Last year, during the New York gubernatorial race, one man stood out more than the eventual winner Andrew Cuomo. That man had one simple message, a message that was summed up in the name of the party he was running under. For Jimmie McMillan and the party that sponsored his race for the seat of New ...
Read More »Following its Tribeca premiere, the Kings of Leon doc "Talihina Sky" has been acquired by Showtime and will debut on the network August 21.
Read More »The Oscar race for best documentary will get a soft launch next month with the International Documentary Association’s 15th Annual DocuWeeks Theatrical Documentary Showcase.
Read More »Today on indieWIRE, indie community talks film school, "Project Nim" leads the weekend, Ted Hope's Questions for New Filmmakers, Reykjavik calls for young talent, and more:
Read More »IFC Midnight acquired North American rights to Joe Swanberg ("Hannah Takes the Stairs") and Adam Wingard's "Autoerotic." This marks the fifth collaboration between Swanberg and IFC Films. The company plans to release the film on demand this month followed by a limited theatrical release this summer.
Read More »In the midst of troubles in one of the nation's most important sports leagues, the NFL lockout may have found its savior in hunky werewolf, Taylor Lautner. The "Twilight" star has offered his acting talents to a fake reboot of the Kevin Costner baseball classic "Field of Dreams." In the trailer fo...
Read More »On Monday, the New York Times published an article that professed to take the pulse of film school -- its students, their expectations and the results of their education.
Read More »Lynda Nibley's documentary "Two Spirits" has received the PBS-Independent Lens Audience Award, recognizing its status as the highest-rated film of the 2010-11 season by the measures of online voting and other forms of audience support.
Read More »AFFRM -- aka the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement -- will give U.S. theatrical distribution to "Kinyarwanda," the 2011 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award winner for World Cinema Drama. The film will be released in November.
Read More »This month indieWIRE turns 15 and we're hosting a series of screenings in New York to celebrate. With the help of Rooftop Films, Sundance hit "Bellflower" will make its New York premiere as our anniversary centerpiece July 15. Additionally we're also working with 92YTribeca to present several films ...
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