February 2008
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How the rest of this season of LOST will air:
Episode 6: March 6
Episode 7: March 13
pisode 8: March 20
HIATUS
Episode 9: April 24
Episode 10: May 1
Episode 11: May 8
Episode 12: May 15
Episode 13: May 22 (Season Finale)
via mdfsmash: peterwknox: ABC.com
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WatchHere’s another trailer for one of the films screening this week as part of the BAMcinématek tribute to IFC Films. The movie, Ken Loach’s IT’S A FREE WORLD, is also available on the new VOD service IFC Festival Direct. Keep an eye out for newcomer, Kiersten Wareing, who is fantastic in this.
Some kids in Lyon, France living the Pacmanhattan... →
Proof it takes like 4 years for technological advances to migrate from the States to the Continent? [via dpstyles]
obsolete skills →
I love that ¬ is listed. Also, that the list is organized by Alpha like a dictionary. Also, I have know idea what ¬ is.
via therealjanelle
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WatchTrailer for one of the films screening this week as part of the BAMcinématek tribute to IFC Films I posted about yesterday. I was really moved by THREE TIMES when I first saw it. Hou Hsiao-Hsien is huge in Taiwan and China but virtually unknown here in the States. I hope that changes with FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON.
BAMcinématek Tribute to IFC Films →
A week-long celebration of past and future gems from IFC Films’ catalogue of “important foreign and independent films,” including pre-release screenings of Gus Van Sant’s Paranoid Park, Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Flight of the Red Balloon, Claude Chabrol’s A Girl Cut in Two, and Christophe Honoré’s modern Parisienne musical (and personal favorite on our current...
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Oscar Speech Mad-Libs from Radar Mag →
Here’s mine:
Wow. Oh boy. I wasn’t going to prepare a speech, but my Stepmonster told me I’d jinx myself if I didn’t. So, thanks, Mitzie! [Pause. Inhale deeply. Nod to Jack Nicholson.] I’d like to thank the Academy. I’d like to thank the radiant, heavenly-scented, graying actors I was nominated with. Just to be included in a group with you all is an honor....
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Adobe Pushes DRM for Flash Video →
“We imagine that Adobe has no illusions that this will stop copyright infringement — any more than dozens of other DRM systems have done so — but the introduction of encryption does give Adobe and its customers a powerful new legal weapon against competitors and ordinary users through the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).” - Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Life Imitating Film - A Night Out with Glen... →
I can’t get enough of this movie, the music or the love affair that has sprung from it. So adorable!
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“Harry Potter doesn’t need to be on seven screens. That seventh screen, it...”
– Michael Moore, on stage at the Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills yesterday, laying out a plan to create a new theatrical distribution outlet for non-fiction film.
'Frozen River' to open New Directors/New Films →
I was lucky to screen the short this film is based on a few years ago at Two Boots. It was a compellling story about a subject I knew little about - human trafficking over the US-Canadian border. It’s nice to see Courtney Hunt getting some recognition for this project a few years later, first at Sundance and now here. Other Sundance films screening at Lincoln Center this year: Trouble the...
defective yeti's Make-Yer-Own Oscar Pool Page →
Nothing makes pretentious, self-congratulatory award ceremonies more enjoyable than having a vested interest in the outcome. And since none of us are nominated, as far as I know, an Oscar Pool among friends might be the next best thing.
Election year + host Jon Stewart = Hopes for very... →
'How to Rob a Bank' trailer on IFCFilms.com →
They usually post a film’s theatrical trailer on this site, since, for the most part, its purpose is to promote a film’s theatrical run. But because no US theatrical trailer was produced for this film, they ran the VOD spot that Johnny Bergmann edited and I produced. Our spot for The Killing of John Lennon received the same treatment. It’s nice to see our work out there on the...
LOST: A theory on time travel →
cubicle17:I’m a sucker for anything that attempts to explain LOST. Thankfully, this is one of the more interesting theories I’ve read, even if talk of time travel makes my brain hurt. I’m not sure I completely buy this theory, but it has merit if only for the flux capacitor reference alone.
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“Barak Obama wrote on your FunWall.”
– barackobamaisyournewbicycle.com
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“We couldn’t be more excited to be back!”
– Carlton Cuse
Us too, Carlton! Us too!
5 More Episodes of 'Lost' on Way →
‘Lost’ Duo Offer NAB Keynote →
grrr… Seriously bummed I’m going to miss this! Fingers crossed NAB will give them the TED Talks treatment and distribute the video online.
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“One particular distributor has now acquired, by my rough count, 20-25 of the...”
– Unnamed executive at unnamed independent film distributor, criticizing IFC for the impact its day-and-date releasing strategy has affected the specialty film distribution market.
The arguement is based on the antiquated notion that a film isn’t a film if it isn’t released in a theater. ...
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PA needed for documentary shoot tomorrow!
We’re looking for an extra pair of hands to assist on documentary interview taking place tomorrow, Saturday February 16th, at 2pm in Manhattan. Shoot will probably take about 4 hours in all. If you or someone you know would be interested in helping, I would appreciate it. The director will spring for food and beverages after the shoot, and you’ll receive a credit on the film. ...
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AMC Best Picture Showcase →
courtneyc:
It’s a movie marathon! On February 23rd, see all 5 best picture nominees + eat all the popcorn you want for only $30. Get NYC tix here.
Such a great deal! I still need to see Michael Clayton, Atonement (although I’ve already been spoilered) and There Will Be Blood. Hope the friends I’m visiting that weekend need to see these, too!
IFC Entertainment Acquires 'Diminshed Capacity' →
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WatchIn HOW TO ROB A BANK, a clever crime flick starring Nick Stahl, Erica Christensen and Gavin Rossdale, Jinx and Jessica are thrown into the middle of a bank heist and forced to arbitrate between the thieves and the cops. Opens today at the IFC Center in New York. Released by IFC Entertainment. Trailer produced by me and edited by Johnny Bergmann.
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4 MONTHS Again Leads indieWIRE Box Office Tracking →
IFC Gets 'Ballast' Ahead of Berlinale →
ohnotheydidnt: Vanity Fair. The Hollywood Issue. →
The photography in the annual Hollywood Issue is the reason I started reading Vanity Fair in the first place. [via jendunlap via sharingtime]
