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WERNER HERZOG GIVES A HUG
Discussing his feature Into the Abyss, Werner Herzog gives Vice Magazine a hug.
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2012 SUNDANCE SPOTLIGHT, MIDNIGHT, NEXT & NEW FRONTIER TITLES ANNOUNCED
Today the out-of-competition films were announced for the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. The complete list of titles are below. See the films in competition here. See films in the Premieres sections here. Some of the highlights here include the U.S. premiere of Lynn Shelton‘s Your Sister’s Sister, which received a lot of buzz at Toronto; Katie Aselton‘s thriller Black Rock starring Lake Bell and Kate Bosworth; found footage horror V/H/S directed by Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg and Radio Silence; and Craig Zobel‘s follow-up to The Great World of Sound, Compliance and Tim and Eric’s […]
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IFP GOTHAM AWARDS: “BEGINNERS” DIRECTOR MIKE MILLS RECAPS HIS TWO WIN NIGHT
That was quite surreal. I’ve been to just two events like that before, so the red carpet shenanigans, seeing so many “movie stars” and directors you’ve listened to on DVD commentaries, and being in a room with so many people you’ve tried to get financing from – is really a strange experience. The kind that makes you all wild eyed and sweaty palmed. But mostly I was really truly just very happy to be there and felt very safe that we weren’t going to win anything and that I was just lucky to be included, to be in the group, to […]
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IFP GOTHAM AWARDS: REFLECTIONS FROM AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER JUSTIN LERNER
In early 2009 I took my childhood friend Evan Sneider, a 31 year-old with Down Syndrome, out to lunch to see whether he’d be interested in letting me write a feature length film for him to star in, Girlfriend. “It’s going to be a little dark, Evan,” I said to him. “There’s going to be violence, and maybe even a little sex.” “That’s fine with me,” Evan said with a smile while finishing a steak and cheese pizza. “Sounds like fun.” Five months after that lunch we were casting the other roles and had found three willing actors – Shannon […]
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Filmmaker Magazine Holiday Subscription Drive Is Underway
If you’re looking for a gift to give a film lover this holiday season or just want to treat yourself, our annual holiday subscription drive is now online. From today to Dec. 25 you save over 40% when subscribing to Filmmaker. That’s $10 for a 1 year subscription, $18 for 2 years and $6 for a 1 year digital subscription. And here’s where it gets good, all new subscribers will be entered into a drawing for free gifts ranging from an Oscilloscope Circle of Truth subscription, box sets from Factory 25 and Focus Features, a signed Melancholia poster by Lars […]
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DECEMBER VOD CALENDAR
Now on our VOD calendar are titles available for the month of December. Some highlights: Ti West‘s latest horror The Innkeepers; critically acclaimed films The Help, Warrior and The Debt; microbudgets The Off Hours and Edward Burns‘ Newlyweds; and if you haven’t seen it yet (or want to see it again) Woody Allen‘s love letter to the City of Lights, Midnight in Paris hits VOD later this month. For titles from previous months go to our VOD Calendar homepage.
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Sundance 2012 Announces Films In Competition
The films selected for U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions for the 2012 Sundance Film Festival were announced today. The compete list of titles are below. Films in the Spotlight, Park City at Midnight, NEXT and New Frontier sections are here. See films in the Premieres sections here. Taking place Jan. 19-29 in Park City, Utah (as well as Salt Lake City, Odgen and Sundance, UT), this year’s fest includes representatives from 31 countries, 44 first time filmmakers and 88 films will make their world premiere at the fest. Over 4,000 features were submitted for the 2012 edition […]
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The Blue Velvet Project, #48
Second #2256, 37:36 When not to look? A fragment: Dorothy’s arm, reaching into the closet where Jeffrey hides, to fetch the blue velvet gown in preparation for Frank’s arrival. A confession: I’ve never watched—completely watched—this upcoming section of the film, out of sheer fear of what I can hear unfolding on the screen. Or if I have watched it, I have done so using the Travis Bickle method. What is it that we need to protect ourselves from in the most brutal moments of Blue Velvet? In an interview with the writer Ben Marcus, Brian Evenson said that to render […]
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Lightworks Revamp Just Around the Corner
Postproduction is in a state of flux. As is well known by now, Apple’s latest Final Cut Pro iteration left a lot to be desired for professional editors, and competitors Avid and Adobe were quick to step in and lure away Final Cut users. And now the newest competitor is also the oldest. Lightworks, one of the first viable nonlinear editing systems when it was first released in 1989, has been used by luminaries like Thelma Schoonmaker and has racked up a number of Oscars and other awards, including a technical Oscar and Emmy for the system itself. It couldn’t […]
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“TAKE SHELTER” & “THE ARTIST” LEADS SPIRIT AWARDS NOMS
With last night’s Gothams Awards ceremony in New York, awards season is now in full swing. Adding to the momentum, Film Independent just announced the nominees for its 27th annual Independent Spirit Awards. Leading the pack with five nominations each is Jeff Nichols’ apocalyptic southern gothic, Take Shelter and Michel Hazanavicius’ silent romance, The Artist. Next in line, receiving four nominations, were Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive and Mike Mills’ Beginners (which split Best Picture with The Tree of Life at the Gothams last night). J.C. Chandor’s Margin Call will receive the annual Robert Altman Award, given each year to one […]
