independent films

Urge the City to Pass Policies to Make it Easier for All Filmmakers to Work

Movies
 March 15, 2013 By Jason Gurvitz 9 weeks ago

Guest blog: How did we allow runaway production to soar to such levels that film companies like the legendary VFX house Rhythm & Hues would go bankrupt?

  

'Sister' Director Tackles Taboo of Switzerland's Class Divide With Her Oscar Contender

Awards
 November 16, 2012 By Chris Willman 26 weeks ago

Tenements and a rigid class system replace beautiful scenery in Switzerland's Oscar entry, Ursula Meier's "Sister"

  

Indie Box Office: Four Films Make the Best of Their Bows

Movies | Box Office
 July 15, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 44 weeks ago

Documentary "The Imposter," "Farewell My Queen," "Easy Money" and "Trishna" open impressively. 

  

Mumblecore Goes to Kosovo in 'The Return'

Movies
 July 6, 2012 By Steve Pond 45 weeks ago

Director Blerta Zeqiri's short film "The Return" takes a mumblecore-inspired, American indie approach to a harrowing drama about war in the Balkans

  

Can 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' Go From Film-Festival Sensation to Commercial Hit?

Movies
 June 26, 2012 By Steve Pond 47 weeks ago

"Beasts of the Southern Wild" may be one of the year's most exciting and singular movie experiences, but Benh Zeitlin's film faces real challenges at the box office

  

Indie Box Office: 'Moonrise Kingdom' Shines With $167K Per-Screen Debut

Movies
 May 28, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 51 weeks ago

Wes Anderson's tale of tween love "Moonrise Kingdom" rings up $669K from four N.Y. and L.A. theaters for Focus Features

  

Brad Pitt, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart Headed for Cannes?

Movies
 March 29, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Woody Allen's out. Terrence Malick's a mystery, but Brad Pitt, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart star in likely Cannes entries

  

2 New Oscar Nominees Win Sundance Shorts Awards

Movies
 January 24, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year 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

Awards | Oscars
 January 8, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year 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

Movies
 November 30, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

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

  

Drake Doremus' 8 Rules for Making Indie Films

Awards | Oscars
 October 29, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year 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

Movies
 August 17, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year 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

Movies
 July 6, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year 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

Movies
 June 27, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year 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?!

Movies
 April 27, 2011 By Leah Rozen 2 years 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

Media | Movies
 April 23, 2011 By Leah Rozen 2 years 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

Movies
 April 22, 2011 By Leah Rozen 2 years ago

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

  

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

Movies
 February 24, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

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

  

Obama Tax Bill Resurrects Credit for Indie Filmmakers and Investors

Movies
 December 19, 2010 By Jeff Steele 2 years 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'

Movies
 November 11, 2010 By Jon Reiss 2 years 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'

Deal Central
 November 7, 2010 By Josh Dickey 2 years 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

Movies
 September 23, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years 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

Movies
 July 2, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years 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)

Deal Central | Movies
 July 1, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years 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

Movies
 June 2, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years 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 3 years ago

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

  
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