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Storming the Gates. BlogNosh 07/01/08

July 1, 2008 – 5:45 pm

“If this is confusing, let’s make the comparison to the airlines — the cost of travel is up and the cost of providing travel is way up. So the business is down. Only the best routes work. And only the best films work. Economics explains it all.” In a post on the IndiePix blog, Bob [...]

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

Netflix + Apple: It’s Not Just DRM Anymore

January 14, 2008 – 11:30 am

Last week, Netflix claimed Apple’s DRM was the only thing keeping them from allowing their streaming service to work on Mac.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Technology & Web | Comments (4)

SpoutBlog Week in Review

January 11, 2008 – 4:00 pm

In this edition: CLOVERFIELD, David Lynch, The Fall of the Golden Globes, several blatant attempts to cash in on interest in the election, and much more.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Week in Review | Comments (0)

The Netflix-Mac Disconnect: Probably Apple’s Fault

January 10, 2008 – 3:00 pm

If you, like me, are both a Mac user and a Netflix user, then the fact that the latter’s Watch Instantly movie streaming service is incompatible with the former’s devices is probably one of the banes of your existence (unless you have a life beyond movies, and your computer, and watching movies on your computer. [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film watching, Technology & Web | Comments (15)

Trade Roughage 01/03/08

January 3, 2008 – 8:26 am

Tyler Perry in space! Plus, the Golden Globes may or may not go on, and Netflix ends three years of set-top posturing with an anti-climax.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Awards, Film festivals, Technology & Web | Comments (1)

Netflix Picks Up Schwarzeneggar Doc

November 1, 2007 – 7:24 am

As if to teach me a lesson for questioning their commitment to the distribution of indie film, Netflix’s Red Envelope Entertainment inked a deal this week to distribute Running with Arnold, a documentary on Arnold Schwarzeneggar’s rise from Mr. Universe (yes, seriously) to governor of California. The film premiered at SXSW, and recently won a [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Documentary, Film marketing and distribution | Comments (0)

SpoutBlog Week in Review

October 26, 2007 – 1:29 pm

From NudeGate to adultery to a single woman in Baghdad, from John Kerry to Tyler Perry, here’s a look at the week that was at Spout.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Week in Review | Comments (0)

Is Netflix Committed To Indie Distribution?

October 23, 2007 – 10:07 am

Inc.com [via Hacking Netflix] recently asked five entrepreneurs what they would suggest to help Netflix win their on-going battle against Blockbuster once and for all. Let’s ignore, for a minute, the fact that it seems really weird to ask a handful of confirmed capitalists what they would do to help a single corporation to secure [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in DVDs, Indies, Technology & Web | Comments (2)

Dana Carvey Shills For Netflix

October 16, 2007 – 8:05 am

Dana Carvey has started doing a web show for Netflix. Down in Front With Dana Carvey streams live at Netflix.com/NetflixNowPlaying on Friday and Saturday nights only, but one episode has made it to YouTube (embedded above). It’s kind of a marketing thing (each episode is built around a film available via Netflix’s Now Playing streaming [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Technology & Web | Comments (1)

The Future of GreenCine

September 18, 2007 – 8:46 am

I had heard about the sale of GreenCine a few weeks ago, but Scott Kirsner has a few new details on the future of the Netflix alternative/homebase of David Hudson’s much-beloved film blog. The gist: the new owners also operate Wanted List, which an employee cited by Kirsner describes as “the Netflix of porn.” But [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Community | Comments (2)