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  Netflix Folds Red Envelope; Exits Theatrical Acquisition and Production Biz
Netflix, the online film rental juggernaut, is adhering to its name: Getting out of the theatrical business altogether, abandoning film production, and focusing solely on Internet and new media distribution platforms. With the move, the company has folded its nearly 3-year-old division Red Envelope Entertainment (REE), which purchased all-rights to indie films, and will be letting go its 5-person staff, which includes veteran exec, Liesl Copland, head of Red Envelope Entertainment. [ read more in Biz ] [ 0 comments ] [ filed under Lead Story, Trends ] 
 indieWIRE INTERVIEW | "American Teen" Director Nanette Burnstein
From John Hughes to Judd Apatow, the plight of the American teen has never lacked appeal in popular culture. But even this steadfast truism doesn't make the concept for "American Teen" immediately salable. A nonfiction portrait of several prototypical seventeen year olds in Warsaw, Indiana, the movie finds all the stereotypes -- from the jocks to the outcasts -- in real life. "I understood that there were certain teen stories that happen in real life. I was going after those," says director Nanette Burstein, speaking from her home in Los Angeles where she recently gave birth. [ read more in People ] [ 4 comments ] [ filed under Documentary, Interviews, Lead Story ]  iW NEWS | Cinelan Partners With Telegraph, BritDoc
Cinelan, publisher of three-minute, non-fiction films, and telegraph.co.uk, the online arm of the Telegraph Media Group, have announced a partnership for online syndication of Cinelan films. "The Telegraph shares Cinelan's belief that online video is best showcased in context and will show Cinelan films both as stand-alone features and embedded within stories as companion video" said James Flint, General Manager of Telegraph TV in a statement. "Content of the quality of Cinelan films is hard to come by and we're excited to include them as part of our expanding video strategy." Cinelan also announced today that a selection of its three-minute stories will play before each of the 16 feature films screening at the 2008 BritDoc Festival, which runs July 23-25, 2008 in Oxford. Cinelan, which plans to distribute its films via digital cinemas, television, Internet and mobile partners, is also in talks with UK broadcaster Channel 4 regarding and output deal via its "3 Minute Wonders" series, and will distribute through UK theatrical partner, Picturehouse Cinemas. [Peter Knegt]  [permalink] [ filed under Biz, Documentary ] iW NEWS | TIFF Announces Midnight Madness
Festival coverage sponsored by Stella Artois. The Toronto International Film Festival has set the complete lineup of the 21st Midnight Madness program. The program will open with Mabrouk El Mechri's Jean-Claude Van Damme project, "JCVD," and will continue with JT Petty's "The Burrowers," Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel's "Deadgirl," Miguel Marti's "Sexykiller," Toshio Lee's "Detroit Metal City," Mark Hartley's "Not Quite Hollywood," Jon Hewitt's "Acolytes," Prachya Pinkaew's "Chocolate," Franck Vestiel's "Eden Log," and Pascal Laugier's "Martyrs." The 33rd Toronto International Film Festival runs September 4 through 13, 2008. [Peter Knegt][permalink] [ filed under Festivals ] iW NEWS | "The Pool," from Vitagraph, Among Film Forum's Fall Premieres
Chris Smith's "The Pool" from Vitagraph Films will have its theatrical debut in September at New York City's Film Forum. The film, acclaimed at the Sundance Film Festival last year, is set for Film Forum along with a number of new indies and docs. Also on tap this fall are: Koji Masutani's "Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived" (September 17th), Lance Hammer's self-distributed "Ballast" (October 1st), Caroline Suh's "Frontrunners," also from Oscilloscope (October 15th), Gonzalo Arijon's "Stranded" from Zeitgeist Films (October 22nd), Mijke de Jong's "Stages" (November 5th), Kevin Rafferty's "Harvard Beats Yale 29 - 29" (November 19th), Hartmut Bitomsky's "Dust" from Icarus Films (December 3rd), Kelly Reichardt's "Wendy and Lucy" (December 10th), recently acquired by Oscilloscope Pictures, and John Walter's "Theater of War" from White Buffalo Entertainment (December 24th). [Eugene Hernandez] [permalink] [ filed under Acquisitions ] INSIDE WORD | Netflix Shutting Red Envelope Entertainment
