Filmmaking

SPIRIT AWARDS ANNOUNCED

2008 Film Independent’s Spirit Awards were announced this morning with I’m Not There, Juno, The Savages and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly leading the way with four nominations including Best Feature. The full list of nominees are below. Awards will be handed out the day before the Oscars, Feb. 23. BEST FEATURE The Diving Bell and the ButterflyI’m Not ThereJunoA Mighty HeartParanoid Park BEST DIRECTORTodd Haynes, I’m Not ThereTamara Jenkins, The SavagesJason Reitman, JunoJulian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the ButterflyGus Van Sant, Paranoid Park BEST MALE LEADPedro Castaneda, August EveningDon Cheadle, Talk To MePhilip Seymour Hoffman, The SavagesFrank […]

By Jason Guerrasio on Nov 27, 2007 Filmmaking
CHEAT SHEET

When I was a kid I remember going to see Apocalypse Now at D.C.’s incredible Uptown theater and being handled a program when I entered. It was a black-and-white book, about sixteen pages, with stills from the film and commentary about it. It was a cool thing to get at a movie and I still have it. So it was interesting to read over at Ray Pride’s Movie City Indie that the Weinstein Company are doing something similar for the release of Todd Haynes’s I’m Not There. Pride quotes the press release: The Weinstein Company is pleased to announce that […]

By Scott Macaulay on Nov 25, 2007 Filmmaking
WEEKEND LINK CATCH-UP

Here’s a collection of links to some things I’ve found interesting in the last week but which, because of the holiday, I wasn’t able to post here as their own separate entries. Filmmaker AJ Schnack has written an excellent post on the yearly disappointment that is the Academy Award doc shortlist. (For the complete list, click here). Typically, the Academy overlooked the most artistically risk-taking films, movies like Manda Bala and Billy the Kid, and went, mostly, for worthy films dealing with serious subjects that also happened to subscribe to long accepted methods of documentary practice. (Nominees included such strong […]

By Scott Macaulay on Nov 25, 2007 Filmmaking
THE RULE OF TROIS

The Financial Times reports on a new anti-piracy and filesharing proposal being endorsed by President Nicholas Sarkozy. An excerpt from the piece by Ben Hall: Internet users in France who download music and films without paying for them could find their web access shut down by a government body, under a ground-breaking industry agreement backed by President Nicolas Sarkozy. The plan, which Mr Sarkozy is to endorse in a speech on Friday, will put France at the forefront of the battle against internet piracy with a three-strikes-and-you-are-out policy against repeat offenders. The proposed enforcement body would use information collected by […]

By Scott Macaulay on Nov 23, 2007 Filmmaking
HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Everyone here at Filmmaker wishes our readers a happy and safe Thanksgiving. Thanks for reading us this past year and see you after the holiday.

By Scott Macaulay on Nov 22, 2007 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

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