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THINKFilm Not Releasing Momma’s Man

June 26, 2008 – 6:45 pm

Anthony Kaufman brings news that THINKFilm has given up distribution rights on Azazel Jacobs’ Momma’s Man to Kino International. THINK announced their acquisition of the film in early March, about six weeks after the film was unveiled at Sundance. Just last week, THINK’s Mark Urman told Kaufmann that they planned on going through with the [...]

CineVegas Lineup

May 7, 2008 – 1:05 pm

Abel Ferrara and Sonic Youth, together at last in Las Vegas.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in CineVegas 2008, Film festivals | Comments (0)

Azazel Jacobs’ GoodTimesKid in BRKLN

April 18, 2008 – 11:10 am

Exciting times! Azazel Jacobs’ Momma’s Man has spread through the festival circuit like a deadpan, unexpectedly emotionally resonant virus (see our interview and review from Sundance) on its way to eventual theatrical release via ThinkFilm. Now, Jacobs’ previous film, The GoodTimesKid, is screening in Brooklyn for free on Monday night, as part of the Brooklyn [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Indies | Comments (3)

New Directors/New Films Starts Wednesday

March 25, 2008 – 10:00 am

New Directors/New Films, The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s annual Spring retrospective of hits, overlooked gems and conversation starters from the recent festival circuit, opens tomorrow night with Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Frozen River. I won’t be covering the series extensively this year, partially because I was in Austin when the press screenings started [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film festivals, Foreign Films, Indies | Comments (0)

Momma’s Day: Trade Roughage 03/05/08

March 5, 2008 – 8:54 am

Azazel Jacobs’ Sundance hit gets distribution, Joan Cusack enters the improbable mom role zone, and Time Warner’s math is bad.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film marketing and distribution, Hollywood, Indies | Comments (1)

BlogNosh 02/12/08

February 12, 2008 – 5:27 pm

Watch silent films, watch sci fi nerds talk about their sex lives. So many Valentine’s Day options…

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

Sundance 2008: Momma’s Man

January 24, 2008 – 5:12 pm

When a filmmaker casts his own parents as parents in a film, which he shoots in his childhood home, about an adult and his relationship to his parents upon returning to his childhood home, you’d expect (or maybe fear) that the result would be meta-personal to the point of solipsism. But what’s really surprising [...]

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