http://indiecineblog.com Independent Movies Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:40:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Now I expect this behaviour from Kayne West - an egotistical rapper who thinks the world is his playground and also his punching bag. West was arrested today at LAX after he and a bodyguard attack TMZ photographers and smashed their cameras (Although unrelated to the story at hand, got ... http://indiecineblog.com/2008/09/12/ebert-attacked-this-time-not-by-roeper-or-thyroid/ 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 ... http://indiecineblog.com/2008/09/11/el-godfather-uno-dos-tres-restoration-update/ 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. ... http://indiecineblog.com/2008/09/11/the-soloist-trailer/ I have always been fascinated with the 610 cardboard boxes that encompass Andy Warhol's Time Capsules; his attempt to document the 1960's through the 1980's. I imagine that for a museum curator, the thought of riffling through the great artist's boxes of magazine clippings, photographs, and random correspondences, is attune ... http://indiecineblog.com/2008/09/10/kubricks-boxes/ After mentioning Variety Editor Peter Part's dire op-ed Why Art House Movies are on the Endangered Species List in an earlier post, and then mentioning how promising Good looked, a film premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival, I figured the following article would be of some interest. But as ... http://indiecineblog.com/2008/09/03/the-business-of-indie/ If World War II were a character actor, it is quite possible that its IMDB filmography could rival that of Michael Caine. Maybe. The point is, we see so many World War II movies released every year, that many good ones are often overlooked. So with the impending release ... http://indiecineblog.com/2008/09/02/good-the-boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas/ When I originally discussed the movie Towelhead I mentioned that it would not be long before this story of an Arab-American teenage girl caught in lustful relationship with a much older neighbor received some serious controversy. I just figured that controversy would be geared toward its risque content. However, I ... http://indiecineblog.com/2008/08/28/towelhead-controversy-has-arrived/ 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 ... http://indiecineblog.com/2008/08/27/rip-independent-film/ 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, ... http://indiecineblog.com/2008/08/26/new-york-i-love-you-trailer/ 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 ... http://indiecineblog.com/2008/08/22/soundtracks-big-night/