http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking The latest news brought to you by MySpace! Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:31:08 GMT http://newscdn.myspace.com/web.2.24/content/springwidget/indiefilmmaking.xml http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19051107 Yes, kids, with TIFF around the corner I’m looking for help building up our collection of TIFF film trailers in the Trailer Park. Below the break you’ll find a complete list of titles playing at TIFF which we do not currently have trailers for in the Trailer Park. Those who find and Twitch Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:11:04 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19051107 http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19052782 [W]ith Guido Santi and Tina Mascara's sparkling documentary Chris & Don: A Love Story arriving in theaters just as same-sex marriage arrives in California, it seems a most auspicious moment to speak to the surviving member of one of the best-known unofficial same-sex marriages of modern times," Green Cine Daily Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:23:24 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19052782 http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19051078 They're showing indy films and other projects by artists and filmmakers, You will also be able to join their revenue sharing program to make money from your original videos: http://beta.openfilm… The site is staying away from YouTube-ish stuff and just showing work by people that are MYFILM Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:34:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19051078 http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19050005 That's IndiePix Studio action; a new website from IndiePix, w/ new services for filmmakers; site is at www.indiepixstudios.com. From the announcement post: "Since its launch, IndiePix has worked with over 150 filmmakers, including director Jennifer Venditti and producer Chiemi Karasawa on the DIY Film Explosion Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:14:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19050005 http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19046005 Join Indy Mogul Mobile to get exclusive info, win Indy Mogul swag and much more! Indy Mogul was recently featured on popular website complation website WEBUPON.com. As number three on their list of 10 Useful Websites to Enhance your Internet Experience, ranking above such heavyweights as Indy Mogul Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:43:15 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19046005 http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19054313 In his communiqué to Cineaste magazine from last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Richard Porton noted that André Bazin had already observed in an essay for Cahiers du Cinema “that the contemporary film festival resembles nothing so Twitch Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:13:29 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19054313 http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19018716 Over at Indiewire Anthony Kaufman writes about Ballast director Lance Hammer's decision to withdraw from a planned distribution deal with IFC to self-distribute via his own Alluvial Film Company along with Required Viewing. If the current art-house climate Filmmaker Magazine Blog Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:33:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19018716 http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19052781 "Deeply researched, conscientiously written, careful to contextualize its subject both in his field and in the larger culture that shaped his work, [Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard] is in almost every respect an admirable biography, exactly the sort of scrupulous and Green Cine Daily Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:23:24 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19052781 http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19042275 It was his feature film debut and over the long run became a fav among many cult film enthusiasts, but when 1984's Repo Man got released, there were heads at Universal who failed to show support for Alex Cox's debut. Flash-forward almost two and a half IONCINEMA.com Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:43:23 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19042275 http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19053673 "The Obama press contingent was abuzz last night with the news that Davis Guggenheim , the Oscar-winning director of An Inconvenient Truth , has apparently been enlisted to direct Barack Obama 's biographical convention film." Variety 's Ted Johnson 's got what's known so far, plus background Green Cine Daily Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:23:22 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19053673 http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19051978 His debut feature Frankenstein’s Bloody Nightmare has a sort of raw, lo-fi power to it that plays like a fusion of Shinya Tsukamoto and John Sayles, his short film work is very strong and the early stills for his sophomore feature, the post-apocalyptic Twitch Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:07:03 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19051978 http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19044740 Any NYC based indie film bloggers (also indie filmmakers who might want to share their opinions re: blogs, also others who are deeply interested in indie film & indie film blogs) who are interested in participating in the doc can contact me DIY Film Explosion Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:45:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19044740 http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19052046 Film Threat 's Jeremy Knox caught "two great films" the night Fantasia opened in Montreal. "A film festival unlike any other, Bergmanveckan (or Bergman Week), now in its fifth year in operation and its first incarnation since the death of the man at its center last July, is a celebration of Green Cine Daily Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:23:22 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19052046 http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19038451 Screen Daily reports that StudioCanal has taken all rights for the UK, France and Benelux, while the Irish Film Board are adding fund money to the project which is being produced by Scott Free's Julie Payne, Future Films' Kwesi Dickson, Element Pictures' IONCINEMA.com Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:43:21 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19038451 http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19033982 Here's part two of Diann Borshay Liem's report from the Sundance Documentary Edit Lab. During our first work day, editor/advisor Mary Lampson shared a personal story about duality and living a false life. Scott (our assistant editor) cued up “Getting to Know You” and Vivien and I danced around our Filmmaker Magazine Blog Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:14:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19033982 http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19045276 At The Obenson Report. From the post: "So, there you have it! A ridiculous 6 films out of 300 (2%) released during the first 6 months of 2008, and every single one of them exists somewhere between "garbage" and "average," although I'd say most fall closer DIY Film Explosion Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:13:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19045276 http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19016199 Text INDY to 30644!Today I had the honor of talking to James Rolfe, Writer/Director/Editor, most famous for his Angry Video Game Nerd persona, his videos have gotten millions of hits, and his program is one of the most popular on the internet. If Hollywood would take more of a risk and stop Indy Mogul Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:43:15 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19016199 http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19043239 The first trailer for the film adaption of Michel Houllebecq’s 2006 novel La Possibilité d’une île (The Possibility of an Island) has appeared on the Internet. La Possibilité d’une île is an acerbic piece of dystopian science fiction about a Twitch Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:39:28 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19043239 http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19021882 Much like the city, Luke and Dr. Squires are at a crossroads: Luke considers himself semi-suicidal, bemoaning his high school social status and the fact that his family is on the verge of eviction; Dr. Squires and his rehab addicted wife (Famke Janssen) can IONCINEMA.com Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:43:25 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19021882 http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19038153 Why do cinephiles regard Manoel de Oliveira so highly, you may find yourself wondering as you begin reading Jonathan Rosenbaum major piece on the "Classical Modernist" in the new issue of Film Comment. The weaknesses, after all, are laid out with level-headed honesty - until, nearly halfway in: "If Green Cine Daily Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:22:51 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/indiefilmmaking/item/19038153