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LAFF: Karaoke

June 27, 2008 – 3:18 pm

I’ve had a bit of bad luck with the screenings over the past few days, so when it comes to movies I have very little new to report. But the film festival karaoke train rolls along, as evidenced by these pics. This time around, it went down in a private room in a place in [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film festivals, LAFF 2008 | Comments (2)

Hollywood Babylon & Bespoke Nerdery. BlogNosh 06/10/08

June 10, 2008 – 6:08 pm

Chris Holland of B-Side weighs in on that whole Jonathan Marlowe-sparked State of Distribution to-do. There are a lot of fine takeaways here, but here’s an especially good one: “Gear up the marketing machine and pack those [festival] screenings, because the more people who see your film now, the more people who will buy it [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Community, Indies | Comments (0)

Woodstock Honors Marvin, Lyons

June 9, 2008 – 11:22 am

The Woodstock Film Festival announced late last week that two of their Maverick Awards will be renamed to honor two late local residents. James Lyon, who died in 2007 after having cut The Virgin Suicides and three Todd Haynes films and starring in Poison and I Shot Andy Warhol, will lend his name to the [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film festivals | Comments (0)

The Future is Debatable. BlogNosh 05/29/08

May 29, 2008 – 5:01 pm

Earlier this week, Jonathan Marlow published a rant on GreenCine Daily, titled They didn’t build their sales model for you. Much of the piece is given over to a description of the dire state of distribution affairs for truly independent filmmakers. Marlow, who acquires films for GreenCine’s DVD-by-mail main site, essentially argues that filmmakers should [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Community | Comments (1)

Superheroes and Celebrity Resurrection: SpoutBlog Week in Review

May 9, 2008 – 6:00 pm

Contrary to the connotations of that headline, we did talk about something other than Robert Downey Jr this week.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (1)

The Simpsons Go To Sundance. Clip of the Day.

May 5, 2008 – 4:45 pm

I haven’t watched The Simpsons regularly in years, but I got a couple of text messages alerting me that last night’s episode, which follows Lisa (whose talent President Skinner assesses equates to “as if Ingmar Bergman and Penny Marshall had a baby), as she makes a documentary called Capturing the Simpsons, and then takes the [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Clip of the Day, Film festivals, Humor, animation | Comments (3)

Tribeca’s Itch: Trade Roughage 04/21/08

April 21, 2008 – 9:00 am

Plus: exciting news for those looking to get judged by Werner Herzog.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film festivals, Hollywood, Tribeca 2008 | Comments (1)

The Tribeca Embargo Thing.

March 28, 2008 – 5:13 pm

Eugene Hernandez at indieWIRE is asking “filmmakers, critics, publicists and other festival organizers” to weigh in on a new rule instituted by the Tribeca Film Festival press office. Here’s the text, as it appears on the Festival’s credential application:
“Embargo” regulation for world premieres
Reviews of films that celebrate their world premiere at the Festival may [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film festivals, Tribeca 2008 | Comments (1)