On Tuesday evening, Netflix publicly confirmed the closure of Red Envelope Entertainment, the company's film production and acquisition unit that has backed more than 100 independent, foreign language and documentary films. indieWIRE also learned that division head Liesl Copland, who joined the company nearly two years ago, is leaving Netflix. The move marks a major shift in strategy for the world's leading movie rental service as it expands to deliver more movies and TV shows via instant streaming. indieWIRE will have more on this story later today (Wednesday). [Eugene Hernandez] [permalink] [ filed under Biz ] iW NEWS | Impact Film Festival Sets Slate for Upcoming U.S. Presidential Conventions
Festival coverage sponsored by Stella Artois. The Impact Film Festival has announced its slate of films set to screen for lawmakers, candidates and delegates at the upcoming national political conventions. The films will be supplemented with panel discussions featuring members of the filmmaking community along with policy makers and other "issue experts" during the daytime hours of the convention. The program includes Jessica Gerstle's "Accidental Advocate," Stuart Townsend's "Battle in Seattle," Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and Elvis Mitchell's "The Black List," Stefan Forbes' "Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story," Irena Salinas' "FLOW: For Love of Water," Cynthia Wade's "Freeheld," Patrick Creadon's "I.O.U.S.A," Susan Koch and Jeff Werner's "Kicking It,"Charles Guggenheim's "Robert Kennedy Remembered," Tia Lessin and Carl Deal's "Trouble the Water," and Mary Lambert's "12 Women." Feature films will be preceded by shorts from FYI-Film Your Issue and Cinemocracy contests. "This Festival was born from the idea that the artistry and urgency reflected in these films could have a real impact on political discourse," said Jody Arlington, one of the Festival's three co-founders, in a statement. "Our tagline is: 'Where Film Crosses the Aisle.' We're certain these films will rally leaders and citizens attending both conventions to engage in nuanced discussions about the domestic and international priorities explored in these exceptional films." At the Democratic Convention, the films will screen at the Starz FilmCenter in Denver, Colorado, August 25-28. At the Republican Convention, the films will screen at the Landmark Center in Minneapolis, St. Paul September 1-4. [Peter Knegt][permalink] [ filed under Festivals ] iW NEWS | Maizel Named Newport Executive Director
Jennifer Maizel has been named the new executive director at the Newport International Film Festival. Maizel had worked at the festival, which takes place in June in Newport, Rhode Island, as director of guest services in 2006. Most recently, she served, for the past three years, as managing director of the Sarasota Film Festival. "I'm very excited about Newport," commented Maizel in a statement. "I think my main goal is to continue the strong relationship between the festival and the community, not just the Newport community but the state and the region. And I want the festival to have a strong relationship with the film industry. That's important." [Brian Brooks] [permalink] [ filed under Industry Moves ]  The best-selling Belgian beer in the world, Stella Artois is part of a brewing tradition dating back to 1366. The brand connects with adults through epic film-like advertising, its unique chalice glassware and the art of the Belgian Pouring Ritual. With its distinctive flavor and spicy hop character, Stella Artois is the gold standard for European lagers. Stella Artois is proud to support a wide variety of film industry programs around the world. From major film festivals to independent cinema, Stella Artois has a long history with and commitment to those who entertain audiences around the world.
