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X-Mas Box Office: “Parnassus” Big Debut As “Nine” Stumbles In Wide Release
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In the shadow of a stunning Christmas box office for Hollywood fare - with “Avatar,” “Sherlock Holmes” and “Alvin and the Chipmunks 2” grossing a combined $190 million to make for the biggest weekend in box office history - specialty films had their own interesting holiday frame, though not all of it was good news. Some of the good news - according to estimates provided by Rentrak - was the debut »
Gordon-Levitt Then and Now
26 December 2009 12:09 PM, PST
Sundance ‘09: With the 2010 Sundance Film Festival around the corner, iPOP will look back at the 2009 festival, which as usual, played an important part in introducing the films out this year. Here, Joseph Gordon-Levitt rocked the Obama T-shirt at the Sundance awards ceremony and after-party. He starred in “(500) Days of Summer” and will return in January to the event with Dramatic Competition feature, “Hesher,” directed by Spencer Susser. … »
Decade: Arnaud Desplechin on “A Christmas Tale”
25 December 2009 6:20 AM, PST
Editor’S Note: Every day for the next month, indieWIRE will be republishing profiles and interviews from the past ten years (in their original, retro format) with some of the people that have defined independent cinema in the first decade of this century. Today, we’ll step back to 2007 with an interview indieWIRE had with Arnaud Desplechin upon the release of his “A Christmas Tale.” Fresh on the heels of 2005’s critical … »
Decade: Paul Thomas Anderson on “There Will Be Blood”
24 December 2009 6:22 AM, PST
Editor’S Note: Every day for the next month, indieWIRE will be republishing profiles and interviews from the past ten years (in their original, retro format) with some of the people that have defined independent cinema in the first decade of this century. Today, we’ll step back to 2007 with an interview indieWIRE had with Paul Thomas Anderson upon the release of his “There Will Be Blood.” iW Profile | “There Will … »
Talking 2009: Critics Comment On The Year in Film
23 December 2009 11:25 PM, PST
This week, indieWIRE published our annual critics poll, with 114 participants deciding that Olivier Assayas’ French family drama “Summer Hours” lead some 200 films that received votes in the best film category. But many of the critics also included their written thoughts on the year in film, and indieWIRE decided to compile them nicely for you here. From defending their poll votes to arguing for or against the year’s oft-suggested designation … »
iW Video | Reverse Shot Talkies: “Police, Adjective” Director Corneliu Porumboiu
23 December 2009 12:56 PM, PST
“While the pay-off in this anti-police procedural comes very late, it caps a minimalist and sardonic tour-de-force from Corneliu Porumboiu, whose ‘12:08 East of Bucharest’ won the award for best first film at Cannes in 2006,” writes Anthony Kaufman in his review of “Police, Adjective” for indieWIRE. “This worthy follow-up shows an even more discerning and confident eye from the young director. No one-hit wonder, Porumboiu confirms the promise of both … »
Decade: Cristian Mungiu on “4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days”
23 December 2009 6:34 AM, PST
Editor’S Note: Every day for the next month, indieWIRE will be republishing profiles and interviews from the past ten years (in their original, retro format) with some of the people that have defined independent cinema in the first decade of this century. Today, we’ll step back to 2007 with an interview indieWIRE had with Cristian Mungiu upon the release of his “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,” which won the … »
Maltin Launches indieWIRE Blog
23 December 2009 12:12 AM, PST
Leading film critic and historian Leonard Maltin has joined indieWIRE. This week, indieWIRE is officially launching Leonard Maltin’s website as part of the indieWIRE Blog Network that includes sites from Anne Thompson, Reverse Shot and the editors of indieWIRE, among others. A fixture on TV’s Entertainment Tonight for nearly 30 years, Maltin is also an author of numerous film books and editor of the annual paperback book, “Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide.” … »
“Trash Humpers” Tops List that May Grow in Importance & Relevance
22 December 2009 11:43 PM, PST
Two American indies and three films from Portuguese filmmakers were atop a list that may become more significant in the next decade as the definition of ‘distribution’ continues to change. Writer/director Harmony Korine’s “Trash Humpers,” from the Toronto and New York fests, was named Best Undistributed Film of 2009 by indieWIRE’s annual critics poll published Tuesday with over 100 critics and bloggers participating. Portuguese director Jao Pedro Rodrigues’ “To Die Like … »
cinemadaily | “Police, Adjective” Pulls Over Us Audiences
22 December 2009 10:26 AM, PST
Andrew Schenker, of Slant Magazine describes the Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu’s new film “Police, Adjective” as two films, “varying significantly in their degree of success. For the first two-thirds of its running time, the film is a deadpan procedural with a moral undertone, sticking with a Bucharest cop through the generally monotonous process of staking out a perp. In the second and worse of the two strands, Police, Adjective becomes a … »
