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Baghead to Open in Austin

June 3, 2008 – 10:15 am

The New York Times covers a studio’s effort to deemphasize the importance of the New York Times.

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

Valkyrie: It is fine. EVERYTHING IS FINE.

April 23, 2008 – 10:30 am

An attempt to salvage the reputation of that movie where Tom Cruise wears an eye patch, which isn’t finished and won’t even be released for another nine months, seems like a protest too much.

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

Iron Man Marketing. Or, Burger King as Locus of Rebirth.

April 21, 2008 – 11:56 am

Burger King saves lives! And also helps promote movies!

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

Moving Image Institute Day One: The Divide

April 12, 2008 – 1:00 am

The first guest speaker on the first morning of the Moving Image Institute in Film Criticism and Feature Writing, New York Times critic A.O. Scott made a comment about the problematic nature of Iraq films that seemed to me to serve as a wider metaphor for the current crisis facing those of us struggling for [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (16)

FROWNLAND: “Uncompromising and fierce”

March 7, 2008 – 10:29 am

The worm turns and squirms in Frownland, an aptly named film made on the cheap in and around New York. An up-close, painfully intimate portrait of a hapless, manipulative schlub, a Loser with a capital L, the film offers for our horror and our empathy a creature whose very existence is a rebuke to the [...]

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

Who will be our guide?

March 19, 2007 – 3:35 pm

Downloading movies is a slow process that most people don’t have time to bother with, but it won’t always be that way. What will we do when even more movies compete for our attention?

By Kristin | Posted in Culture/art, Film marketing and distribution, Film watching, Spout.com | Comments (0)

Undiscovered Gems back in the light

February 21, 2007 – 12:10 pm

There’s much to love about indieWIRE’s film series and some of the unexpected cities it’s visiting, starting this week and next.

By Kristin | Posted in Film marketing and distribution | Comments (0)

Film School in a Box

February 12, 2007 – 10:45 pm

To get a degree or to get a how-to DVD. That is the question.

By Kristin | Posted in Filmmaking | Comments (0)