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indieWIRE INTERVIEW: Lian Lunson, Director of "Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man"

Fresh from a run on the fest circuit that has included stops in Toronto, Sundance, and Berlin (among many others) is Lian Lunson's "Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man," a documentary about the acclaimed and influential musician. Opening this Wednesday at Film Forum in New York, the movie is anchored at a th...

Pole-Dancing Into the Sunset

Where are the Blacks and Latinos in Hollywood?

Echo Lake Adds Management Unit

Mike Marcus will join the renamed Echo Lake Entertainment to head the newly formed Echo Lake Management. Echo Lake founder and president Doug Mankoff will continue to run the finance and production operation with EVP Andrew Spaulding. Amotz Zakai will serve as a VP at Echo Lake Management. Clients j...

'Who Loves' Portastatic

"Balance" and "Holiday Beach" Receive $25K McKnight Artist Fellowship Grants

IFP Minnesota announced the two recipients of The McKnight Artist Fellowship for Screenwriters Competition. Zach Hammill's "Balance" is about a man who travels constantly for work in order to avoid problems at home. On a routine trip he meets Gillian, a radio producer who hides troubles of her own behind a mask of constant cheer. Together, they attempt to figure out each other, their families, and themselves. Steven Larson and Gary Jenneke's "Holiday Beach" is a drama based upon events that took place on a desolate Navy radio base on Kodiak Island, Alaska in 1962. It recounts the terror faced by young sailors at the hand of a fellow sailor an...

"A Simple Curve" and "Trials of Darryl Hunt" Take Top Nantucket Prizes

The 11th annual Nantucket Film Festival wrapped Sunday night with Aubrey Nealon's "A Simple Curve" winning the fest's writer/director award.  The audience awards were given to Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg's "The Trials of Darryl Hunt" for best feature and David Dean Bottrell's "Available Men" for ...

The Top Ten So Far...

Each Monday, indieWIRE receives the final weekend numbers for specialty releases in theaters. This is our top ten for the past 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. thre...