Sep
11
2008

You don’t have to be an Art History grad student to appreciate the obvious difference in image quality apparent in the above frames of both the original and restored prints of The Godfather. Tomorrow will be day one of NY’s The Film Forum, limited engagment of The Godfather Part I and II which I had [...]
Sep
11
2008

I am sitting here watching the very engaging 2008 documenatary kicking It on ESPN and feeling very enlightened on the Homelessness issue. The movie follows six homeless men from around the world as they gear up for the 4th annual Homeless World Cup soccer tournament in Cape Town South Africa. I recommend you go [...]
Aug
28
2008

When I originally
Aug
27
2008
According to Peter Part, editor of Variety Magazine, independent film is finished, as gleamed from his blog post titled :Why Art House Movies are on the Endangered Species List. Go ahead and read the entire post below and let me know what you think.
I must have been preoccupied because I missed the ‘thud.’
The sound, that [...]
Aug
26
2008
If the film Noise wasn’t your idea of a glowing testament to NYC, then have a stab at the trailer for New York, I Love You, a multi-story, multi-actor, mult-writer, multi-director, mega-multi-star-studded follow up from the producers of the equally flattering Paris, je t’aime.
Opening on February 13, New York, I love You is composed [...]
Aug
22
2008
Up until about two minutes ago, I didn’t think there was anybody other than Quincy Jones, Randy Newman, or John Williams that did movie soundtracks. Welcome to the World Soundtrack Awards and their 2008 list of nominees. This is the 8th incarnation of the awards and will be held on October 18th.
You may not actually [...]
Aug
21
2008

The Godfather and The Godfather Part II. There is a reason these films rank 2nd and 4th respectively on the IMDB list of top 250 movies, #3 and #32 on AFI’s Greatest American Films, and won nine total Oscars. Frankly, they rank as the best cinematic experiences in film history.
Well, for three weeks starting [...]
Aug
18
2008
The Toronto International Film Festival, held September 4-13th, has just released their schedule of Special Presentation Films. In addition to Canadian films, competitions, and student showcases, this 33rd incarnation of the event will have many amazing World and North American premieres. A short list appears below with many more here.
The TIFF started in 1976 and [...]
Aug
17
2008
From the independent film powerhouse of ThinkFilm comes the trailer for the upcoming “Phoebe in Wonderland” starring Elle Fanning, Felicity Huffman, Patricia Clarkson, and written and directed by newcomer Daniel Barnz. Elle is the younger sister of Dakota Fanning, and has an impressive resume as both the younger stand-in for her more famous sister as [...]
Aug
10
2008
You do not see too much coverage of horror films over here at Indiecineblog.com mostly due to my indifference to the genre. Generally I get bored during horror movies and find that they take themselves way to seriously. Well today you lucky readers can preview the trailers to two indie horror flicks that obviously do [...]