Fake independence and reel truth Disneywood: A chilly view of Hollywood The Rules of the Game—An interview with Ray Carney How (and how not) to do it—An open letter to the next generation of American filmmakers The Path of the Artist—Part 1 The Path of the Artist—Part 2 The Path of the Artist—Part 3 Challenging understandings—Charles Burnett's To Sleep With Anger Mark Rappaport—Snapshots of the man wearing the mask Thoughts about the "dark vision" of Solondz, LaBute, Mendes, and Anderson The difference between having a career and a life At the “other” movies—A lecture and viewing list Information about Ray Carney's writing on independent film

				Excerpts from Ray Carney's The Films of Mike Leigh: Embracing the World Bleak Moments Kiss of Death Nuts in May Abigail's Party Grown-Ups Home Sweet Home Meantime High Hopes Life is Sweet The problem with cultural and ideological approaches to Leigh's work Reviews and responses to Ray Carney's The Films of Mike Leigh: Embracing the World To buy a book that discusses Mike Leigh's life and work

				Information about Ray Carney's The Real Independent Movement: Beyond the Hype A survey of the first thirty years of American independent  filmmaking Only connect—The work of Robert Kramer An interview with Ray Carney about writing on independent  film Teaching non-Hollywood film—New ways of seeing, knowing, and feeling The viewer is always right. Or is she/he? Why intellectuals don't understand art The film festival fallacy Charlie Rose, Fresh Air, and other cultural problems An oxymoron—Film culture Journalists and the public interest Information about Ray Carney's writing on independent  film

			The world's most over-rated movies There's no business like show business Scattershots on multicultural unawareness Mental identities—When being replaces doing (Leigh's lesson for Hollywood) Modernism for the millions—The films of Woody Allen Why journalists should never be confused with critics—Kael, Sarris, Schickel, Kauffmann, Simon, Corliss, Canby, and others They never grew up—The pop culture frivolousness of American film reviewing—The examples of David Denby and others The difference between fake and real emotions—In life and art Thoughts on America's culture of commercialism, celebrity, and fashion What's wrong with the media? Why are things so banal, so trivial, so bad? Information about Ray Carney's writing on independent film

			Escape velocity— An overview of the major works of beat filmmaking No exit— John Cassavetes' Shadows and Robert Frank's Pull My Daisy The beat movement on film—A comprehensive, annotated screening list Information about Ray Carney's writing on the beat movement

			Imaginative truth How  not  to make a movie Hollywood and the university—An email to the university PR Dept. A  response to the events of September 11th A newly discovered lost, long print of Faces An interview with Ray Carney about the digital revolution Ray Carney talks about the Blues Brothers—Jonathan Rosenbaum and Adrian Martin Ray Carney's lectures and personal appearances in other cities Up and coming—Mainly new (but also a few older) artists and works looking out for Mulholland Drive and "puzzle films" Guest shots—Thoughts by filmmakers (and Ray Carney) about the art of film Information about Ray Carney's writing on independent  film

			Critics on Carney Career overview Reviews and responses to The Films of John Cassavetes: Pragmatism, Modernism, and the Movies Reviews and responses to Cassavetes on Cassavetes Reviews and responses to the book on the making of Shadows Reviews and responses to American Vision: The Films of Frank Capra Reviews and responses to The Films of Mike Leigh: Embracing the World Reviews and responses to Speaking the Language of Desire: The Films of Carl Dreyer Selected Boston University course syllabi The Boston University film studies program Partial list of Ray Carney's publications Letters, News, and Announcements of Events and Screenings   Two interviews with Ray Carney about his background and education