http://www.indiewire.com/ indieWIRE: filmmakers. biz. fans. en Copyright 2009 2009-11-21T00:02:28+00:00 http://www.indiewire.com/article/academy_sets_animated_short_shortlist/ http://www.indiewire.com/article/academy_sets_animated_short_shortlist/#When:00:02:28Z The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards. Thirty-seven pictures had originally qualified in the category. The Short Films and Feature Animation Branch Reviewing Committee viewed all the eligible entries for the preliminary round of voting in screenings held in New York and Los Angeles.  Short Films and Feature Animation Branch members will … Awards Watch, Academy Awards, News 2009-11-21T00:02:28+00:00 http://www.indiewire.com/article/werner_explains_it_all_10_herzogian_insights/ http://www.indiewire.com/article/werner_explains_it_all_10_herzogian_insights/#When:17:36:52Z EDITOR’S NOTE: This feature was originally published as part of indieWIRE’s coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival. Herzog’s “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” is being released in theaters across North America today. Werner Herzog has been the subject of much curiosity at the Toronto Film Festival.  He has two films - both centered around policeman - screening at the festival in “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” … Features 2009-11-20T17:36:52+00:00 http://www.indiewire.com/article/b.o._of_the_00s_the_top_grossing_foreign-language_films/ http://www.indiewire.com/article/b.o._of_the_00s_the_top_grossing_foreign-language_films/#When:16:56:35Z The 2010s are fast approaching - 41 days and counting - and indieWIRE is continuing this weekly Friday chart devoted to glancing back at the past ten years.  With a film opening each weekend as a starting point, we’re charting various sub-categories of 2000s film, focusing on their North American box office performance.  This week, with both Pedro Almodovar’s “Broken Embraces” and John Woo’s “Red Cliff” opening in theaters, iW decided … News, Box Office 2009-11-20T16:56:35+00:00 http://www.indiewire.com/article/idfa_lineup/ http://www.indiewire.com/article/idfa_lineup/#When:16:55:28Z Veteran directors Frederic Wiseman, D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus are among the documentary mavericks attending the 22nds International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), which opened last night in the Netherlands’ largest city. The festival is considered the most important in the world for spotlighting non-fiction film, debuting such movies as “Afghan Star” and “Burma VJ” last year before those films headed to Sundance and the North American festival circuit. Festival programmers … Documentary, Features, Festivals 2009-11-20T16:55:28+00:00 http://www.indiewire.com/article/ifc_netflix_team_to_stream_53_indies/ http://www.indiewire.com/article/ifc_netflix_team_to_stream_53_indies/#When:16:39:31Z IFC Entertainment and Netflix have announced a partnership that gives Netflix the U.S. rights to 53 unique titles from IFC Entertainment. Through this agreement select titles from IFC Entertainment’s library of independent films will become available to be streamed instantly to televisions and computers via the Netflix service.  The deal was announced jointly by Lisa Schwartz, executive vice president for IFC Entertainment, and Robert Kyncl, vice president of content acquisition for … News 2009-11-20T16:39:31+00:00 http://www.indiewire.com/article/cinemadaily_mammoth_letdown/ http://www.indiewire.com/article/cinemadaily_mammoth_letdown/#When:15:42:03Z In his review for indieWIRE, Eric Hynes calls Lukas Moodysson’s latest, “Mammoth,” a “career killer” and, while his may be among the most damning reviews of the film, which opens in the US today, it’s getting very little love from critics on the whole. “Moodysson hasn’t exactly descended to ‘Babel’-level pabulum with ‘Mammoth, his first foray into English; these characters are too fascinatingly thorny, and he still has a supple way … Features, cinemadaily 2009-11-20T15:42:03+00:00 http://www.indiewire.com/article/iw_video_reverse_shot_talkies_pedro_almodovar/ http://www.indiewire.com/article/iw_video_reverse_shot_talkies_pedro_almodovar/#When:18:19:47Z “A movie is something like – even something shot and edited and frozen there – I think it’s like a person…you know more about that person with time,” observed director Pedro Almodóvar in a recent video interview with Reverse Shot’s Eric Hynes. “That you know more about that person with time. It’s a bizarre thing for a director to say. I used to see movies a lot of times – not … Features, indieWIRE: Video 2009-11-19T18:19:47+00:00 http://www.indiewire.com/ipop/photo/penelopes_nyc_embrace/ http://www.indiewire.com/ipop/photo/penelopes_nyc_embrace/#When:17:55:40Z “Broken Embraces” star Penelope Cruz was the center of attention at a special screening of the film, directed by Pedro Almodovar in New York, hosted by the Cinema