Today on indieWIRE, "Tree of Life" jumped the gun, "Midnight in Paris" trailer hit, "The Interrupters" was bought and more.
Read More »Four new specialty films - "Miral," "Potiche," "Mia and the Migoo," and "My Perestroika" - reported box office estimates this morning, each scoring per-theater-averages above $10,000. Alongside a trio of robust holdover films including, "Bill Cunningham, New York," "Win Win" and "Jane Eyre," all com...
Read More »Edwards Burns' latest New York romp "Newlyweds" will close this year's Tribeca Film Festival, it was announced today.
Read More »Joonas Berghäll´s and Mika Hotakainen's Finnish documentary "Steam of Life" has been picked up by PBS for U.S broadcast on the series POV. In Finland, "Steam of Life" has been screening for a record-breaking 52 weeks a row in Helsinki and Tampere, which is an achievement for any film in the country, let alone for a documentary film. "Life" has screened at over 50 international film festivals, winning the grand prix in Tel Aviv, Warsaw and Pärnu, a Silver Dove –award at DOK Leipzig in Germany, special award of the jury at Silverdocs in US, the ecumenical prize at Visions du Réel festival in Switzerland and the Universites Award at Doclisboa i...
Read More »At the conclusion of the 49th Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival, the fest announced the following award winners for their various awards, which each come with a cash prize. The Michigan festival, around for nearly a half-century, is one of the leading festival venues for experimental work. Jury membe...
Read More »Steve James' "The Interrupters" - which received ecstatic reviews upon its Sundance premiere (the film is currently the highest graded film on criticWIRE) - was acquired for U.S. release by The Cinema Guild today. The film tells the stories of three Violence Interrupters who try to protect their co...
Read More »This week saw the 40th edition of New Directors/New Films kickoff in grand style at the Museum of Modern Art with the New York premiere of "Margin Call." Director JC Chandor and "Gossip Girl" hunk Penn Badgley made the rounds at the after party, while the Film Society of the Lincoln Center's Rose Qu...
Read More »This past week on indieWIRE included the coverage of two film greats who passed away, New Directors/New Films kicked off with the New York premiere of "Margin Call," "Potiche" director Francois Ozon dished on working with Catherine Deneuve, and much more.
Read More »The Weinstein Company has entered the video game world, announcing the launch of TWC Games. The label will work withThe Weinstein Company and Dimension Films' own properties (which include "Scream" and "Hellraiser"), in addition to working with external partners to develop and publish video games fo...
Read More »The breakout film at this year's SXSW Film Festival was Andrew Haigh's "Weekend," which screened in the out-of-competition Emerging Visions section and received the audience award. "Weekend" is Haigh's second feature, after 2009's "Greek Pete," whic...
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