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ThinkFilm Snags Apollo Mission Doc "In The Shadow of the Moon"

ThinkFilm has secured a North American deal to David Sington's "In The Shadow of the Moon," a new documentary about the Apollo space program. Characterized as a multiple seven-figure deal, the pact will likely put the film in theaters this Fall in association with Discovery Films with ThinkFilm eyeing a big audience for the documentary. The film, premiering in the world documentary competition at Sundance is a riveting, first hand account from the Apollo astronauts that also offers a lot of rarely seen NASA footage that makes for a gorgeous big screen experience. Calling the documentary "epic," ThinkFilm head of theatrical distribution Mark U...

PARK CITY '07 REVIEW | Home of the Weak: The Middlebrow Melodrama of "Grace is Gone"

Moving to some, bland to others, James C. Strouse's "Grace is Gone" follows the emotional journey of Stanley Phillips (John Cusack) after discovering his wife has been killed in Iraq, leaving him alone with their two daughters. Unable to bring himself to deliver the news, Phillips takes his girls on...

iW VIDEO: Gregg Araki Is All Smiles; Mia Farrow Speaks About "The Devil Came on Horseback"; Musician

In today's issue of iW: VIDEO On The Scene at Park City, Filmmaker Gregg Araki talks about his Sundance film, "Smiley Face," Mia Farrow speaks out at "The Devil Came on Horseback" press conference, musician Alexi Murdoch performs at the Music Cafe, Anthony Kaufman reviews "Rocket Science," and more.

Christine Vachon Book Signing at Sundance Film Festival

Christine Vachon, partner and producer for Killer Films, which produced the award winning films "Far From Heaven" and "Boys Don't Cry," will be having a book signing for her book, "A Killer Life: How an Independent Producer Survives Deals and Disasters in Hollywood and Beyond" which was published b...

SUNDANCE 07: "In The Shadow of the Moon," When Men Dared to Dream

Overture Films Announces New Production and Acquisition Leadership

Overture Films has appointed three new members to their executive team: Sean Furst to be Executive VP of Productions and Acquisitions and based in Los Angeles; Robert Kessel as Executive VP of Productions and Acquisitions and based in New York and finally, Bryan Furst who was appointed as Senior VP of Productions and Acquisitions in Los Angeles. Charged with building Overture's slate of films across a broad spectrum of genres, hiring the Fursts and Kessel was a step in line with Overture's objective to be a company dedicated to the empowerment of filmmakers who produce films outside of the traditional big studio system. Previously, the Fursts...

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PARK CITY '07 REVIEW | Bad, Bad Boy: George Ratliff's "Joshua"

At many film festivals, Cannes comes to mind; audiences would openly jeer a disastrous movie like director George Ratliff's unintentionally silly, bad seed horror drama "Joshua." At Sundance, where the film made its premiere over the weekend, the audience I sat with was polite and only laughed at al...