2008 May | Indie Cine
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May 15 2008
Watch the trailer below and see if it matters whether or not the story makes any sense. The visuals are just that amazing.
Waltz With Bashir, the first official trailer from cinemascopian.com on Vimeo.
Ari Folman is both the filmmaker and main character, and depicts his personal struggle over a 1982 massacre of more than three thousand [...]
May 15 2008
Have you ever wanted to see what the red carpet set up at a movie premier looks like at 5 in the morning……….in France!!!!??? Well with IFC’s new 24hour Cannes Film Festival Cam, you can. No this is not an infomercial. The internet cam comes with a schedule of daily events and a running clock, [...]
May 14 2008
The concept of a “Point Break” sequel is hardly newsworthy nor does it have anything to do with independent cinema. However, it could singlehandedly be the most important thing that has ever happened in the history of film. Because, for a kid like myself growing up a thousand miles away from the ocean and being [...]
May 12 2008
No I’m not talking about Daft Punk…. sorry no Kayne West here either…the subject of this here film is entirely more American than a British invasion and a crybaby rapper, this is about good old fashion anabolic steroids.
Everybody knows that steroids make you a better athlete, which makes the team better, which makes the [...]
May 08 2008
wow, what the heck is hulu. Apparently they have tons of movies and television shows to watch for free online, and it looks legit due to their frequent commercials. This most recent “Simpsons” episode has them going to Sundance on the strength of Lisa’s family documentary. John C Rielly, Jim Jarmusch, comic book guy as [...]
May 08 2008
Two interesting independent film stories came out today:
The first involves the purchase of Robert Redford’s Sundance Channel for $496 million by Cablevision Systems, who also owns IFC. Read the story here.
/Film is reporting that the Criterion Collection, the company that restores and releases contemporary and classic films, will start releasing films on Blue [...]
May 07 2008
Wine afficionados have “Sideways”…..beer drinkers have “Strange Brew” and “Beerfest”. Do you see the difference? Well now it looks like both groups have something they can watch together.
“Bottle Shock” stars Alan Rickman, Chris Pine, Freddy Rodriquez, Eliza Dushku, and Bill Pullman in a film based on true events relating to a historic wine tasting [...]
May 06 2008
Diablo Cody and John Cusack are the latest hip movie personalities to interview each other, and I use that third to last word lightly, on Myspace’s Artist on Artist. I completely forgot about this little series of free videos, very similar to IFC’s Iconoclast, yet not as pretentious; after all it is on Myspace. The [...]
May 02 2008
Here are three highlights, or at least three high profile indies being released this week, which is not to say they will be in a theater near you. Contact your local independent movie house for listings. Click on the links below to find out more about each movie.
Son of Rambow
Mister Lonely
Redbelt
May 01 2008
When I first heard about The Escapist, I thought it was based on Michael Chabon’s comic book character in the pulitzer prize winning novel “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay”. Turns out we will have to wait another year until the Coen Brothers finish filming that one.
This escapist is veteran Brian Cox playing [...]
I have always thought of the Olympic opening ceremonies as a little overdramatic and dare I say cheesy. Well thanks to a 300 million dollar budget and the artistic vision of renowned Chinese film director Zhang Yimou, 2008’s Bejing ceremonies were legendary - despite the frequent flood warnings and technical difficulties interrupting the broadcast thanks [...]
Bret Easton Ellis strikes again; Wayfarers, New Order, drugs, sex, and rich LA brats. Welcome to the first look at “The Informers”, the film adaptation of Ellis’s 1994 novel of the same name in which he also wrote the screenplay.
“The drama is set over the course of a week in 1983, in the chillingly [...]
In the 1950’s Hollywood was producing around forty westerns per year, that number fell to twenty during the 60’s, around ten per year in the 1970’s through 90’s, and in the new millennium, we are lucky to get five westerns each year. But when those westerns are of the caliber of 2007’s “3:10 [...]