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2 New Oscar Nominees Win Sundance Shorts Awards

January 24, 2012 By Steve Pond 17 weeks ago

Lucy Walker's "The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom" and Grant Orchard's "A Morning Stroll" awarded by Sundance jury

  

Clooney, Pitt, Chastain Pay Tribute to Risky Films at Glitzy Palm Springs Gala

January 8, 2012 By Steve Pond 19 weeks ago

The awards gala is all glitz and glamour, but it honors daring films like "The Artist," "The Tree of Life" and "Young Adult"

  

Sundance 2012: New Films From Jonathan Kasdan, Kirby Dick to Debut

November 30, 2011 By Steve Pond 25 weeks ago

Festival will present 110 films, drawn from more than 4,000 submissions

  

Drake Doremus' 8 Rules for Making Indie Films

October 29, 2011 By Steve Pond 29 weeks ago

The director of "Douchebag" and the new "Like Crazy" says make it hurt, forget the dialogue and get the actors to stop acting

  

'Midnight in Paris' Getting Another Box-Office Push in Late August

August 17, 2011 By Steve Pond 40 weeks ago

Sony Classics is re-expanding distribution for Allen's top-grossing film as it nears the $50 million mark

  

From Afghanistan to Elmo: This Year's DocuWeeks Lineup Revealed

July 6, 2011 By Steve Pond 46 weeks ago

Annual Oscar-qualifying showcase to screen in Los Angeles and New York in August and September

  

Palm Springs Sends 4 Shorts to the Academy

June 27, 2011 By Steve Pond 47 weeks ago

Prizes at the largest North American showcase for shorts honor everything from a Jordanian drama to Australian penis jokes

  

Dolly's Back Where She Belongs -- at Tribeca?!

April 27, 2011 By Leah Rozen 1 year ago

Yes, she sings -- the heart of the film is the late-in-life love story between Channing and the California real-estate developer who is her fourth husband

  

Tribeca: Meet Gnarr, the Comedian Elected Mayor of Reykjavik, Iceland

April 23, 2011 By Leah Rozen 1 year ago

A new film chronicles how the 44-year-old comedian and actor was elected mayor of the Nordic nation's capital

  

Tribeca: Two British Comics Raise (Michael) Caine

April 22, 2011 By Leah Rozen 1 year ago

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon screen their their new mostly-improvised pseudo-doc, “The Trip"

  

'Win Win' Ready to Move Up in Weight Class This Weekend

April 1, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Tom McCarthy's critical favorite is already a quiet indie hit -- but can it find that elusive mainstream audience?

  

'Twilight Saga: Eclipse' Tops Worldwide Indie Box Office (Updated)

February 24, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Of the top 50 grossing indie films, 37 were English language

  

Obama Tax Bill Resurrects Credit for Indie Filmmakers and Investors

December 19, 2010 By Jeff Steele 1 year ago

The new tax bill, extending Section 181 Federal Film Tax Credit, is great news for independent filmmakers

  

We Need a 'Producer of Marketing & Distribution'

November 11, 2010 By Jon Reiss 1 year ago

Just as most filmmakers do not make their films on their own, they should not be distributing and marketing those films on their own

  

FilmDistrict Locks in 'Lockout'

November 7, 2010 By Josh Dickey 1 year ago

Guy Pearce will star in the sci-fi thriller about a rescue at an outer-space prison

  

Founder Hernandez: indieWIRE Won't Be Hurt by My Departure

September 23, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

While Hernandez works to revive Film Comment in new job, indieWIRE expected to hire new talent and restructure

  

Kerouac's 'Road': An American Classic Without Americans

July 2, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Producer Yeldham: “There’s very little support here for literary, mature, sophisticated material for sentient grownup beings"

  

Apparition's Restructuring Due to 'Ridiculous Overhead' (updated)

July 1, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

The company is still looking for acquisitions, even as it cuts staff by 55 percent to lessen its overgrown expenses

  

Filmmakers Dig in Heels on Skipping Theaters

June 2, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

While streaming and VOD can get small films to lots of people, the money-losing theatrical release exerts a powerful lure

  

My Answers to Ted Hope’s ‘38 Ways the Film Industry Is Failing’

May 14, 2010 By Mark Lipsky 2 years ago

"The film business remains the virtually exclusive domain of the privileged"

  

Mixed Reviews For '09 Indies

July 8, 2009 By Anonymous 2 years ago

A mid-year look at the indie business shows some quality but also some real problems.

  

'Two Escobars' Directors: Changing the Perception of Colombia Through Death, Soccer

December 31, 1970 By Jeff & Michael Zimbalist 42 years ago

Despite the inherent tragedy of the story we were telling, we hoped We hoped our portrayal could reflect our own positive perception of the country -- but what if reality didn’t naturally accomplish this end?

  

'Inside Job' an Important Movie Marred by Bias

December 31, 1970 By Megan Jones 42 years ago

Having Eliot Spitzer as a moral high ground making indirect accusations/innuendos about prostitution and sex in the financial industry seems bizarre

  

'Lottery' Director -- 'When Will We Prioritize the Children?'

December 31, 1970 By Madeleine Sackler 42 years ago

If we are systematically providing low-income children with a sub-par education, how can we expect to break the cycle of poverty?

  
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