Filmmaking

TEETH TRAILER

Mitchell Lichtenstein‘s wildly entertaining film Teeth will finally get a theatrical release in February after being one of the most talked about films (and scaring the hell out of ever male who saw it) at Sundance this past January. Here’s the trailer, which just surfaced on the net over the weekend. Learn more about the film here.

By Jason Guerrasio on Nov 19, 2007 Filmmaking
IN BRUGES ANNOUNCED AS SUNDANCE OPENING NIGHT FILM

In a release sent out moments ago, the Sundance Institute has announced Martin McDonagh‘s comedy In Bruges as the Sundance Film Festival‘s 2008 Opening Night Film. The film stars Ralph Fiennes, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson. For those who may not be familiar with McDonagh, he’s an award-winning playwright and this film marks his debut feature. More on McDonagh and the film is in the release from Sundance below. The entire 2008 festival line-up will be announced Nov. 28 and 29. McDonagh’s first foray into filmmaking was with the short film, SIX SHOOTER, also starring Gleeson, which won the Academy […]

By Jason Guerrasio on Nov 19, 2007 Filmmaking
WHAT WAS THE TREND AT THE AFM?

According to Mike Jones at Variety‘s “The Circuit,”, it was animals engaging in inappropriate behavior. Click on the link to find Mike’s first videoblog, a report from the halls of the recent American Film Market in Santa Monica.

By Scott Macaulay on Nov 18, 2007 Filmmaking
Strikeblogging #1: "A $100 million Dogma ’95 Film"

If you’ve been following the WGA strike, you’ve probably realized that a lot of people on the WGA side are blogging it. There is, of course, United Hollywood, a blog that reports from the WGA side. But there are also several blogs run by active screenwriters. One is John August’s blog where the veteran screenwriter (Go, Big Fish, Charlies Angels) is offering a very personal view of life on the picket line. His daily reports are full of humor, well-crafted observation, and even bits of industry news. Here’s an excerpt of his November 15 entry in which he describes meeting […]

By Scott Macaulay on Nov 16, 2007 Filmmaking
BEST FILM NOT PLAYING… SCREENINGS THIS WEEKEND

If you haven’t been over to the Filmmaker Videos section this week, click here to check out the nominees for this year’s Best Film Not Playing At A Theater Near You (special thanks to the IFP for putting the video together). The filmmakers will be present for a series of screenings this weekend at MoMA. Q&A’s will be conducted by the editors of Filmmaker and other members of the selection committee. Get screening times here. The winner, chosen by Filmmaker and the MoMA dept. of film, will be announced at the Gotham Awards Nov. 27. And if you want a […]

By Jason Guerrasio on Nov 16, 2007 Filmmaking
SWANBERG LAUNCHES BUTTERKNIFE

If you’ve attended a screening of Frownland (and a couple are coming up this week at MOMA), then you know that writer/director Ronnie Bronstein does a mean Q&A. Hannah Takes the Stairs director Joe Swanberg realized this too and cast Bronstein as the private investigator protagonist of his new web series, Butterknife. It’s being presented by Spout, and there’s a blog and trailer up now. (The series launches in January.) Here’s how Spout describes the project: Forced to deal with the ugly side of people and relationships all day, an unnamed private investigator can’t wait to get home and hang […]

By Scott Macaulay on Nov 15, 2007 Filmmaking
ADRIENNE SHELLY FOUNDATION EBAY AUCTION

Kudos to Reid Rosefelt who just sent me this email about the ASF‘s inaugural Ebay auction. On November 12th the Adrienne Shelly Foundation (ASF), a tax-exempt, non-profit organization dedicated to the memory of writer/director/actor Adrienne Shelly, launched its inaugural EBAY auction to raise funds for its various initiatives which support women filmmakers. It’s a little known fact that Adrienne was an EBAY POWER SELLER, an elite status reserved for only the most active sellers of merchandise. Operating under the name BUNNYSVINTAGE, Adrienne in her spare time bought and sold over 1900 vintage clothing items. We’ve taken that same passion and […]

By Jason Guerrasio on Nov 14, 2007 Filmmaking
FOLLOW THE MONEY

At her Deadline Hollywood Daily, Nikke Finke says “everyone in Hollywood is talking about” this YouTube video put together by the folks at United Hollywood.

By Scott Macaulay on Nov 13, 2007 Filmmaking
HOLLYWOOD 3.0

In a post entitled ‘Rebuilding Hollywood in Silicon Valley’s Image,” Netscape founder Marc Andreessen wonders whether the current WGA strike will alienate the current television viewing audience and hasten their flight towards new forms of mostly internet-distributed entertainment. (Thanks to Ted Hope for the link.) From the piece: I think the TV and movie industry is at a turning point where things could go either way — they could repeat the critical error of the music industry and permanently alienate their customer base; or they could get it together and create viable models for the future that make consumers happy […]

By Scott Macaulay on Nov 12, 2007 Filmmaking
WHAT’S IN A WORD?

The mumblecore-haters may be out in force these days but, hey, it’s not like they got a word into the New Oxford American Dictionary. As reported on the Oxford University Press blog, “mumblecore” is a runner-up 2007 “word of the year.” The OAD defines mumblecore as: “an independent film movement featuring low-budget production, non-professional actors, and largely improvised dialogue.” As a word, mumblecore faced stiffed competition. Some of its challengers included “upcycling” (“the transformation of waste materials into something more useful or valuable”); “previvor” (” a person who has not been diagnosed with a form of cancer but has survived […]

By Scott Macaulay on Nov 12, 2007 Filmmaking

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