Bruce Robinson's Hunter S. Thompson adaptation "The Rum Diary" has finally found itself a release date. Starring Johnny Depp as Thompson, the GK Films and Infinitum Hill-produced film will hit U.S. theaters October 28th via FilmDistrict. Bob Berney, President of Theatrical Distribution at FilmDistri...
Read More »IFP and Power to the Pixel have joined forces for the first-annual Cross-Media Forum NYC, taking place on April 19 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater. The goal: "to bring together creative and industry from multiple platforms and act as the premiere incubator for cross-med...
Read More »As the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival closed last week, the festival announced this year's jury and audience winners. At the conclusion of the fest, Festival Director Masashi Niwano said, "SFIAAFF has long been the nation's premiere showcase for Asian American and Asian fil...
Read More »monterey media has acquired U.S. rights to Ed Gass-Donnelly's "Small Town Murder Songs," which had its world premiere at last year's Toronto International Film Festival.
Read More »April is about to give 2011 a significant dose of excellent specialty cinema, including a pair of Academy Award-nominated foreign films, new work from Kelly Reichardt and Duncan Jones, some great Danes, and the first medieval stoner comedy to star both an Oscar host and a best actress winner. Check ...
Read More »The sixteenth edition of the Palm Beach International Film Festival on Florida's Atlantic coast will close this Thursday with a screening of "The First Grader," which also won the jury's Best Feature Film prize. Jury award winners were announced at a cocktail reception during the festival; audience...
Read More »Whit Stillman's first film in over a decade, "Violet Wister's Damsels In Distress," will be released worldwide by Sony Pictures Classics. Starring Greta Gerwig and Adam Brody, the film is a comedy that follows a trio of beautiful girls (led by Gerwig's character) who set out to revolutionize life at...
Read More »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.
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