independent film

Cashet Credit Card Targets Indie TV, Film Productions

July 26, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 42 weeks ago

Cashet, a new credit card backed by Film Finances, offers independent film and TV productions 1 percent rebate on expenditures and vendor discounts

  

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

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'

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

July 19, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 43 weeks ago

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

  

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

July 15, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 44 weeks ago

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

  

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

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

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

July 10, 2012 By Steve Pond 44 weeks ago

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

  

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

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

  

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

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

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

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'

June 19, 2012 By Brent Lang 47 weeks ago

Ensemble comedy stars Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz

  

Indie Box Office: Double-Dip Weekend for Mark Duplass

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

  

Cinedigm's Chris McGurk at LAFF: Never Mind the Slump, We're In for an Indie Renaissance

June 16, 2012 By Steve Pond 48 weeks ago

Delivering the Los Angeles Film Festival's keynote address, Cinedigm CEO Chris McGurk points to seven signs of a coming independent film boom

  

Woody Allen Comes to L.A. Film Fest With a Fun Movie - But Is 'To Rome With Love' Any Good?

June 15, 2012 By Steve Pond 48 weeks ago

Director Woody Allen makes a rare trip to Los Angeles for the North American premiere of "To Rome With Love," and warns the audience that the fun he had making it might not translate

  

5 Reasons to Go Downtown for the LA Film Festival

June 13, 2012 By Steve Pond 48 weeks ago

Downtown L.A. might be a trek for some Westsiders, but the Los Angeles Film Festival is flourishing there

  

Will Gluck in Final Talks to Direct CBS Films' D.B. Cooper Comedy

June 13, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 48 weeks ago

"The Usual Suspects" meets "Catch Me If You Can" with this version of the hunt for the infamous skyjacker

  

Magnolia Nabs U.S. Rights to Morton Downey Jr. Documentary

June 12, 2012 By Brent Lang 48 weeks ago

The company plans a 2013 release for "Evocateur"

  

'360' Trailer: Watch the Ripple Effect of Infidelity (Video)

June 8, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 49 weeks ago

Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz and Ben Foster star in the dramatic thriller

  

Cannes 2012: Indomina Acquires Wild and Weird 'Holy Motors'

May 27, 2012 By Steve Pond 51 weeks ago

Leos Carax's "Holy Motors," one of the festivals most acclaimed but divisive films, goes to the Indomina Group on the eve of the Cannes awards ceremony

  

How 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' Became This Summer's Surprise Indie Smash

May 24, 2012 By Brent Lang 51 weeks ago

With a cast of older actors like Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, the geriatric comedy took on "The Avengers" -- and thrived

  

Cannes 2012: Sony Pictures Classics Buys Gael Garcia Bernal Chilean Drama ‘No’

May 22, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 51 weeks ago

Sony Pictures Classics acquired North American rights to “No,” a drama about Chilean dictator Pinochet starring Gael Garcia Bernal

  

FilmDistrict Acquires Horror Film 'Oculus'

May 16, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

FilmDistrict's latest acquisition, based on a Mike Flanagan short film, looks at a family torn apart by a haunted mirror

  

Sony Pictures Classics Nabs Rights to Susanne Bier’s 'Love Is All You Need'

May 16, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The Italian set drama stars Pierce Brosnan 

  

CBS Films Nabs U.S. Rights to 'Ends of the Earth'

May 15, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Action thriller centers on worldwide trip that takes a turn for the supernatural