SXSW '10 Winners: "Tiny Furniture" & "Marwencol" Tops
March 16, 2010 11:00 PM
As the film conference portion of the SXSW Film Festival came to a close today in Austin, TX, organizers announced the winners of 2010 festival tonight. Organizers unveiled the full list of winners tonight, even as the award ceremony...
SXSW '10: The Winners (in progress)
March 16, 2010 09:15 PM
As the film conference portion of the SXSW Film Festival came to a close today in Austin, TX, organizers announced the winners of 2010 festival tonight. Jurors for the 2010 SXSW Film Festival included an array of film industry...
"MacGruber" Hits SXSW With Raunchy Press Conference
March 16, 2010 05:45 PM
"This moderating is exceeding my wildest expectations," "Saturday Night Live" feature film spin-off "MacGruber" writer-director Jorma Taccone said in the middle of a panel at the SXSW Film Festival today. The comment came after moderator (and Lonely Island performer)...
REVIEW | Fierce Iconoclasm: Cameron Yates's "The Canal Street Madam"
March 16, 2010 04:15 PM
Jeanette Maier, the firecracker featured in Cameron Yates's "The Canal Street Madam," is a natural screen presence: The once-powerful overseer of a popular New Orleans brothel, she exudes old fashioned charm while maintaining a seductive aura and a filthy...
IndieGoGo Teams With Distribber To Offer Full Range of Tools For Digital Filmmakers
March 16, 2010 04:00 PM
Indie GoGo, a fundraising platform, has announced its acquisition of Distribber, a digital distribution service. The acquisition essentially enables IndieGoGo to offer clients a full range of tools for project execution - from funding to distribution. "Since 2008, IndieGoGo...
NYC Art House Unveils DIY Initiative
March 16, 2010 02:15 PM
Filmmakers taking the DIY approach to distribution, particularly those hoping to launch a movie with a theatrical run, have a new ally in New York City. The program, with promotional benefits, gives filmmakers a run in the city for...
NYC's Quad Cinema Opens DIY Theatrical Release Initiative
March 16, 2010 02:00 PM
Filmmakers taking the DIY approach to distribution, particularly those hoping to launch a movie with a theatrical run, have a new ally in New York City. Leading Manhattan art house, the Quad Cinema, has developed a new division called...
Magnet Gets "Monsters"
March 16, 2010 12:00 PM
Over the weekend, Magnolia Pictures' genre film division Magnet Releasing acquired Gareth Edward's "Monsters." Magnolia's SVP Tom Quinn closed the deal with Protagonist Pictures' CEO Ben Roberts just hours after its debut here at the South by Southwest Film...
REVIEW | Blossoming "Furniture": Lena Dunham Entertaining Self-Portrait
March 16, 2010 11:15 AM
On a purely creative level, a movie generally should be absorbed without foreknowledge of its back story, but Lena Dunham's "Tiny Furniture" is defined by it. Dunham's lightly entertaining self-portrait, in which the director plays a version of herself...
SXSW '10 | Rebecca Richman Cohen Justifies Her Law School Tuition with "War Don Don"
March 15, 2010 09:00 PM
Rebecca Richman Cohen went from law school to behind the camera after finding the story that she needed to tell. "In the heart of Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, United Nations soldiers guard a heavily fortified building known...
"Passenger Pigeons" Director Martha Stephens: "I put every piece of myself into it"
March 15, 2010 05:00 PM
Set among the coalfields of Eastern Kentucky, Martha Stephens' "Passenger Pigeons" is a story about dealing with loss and an ambiguous future in the dark hills of Appalachia. The film quietly interweaves four separate story lines over the course...
Acting 101: Ten Tips From Jeffrey Tambor's SXSW Workshop
March 15, 2010 04:45 PM
"You should be president," someone in the audience said at the end of Jeffrey Tambor's acting workshop in Austin, Texas yesterday. "I have never felt so inspired... And I don't even work in the film industry." While presidency may...
SXSWdaily | "Cold Weather," "Saturday Night," and "Red White & Blue" Bring Weekend Buzz
March 15, 2010 02:45 PM
The sunny weather and clear skies persist here in Austin, where audiences are reveling in epic genres, small indies, auteur favorites, and more in the fest's seventeenth year. Three days into SXSW and our own Anne Thompson has called...
Lorber To Release Classic "Diary"
March 15, 2010 02:00 PM
Lorber Films has announced the acquisition of all U.S. rights to Jim McBride's classic 1967 film "David Holzman's Diary." The film blends fiction and reality, spoofing the art of documentary by telling the story of a young man making...
REVIEW | Franco Manages Compelling Portrait In "Saturday Night"
March 15, 2010 01:30 PM
"Saturday Night," James Franco's fascinating verite portrait of a week in the life of the cast and crew of "Saturday Night Live," pulls back many curtains at once. Given exclusive access to the frenzy of pitch sessions, rehearsals and...
SXSW '10: Snapshots From A Weekend for New Movies in Austin
March 15, 2010 11:45 AM
Michel Gondry's "The Thorn in the Heart," Aaron Katz's "Cold Weather" and Chris D'Arienzo's "Barry Munday" were among the higher profile screenings Saturday night in Austin at the SXSW Film Festival. Despite a warm sunny day with virtually every...
Tribeca Rounds Out Fest Roster
March 15, 2010 11:15 AM
The Tribeca Film Festival, set for April 21 - May 2 in New York City, is unveiling its Encounters, Discovery, Cinemania and Spotlight section lineups today. The full rosters are listed below. As previously announced, the 2010 roster includes...
Box Office: "Mother," "Girl" Lead Debuts; "Ghost Writer" Continues Success
March 14, 2010 07:30 PM
While the wide-release box office saw the continued reign of "Alice in Wonderland" and the suggestion that Robert Pattinson can't sell a non-"Twilight" film ("Remember Me" debuted to only $8.2 million), the specialty set saw a couple films find...
Box Office: "Mother," "Girl" Lead Debuts; Oscar Fave "Locker" Adds
March 14, 2010 02:45 PM
While the wide-release box office saw the continued reign of "Alice in Wonderland" and the suggestion that Robert Pattinson can't sell a non-"Twilight" film ("Remember Me" debuted to only $8.2 million), the specialty set saw a couple films find...
Taming the Man-Child: "Barry Munday"
March 14, 2010 01:00 PM
The story of an aging man-child has been told and retold so many times that it has evolved into a kind of narrative ritual. Witness the phenomena of Seth Rogen and his ilk, a brand exclusively defined for their...
