Was Joost’s Demise Predictable?

Posted by: Bob on July 2, 2009 | Comments (0)

This is not a parlor trick or a cocktail party question. Let’s try to focus on what Joost was all about and whether — in retrospect, or even in prospect — we might have thought that it was not a serious enterprise. The people who promoted it were serious. But was the concept of the business based on a detailed understanding of the internet and media on the internet that would hold out the prospect of success for this venture? (OK — all those who are not into heavy business analysis can leave here!)

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Dominick Dunne Joins the Party at Borders

Posted by: Jason on June 23, 2009 | Comments (4)

Last night, producer, writer, and victim’s rights activist Dominick Dunne joined myself and co-director Kirsty de Garis at the Borders Bookstore in Columbus Circle to discuss the newly-released documentary, DOMINICK DUNNE: AFTER THE PARTY. The evening started with a sneak peek of the film, now available online, for rent at Netflix, and in Borders and other retailers across the country.

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21 Below At SilverDocs

Posted by: Bob on June 21, 2009 | Comments (0)

21 Below played at Silver Docs in Silver Spring, Maryland, over the last few days. Blogger and columnist Sonny Bunch posted his review yesterday (June 20), which is reprinted from the Washington Times here by permission.

“21 Below” is a lot of different stories wrapped into one — the difficulty of living with a child condemned to die from Tay-Sachs, the choices parents are forced to accept

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Screening at 10 Downing St

Posted by: Guest Blogger on June 19, 2009 | Comments (0)

Dogwoof Films based in London is the UK distribution partner for IndiePix. We are proud of their work and extremely pleased to be associated with them. This morning’s email (June 19) carried the following report …

Last night, on the eve of the 64th Birthday of Burma’s detained pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi,

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Dominick Dunne NYC DVD Launch!

Posted by: Alanna on June 18, 2009 | Comments (0)

In light of this weeks DVD release of DOMINICK DUNNE: AFTER THE PARTY, Dominick Dunne himself will be holding his own after party in NYC this upcoming Monday. And guess what? You are all invited! Details inside.

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Survey at Salon.Com

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IndiePix was included in a survey of the “movies on line” market in Andrew O’Hehir’s Salon blog post headlined “Movies online: The future is (almost) here!” We thought this was a particularly good survey and really, not just because we were included! But we were happy to be among those listed and thanks to them for that. He writes: “People like me have been pronouncing

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IndiePix and 21 BELOW at SilverDocs!

Posted by: Alanna on June 16, 2009 | Comments (0)

Jason Tyrell, fellow IndiePixer and Director of Film Acquisitions, is currently in Washington DC for the prestigious SilverDocs Film Festival. SilverDocs is an American International Film Festival dedicated to showcasing the very best in documentary films. And what do you know? With over 2000 films submitted to the SilverDocs Festival, our very own 21 BELOW will be showing! Screening times and locations after the jump …

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Screening at 10 Downing St »

Dogwoof Films based in London is the UK distribution partner for IndiePix. We are proud of their work and extremely pleased to be associated with them. This morning’s email (June 19) carried the following report …
Last night, on the eve of the 64th Birthday of Burma’s detained pro-democracy leader and Nobel [...]

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Prisons used to Stifle Dissent »

Amy Goodman at Democracy Now reports on the Communications Management Units (CMU), strictly controlling and limiting all contacts of federal prisoners using special prison facilities. She interviews Andrew Stepanian, recently released from CMU in Illinois, about his detention. Detaining activists and journalists to stifle dissent is addressed by Naomi Wolf in The End Of America, available now from IndiePix.

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