Saturday night in the Hamptons was a true highlight and a terrific capper to the final festival I'll attend as Editor-in-Chief of indieWIRE (after November 1st, this blog will be my sole editorial outlet here at iW as I embrace my co-founder title and head to the Film Society of Lincoln Center). For months I'd been anticipating the Hamptons/indieWIRE Industry Toast to Ben Barenholtz, an idea that came together earlier this year with Frances McDormand, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen as the catalysts. The three of them owe a lot to Ben and Saturday's event was a chance for them to give something back just a few days after he celebrated his 75th birth...
Read More »Awards season has become an important aspect of the Hampton's International Film Festival here on Long Island. The film stoked talk about the education system in this country with attendees comparing notes on their own schooling. At lunch yesterday at The Maidstone, Davis Guggenheim (above and cente...
Read More »Here are the ten movies I'm looking forward to at SXSW, with descriptions provided by the fest. The full lineup is at indieWIRE and my full list of ten is after the jump.
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