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SAG Out of Luck. Trade Roughage 07/09/08

Plus: Tartan films find a home, and Harvey tries to find Quentin a sugar daddy.

Smart All Around. Trade Roughage 06/23/08

As Variety commends audiences for their, um, smarts (oh, puns), the Weinsteins make an intelligent move of their own.

Kevin Smith: MPAA Made Us Pull Porno

Who knew web-only content was subject to MPAA approval? Does the MPAA know how easy their archaic oversight laws are to circumvent?

Think Short On Cash: Trade Roughage 05/13/08

The Variety headline: “Production Resumes on [David O'Russell's] Nailed,” which had been shut down due to the production company’s failure to pay union fees last week. The real story: ThinkFilm, and its financial backers, Capitol Films, are having trouble paying the bills. Not only did Alex Gibney threaten a bankruptcy lawsuit after a promised bonus [...]

Movie Stars Love NY: Trade Roughage 04/10/08

A bunch of actors (including Natalie Portman, Ethan Hawke, Hayden Christensen, and Olivia Thirlby, aka The Other Broad From Juno) will direct segments of the omnibus feature, New York, I Love You.
As part of a gambit to make the kids aware of The Love Guru, his first movie in roughly forty years, Mike Myers will [...]

Weinstein Exploits Lou Dobbs, Lazy Film Critics To Push MOON

 
I’m not totally convinced that this is not a joke, but the Huffington Post claims that the Weinstein Company is going to start running this TV ad for Under the Same Moon today. The immigration drama broke the record for the biggest opening for a Spanish-language film in the States last week, and essentially became [...]

Dubious Fanboy Victory: Trade Roughage 08/25/08

Hollywood is sad, and the producers of FANBOYS are mad. Also: Christine Vachon meets Fidel Castro.

My Blueberry Nights Bumped from Valentine’s Day

In the latest bit of uh-oh from the Weinstein Company, Wong Kar Wai’s latest has been shuffled further down the calendar.

Trade Roughage 01/11/08

The Writers Guild of America have called off their annual awards show, ostensibly because they’d rather not lavish free praise and attention on studio product whilst in the middle of an agonizing labor war with the studios. They still plan to announce the winners in their three categories on February 9.
The Weinsteins have finally hammered [...]

2007 and the Death of the Auteur

With one day left in the year, let’s make sure to beat that “Bergman and Antonioni were the last of the Great Film Auteurs” dead horse one last time.