iW BOT UPDATE | "Transsiberian" On Top
Brad Anderson's "Transsiberian" from First Look Studios is atop the weekly iW BOT box office chart, which was published this afternoon. The film averaged $17,308 in its first weekend from 2 runs. More in this week's box office column, which was published last night. [permalink] [ filed under Biz ] iW NEWS | Fox Searchlight Gets "Ruins"
Fox Searchlight announced that it will distribute the "My Life In Ruins" in North America, Australia and New Zealand. The film stars Nia Vardalos and Richard Dreyfuss, and was directed by Donald Petrie. "Given the wildly enthusiastic audience response, we are thrilled to be distributing the film," Fox Searchlight Pictures President Peter Rice said in a statement. The film is scheduled to be released in 2009. [Peter Knegt] [permalink] [ filed under Acquisitions ] iW NEWS | Paramount Launches Worldwide Acquisitions Group; Brodlie Heading Unit
Unveiling a centralized studio acquisitions arm, Paramount Pictures has announced the creation of the Paramount Worldwide Acquisitions Group. Paramount Pictures International (PPI) president Andrew Cripps and Paramount Vantage president Nick Meyer announced that SVP Matt Brodlie will lead PWAG, reporting to Cripps and Meyer on all PPI productions and acquisitions, and to newly appointed EVP of Production and Acquisitions Guy Stodel on possible Vantage projects. Stodel also reports to Cripps and Meyer, following the recent departure of Amy Israel. Rounding out the acquisitions team's top tier are Los Angeles-based VP Joe Matukewicz, executive director Ben Cotner, and director Mary John Frank, London-based VP Berenice Fugard and director Alexei Boltho, and director level exec Karen Adler in France. In the words of an announcement this afternoon, "The new group will be responsible for acquiring films for distribution and seeking co-production opportunities around the world. These acquisitions, co-productions, and local productions will be focused initially in the territories where Paramount currently has direct distribution: UK, France, Spain, Australia, Japan and Latin America." [Eugene Hernandez] [permalink] [ filed under Biz ]  IndiePix Studios Unveiled; Harrington to Spearhead Unit
Former A&E Indie Films exec Ryan Harrington will head up operations at the newly launched IndiePix Studios, the production and filmmaker relations arm of online consumer film website, IndiePix Films. In his new position Harrington, who currently oversees the Tribeca Film Institute's Gucci Fund, will take on executive producer reponsibilities for documentary and narrative productions that the company has invested in. He will also be responsible for the DVD and digital acquisitions at IndiePix, in addition to tailoring distribution strategies for the company. Additional responsibilites include spearheading sales to broadcasters both domestically and abroad of titles for which IndiePix holds TV rights. [ read more in Biz ] [ 0 comments ] [ filed under Companies, Lead Story ] FILMMAKER | '08 Edition: 25 New Faces of Independent Film
The tenth annual list of 25 New Faces of Independent Film has been unveiled by Filmmaker Magazine. On the list for 2008 are: Ryan Bilsborrow-Koo and Zachary Lieberman (online series: "The West Side"), E.E. Cassidy ("We Are the Mods"), Encyclopedia Pictura (Bjork's "Wanderlust" video), Jesse Epstein ("Wet Dreams & False Images"), Shana Feste ("The Greatest"), Barry Jenkins ("Medicine for Melancholy"), Myna Joseph (short film: "Man"), Eric Latek ("Sweet Dreams"), Julia Leigh (screenwriter, "The Witness"), Andrew Okpeaha MacLean (short film: "Sikumi"), John Magary ("Blood Abundance"), Aasif Mandvi ("7 to the Palace," and The Daily Show), Bent-Jorgen Permutt ("Lumo"), Oren Peli ("Paranormal Activity"), Jennifer Phang ("Half-Life"), Tom Quinn ("The New Year Parade"), Dee Rees (short film, "Pariah"), Daniel Robin (short film, "my olympic summer"), Mark Russell (visual effects: "Sleep Dealer," "Synecdoche, New York"), Joshua Safdie ("The Pleasure of Being Robbed"), Tariq Tapa's ("Zero Bridge"), Matt Wolf ("Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell"), Christina Voros (short film: "The Ladies"), Benh Zeitlin's (short film: "Glory at Sea"), David and Nathan Zellner ("Goliath"). "The people on Filmmaker's '25 New Faces' list are not only innovators we believe will be impacting tomorrow's film scene, but they're also artists engaged in a vital re-think of what it means to be independent today," said film producer and Filmmaker's editor in chief Scott Macaulay, in a statement. A full list of the 265 people on the list over the years is available on the Filmmaker Magazine site. [Eugene Hernandez] [permalink] [ filed under People ] iW NEWS | Oscilloscope Gets Reichardt's "Wendy and Lucy"
