO for Bohol: Benefit Screenings
You will remember that last month a massive 7.2 earthquake hit the Bohol Province of the Philippines, where AMIGO was filmed. Many of...
- Oct 22, 2013
Amigo for Bohol Update
As we told you yesterday, a recent massive 7.2 earthquake hit the Bohol Province of the Philippines, where AMIGO was filmed. Many of the...
- Oct 21, 2013
#AmigoParaSaBohol (Amigo for Bohol)
As you may have heard, a few days ago a massive 7.2 earthquake hit the Bohol Province of the Philippines, where AMIGO was filmed. Many...
- Sep 18, 2013
Creature Cast — Science on Film
Check out this seriously cool animation from a research scientist — good filmmaking can happen anywhere. The filmmaker/scientist, Sophia...
- Sep 11, 2013
“The Story of Film: An Odyssey” on TCM
This is a must see! The beloved Turner Classic Movies channel has just bought a bunch of new movies, and begun airing a visionary 15-part...
- Sep 4, 2013
New Web Series: Talents
John Sayles has been called “The Godfather of American Independent Cinema,” and has always been known for finding a way to make the...
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