The Hollywood Reporter writes (via Reuters), "Ask any Hollywood studio executive whether 2005 was a good year and you'll get an emphatic no. That's because the major studios are under severe duress and they know it." The trade paper looks at '05 for such industry execs as: Jobs & Iger, Soderbergh & ...
Read More »In The New York Times, Christian Moerk explores the latest in movie posters, writing, "The formula that once guaranteed success is now so ubiquitous that posters in that vein are nearly invisible. So what does it take to get noticed some 80 years later, especially when you're selling yet another hor...
Read More »The Guardian reported this weekend that Woody Allen has his sights set on Spain as the setting for an upcoming movie. The British paper said that Allen, "signed an agreement this week with a Spanish production company to shoot a film in Barcelona by 2007."
Read More »For the past eight years, indieWIRE's editors and contributors have put together a list of the best films we saw that didn't get U.S. distribution. For 2005, there were a number of strong contenders, which we have narrowed down to the top ten listed below (plus six honorable mentions). We didn't inc...
Read More »The 2006 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference & Festival in Austin, TX will open on March 10th with the North American premiere of Robert Altman's "A Prairie Home Companion," organizers announced Monday. The film features an all-star cast including Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Garrison Kei...
Read More »Happy New Year from the entire indieWIRE team. The next edition of indieWIRE: Daily will be published via email on Tuesday, January 3rd.
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