Eric Kohn
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‘Sita’ Singing the Distribution Blues
When Nina Paley's playfully cosmic feature "Sita Sings the Blues" premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2008, its crowd-pleasing potential became immediately obvious. Paley, a New York-based cartoonist, toiled over the Flash-animated movie for years on her personal laptop, and the results of her painstaking effort showed in its deeply personal, handcrafted spirit. By combining the story of her divorce…
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Werner Herzog Takes ‘Bad Lieutenant’ for a Southern-Fried Spin
When the trailer for Werner Herzog's upcoming Nicolas Cage vehicle, "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans," showed up on YouTube last Thursday, movie buffs were baffled. Ostensibly a remake of Abel Ferrara's harrowing 1992 cop drama with Harvey Keitel in the lead role, the new version appears to spin the source material into the…
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A Sad Coda to the ‘Tyson’ Movie
The news this week that Mike Tyson’s 4-year-old daughter Exodus died in a sudden home accident marks a horrible personal tragedy for the victim’s family. They deserve the right to mourn in private. However, Exodus’ death signals a new challenge for the retired boxer that’s immediately visible to the public, and unavoidably ripe for psychological…
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Film Funders Goin’ to the IndieGoGo
These days, most discussions about film and new media revolve around digital distribution. But this emphasis often misses the point. The Internet brought more changes to the business of making movies than merely the prospects of watching them online. The advent of social networking, the rise of the blogosphere and the public’s growing comfort with…
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Eric Kohn