Sep 13, 2016Revisiting “Los Gusanos” – Signed copies for saleLeo Nufeld of the Miami New Times has written a great reflection on John’s critically-acclaimed 1991 novel Los Gusanos! Describing a...
Jul 22, 2016Joe Dante Retrospective at BAMcinématekNext month, Brooklyn’s BAMcinématek will present a retrospective of Joe Dante’s film and television work. As many of you know, Joe and...
Jul 21, 2016Ethel Rosenberg pardonIn preparing a movie script I have done an enormous amount of research on the Rosenberg ‘spy case’ and have continued to follow...
May 21, 2016Recommended Viewing: The Return on PBSKelly Duane De La Vega and Katie Galloway, two filmmakers John has worked with, have a new documentary called The Return about the prison...
Apr 7, 2016Karyn Kusama’s New Thriller THE INVITATION Opens FridayKaryn Kusama (Girlfight, Jennifer’s Body), a dear friend and collaborator of John and Maggie’s, has a new movie coming out this Friday,...
Feb 18, 2016Cinefamily Presents A Weekend W/ John SaylesThis weekend (Feb 18 – 20), Cinefamily will be honoring John’s thirty years of groundbreaking independent filmmaking with screenings of...
Feb 5, 2016John and Maggie at Del Mar CollegeJohn and Maggie are off to Corpus Christi, where they will be speaking with students at Del Mar College and screening their Academy...
Dec 7, 2015Report on Indian SchoolsPhoto from Politico We in this country know so little about how Native Americans live. This piece from POLITICO will open your eyes and...
Nov 30, 2015Now Playing: Ingrid Bergman – In Her Own WordsJohn Ingrid Bergman – In Her Own Words, gives you a behind the scenes look into the life of a young Swedish girl who became one of the...
Nov 16, 2015Jeffrey NelsonLIANNA crew. Jeffrey is top row, third from left Our friend and colleague Jeffrey Nelson passed last week- he was instrumental in...
Nov 10, 2015EIGHT MEN OUT gets a Blu-ray edition!In anticipation of the November 24th release of EIGHT MEN OUT Blu-ray edition (courtesy of Olive Films), John spoke to Filmmaker...
Nov 3, 2015Internship Opportunity: Winter 2015 / Spring 2016Anarchists’ Convention Inc. is seeking self-motivated, hardworking, and detail – oriented interns to work in our Hoboken office this...
Oct 19, 2015John is writing DJANGO LIVES! for Franco Nero to starJohn is working on the latest installment of the iconic Django series. DJANGO LIVES! will see Franco Nero return to the role that he...
Oct 15, 2015TO SAVE THE MAN Facebook Page is LiveA Facebook page for John and Maggie’s new film TO SAVE THE MAN is now live. You can check it our here. Make sure to LIKE the page for the...
Jul 30, 2015July 2015 Update: Where to Watch John Sayles’ Films Online (U.S.)Here at Anarchists’ Convention, we’re thrilled that more and more of John’s films are available to more of you, so we’ve updated our list...
Jul 24, 2015Join Maggie for a screening of MATEWAN this Monday at BAMBAM Cinematek is screening MATEWAN (1987) on Monday, July 27 as part of BAM’s Indie 80’s series. Maggie Renzi, who produced and acted in...
Jul 22, 2015“Baby It’s You” is now available on blu-rayDepending on who you asked, Baby It’s You (1983) was made to be a romance ( co-writer Amy Robinson), a teenage sex comedy (the studio),...
Jul 22, 2015John joins all-star writing/producing team for series based on THE ALIENISTJohn has signed on as a writer for the upcoming series THE ALIENIST, an adaptation of Caleb Carr’s bestselling novel. The series is a...
Jun 30, 2015Celebrate indie film this Independence Day Weekend: The Secret of Roan Inish coming to Netflix streaWe are thrilled to announce that THE SECRET OF ROAN INISH will be available to stream on Netflix beginning July 1st! One of John’s...
Jun 15, 2015A dispatch from the New Haven International Festival of Arts & Ideas:Hoping to share a few lesser-seen films from John’s vault while also reaching out to New Haven’s African American community, John...