Filmmaking

FILM FINANCING TOWNHALL

The Institute for International Film Financing (IIFF) have announced another of their popular networking events for next Monday, Nov. 17. Information on how to attend and who’s scheduled to speak are below. IIFF New York City Townhall Meeting Monday, November 17, 2008 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM School of Visual Arts (SVA) 209 East 23rd Street Amphitheater – 3rd floor New York, NY 10010 VERY LIMITED CAPACITY. To avoid disappointment, reserve your DISCOUNTED SEAT now at http://nym.filmfinancing.org/111708w Next Monday’s gathering of FILMMAKERS AND FINANCIERS follows IIFF’sproven formula for film financing success. It features a powerful lineup ofLEADING TOPICAL EXPERTS whose […]

By Jason Guerrasio on Nov 11, 2008 Filmmaking
PRAISING DEMME’S RACHEL GETTING MARRIED

Director and producer Jim McKay (Everyday People, Our Song) sent the following email about Jonathan Demme’s latest feature, Rachel Getting Married, to his personal list. It’s a great acclamation of the film, and it nicely addresses and puts into context some of the movie’s bolder editorial choices. With permission, I’m posting it here. If you’re thinking about taking a pass on the new Jonathan Demme film, Rachel Getting Married, because it has a weird title and because his last two fiction films, The Truth about Charlie and The Manchurian Candidate, were remakes and didn’t have the oomph that his movies […]

By Scott Macaulay on Nov 10, 2008 Filmmaking
LOVING GLOBAL WARMING

Adam Yamaguchi and David Casey offer a fascinating, strangely upbeat yet ultimately disquieting look at climate change in I Heart Global Warming, which premieres on Current TV on Wednesday, November 12, at 10 p.m. Check out the trailer.

By Scott Macaulay on Nov 10, 2008 Filmmaking
STEPPING INTO THE GARDENS OF THE NIGHT

Opening today in New York from City Lights at the Village East is Damian Harris’s engrossing, heartbreaking drama Gardens of the Night. The story of abuse, its aftermath and the theme of lost childhood in general, Gardens of the Night is a tale of two children who are abducted by a pair of pedophiles (one played with troubling subtlety by an excellent Tom Arnold) and who then, years later, find their bonds together as homeless street hustlers. It sounds dark and bleak, but the film is beautifully directed and acted (particularly by Arnold, Gillian Jacobs, Evan Ross and John Malkovitch), […]

By Scott Macaulay on Nov 7, 2008 Filmmaking
SUNDANCE INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES NHK FINALISTS

The Sundance Institute and NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) have announced the twelve finalists for the 2009 Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Awards. The annual cash award to support new artists in international cinema (winners announced at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival) is celebrating its 13th year with an impressive list of past recipients including: Alex Rivera (The Sleep Dealer), Miranda July (Me and You and Everyone We Know) and Walter Salles (Central Station). The twelve finalists for the 2009 Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Awards are: EUROPE Celia Galán Julve / ROSITA GUZMÁN IS ALIVE (Spain) – When dangerous fugitive Rosita Guzmán disappears into […]

By Jason Guerrasio on Nov 7, 2008 Filmmaking
THE RETURN OF THE MUSCLES FROM BRUSSELS

Mabrouk El Mechri’s very entertaining genre-buster JCVD opens today, and here we flash you back to the interview with El Mechri that appeared on our site via Filmcatcher during the Toronto Film Festival. To see the interview click here.

By Scott Macaulay on Nov 7, 2008 Filmmaking
OBAMA AND THE ARTS

A commenter in the thread on Obama and the 181 film tax incentives, below, alerted me to this post on the Art Sake site titled “Obama and the Arts.” Funnily, as someone who works in the arts, Obama’s policy on the arts barely entered my consciousness during the election campaign. There has been so much more to be concerned about. So, after the election, it’s nice to know some details about the ways in which an Obama administration might be good for the arts. Check out the post, which contains a number of good links to related articles and statements […]

By Scott Macaulay on Nov 7, 2008 Filmmaking
CLIP JOINT

Writer, director and producer Nelson George is launching a series of web shorts, and the first, A Barber’s Tale, is completed and posted below. It stars Reg E. Cathey from The Wire and is a beautiful split-screen piece of first-person storytelling.

By Scott Macaulay on Nov 7, 2008 Filmmaking
REPO MAN

Repo: The Genetic Opera may not have a huge ad budget, but it did score a joke on David Letterman last night. (Something about Paris Hilton and organ harvesting…) Over in our Web Exclusives section, Andre Salas interviews director Darren Lynn Bousman about the film’s marketing challenges, casting Sarah Brightman, shooting on the Genesis, and the benefits of cardboard and plastic sets.

By Scott Macaulay on Nov 7, 2008 Filmmaking
“BLESS ME FATHER, FOR I DON’T GET SCORSESE”

Roger Ebert has published on his blog a letter from Jamie Stuart about Martin Scorsese and Stuart’s ambivalence towards him. An excerpt: As well, I tended to prefer filmmakers whom I believed had solved the problems laid out for themselves in making their movies. There was always an unmistakable confidence of execution in the work of Coppola or Spielberg or later the Coens. With Scorsese, however, I always saw insecurity: For all their labor, his movies felt fussy like they were never quite finished. You could see the agonizing conflict of decision-making in his craft (something that many people claim […]

By Scott Macaulay on Nov 6, 2008 Filmmaking

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