Variety Drops Chief Film and Theater Critics
Wow! I thought Hollywood was doing better than ever!
On the other hand, less major studio titles per year has to mean less ad revenue, etc.
I remeber going to Hamilton News Mart weekly to pick up that huge Variety paper of the 60’s and 70’s.
Variety Drops Chief Film and Theater Critics | The Wrap.
80K Budget Indie tries Financing With Product Placements
And it’s on the local level, too!
Filmmaker gives companies a shot at stardom : Local Business : The Buffalo News.
Even DeNiro can’t buck indie inertia.
But, at least he’s trying!
Tribeca VOD Venture: Folly Or Future? – Deadline.com.
This Guy Never Quits
Interview with Michael Legge, who has just made his 14th film in 20 years. To nit much avail…
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Indie Theatrical outlet in Pittsburgh
Another in the growing list of indie venues.
Pittsburgh Hollywood Theater gives audiences retro films, food | The Pitt News.
Walmart Buys Vudu
Quick! Where’s the “Submit Your Film to VUDU” button?
E-Commerce News: Film: Walmart Buys Vudu to Take Another Stab at Online Movie Distribution.
Unpublished Beatles photos left in a drawer until this year
They’re in nice, bright Kodachrome color too!
Photog looks like Austin Powers before he went into hibernation.
There are 23 shots, article shows six.
John Lennon plays dead in poignant unseen photo| Mail Online.
B-Side Entertainment Shutters
B-Side offered back-end web scheduling and social connection services to film festivals (even Sundance used them). They also distributed films via the “host a screening” method.
They ran out of money before they could sustain themselves. A case of being there too early, perhaps.
Filmmaker Magazine | Filmmaker Blog.
A Field Guide to Regional Horror Films
This blog is devoted to “local” horror films made in backyards all over the USA.
Is this a great country or what?
The Dead Next Door: A Field Guide to Regional Horror Films.
Finding money for your documentary
Common sense advice from a master.
Morrie Warshawski on finding money for your documentary : DocumentaryTech.
