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My Two Favorite Films at Sundance

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...

Started in CinemaTech • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: sundance, james marsh, alan ball, man on wire, phillipe petit
Sundance Panel on Digital Opportunities for Creatives

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...

Started in CinemaTech • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: sundance, jibjab, marketing, paramount, digital distribution
Thinking about pigeons and cardinals, at Sundance

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...

Started in CinemaTech • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: sundance, marketing, digital distribution
More color on last Tuesday's Apple news

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...

Started in CinemaTech • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: drm, thomas lesinski, set-top boxes, macworld, itunes
Launch time for 'From Here to Awesome,' a New Twist on the Film Festival

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,'...

Started in CinemaTech • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: m dot strange, arin crumley, film festivals, from here to awesome, lance weiler
IndieGoGo: A Social Network for Filmmakers Raising Money (and Their Backers)

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...

Started in CinemaTech • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: indiegogo, m dot strange, brett gaylor, slava rubin, indiemaverick
Netflix gives users unlimited movie viewing online

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...

Started in CinemaTech • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: digital distribution, netflix
WGA Members Start Drafting Own Destinies

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...

Started in CinemaTech • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: internet video, hollywood disrupted, ron bass, writers guild of america, virtual artists
Sundance's Tech-Related Panels for 2008

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...

Started in CinemaTech • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: sundance, panel discussions, digital distribution
Variety's CES Coverage

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.

Started in CinemaTech • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: consumer electronics show, variety