Director Alex Ross Perry is remembering his bond with the late Jeff Baena. “I’ve struggled for days on how to summarize my friendship with Jeff Baena into just a few paragraphs. I could write more. I ...

When Alex Ross Perry set out to make a film about Pavement, he wanted it to be as absurd as some of the ’90s slacker band’s lyrics. For the indie director, known for “Listen Up Philip” and “Her Smell, ...

Ross Bonaime is the Senior Film Editor at Collider. He is a Virginia-based critic, writer, and editor who has written about all forms of entertainment for Paste Magazine, Brightest Young Things, ...

Director Alex Ross Perry and editor Clyde Folley tell IndieWire about putting together their video essay film on the rise and fall of the video store. Perry and editor Clyde Folley have watched movies ...

"Her Smell" director Perry takes a semi-fictionalized look at the rise, fall, and return of the '90s indie band Pavement, which clutched obscurity from the jaws of fame. Perry frames Pavement as a ...

A multi-channel celebration of Pavement eschews the traditional music biopic format, honoring the alternative rockers who cultivated a fierce following outside the mainstream. The decadent displays of ...

Music biopics and documentaries can feel like two extremes for fans of the musicians they happen to depict. On the one hand, the Hollywood biopic simplifies and sanitizes things for a broad audience, ...

Alex Ross Perry is paying tribute to his late friend and fellow independent filmmaker Jeff Baena, who died by suicide last week at 47. In a heartfelt Instagram post Wednesday, Perry wrote, "I've ...

The worlds of Alex Ross Perry tend to thrive on confrontation. In 2014, the writer/director arrived at Sundance with Listen Up Philip, an acerbic comedy that showcased his knack for characters at once ...

“I always was hoping that it was music for the future. I mean, I think everyone who’s not that successful in their time tries to think that,” says Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus early on in ...

Premiering in Venice, the latest from the director of 'Her Smell' uses different formats and genres to explore the highs and lows of a group that was more respected than it was ever mainstream. By ...