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Sex Crimes Unit Chief Lisa Friel Says She Neither Resigned Nor Was Fired
Indiewire gained access to a copy of an email that Lisa Friel, primary subject of HBO docmentary "Sex Crimes Unit," sent to a group of friends and colleagues Sunday afternoon. We've posted it in full below. [See related story, The Star of HBO Documentary “Sex Crimes Unit&rdquo...
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The Star of HBO Documentary "Sex Crimes Unit" Leaves Job As Questions Remain [UPDATED]
Lisa Friel, the star of Lisa Jackson's HBO documentary "Sex Crimes Unit" and its leader for the last 10 years, is leaving the department. The film premiered last month at the Los Angeles Film Festival.
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Weekend Box Office: 3-D Transformers 3 Breaks Records, Larry Crowne Fizzles
The weekend box office brings back event 3-D with Michael Bay's Transformers 3's $372 million worldwide so far (UPDATE: six day worldwide total was $379 million), and puts major movie stars on notice that they'd better deliver high quality if they want to target adults: Tom Hanks...
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iPOP | This Week on the Scene: Anniversaries, Premieres and Festivals!
This week iPOP saw a high profile doc premiere in the Big Apple, a distributor toast to its birthday and a festival shows its true colors.
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"The Social Network" Trailer Sweeps Golden Trailer Awards; "Tree of Life" Takes Best Independent
It's been almost a year since the launch of the now-famous "The Social Network" trailer, and since then, we've seen David Fincher's film bring in the big awards left and right. Just when we thought we could start looking forward to Fincher's "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo," which also has a pretty...
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What Does Indie Film Taste Like? An Interview With Saul Bolton, Chef for Nitehawk Cinema
Food and film have provided a great business model for independent theaters around the country, from Austin's legendary Alamo Drafthouse franchise to Brooklyn's reRun Gastropub Theater. Now Williamsburg venture Nitehawk Cinema joins the trend with an assist from Saul Bolton, owner of Cobble Hill's M...
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The Best Online Video iW's Seen Today: John Cameron Mitchell's New Dior Collaboration
We were all thoroughly impressed by "Lady Grey London," a Dior short film released earlier this year. Written and directed by John Cameron Mitchell, it featured Marion Cotillard and Ian McKellan in a nutty romance set amongst some terrific set pieces: the Lady Grey handbag, the London Eye, Cotillard...
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Francis Ford Coppola to Bring Horror Film to Comic-Con
Comic-Con just got exciting. Francis Ford Coppola announced that he will present clips from his upcoming Gothic horror, "Twixt," on July 23 at the event in San Diego. The film, shot in both 2D and 3D, stars Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern, Elle Fanning and Ben Chaplin. Coppola has described it as "one part G...
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Lionsgate Announces Restructured Theatrical Publicity Department
Lionsgate's Executive Vice President of Theatrical Publicity Julie Fontaine has announced a restructuring of the department.
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Film Movement Acquires French Romanctic Comedy "Queen of Hearts"
Film Movement acquired North American distribution rights to the directorial debut of French actress Valerie Donzelli, the romantic comedy "Queen of Hearts."
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