Sita, Stingray, and Salvia: 2009 and the Future of Movies
22 December 2009 8:13 AM, PST
Conventional wisdom tells us that Hollywood generally produces crass and redundant products, leaving truly independent artists to tell their own stories outside the system. Yet as the decade defined by YouTube and its ilk draws to a close, twenty-first century creativity faces those very same threats. Earlier this year, I attended a talk delivered by television critic Virginia Heffernan, in which she urged young filmmakers to actively contribute to popular micro-genres … »
“Summer Hours” Wins indieWIRE ‘09 Critics Poll; “Mulholland Dr.” is Best of Decade
22 December 2009 6:31 AM, PST
Olivier Assayas’ “Summer Hours,” a quiet sibling battle over the objects inside a French family’s summer home, was named the best film of 2009 in indieWIRE’s annual poll of more than 100 film critics and bloggers. David Lynch’s “Mullholland Drive,” a sort of American fever dream set in Hollywood, was chosen as the best film of the decade. Assayas’ latest topped The Coen Brothers’ “A Serious Man” and Kathryn Bigelow’s “The … »
Decade: Sarah Polley on “Away From Her”
22 December 2009 6:30 AM, PST
Editor’S Note: Every day for the next month, indieWIRE will be republishing profiles and interviews from the past ten years (in their original, retro format) with some of the people that have defined independent cinema in the first decade of this century. Today, we’ll step back to 2007 with an interview indieWIRE had with Sarah Polley upon the release of her “Away From Her,” which would go on to get her … »
Decade: Ramin Bahrani on “Man Push Cart”
21 December 2009 8:38 PM, PST
Editor’S Note: Every day for the next month, indieWIRE will be republishing profiles and interviews from the past ten years (in their original, retro format) with some of the people that have defined independent cinema in the first decade of this century. Today, we’ll step back to 2006 with an interview indieWIRE had with Ramin Bahrani upon the release of his “Man Push Cart.” Director Ramin Bahrani‘s “Man Push Cart” follows … »
Palm Springs Fest Unveils Competition Slates
21 December 2009 3:04 PM, PST
The Palm Springs International Film Festival unveiled its competition slate and announced a new section highlighting Australian cinema. A final total of 188 films from 70 countries, including 41 of the 65 official submissions to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Best Foreign Language Film, will screen from January 7 - 18. 12 films will screen in the festival’s New Voices/New Visions competition while 66 others will screen … »
Sundance Film Fest Adds Three
21 December 2009 1:29 PM, PST
The Sundance Film Festival has added three more films to its slate. Gurinder Chadha’s “It’s A Wonderful Afterlife” Lisa Cholodenko’s “The Kids Are Alright” and Galt Niederhoffer’s “The Romantics” will screen out of competition at the fest taking place January 21 - 31 in Park City, Utah. “When the opportunity to screen the latest films from three extremely innovative storytellers presented itself, we knew we could not deny our audiences,” said … »
Steven Beer: A Decade of Filmmaker Empowerment Coming
21 December 2009 12:44 PM, PST
For many independent filmmakers and producers, 2010 - starting with the upcoming Sundance Film Festival - figures to be a watershed year and the beginning of a Decade of Filmmaker Empowerment. After years of disenchantment with traditional all-rights distribution deals, filmmakers and producers are poised to take matters into their own hands and forge a truly independent path to marketing and distributing their films. For over 30 years, the Sundance Film … »
Lorber Flaunts “Videocracy” for the U.S.
21 December 2009 10:41 AM, PST
Lorber Films has acquired U.S. rights to Erik Gandini’s doc “Videocracy” the company said Monday. Richard Lorber negotiated the deal with Susan Wendt, head of sales at TrustNordisk Films will open at the IFC Center in New York on February 12th, followed by a theatrical release across the U.S. The U.S. theatrical release of the film will be supported by High Five, the new funding program of Nordisk Film & TV … »
“An Education” Tops London Critics
21 December 2009 10:32 AM, PST
The 30th London Film Critics’ Circle Awards announced their nominations this afternoon, with Lone Scherfig’s “An Education” leading the pack. “Education” took seven nominations, including British Film of the Year and notices for actors Carey Mulligan, Alfred Molina, Rosamund Pike and Olivia Williams. In the British Film of the Year category, “Education” was joined by Jane Campion’s “Bright Star,” Armando Iannucci’s “In The Loop,” Andrea Arnold’s “Fish Tank” and Duncan Jones’s … »
“Locker” Leads Chicago Critics’ Awards
21 December 2009 10:15 AM, PST
The Chicago Film Critics Association has announced that Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker” has been voted in as their best film of the year, adding to the hefty pile of honors the film has recently received. “Locker” also took honors for best director, Jeremy Renner’s lead performance, Mark Boal’s screenplay, and Barry Ackroyd’s screenplay. Other major winners included Carey Mulligan, who took both best actress and best breakthrough performer honors for … »
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