Political Ticker (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... Mary Landrieu, Jon Tester, Max Baucus, Ben Nelson, Kent Conrad, Byron Dorgan, Jim Webb and Mark Warner, Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman and Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe.
Time (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Independent film companies are folding, movie financiers are skittish and the end market for new films is down, down, down
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
In the 2007 awards season, Fox Searchlight had two strong films in the mix with Juno and The Savages , and then in 2008, they dominated with Slumdog Millionaire and The Wrestler . As many other indie arms were folding (Paramount Vantage, Warner Independent, Picturehouse), Searchlight managed to keep things up on their end. 2009, however, hasn't been so kind to them. January's Notorious...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
More Articles:Most Viewed:(2986 views)(2039 views)(1891 views)(1562 views)(1204 views)(1110 views)Whether you're studying the Oscar race or box office results or simply scanning headlines, one question keeps reasserting itself: What ever happened to "indie" cinema?With the departure of Daniel Battsek, Miramax has now gone the way of Vantage and Warner Independent. Fox Searchlight is having...
Isak (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
... His screen adaptation of Shirley Hazzard’s novel, The Transit of Venus, was optioned by Warner Independent Pictures. He worked for many years in film development, running New York offices for Jersey Films and Fox 2000. He is presently completing his second novel. About the Novel: Matthew Specktor's That Summertime Sound isn't so much a book as it is a door, hinged in memory, and swinging...
Company Town (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
... Weinsteins, and Sacker used to head business affairs there. Gill went on to become president of Warner Independent Pictures. -- Joe Flint
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
... "Slumdog Millionaire") came from the specialty sector. But as arthouse divisions have disappeared (Warner Independent) or been downsized (Miramax), a gap has opened up this award season. Could this be the year Oscar and Indiewood break up? Without the powerhouse divisions pushing their prestige projects with a barrage of ads, this year's playing field is more open than ever. Sure,...
