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Doc Week in NYC: Birch Street, Inside the Bubble, Protocols of Zion

Mikio Naruse: Preliminary Thoughts

LA Times: This Just in: Flops Caused Box Office Slump

In the Los Angeles Times this weekend, a piece about the box office performance examines numbers that are apparently down about 6% from last year, with attendance having dropped by 8.7%. Thats better than the comparison between '04 and '05 made this Spring and Summer. Apparently, according to the ar...

"Capote" close to $30k Per Screen

Sony Pictures Classics reported estimates of nearly $30,000 per screen for the opening of Bennett Miller's "Capote" this weekend. The film debuted on 12 screens, earning an estimated $348,978, according to a company rep. Thats an average of $29,082 for its opening weekend.

The NY Film Fest in the NY Times

For years, industry insiders and film aficionados alike turned to the New York Times daily for full length reviews of each of the two dozen features screening at the annual New York Film Festival, that is until this year. In 2005, the Times has decided to impose a new policy, offering capsule reviews of festival films, saving the full reviews for a few select films about to open in theaters. Those in the film business have applauded the decision, saying that it is a more appropriate way to cover the event, giving distributors quotable blurbs without hurting a movie in the media to quickly, or preventing a full review from running once the fil...

Jamie Stuart on NYFF05

Jamie Stuart and the crew at Mutiny City News, hosted by Movie City News, offer a unique take with video dispatches from the New York Film Festival. The first two distinctive dispatches offer an inside look at at festival press conferences, and include moments exploring press person's passion for Ph...

Austin Chronicle: No Family Is an Island

In their hometown alternative weekly, The Austin Chronicle, John and Janet Pierson talk about the reactions to the release of "Reel Paradise":

A Sundance for the small screen?

Calling it a sort of Sundance festival for the small screen, the Los Angeles Times reports on the first New York Television Festival, which opened on Wednesday:

Public Apology