Can potential breakout titles like "Blue Valentine," "Hesher" and "The Extra Man" put the spirit back into the disheartened indie film biz? The Sundance Film Festival, which opens Thursday, might be just the place to find out.
"Buyers seem geared up, like a cloud has lifted and they're not being watched as much (as last year)," new fest director John Cooper said.
It certainly hasn't hurt that 2009 was a pretty good year for indie films at the boxoffice, with "Precious," "Paranormal Activity" and "An Education" sparking critics and audiences alike. And newer players, such as Oscilloscope with "The Messenger" and Summit with "The Hurt Locker," have handled recent acquisitions with skill.
"Independent film may not be a studio business anymore," Goldwyn vp acquisitions Peter Goldwyn said, "but rumors of our death have been greatly exaggerated."
Sellers expect Overture, IFC, Magnolia, Sony Classics, Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions to factor into negotiations this go-round,...
"Buyers seem geared up, like a cloud has lifted and they're not being watched as much (as last year)," new fest director John Cooper said.
It certainly hasn't hurt that 2009 was a pretty good year for indie films at the boxoffice, with "Precious," "Paranormal Activity" and "An Education" sparking critics and audiences alike. And newer players, such as Oscilloscope with "The Messenger" and Summit with "The Hurt Locker," have handled recent acquisitions with skill.
"Independent film may not be a studio business anymore," Goldwyn vp acquisitions Peter Goldwyn said, "but rumors of our death have been greatly exaggerated."
Sellers expect Overture, IFC, Magnolia, Sony Classics, Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions to factor into negotiations this go-round,...
- 1/19/2010
- by By Jay A. Fernandez and Gregg Goldstein
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Nothing like a role in Twilight to break you into show business. That's the case for Ashley Greene, who had spent most of her time in Hollywood as a hostess in an L.A. restaurant prior to her fame-making role as Alice Cullen. The Floridian native just finishing touring the country in support of New Moon and she'll start filming the horror film Apparition in Berlin in February. We chatted with Greene days before New Moon started breaking records. Are the reactions to Twilight the same all around the country? I was impressed in Chicago, actually. Chicago was really, really...
- 11/29/2009
- by Nicole Sperling
- EW.com - PopWatch
Director Troy Duffy does it again. Why?
Sean Patrick Flanery, Billy Connolly, Norman Reedus and Clifton Collins Jr. in "The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day"
Photo: Apparition
Having been unable to sit through the 1999 "Boondock Saints" in its wretched entirety, I've been surprised to watch it become a massive "cult hit" on DVD. Blockbuster-stoked fan enthusiasm has propelled it into the top 20 of all catalog titles currently on sale, and to number 12 in Blu-ray unit sales. So shut my mouth.
Now comes director Troy Duffy's flatulent sequel, "The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day." Ten years in the contemplation! It doesn't feel quite that long to sit through in its wretched entirety (which I did this time), but I still can't imagine any but the most easily entertained being willing to do so.
The new movie opens where the last one left off, more or less. Twin brothers...
Sean Patrick Flanery, Billy Connolly, Norman Reedus and Clifton Collins Jr. in "The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day"
Photo: Apparition
Having been unable to sit through the 1999 "Boondock Saints" in its wretched entirety, I've been surprised to watch it become a massive "cult hit" on DVD. Blockbuster-stoked fan enthusiasm has propelled it into the top 20 of all catalog titles currently on sale, and to number 12 in Blu-ray unit sales. So shut my mouth.
Now comes director Troy Duffy's flatulent sequel, "The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day." Ten years in the contemplation! It doesn't feel quite that long to sit through in its wretched entirety (which I did this time), but I still can't imagine any but the most easily entertained being willing to do so.
The new movie opens where the last one left off, more or less. Twin brothers...
- 10/30/2009
- MTV Movie News
As writer-director Troy Duffy recalls it, the cast and crew of The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day were more than a tad nervous when they began work on their Boston-set, vigilante-action sequel. “Everybody was terrified to be the guy that screwed it up,” he says of the Toronto shoot for his movie, which is released October 30. “They knew the fans would find out where they lived and burn their f—-ing house to the ground." If you've never heard of Troy Duffy or his films you’re not alone. The Boondock Saints, a violent slice of Tarantino-esque Irishsploitation, was...
- 10/22/2009
- by Clark Collis
- EW.com - PopWatch
The Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 10-19 this year and on hand will be a ton of films vying for distribution or hoping to get some early word of mouth to ensure their fall and winter releases satisfy the box-office expectations or guide the way to an Oscar nomination. As a result, we here at RopeofSilicon have received 73 new images from 18 of the films that will be screening at this year's festival and these films include the likes of everything from Niki Caro's The Vintner's Luck to Grant Heslov's The Men Who Stare at Goats, two Werner Herzog pictures in The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Calls New Orleans and My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, as well as something for horror fans with new looks at Jennifer's Body as well as a gallery for [Rec] 2. Along with each preview over the following four pages...
- 8/18/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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