Authors — Scott Macaulay

REBOOTING AMERICA

I’ve linked many times before to film producer-turned-professor Jon Taplin’s blog, at which he writes cogently about the global economy, politics and the arts. He teaches at USC/Annenberg School, and the university has just put up his lecture “America 3.0: Rebooting after the Crash” on their YouTube channel. Visit the blog and watch the lecture here.
by Scott Macaulay on Dec 3, 2008
WHAT TO DO WHILE YOU WAIT FOR THE SUNDANCE LIST…

The Sundance list comes out today at 4:00, and we’ll post it as soon as we receive it. Until then, however, I highly recommend you read this excellent article by Eugene Hernandez at Indiewire. It’s titled “A Letter to Filmmakers Whether or Not You Got into Sundance,” and it offers sober advice on what to do in either eventuality. There are thoughts on whether or not to hire a traditional sales rep, what kind of grass-roots publicity you should be doing, and what festivals are upcoming in case you didn’t make the cut. (And, yes, if you haven’t been called […]
by Scott Macaulay on Dec 3, 2008
JON REISS TELLS YOU HOW TO SURVIVE AS A FILMMAKER

Jon Reiss’s piece on self-distributing his feature Bomb It in the current issue of Filmmaker is testament to his abilities as a smart DIY filmmaker. A couple of links crossed my screen this morning related to Jon, and both offer more ways you can get information from him that will help you and your films. First, Jon has joined Mindshare, the relatively new consulting service offered through the Workbook Project. Visit the page to read more about Jon and other members of the Mindshare team and how you can access their expertise. Second, on his own blog Jon Reiss writes […]
by Scott Macaulay on Dec 3, 2008
CONGRATS TO THE GOTHAM WINNERS

Congrats to all the Gotham Award winners receiving awards last night. I was really happy to see Filmmaker cover-story Frozen River take the Best Feature, and I was also glad to see Trouble the Water, which we’ve covered in our magazine too, take Best Doc. Lance Hammer’s Ballast nod for Breakthrough Director, and the ensemble tie to Synecdoche, New York and Vicky Christina Barcelona were well deserved too. Finally, as noted below, we were happy to award the Best Film Not Playing at a Theater award to Sita Sings the Blues, Nina Paley’s indescribable, charming and completely original animation that […]
by Scott Macaulay on Dec 3, 2008
GOTHAM BEST FEATURE

Marisa Tomei and Michelle Williams present the award to … “Frozen River.” More later, tonight or tomorrow, when I am not restricted to posting on a Blackberry.
by Scott Macaulay on Dec 2, 2008
GUS VAN SANT TRIBUTE

Sean Penn presents the Gotham Tribute to Gus Van Sant, one of American independent cinema’s great directors, and he nicely notes that 2008 is the year of not one Van Sant film but two: “Paranoid Park” and “Milk.” Ben Kingsley presents the Gotham tribute to his “Elegy” co-star Penelope Cruz.
by Scott Macaulay on Dec 2, 2008
GOTHAM BEST DOC

… “Trouble the Water.”
by Scott Macaulay on Dec 2, 2008
BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR

Sheila Nevins thanks the subjects of her docs when receiving a Gotham Tribute. Breakthrough Actor… Melissa Leo.
by Scott Macaulay on Dec 2, 2008
GOTHAMS: BEST ENSEMBLE

Best Ensemble is a tie: Synechdoche, New York and Vicki Christina Barcelona.
by Scott Macaulay on Dec 2, 2008
GOTHAM LIVEBLOGGING

Apologies for the typos… Live blogging is harder than it looks. Breakthrough Director, presented by Mickey Rourke and Patricia Clarkson, goes to…. Lance Hammer. Melvin Van Peebles now receiving his Tribute Award with a very cool speech.
by Scott Macaulay on Dec 2, 2008

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