This March, John and Maggie will be attending the 54th FICCI film festival in Colombia. The FICCI will be presenting a retrospective of ten John Sayles films, as well as a roundtable discussion with John on March 18th. From the press release: Two time, Oscar-nominated American actor, director and screenwriter John Sayles will be at the 54th FICCI along with the very best of his films and will be part of a roundtable discussion at Salón FICCI. If Sayles’ films could be describ

We are thrilled to announce that John and Maggie have recently found a new home for over 230 boxes of screenplays, story boards, photos, props, notes, legal documents and other materials which span John’s 34-year movie making career. John and Maggie on the set of Sunshine State in 2002 These materials have been donated to the University of Michigan’s Special Collections Library, for the creation of the John Sayles Archive. Maggie says, “We chose the University of Michigan ove

Back in March, John Sayles premiered his 18th feature film, GO FOR SISTERS, at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin. After screenings, he answered questions from sold-out crowds about the making of the movie, his career in film, and upcoming projects. In this Q&A, John talks about his fascination with the Border, and how it plays a role in GO FOR SISTERS and his other films. Head over to our YouTube channel for more new Q&A videos from SXSW!  www.YouTube.com/TheJohnSaylesChannel

Back in April, John was part of an event at The Center for Transpacific Studies at USC called Troubled Ocean: Filmmakers Imagine the Pacific, along with director Vilsoni Hereniko. Photo Credit: Chris Santiago The Pacific has a vivid hold on the European and American imagination as a paradise, as a vast region of exploration, as a mystery. It has also been a place of conquest, colonization and war. In a one-day festival, screenings and discussions with filmmakers John Sayles a

John Sayles, filmmaker | John Anderson, interviewer Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 7:00 pm AtriumFlix AtriumFlix and JustFilms introduce free monthly screenings of social justice films. Don’t miss groundbreaking films and intimate conversations with leading filmmakers. 7:00: Conversation with John Sayles followed by a screening of The Brother From Another Planet click here for all the info John Sayles likes to be known as a storyteller.  GO FOR SISTERS is his 18th film, all of whi

The Center for Transpacific Studies presents a Visions and Voices event, Troubled Ocean: Filmmakers Imagine the Pacific, with directors John Sayles and Vilsoni Hereniko. click here for more information Saturday, APRIL 27 12:00 – 9:00 PM | Norris Cinema Theatre Frank Sinatra Hall | University Park Campus | University of Southern California Admission is free. Refreshments will be served. The Pacific has a vivid hold on the European and American imagination as a paradise, as a v

video via Austin360.com “A run for the border as gripping and complex as his 1996 Lone Star… The hunt is fraught with tension, though Sayles – as always, keeping the action at street level and vividly filling the screen with a culture’s sights, sounds, and rich, distinctive characters – makes us as concerned for the fate of two women’s friendship as for a man’s life.” — Robert Faires, The Austin Chronicle “John Sayles’ working-class obsessions are put to good use in borderlan

In an episode that aired on Thursday night on the NYC PBS Station Thirteen (WNET), John was interviewed by Rafael Pi Roman about A Moment in the Sun, Amigo, and his long, fascinating career. Why would the US fight a war, win it, and then forget about it? Why would a filmmaker want to make a movie about a war most people haven’t heard of? How long does it take to research and write a 1000-page novel? Rafael asks these and more engaging questions; perhaps the interview below wi

Greetings, everyone! We have been getting a LOT of correspondence from interested folks who wonder when they will be able to get a copy of Amigo on DVD.  I’m here to answer that question! Chris Cooper and John on the set of "Amigo" While a retail edition of the DVD won’t be available for a while, in the fall of 2012 we will be releasing an educational version, primarily for universities and education professionals.  This scholastic edition will be loaded with features and ext