October has become quite a busy month for film festivals in and around New York City. While the highly selective New York Film Festival runs for more than two weeks at Lincoln Center in Manhattan, about two hours north of the city the annual Woodstock Film Festival offers a getaway weekend in the Hu...
Read More »Each week, indieWIRE receives the final weekend numbers for specialty releases in theaters. This is our top ten for the three day weekend so far, with most numbers already in. The top ten is subject to change before the final chart is published tomorrow and the weekly box office column is written. W...
Read More »Mark Palansky's "Penelope," a Toronto International Film Festival debut last month, has been jointly acquired by IFC Films and The Weinstein Company, in a deal for North American rights. IFC will lead theatrical distribution with TWC handling home video and TV, according to the annonucement. Starring Christina Ricci (with Reese Witherspoon, James McAvoy, Catherine O'Hara and Peter Dinklage) and written by Leslie Caveny, the film is described as "A modern-day fairy tale about love and self-acceptance." It was developed and produced by Type A Films, produced and financed by Stone Village Pictures and financed by Grosvenor Park. Producers includ...
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