Society and Calvin Klein. And true to other Cinema Society events, the names turned out including Mira Sorvino, Marion Cotillard, Billy Crudup, Ashley Olsen, Rose Byrne, Michael Pitt, Agyness Deyn, Gabourey Sidibe (“Precious”), Katharine McPhee, Donna Karan, Olivia Thirlby, Rachel Hunter, Lee Pace, … New York 2009-11-19T17:55:40+00:00 http://www.indiewire.com/article/for_your_consideration_25_things_the_academy_did_right_in_the_2000s/ http://www.indiewire.com/article/for_your_consideration_25_things_the_academy_did_right_in_the_2000s/#When:17:09:05Z With the first wave of awards season precursors less than two weeks away, I figured I would use the very last addition of this column before an onslaught of commentary on critics awards and Spirit and Globe nominations beckons to provide some optimism in the wake of last week’s list of the “most despicable Oscar snubs of the 2000s.  Because as hard as it is for those prone to bitching about … Awards Watch, Academy Awards, Features 2009-11-19T17:09:05+00:00 http://www.indiewire.com/article/cinemadaily_herzogs_bad_lieutenant_docks_in_us/ http://www.indiewire.com/article/cinemadaily_herzogs_bad_lieutenant_docks_in_us/#When:16:41:48Z Werner Herzog’s rough remake of the Abel Ferrara’s 1992 film “Bad Lieutenant,” “Bad Lieutenant:  Port of Call New Orleans” is heading to US waters, after screenings in Venice and Toronto.  David Edelstein of New York Magazine tackles the film, “In Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (a sequel to Abel Ferrara’s Bad Lieutenant in name only), [Nicholas Cage] plays Terence McDonagh, whose back is injured as he saves a prisoner … Features, cinemadaily 2009-11-19T16:41:48+00:00 http://www.indiewire.com/article/academy_names_15_to_documentary_shortlist/ http://www.indiewire.com/article/academy_names_15_to_documentary_shortlist/#When:23:56:28Z The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have named 15 films that made the short-list in the Documentary Feature category for the 82nd Academy Awards, whittling the number down from a record 89 that had originally qualified (92 qualified last year, which was a record).  Notable omissions included “Anvil! The Story of Anvil,” “The September Issue,” “Tyson,” “It Might Get Loud,” “We Live in Public,” and most surprisingly, Michael Moore’s … Awards Watch, Academy Awards, News 2009-11-18T23:56:28+00:00 http://www.indiewire.com/article/pga_to_honor_precious/ http://www.indiewire.com/article/pga_to_honor_precious/#When:20:50:04Z The Producers Guild of America have announced that “Precious: Based on the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” will be honored with the 2010 Stanley Kramer Award. The film’s producers will be honored with the award at the 21st Annual PGA Awards ceremony on Sunday, January 24, 2010 at the Hollywood Palladium. “‘Precious’ is a remarkable film that sends a powerful message of hope - brilliantly reminding us that we have the power … Awards Watch, News 2009-11-18T20:50:04+00:00 http://www.indiewire.com/article/hamilton_to_direct_oscars/ http://www.indiewire.com/article/hamilton_to_direct_oscars/#When:19:21:37Z Hamish Hamilton will direct the 82nd Academy Awards telecast, show producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman announced Wednesday. This will be his first time directing the telecast, though he has directed live television events such as the MTV Video Music Awards and the MTV Europe Music Awards in addition to live concert performances by such renowned musical artists as U2, Neil Diamond, Josh Groban, Stevie Wonder, and Christina Aguilera, among many … Awards Watch, Academy Awards, News 2009-11-18T19:21:37+00:00 http://www.indiewire.com/article/cinemadaily_red_cliff/ http://www.indiewire.com/article/cinemadaily_red_cliff/#When:18:49:21Z From international action auteur (breakout hit “Hard Boiled”) to Hollywood hack (2003’s widely panned “Paycheck”), John Woo’s career has ridden a critical rollercoaster. “Now he’s back, in two senses: back making movies in Asia and back in theaters with ‘Red Cliff,’ a nearly two-and-a-half-hour historical epic set in the third century A.D. that reunites him with Tony Leung, one of the stars of ‘Hard Boiled,’” writes Mike Hale in the New … Features, cinemadaily 2009-11-18T18:49:21+00:00 http://www.indiewire.com/article/sundances_announces_new_frontier_program/ http://www.indiewire.com/article/sundances_announces_new_frontier_program/#When:16:42:01Z In the first of its announcements for its upcoming 2010 program, Sundance Institute revealed Wednesday the selection of 13 artists from six countries whose works will be presented as part of the New Frontier sidebar at Sundance Film Festival. A collection of digital art, film screenings, multimedia performances, site-specific installations and video presentations will take part in what organizers promise to be “a fully immersive media lounge” for festival goers to … Festivals, Park City, News 2009-11-18T16:42:01+00:00