December 2007
52 posts
“Happy New Year!”
– Me.
Dec 31st
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Dec 27th
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“The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.”
– Linus C. Pauling, American chemist and two-time Nobel Prize recipient via foundread
Dec 27th
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Nora Ephron, 'No Country for Old Men', my... →
Spoiler alert: don’t click if ya ain’t done seen the flick yet.
Dec 27th
“When I got my first television set, I stopped caring so much about having close...”
– Andy Warhol
Dec 26th
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Keep the 'This American Life' podcast free →
300,000 weekly subscribers.  $152,000 in internet bandwidth fees in 2007 for Chicago Public Radio, distributors of the ‘This American Life’ podcast.  Please consider making a small donation (50¢, $1, $5, $10) to help cover CPR’s distribution costs so Ira Glass can continue to make sweet, sweet storytelling love to our iPods.
Dec 26th
“Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.”
– John Lennon, who just single-handedly absolved me of all my slacker guilt
Dec 22nd
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AMC Announces Four New Series in Development →
Fort Smith - western series around the Civil War period about Isiah Parker and his posse who police the Five Points, a lawless region surrounded by five different Indian tribes. Uninvited Guest - about a man dealing with an uncontrollable multiple personality disorder. From Mandalay Entertainment. Untitled Alison Anders Western - this series is about Quanah Parker, leader of the Comanche...
Dec 21st
indieWIRE Critics' Poll '07 →
There Will Be Blood is quickly shaping up to be a Best Picture contender.  Definitely looking forward to seeing it when it opens next week.  Other personal faves on the list: Away From Her (please direct again soon, Sarah Polley!), The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and Zidane: a 21st Century Portrait.  Several IFC Entertainment films also made the list: 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days - #5 on the...
Dec 21st
“No word yet on whether the Lakota Indians’ secession will affect Hulk...”
– Canadians consider the impact of the Lakota Nation severing ties with the US government
Dec 21st
Sundance Adds "Hamlet 2" to Premieres Lineup →
Lisa adds ‘Hamlet 2’ to her already impossibly long list of films she’d like to see at Sundance.
Dec 20th
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Julien Temple’s rock doc about The Clash’s force-of-nature front man, Joe Strummer, which is currently in theaters and on IFC in Theaters on Demand. Trailer produced by me, edited by Johnny Bergmann.
Dec 20th
“It’s like trying to catch Crocodile Dundee in a bottle.”
– Paul “Yahoo” Scheer-ious
Dec 20th
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“I can still only play all six strings or none, which is why I called myself Joe...”
– John Graham Mellor
Dec 20th
2 SAG Award Nominations for 'Mad Men' →
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series (Jon Hamm) and Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series!
Dec 20th
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Adorable film opening today at the IFC Center and on demand via IFC in Theaters. The film is an offbeat romantic comedy starring Aaron Stanford and Zooey Deschanel. Trailer is produced by me, edited by Johnny Bergmann.
Dec 19th
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Why 2008 Will Be An Awesome Year For Movies →
Excited about: 21 (I’m a sucker for Vegas/gambling movies), Adventureland (from the director of Superbad), Burn After Reading (the Coen Brothers), Speed Racer (the Wachowski Brothers), Where the Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze!), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (Kevin Smith!) Not compelled: The Mummy, The Changeling (I’m meh about Eastwood as a director), Rambo, The Incredible Hulk (again?). ...
Dec 19th
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D'oh-tube! Internet Sensation Scores Big Simpsons... →
NY Observer article via the man himself
Dec 19th
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Jenowa Industries
Today I officially started my first business with my amazing business partner Zach Smith (business-starting veteran)!! It feels really awesome. Monster Hoodies galore and MORE coming SOON! Lookout world! — jendunlap My brilliantly creative friend Jen and her pal Iowa came up with the oh-so-awesome idea of Monster Hoodies, and are launching a business to bring their unique line of...
Dec 18th
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Simpsons Update from Noah
I just received a phone call from one of the writers of the Simpsons. He told me that the issue with Carly’s song/money was a mistake and they are doing what they can to correct it. Thank you to everyone who was concerned. — noahkalina
Dec 18th
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Then again, I’m not sure IFC understands women either.  wink wink smilie face. via jendunlap
Dec 17th
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“When watching a network devoted to your entire gender becomes a dirty secret,...”