North American rights to Kelly Reichardt's "Wendy and Lucy," from this year's Cannes Film Festival, have been acquired by Beastie Boy Adam Yauch's upstart distribution company Oscilloscope Pictures. The film, starring Michele Williams, will have its theatrical debut in December at New York City's Film Forum. The story of a woman and her dog who are sidetracked in Oregon while en route to Alaska, the film is based on Jonathan Raymond's short story Train Choir. David Fenkel of Oscilloscope Pictures negotiated the acquisition of the film with Tanja Meissner of Memento Films International, with producers Neil Kopp and filmscience's Anish Savjani. The company is anticipating awards season attention for Michelle William's acclaimed performance in the film's lead role. [Eugene Hernandez] [permalink] [ filed under Acquisitions ] iW NEWS | Rhode Island Fest Announces 289 Films
Festival coverage sponsored by Stella Artois. The Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) has announced 289 feature length, documentary and short films to be screened over a six-day period. This year's Festival will showcase cinematic work submitted from 53 countries. RIIFF will present 58 World Premieres and 41 US Premieres. Following months of adjudication and review, Festival films have been selected from a whopping entry base of 3,000 submissions. FIlms include Ed Gass-Donnelly's "This Beautiful City," David Oliveras' "Watercolours," Tom Gustafson's "Were The World Mine," Stefan Forbes' "Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story," Sue Williams' "Young and Restless in China," Jeffrey Schwarz's "Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story," and Paul H-O and Tom Donahue's "Guest of Cindy Sherman." Check out full programming here. "It's a pretty sensational year for us," said RIIFF Executive Director George T. Marshall in a statement. "We have films from all over the world that our audiences will definitely enjoy. They're not just going to be popcorn entertainment. We have some very thoughtful pieces that will inspire, and hopefully encourage audiences to take action." RIIFF also announced that actor Richard Jenkins will receive The George M. Cohan Ambassador Award. The Festival runs August 5-10, 2008.[permalink] [ filed under Festivals ] iW NEWS | Four Companies Get Dutch Hubert Bals Fund
Dutch companies Isabella Films, IDTV Motel Films, Waterland Film and Volya Films have been selected to receive 50,000 euros each from the Hubert Bals Fund Plus programme, an initiative of the International Film Festival Rotterdam and the Netherlands Film Fund. The Dutch producers will coproduce four films from Costa Rica, China, Mexico and Kyrgyzstan. The 'Hubert Bals Fund Plus' programme, initiated in 2006, aims to "promote international involvement of Dutch producers with films already supported by Rotterdam's Hubert Bals Fund." [Peter Knegt] [permalink] [ filed under Biz ]  REVIEW | Walking in the Air: James Marsh's "Man on Wire"
[An indieWIRE review from Reverse Shot.] A blow-by-blow account of how, in 1974, the impish French performance artist, and ludicrously appropriately named Philippe Petit achieved (and survived) the seemingly otherworldly when he walked on a tightrope situated 1350 feet in the air, anchored between the World Trade Center's twin towers, James Marsh's documentary "Man on Wire" is a fleet, engagingly narrated, and [insert "taut" here] suspense narrative. Like the events it's based on, "Man on Wire" is the kind of film that's more inspiring to witness than it is to later think (or write) about, but let it be said that Marsh's adeptness at mounting his tale is undeniable, and what the film lacks in any sort of subtextual richness it more than makes up in narrative functionality and the clarity with which it reconstructs Petit's mission impossible. [ read more in Movies ] [ 0 comments ] [ filed under Documentary, Lead Story, Reviews ] VAR | Ebert, Roeper exit the balcony
Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper are officially leaving their movie review show "At the Movies," with Ben Lyons from E! and Ben Mankiewicz from Turner Classic Movies -- the sons of notable industry figures -- set to take over, according to Variety's Anne Thompson. [permalink] [ filed under Biz ] iW NEWS | Here!/Regent Get "Tru Loved"
