From Cassavetes to Today

EPISODE 014: INDIE CINEMA

 

Featuring Shadows (1959), The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), She’s Gotta Have It (1986), Shakespeare in Love (1998)

 

In an effort to track recent film history, podcast hosts Ryan and Kevin examine the trajectory of independent cinema through a collection of films by John Cassavetes, Roger Corman, Spike Lee, and Miramax. The discussion wanders away from the films themselves, instead focusing on these four prominent film pioneers and how they define indie cinema with budgetary restrictions, creative freedom, and opposition to the Hollywood system.