Filmmaking

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 Filmmaking
GOTHAMS: BEST ENSEMBLE

Best Ensemble is a tie: Synechdoche, New York and Vicki Christina Barcelona.

By Scott Macaulay on Dec 2, 2008 Filmmaking
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 Filmmaking
GOTHAM LIVEBLOGGING

The evening has just kicked off at Cipriani’s in Wall Street following cocktails at the perhaps appropriately named Museum of Finance across the street. Terrence Howard opened with a performance on acoustic guitar, Michelle Byrd gave her opening remarks and intro’d Aasif Mandvi, the host. (Culinary note: Our table was split on the identity of the opening course, with most calling it an omelette, some calling it a pizza, and others just saying it was pasta.) Mandvi quipped that Jon Stewart was originally asked to host but that he outsourced the gig to him. The first award is Filmmaker‘s award, […]

By Scott Macaulay on Dec 2, 2008 Filmmaking
LIVE BLOGGING THE GOTHAMS

If you're not attending the Gothams tonight, in addition to the various online updates and Twitter feeds that Jason mentioned below, you can check back to this site where we'll be posting our updates live, as they say, from the heart of the U.S. financial crisis. (The Gothams are being held at Cipriani’s on Wall Street.)

By Scott Macaulay on Dec 2, 2008 Filmmaking
SPIRIT AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED

Ballast, Frozen River and Rachel Getting Married lead in nominations for this year’s Film Independent Spirit Awards with six apiece. The awards will be handed out Feb. 23. BEST FEATURE Rachel Getting Married The Wrestler Wendy and Lucy Ballast Frozen River BEST DIRECTOR Tom McCarthy, The Visitor Jonathan Demme, Rachel Getting Married Courtney Hunt, Frozen River Ramin Bahrani, Chop Shop Lance Hammer, Ballast BEST FIRST FEATURE Afterschool Medicine for Melancholy Synecdoche, New York Sleep Dealer Sangre De Mi Sangre JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD Prince of Broadway Take Out The Signal Turn the River In Search of a Midnight Kiss BEST SCREENPLAY […]

By Jason Guerrasio on Dec 2, 2008 Filmmaking
SUNDANCE ANNOUNCES NEW FRONTIER SELECTIONS

The first wave of Sundance selections has just been announced by the festival with this list of filmmakers who will appear in the fest’s New Frontier program. (Congrats to Filmmaker contributor Mike Plante, whose Lunchfilm series made the cut!) Said Sundance programmer Shari Frilot, “New Frontier is best understood both as a physical space and a metaphor for discovery. It is a convergence of art, film, and technology where creative alliances are formed around innovative methods of cinematic storytelling, and where audiences are drawn in to a story through visual, aural, and tactile stimuli.” This year’s films and filmmakers are […]

By Scott Macaulay on Dec 1, 2008 Filmmaking
GOTHAMS GO MOBILE

Can’t get to the Gotham Independent Film Awards tomorrow night? IFP has put together a fun way to keep you connected to what’s going on throughout the evening. Go to http://Twitter.com/GothamAwards to get updates on everything from the red carpet entrances to the announcement of the evening’s winners, receive text updates and go “behind the scenes” with photos and gossip from the show’s insiders.– Already have a Twitter account? Text “FOLLOW GothamAwards” to your Twitter number to follow along on your mobile.– Go behind the scenes with online gossip & photos from our Indie Ambassadors at http://gotham.ifp.org or on your […]

By Jason Guerrasio on Dec 1, 2008 Filmmaking
KILLER JUMPS THROUGH TIME

A few weeks ago we blogged about Killer Film’s 50% equity sale to venture capital fund GC Corp., a deal that will see Killer developing and producing larger-budgeted properties. Today, Jones reports on one such project. From Variety: GC Corp. has bought rights to Israeli TV series “Danny Hollywood,” assigning it to the venture capital fund’s production unit, Killer Films. Story follows three time-traveling journalists investigating the mysterious death of a pop star. Killer will reset the skein in 1960s America.

By Scott Macaulay on Dec 1, 2008 Filmmaking
THE FLAMING LIPS IN OUTER SPACE

“How couldn’t you be existentialist in space?” asks Mike Plante in his just-posted interview with Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips about his feature, Christmas on Mars. From the piece: Indeed, the film has more existentialism on purpose than accidental ambience. “I’ll take that as a compliment,” Coyne said with a laugh. “I think some kind of bleak isolation left over from my childhood in Oklahoma seeped into this. I don’t know if you are feeding off your subconscious, but there are things about making movies that you cannot justify or understand. I like stories and I like intense things, […]

By Scott Macaulay on Dec 1, 2008 Filmmaking

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