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Independent Box Office: Robert Pattinson's 'Cosmopolis' Clicks

Movies | Box Office
 August 19, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 39 weeks ago

David Cronenberg's thriller "Cosmopolis" rolls up glitzy $24K average on 3 screens. "2016 Obama's America" expands and takes in $1.2M

  

DocuWeeks Poses a Question: Can You Re-Enact the Truth? (Updated)

Movies
 August 17, 2012 By Steve Pond 39 weeks ago

Second week of L.A. DocuWeeks program includes three documentaries that re-enact events, including 9/11 and a concentration-camp concert

  

Ted Hope's New Job: 'Saving Independent Film'

Movies
 August 9, 2012 By Steve Pond 40 weeks ago

"I hope it's not mission impossible," longtime producer Ted Hope says of his new role with the San Francisco Film Society

  

Ted Hope Takes Top Job at San Francisco Film Society

Movies
 August 8, 2012 By Steve Pond 40 weeks ago

Veteran indie producer Ted Hope will assume the San Francisco Film Society position left vacant with the January death of Bingham Ray

  

Drafthouse Films Acquires North American Rights to 'Wrong'

Movies
 August 7, 2012 By Brent Lang 41 weeks ago

Surreal comedy stars William Fictner and Steve Little

  

Independent Box Office: Wow of a Bow for 'Celeste and Jesse Forever'

Movies | Box Office
 August 5, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 41 weeks ago

Sony Pictures Classics' Sundance pickup "Celeste and Jesse Forever" averages $28K per-screen in debut. "Moonlight Kingdom" crosses the $40M mark

  

Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Zac Efron, Dennis Quaid Film 'At Any Price'

Deal Central
 August 3, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 41 weeks ago

"Chop Shop" filmmaker Ramin Bahrani directed and co-wrote the film

  

Toronto Film Fest Adds 70+ Docs, Midnight Movies, New Works by Ken Burns, Alex Gibney

Movies
 July 31, 2012 By Steve Pond 42 weeks ago

Additions to Toronto Film Festival lineup also include projects from Martin McDonagh, Julien Temple and Rob Zombie, plus revivals of Hitchcock and Pixar

  

Sony Pictures Classics Nabs Israeli Secret Service Documentary, 'The Gatekeepers'

Movies
 July 30, 2012 By Brent Lang 42 weeks ago

Sony Pictures Classics gets all North American rights

  

Independent Box Office: 'Ruby Sparks' Averages $11K Per-Screen

Movies | Box Office
 July 29, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 42 weeks ago

Fox Searchlight's romantic comedy "Ruby Sparks" clicks and LD Entertainment's "Killer Joe" averages $12,621 on its three screens. "Safety Not Guaranteed" gets a Facebook boost

  

IMDb Says Anti-Donald Trump Doc Is Greatest British Movie Ever

Movies
 July 27, 2012 By Steve Pond 42 weeks ago

"You've Been Trumped" says Donald Trump ran roughshod over Scottish environment to build a golf course; IMDb users say the movie is better than "Lawrence of Arabia"

  

'Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry' Director Actually Hopes Her Movie Will Be Pirated

Culture | Movies
 July 27, 2012 By Steve Pond 42 weeks ago

Alison Klayman, the first-time director of the documentary "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry," wants her film to be seen in China by any means necessary

  

'Ruby Sparks' a Case Study in Hollywood's Rocky Landscape for Small, Character-Driven Films

Movies
 July 25, 2012 By Steve Pond 42 weeks ago

Directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' Oscar-winning "Little Miss Sunshine" made $100 million, but it still took a series of close calls to get "Ruby" off the ground

  

Zoe Kazan on Men, Women, Power, Control and 'Ruby Sparks'

Movies
 July 25, 2012 By Steve Pond 42 weeks ago

Actress-screenwriter Zoe Kazan turned Pygmalion into a rom-com with dark edges in "Ruby Sparks"

  

Breck Eisner to Direct 'Stretch Armstrong' for Relativity Media

Deal Central
 July 19, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 43 weeks ago

The "Sahara" director will need to search for a leading man

  

How 'The Imposter' Is Using Missing Person Fliers, Twisty Trailer to Shake Up Doc Marketing

Movies
 July 13, 2012 By Brent Lang 44 weeks ago

Drawing a page from "Exit Through the Gift Shop," Indomina Group launched an ambitious street campaign to attract true crime fans to "The Imposter"

  

Relativity Names Kenneth L. Halsband President of Physical and Post Production

Movies
 July 12, 2012 By Brent Lang 44 weeks ago

Veteran executive will oversee budgeting and delivery for the studio's films

  

After 7 Years and 3 Lawsuits, 'Margaret's Extended Cut Comes to DVD

Movies
 July 10, 2012 By Steve Pond 45 weeks ago

Rescued by an internet cult, Kenneth Lonergan's indie epic "Margaret" gets a home video release that includes its three-hour version

  

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

  

News Corp. to Split Entertainment, Publishing Arms Into 2 Separate Companies (Report)

Media
 June 27, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 46 weeks ago

Murdoch's media empire will separate its lucrative broadcast and entertainment division from its publishing arm

  

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

Movies
 June 26, 2012 By Steve Pond 46 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

  

Benh Zeitlin on 'Beasts of the Southern Wild': 'We Want to Create New Myths'

Movies
 June 26, 2012 By Steve Pond 46 weeks ago

Benh Zeitlin, director of the year's biggest indie sensation, says "Beasts of the Southern Wild" creates new stories for a culture on the verge of extinction

  

FilmDistrict Hires Elissa Greer to Run Publicity

Movies
 June 25, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 47 weeks ago

The former New Line executive will report to Christine Birch

  

Kenneth Lonergan's 'Margaret' Emerges From Web of Lawsuits, to Be Released on DVD

Movies
 June 20, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 47 weeks ago

Not even Martin Scorsese's attempts to revive this nearly lost but critcally adored film could bring it to the big screen

  

Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Pedro Almodóvar's 'I'm So Excited'

Movies
 June 19, 2012 By Brent Lang 48 weeks ago

Ensemble comedy stars Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz

  

Indie Box Office: Double-Dip Weekend for Mark Duplass

Movies | Box Office
 June 17, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 48 weeks ago

"Your Sister's Sister," in which Mark Duplass stars, opens with a $9,000 per-screen average. "Safety Not Guaranteed," which he exec produces with his brother, expands strongly

  
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