With more than 85 million people worldwide watching independent movies online each month, a Danville, California company has launched what it hopes will one day be the Internet equivalent of "Siskel & Ebert" or TV Guide -- "Your Indies are Showing" (http://www.yourindiesareshowing.com/).
Danville, Calif.-based Left Coast Productions (http://www.leftcoastproductions.com/) believes the website -- which features reviews from the "Indies Cafe" -- is the nation's only website devoted to unbiased reviews of independent shorts, features and documentaries that are shown exclusively or primarily on the Internet.
In addition to serving as a clearinghouse for independent film viewers, makers and producers, "Your Indies are Showing" will soon offer an opportunity for anyone to take a shot at being an online movie critic. Beginning in September, "Your Indies are Showing" will accept viewers' reviews and show the best ones on the website.
Noting the dearth of reviews for sometimes hard-to-find online independent films, the creators of "Your Indies are Showing" hope to provide an experience similar to watching syndicated network television movie review programs
-- thoughtful, intelligent movie critiques that help viewers spend their online "movie" time wisely.
"Movies delivered over the internet are becoming increasingly popular because they give viewers the freedom to watch what they want ... when they want it," according to Left Coast Productions President Barbara Murray who created "Your Indies are Showing." "An entire generation is getting its entertainment from the Internet. We hope that 'Your Indies Are Showing' can become the online equivalent of TV Guide or 'Siskel & Ebert' for independent films. We thought it was about time for someone to praise good Indies entertainment and help viewers navigate through the numerous choices among Indies shorts, features or documentaries."
"Your Indies are Showing" has three hosts at the fun and quirky Indies Cafe -- whose barista also serves up an opinion as well -- which is created by the Left Coast team at a studio in Pleasanton. The hosts offer their opinions of reviewed films and then engage in a lightning round during which they 'spar' over these films. If there is a hotly debated independent film in commercial release, then "Your Indies are Showing" co-hosts will also take on that topic.
The website also guides viewers to online independent films websites -- including such sites as http://www.atom.com/, http://www.jaman.com/, http://www.caachi.com/ and http://www.striketheset.com/. The website provides a vehicle for filmmakers who hope to create a buzz in the general public and includes links to the websites of American and international film festivals. In addition, the site contains a reference page featuring a wide array of independent film organizations and other Indies industry information.
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