| I only got to see 5.25 movies at Sundance this year:- "The Deal"- "The Wackness"- "Man on Wire"- "American Teen" (.25 of it)- "Mysteries of Pittsburgh"- "Towelhead"Hollywood farce "The Deal" was too... | |
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| This afternoon's panel at the New Frontier was a heap of fun. I especially enjoyed the interplay between Maria Maggenti, a writer/director in the true indie mode (her last movie, 'Puccini for... | |
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| I arrived in Park City yesterday afternoon, and I've been trying to pack in as many conversations and meals with people as possible, since my stay at Sundance this year is much too short.The theme... | |
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| I did some post-MacWorld analysis for Variety, focusing mostly on the addition of movie rentals to iTunes. (Diane Garrett also wrote this piece a few days later.)The big things that could hamstring... | |
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| Three of the most thoughtful and high-energy DIY filmmakers around -- Lance Weiler, M dot Strange, and Arin Crumley -- have launched a new kind of online festival.Called 'From Here to Awesome,'... | |
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| Almost a year ago, I wrote about IndieGoGo in Variety, as part of a new wave of efforts to use the Internet for film financing. (Back then, the site was still mostly a concept, and it was called... | |
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| A few days before Apple is expected to announce some enhancements to the movie department of iTunes, Netflix is getting rid of the limits on its movie streaming service, Watch Now, for all but its... | |
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| The LA Times takes another look at Writer's Guild members starting new ventures to take control of their own destinies. From Joseph Menn's story:At least three start-ups, each with a different... | |
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| Here's the official schedule of the panels being held at Sundance later this month. I'm making a very quick trip, but panels on New Filmmaking Technology, Hollywood Adapting to the Web, and Digital... | |
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| Here's the collection of stories that Variety staffers wrote from the Consumer Electronics Show this week, updating you on Blu-ray, Google, NBC, and the FCC. | |
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