“Sin Nombre” director Cary Fukunaga outside the reception for R.J. Cutler’s “The September Room” at the Edinburgh International Film Festival last night. Fukunaga is in Edinburgh celebrating the European premiere of “Nombre.”
Spike Lee and Rosie Perez at the DGA theater in New York City on Monday night, celebrating the 20th anniversary of “Do The Right Thing.” “Not only was it an incredibly made film, but politically, it really made you confront a lot of shit,” said filmmaker Jim McKay, discussing Lee’s film …
Director Whit Stillman (“Last Days of Disco”) with producer and former Warner Independent exec Paul Federbush last weekend at a party hosted by the Texas Film Commission. The brunch promoting filming in the Lone Star state, and its 17.5% tax rebate, took place under a beautiful California sky at the famed Spago restaurant in Beverly Hills.
Some of the cast and crew from “Sex Drugs Guns” celebrate the world premiere at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival this past weekend. The film took home the prize for Best Feature. From left to right: Assistant Director Robert Wood, Executive Producer Jonny Leahan, Cinematographer Miguel Drake-McLaughlin, Lead Actor Ricardo Gil, and Director/Writer Adrian Selkowitz. Photo by Anela Bence.
“Humpday” director Lynn Shelton with Edinburgh International Film Festival artistic director Hannah McGill after the UK Premiere of her film “Humpday.” Image courtesy of the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Director Sam Mendes with his stars Maya Rudolph and John Krasinski in New York City at the June 1st premiere of their Focus Features movie “Away We Go.” Photo credit: Dave Allocca/StarPix.
More from Cannes ‘09: The Film Society of Lincoln Center played host during the festival to a group of journalists at a nice lunch “on the plage.” The Film Society’s ‘newish’ executive director Mara Manus and programming director Richard Pena took in the festival, which is traditionally a main source of …
In trying not to sound too fatalist and just plain redundant, I remind all that filmmaking in America is not considered art, it’s not sponsored or funded by cultural institutions as …
Check out the post-screening discussion with the filmmaker here: Check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6OX8E5rdKc&feature=PlayList&p=DB75680A8FA88246&index=4 The panel and Q&A includes Kirby Dick, Rodger McFarlane, Michelangelo Signorile and Larry Kramer.
To me, this is a case of too little, too late. In the past decade, discussions of “independent” films have always focussed on marketability, theatrical release, etc. That’s fine, but in …
Ohhhh nooo. Sorry for my harshness last night, I just re-read what I wrote. But I just don’t understand how after watching that movie you got phony. I was completely touched. …
The questions though—and it comes down to simple numbers—are (1) how much were the seemingly unmarketable films at Cannes bought for in terms of North American release, (2) how were they …
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