Here! Networks has announced a theatrical and worldwide sales deal for Stewart Wade's "Tru Loved," which closed Outfest, the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival tonight (Monday) in Southern California. The story of a teen moved to a conservative SoCal commmunity by her lesbian moms, the film follows the girl's friendship with a closeted high school football player and her founding of a campus gay-straight alliance. "We are honored to bring Stewart Wade's accomplished and transformative second feature to U.S. audiences this fall," said the Regent's Mark Reinhart, in a statement. "'Tru Loved' falls squarely into our company mission by offering us an opportunity to showcase emerging talent while providing entertainment that fosters change and creates understanding around important real-life issues facing LGBTQ youth and their families." The film was produced by BrownBag Productions and stars Najarra Townsend, Alec Mapa, Bruce Vilanch, Nichelle Nichols, Jasmine Guy, Alexandra Paul, Cynda Williams, Jake Abel, Matthew Thompson and Jane Lynch. Here! Films' Regent Releasing will release the movie in theaters this fall. [Eugene Hernandez] [permalink] [ filed under Acquisitions, Queer Cinema ] ADVERTISE with indieWIRE! * indieWIRE: Daily Sponsorship Reach our specific readership of industry and filmmakers with an indieWIRE: Daily sponsorship. You can receive the top position text ad as well as a special masthead mention in indieWIRE: Daily. The text ad also runs on indieWIRE.com's front page. Download our RATE CARD http://www.indiewire.com/advertise/indieWIRE_RateSheet.pdf For more information and to book, contact: James Israel at james AT indiewire.com
 iW BOT | Crowds Put Railway Thriller "Transsiberian" On Track as Top Specialty Film
Box Office coverage presented by Rentrak Theatrical [ read more in Biz ] [ 0 comments ] [ filed under Box Office, Lead Story ] iW NEWS | "Were The World Mine" Leads Outfest Winners
Festival coverage sponsored by Stella Artois. Outfest 2008 announced its 14 annual film competition awards last night at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. 17 "Outie Awards" were handed out upon selection by grand juries, festival audiences and the Programs Committee. Tom Gustafson's "Were The World Mine," which indieWIRE profiled, won the Grand Jury Award for outstanding U.S. dramatic feature, while Lucia Puenzo's "XXY" won for international dramatic feature, Daryl Wein's "Sex Positive" won for documentary feature, and Tye Olson ("Watercolors") and Nicole Bilderback ("The New Twenty") won for acting. "Watercolors" also won the audience award for outstanding first dramatic feature. Other audience awards went to Andrew Fleming's "Hamlet 2" for dramatic feature and Carolyn Coal's "A Place To Live" for documentary feature. The Programs Committee awarded David Assmann and Ayat Najafi's "Football Under Cover" the Outfest Freedom Award, Matt Wolf the artistic achievement award for "Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell," and Dave O'Brien the emerging talent award for directing "Equality U." The awards ceremony was followed by the Los Angeles premiere of "Were The World Wine." [Peter Knegt][permalink] [ filed under Festivals, Honors, Queer Cinema ]  indieWIRE INTERVIEW | "Man on Wire" Director James Marsh and subject Philippe Petit
[Editor's Note: Magnolia Pictures opens the film in limited release beginning Friday, July 25 in New York with a larger roll out in select cities August 8.] "Man on Wire" is the perfect example of matching doc director to doc subject. French tightrope walker and juggler Philippe Petit became world-famous when he walked between the two World Trade Center towers, then under construction, on August 7, 1974 -- a completely illegal if fantastic act that involved complex preparation and shook up New York City's police department. (He had to cross back and forth several times to avoid the cops.) Petit had already achieved artistic notoriety for his feats at famous sites like Notre Dame in Paris, but to traverse the air space between what were then the world's two tallest buildings? It's not only his unbeatable skill, though, that makes Petit an ideal subject for a doc: He is a ball of fire, a fascinating egomaniac who engages you completely with his energy and confidence. Petit has written several books, including To Reach the Clouds, which recounts the feat in downtown Manhattan. [ read more in People ] [ 0 comments ] [ filed under Documentary, Interviews, Lead Story ] iW NEWS | Fortissimo Gets "Native Dancer"
Fortissimo Films has announced a deal for Guka Omarova's "Native Dancer." Written "Mongol" director Sergei Bordov, the film is the story of a spiritual healer from Kazakhstan. Set for a fall festival debut, the movie was co-produced and financed by The CTB Film Company, The National Studio "Kazakhfilm", Kinofabrika GmbH and Les Petites Lumieres. The deal was brokered between Fortissimo Co-Chairmen Wouter Barendrecht and Michael J. Werner and producers Sergey Selyanovfrom CTBwith Natacha Devillers from Les Petites Lumieres. [permalink] [ filed under Acquisitions, World Cinema ] HR | Cinetic Launching Finishing Fund
Cinetic Media is launching a multimillion-dollar film finishing fund, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The trade paper reported that the fund, for projects in various states of completion, is backed by Aver Media. [permalink] [ filed under Biz ] WRAP-UP | indieWIRE Acquired by Snag Films
