As Variety commends audiences for their, um, smarts (oh, puns), the Weinsteins make an intelligent move of their own.
The new alternative documentary awards launch tonight at the IFC Center. I’ll be there, reporting back in 140-character segments.
February 6, 2008 – 8:59 am
Vanity Fair has canceled their annual post-Oscars party, as a show of solidarity for the striking writers, and also presumably because there may not be a “real” Oscars to throw a party after.
That said: the WGA is planning a “bicoastal powwow” for Saturday in order to present a tentative contract plan to their members, and [...]
January 20, 2008 – 10:31 pm
At a reception here in Park City on Sunday afternoon, filmmakers AJ Schnack and Margaret Brown were joined by Indiepix’s Danielle DiGiacomo and the Toronto Film Festival’s Thom Powers to announce the nominees for a new batch of awards honoring excellence in non-fiction filmmaking: the Cinema Eyes. Schnack, who previously announced the formation of the [...]
January 14, 2008 – 8:27 am
The Fall of the Globes seems to had far more of an impact on the Billy Bushes of the world than any of the night’s winners.
January 11, 2008 – 5:08 pm
Late-breaking WTF from the Hollywood Foreign Press.
January 11, 2008 – 8:34 am
The Writers Guild of America have called off their annual awards show, ostensibly because they’d rather not lavish free praise and attention on studio product whilst in the middle of an agonizing labor war with the studios. They still plan to announce the winners in their three categories on February 9.
The Weinsteins have finally hammered [...]
January 3, 2008 – 11:00 am
JUNO is a studio film. Why are people so upset to hear the awful truth?
December 31, 2007 – 12:00 pm
Searchlight is selling a mainstream film as an indie with “surprise” mainstream appeal. The only real surprise is that we’re letting them get away with it.
December 17, 2007 – 8:12 am
The children of America overwhelming choose excrement-eating rodents over atheism. At what point are we going to start seeing the impact of that decision in the culture at large?