– Rach, insightful tumblr and WE critic, commenting on this Slate article. Maybe the trick for these networks, mine included, is to figure out how to take programming from dirty secret to guilty pleasure?  On the other hand, maybe Rach just isn’t in these networks’ demo.  At 24,...
Dec 17th
AFI Awards 2007 - Honoring a Year of Excellence →
‘Mad Men’ is among the TV honorees.  Personal faves The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and Juno make the list of films.
Dec 17th
Dec 17th
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The Films I Want to See at Sundance
I’m going to Sundance again in January, and for the first time in 6 years, I’ve actually read through the entire slate of feature-length films before arriving in Park City and made a list of the films I’d like to see, which I then anal-retentively sorted into three categories: Dying to See, Really Want to See, and Would be Happy to See. Here’s the list, which besides the...
Dec 14th
Golden Globe Nominations for Rainbow Media
Two projects I’ve worked on this year received Golden Globe nominations today! I’m totally proud by association: Mad Men (AMC) Best Television Series - Drama Best Performance by an Actor in Television Series - Drama for Jon Hamm 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days (IFC Entertainment) Best Foreign Language Film The 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards will be presented on Sunday, January 13,...
Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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International Press Academy Satellite Awards &...
AMC Mad Men Special Achievement Award: Best Television Ensemble Nomination: Television Series - Drama IFC Entertainment An Unreasonable Man An IFC First Take release DVD Award: Documentary DVD You Kill Me An IFC Films release Nomination: Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days An IFC Films theatrical release/On Demand via IFC in Theaters; opening...
Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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“Has anyone ever noticed that as time goes by, Singles gets better and Reality...”
– Lindsay Robertson
Dec 11th
'No Country' Takes New York; Coen Brothers Win Big... →
Dec 11th
Dec 11th
LA Film Critics honor '4 Months 3 Weeks and 2... →
Upcoming release from IFC Entertainment wins best foreign language feature (beating out another fave, Julien Schnabel’s ‘The Diving Bell and the Butterfly’) and best supporting actor (Vlad Ivanov), as well as runner-up for best actress (Anamaria Marinca).  PTA’s ‘There Will Be Blood’ was the big winner, garnering awards for best picture, best director, best...
Dec 10th
IFC Boosts Anime, Acquires Three Series →
Witchblade, Speed Grapher, Hell Girl to join The Independent Film Channel’s Schedule with Staggered Premieres in 2008 
Dec 10th
Dec 10th
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“Lockhart makes you feel like you’re talking to Donald Trump, Mario Batali...”
– NY Post Magazine article on Curbed, Racked and Eater aptly describes my friend. via Fred Wilson
Dec 10th
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Dec 9th
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“Really, an album that someone worked on for two years — is that worth only $9,...”
– Doug Morris, CEO, Universal Music Group [via Chet] There are a few problems with the stated logic here. First of all, the amount of time someone works on an album (or any other product/piece of art) does not correlate to the quality of the work, nor the value of that work in the eyes of the...
Dec 8th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 7th
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MPAA: Content Filtering is in ISPs' Best Interests →
Nate Anderson: Calling “protection of content from theft” the MPAA’s number one issue, Glickman reiterated claims that piracy costs the studios $6 billion worldwide every year. Half the MPAA budget goes toward reducing this number, and the trade group believes that the single best way to do so is through technology.What the MPAA means to say is that content filtering is in their best interest....
Dec 6th
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Film scripts into TV pilots? - Variety →
Whatever material we can get so at least every show isn’t a reality show. — jgdillard I dunno.  Ostensibly, these scripts were passed on for a reason.  Now they’re good enough for TV?  I suppose if producing them gets people working again, that’s a good thing.  But you’d think the scripts would require some level of revision to suit the new format, and I doubt any...
Dec 6th
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Dec 6th
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Dec 6th
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Downloading Videos On The Rise Among Internet... →
“News and user-generated, non-professional content are the most often viewed genres, followed by movie previews/trailers, music videos, and previews/segments of TV shows.”
Dec 6th
'4 Months' wins 2 at European Film Awards →
Could be a contender for Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Oscars.
Dec 4th
IFC's Mad for the 'Mad Detective' →
Dec 4th
indieWIRE: Why do you always wear pajamas?
Schnabel: I consider we're all in the hospital and I'm an out patient.
Dec 3rd