Last Thursday, we announced that indieWIRE has been acquired by Ted Leonsis' new startup, SnagFilms. In addition to the press release, we published a letter to our readers with additional background. Variety reported on the deal with a comprehensive story. Links to additional coverage follows: Hollywood Reporter | Filmmaker Magazine | PaidContent | All These Wonderful Things | Thompson on Hollywood | The Circuit | Cinematical | IDA | Spout | Digital Media Wire | GMD Studios | Google Blog Search [permalink] [ filed under ] CALL FOR ENTRIES - 12th ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL(R) Get visibility in Hollywood's backyard. SUBMIT TODAY! Last year's Hollywood Festival generated over 300,000,000 media impressions in a mix of broadcast and cable/network television, Internet, and print, valued at $25,000,000. Be discovered. SUBMIT TODAY - http://www.hollywoodfestival.com Visit our http://www.HOLLYWOODNEWS.COM for entertainment news
iW NEWS | Weekend Estimates: "Transsiberian" Leads
Brad Anderson's "Transsiberian" led the specialty-focused iW BOT over the weekend, according to indieWIRE Box Office Tracking (iW BOT) estimates from Rentrak this afternoon. While "The Dark Knight" was breaking every record imaginable, opening to $155.3 million, First Look's "Transsiberian" managed to take in an impressive $35,216 from 2 screens in its first weekend, averaging $17,608. Just behind it was the third weekend of Guillaume Canet's "Tell No One," which continues to hold up very nicely. The Music Box Films release averaged $7,440 from 55 locations, taking in $409,181 and moving its total to $1,065,284. Jonathan Levine's "The Wackness" averaged $4,435 from 34 houses in its third weekend, a decent number but another big drop for the Sony Pictures Classics release. The other notable opener was Julian Schnabel's "Lou Reed's Berlin," which grossed $7,650 on 2 screens for Third Rail Releasing, for a $3,825 average. indieWIRE will publish its weekly box office column Monday night and final weekend numbers for specialty and limited release films on Tuesday. Get the latest in the indieWIRE Box Office section. [Peter Knegt] [permalink] [ filed under Biz ] HR | Harvey and Bob hone their act
Among the highlights of Gregg Goldstein's Hollywood Reporter profile of Harvey and Bob Weinstein is the characterization of their new Third Rail label, apparently The Weinstein Company's division for lower profile releases. "We should have had Third Rail two years ago," Harvey Weinstein told HR, "because it's a good way of differentiating between what we really believe in, and what has been for ancillary value." In the article, the Weinstein brothers also reflect on the state of the business, talk about their new deal with Showtime and the executive shuffle at the company. [permalink] [ filed under Biz ] ADVERTISE with indieWIRE! * indieWIRE: Daily Sponsorship (Over 35,000 subscribers!) Reach our specific readership of industry and filmmakers with an indieWIRE: Daily sponsorship. You can receive the top position text ad as well as a special masthead mention in indieWIRE: Daily. The text ad also runs on indieWIRE.com's front page. Download our RATE CARD http://www.indiewire.com/advertise/indieWIRE_RateSheet.pdf For more information and to book, contact: James Israel at james AT indiewire.com
 REVIEW | Disconnect Four: Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass's "Baghead"
[An indieWIRE review from Reverse Shot.] A refreshingly high-concept low-budget outing, the Duplass Brothers' "Baghead" is an immensely likeable and surprisingly well-executed genre hybrid. The difficulty one finds in trying to categorize it is part of its charm, and this is not just whether one sees it as horror, comedy, or relationship roundelay but also how one defines and compartmentalizes its aesthetic: "Baghead"'s makers and at least one of its stars may have crawled out from under the "mumble"-corps, but its adherence to a somewhat conventional narrative framework successfully contorts and expands the boundaries of what that short-lived almost-collective of filmmakers were after. And furthermore, and of greater significance, it smartly proves that it only takes the slightest, smartest tweaks to temporarily revitalize an entire genre. [ read more in Movies ] [ 0 comments ] [ filed under Lead Story, Reviews ] * Advertise with indieWIRE Reach our specific readership of industry and filmmakers with an indieWIRE web ad (via blogads.com). These eye-catching 150x200 ads run in the right hand column of indieWIRE. STANDARD AD For more information and to book, contact: James Israel at james AT indiewire.com | |
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