Credit: Photo By Todd V. Wolfson

Credit: Photo By Todd V. Wolfson

“This is a very biased panel,” Penelope Spheeris joked at “Cinematography vs. Digit-ography.” All of the filmmakers — Lynne Stopkewich (Lilith on Top), D.A. Pennebaker (Down From the Mountain), and Spheeris (We Sold Our Souls for Rock ‘n’ Roll) sang the praises of digital film.

Credit: Photo By Todd V. Wolfson

“Acting in Independent Film”: Hollywood veterans Jill Clayburgh (An Unmarried Woman) and Jeffrey Tambor (The Larry Sanders Show) star in Eric Schaeffer’s indie romance Never Again (Alamo, 3/16, 5pm).

Credit: Photo By Todd V. Wolfson

“Acting in Independent Film”: Wiley Wiggins began his indie career with Dazed and Confused and continues it with the Zellners’ Frontier (Alamo, 3/16, 11:45pm). Barry Corbin (Northern Exposure) stars in The Journeyman (Paramount, 3/17, noon).

This article appears in March 16 • 2001.

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