The distributor goes to Cannes to sell, not buy, as whispers at home mount that filmmakers aren’t getting paid.
February 19, 2008 – 12:00 pm
At his new Salon blog, Andrew O’Hehir asks:
Are the Indiewood movies gradually sucking money and life out of the genuine independents, meaning smaller distributors without a big studio’s marketing muscle behind them?
Answer: Yes.
Glad we could sort that out.
January 29, 2008 – 11:00 am
Benten Films‘ second superbly-packaged DVD set (they previously released Joe Swanberg’s LOL) hits stores today. The set includes two films directed by Aaron Katz: Dance Party, USA, a kind of correction to Larry Clark’s KIDS, set in Portland and starring exquisitely natural local teens; and the Independent Spirit Award-nominated Quiet City, which I previously [...]
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 12, 2007 – 4:27 pm
A no-fi feature opening tomorrow in New York manages to restore the city’s lost reputation as a playground for the depraved.
December 3, 2007 – 7:53 am
The strike look set to carry on indefinitely. Plus: a big weekend at the indie box office.
August 17, 2007 – 11:08 am
The Media Diet is a semi-regular feature on SpoutBlog where we ask indie film movers and shakers a bunch of stupid questions about their pop cultural preferences. This week: Andrew Grant and Aaron Hillis, film critics and driving forces behind the new indie DVD distribution label, Benten Films. I swear, I didn’t go fishing for the XANADU reference.
As a protest over filming in New York hits its peak, it seems like some of the protesters are losing sight of the cause.
