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Sunshine Swept: Trade Roughage 02/27/08

February 27, 2008 – 8:57 am

Is it too “gory,” or did the filmmakers want too much money? This Variety story offers both as potential reasons for why the Amy Adams/Emily Blunt Sundance comedy Sunshine Cleaning, which was pegged before and during the festival as an almost sure-thing candidate for a sale, is only now closing a distribution deal with Overture [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Awards, Film festivals, Film marketing and distribution, Sundance 2008 | Comments (0)

Oscar Finger-Pointing: Trade Roughage 02/26/08

February 26, 2008 – 8:45 am

Rick Kissell says we shouldn’t be surprised that Sunday night’s Oscar telecast earned its lowest ratings, um, ever: “A batch of films with mostly grim themes, combined with an awards season that lacked any real momentum thanks to the writers strike, contributed to this year’s alarming 20% falloff.” The people, they just want to laugh! [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Awards, Documentary, Hollywood | Comments (0)

Ways to Boost the Oscar Ratings

February 25, 2008 – 4:55 pm

Nobody watched the Oscars, and those who did were bored. What can the Academy do to make the 2009 show better?

By Christopher Campbell | Posted in Awards, Hollywood | Comments (36)

Oscar Clips on YouTube? That Would Be Too Easy.

February 25, 2008 – 3:34 pm

Watch last night’s greatest moments on YouTube! In five years!

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Awards, Hollywood | Comments (0)

The JUNO Press Cycle is Complete

February 25, 2008 – 1:15 pm

…finally.

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

Michael Moore’s Documentary “Rescue Action”

February 25, 2008 – 10:30 am

Michael Moore wants to “save” the documentary industry, but his proposed plan would seem to marginalize non-fiction film even further.

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

Oscar’sTrade Roughage 02/25/08

February 25, 2008 – 9:08 am

All news is Oscars news this morning, I’m afraid. I sorted through the sour milkshakes of Variety and The Hollywood Reporter’s packages so you wouldn’t have to.

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

The Oscars, Live-Twittered

February 24, 2008 – 12:49 pm

Starting around 7:30 PM EST tonight, Karina will be live-Twittering from Spout and The Reeler’s Oscar party in NYC. You can follow Karina on Twitter to get her posts sent directly to your cell phone or instant messenger or, better yet, keep refreshing this page for the latest updates. You can also talk back to [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Awards, Spout.com | Comments (5)

SpoutBlog Week in Review

February 22, 2008 – 6:00 pm

From fake Diablo Cody to a very, um, not fake Lindsay Lohan; from Gondry to Godard to SXSW and the Oscars. This is what we did all week long.

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

BlogNosh 2/22/08

February 22, 2008 – 4:00 pm

Predictions! Live blogging! Racism! All this, in an all-Oscar edition of our film blog round-up.

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