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Surveying the Summer Box Office: "Truth", "Sunshine", French Films and More

The arrival of the Venice, Telluride and Toronto festivals is a stark reminder that the summer movie season has come to a close. Distributors faced some tough times at the U.S. box office this summer, with a handful of bright spots and a number of challenges. "The overall trend this summer with few ...

Dumb + Funny = 'Idiocracy'

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First Batch of SXSW 2007 Film Panelists

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TIFF 2006: Canadian Music Cafe

iW Video: A Telluride Q & A with Doug McGrath

in the latest indieWIRE: VIdeo from Telluride..."Infamous" director Doug McGrath answers a question at a post-screening Q & A session explaining his experience making his Truman Capote film in the wake of the release, and subsequent success of, last year's "Capote". Check out the entire video clip h...

Meyer Named to Replace Pence, Alongside Luddy, at Telluride Fest

Telluride Film Festival co-director Bill Pence, and his wife Stella Pence (managing director of the festival) are leaving their posts atop the festival they co-founded 33 years ago with Tom Luddy and James Card. The festival board announced today in Telluride that festival consultant and member of the board of governors Gary Meyer will join Luddy as co-director of the event, effective with the closing of this year's event on Monday. The timing of the announcement surprised attendees in Telluride this weekend, but Bill and Stella Pence indicated that they will remain advisors to the festival going forward. Meyer is perhaps best known as a co-f...

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