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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Only in Las Vegas? Perhaps. IndieWire has a report from Eugene Hernandez about “Distribution Roulette”, a really interesting new concept in panel discussions. Get eight distribs and reps on the line, spin the wheel for a random shot at a new film, and put them on the spot. Can you . [...]

“The Media” — also known somewhat derisively as “The Mainstream Media” or “The MSM” — has an image among some as the obstacle to progress and a blocking agent to new thinking. If you are on the technology side of the entertainment business (independent film included), it’s easy to find yourself agreeing with those points [...]

John Horn at the LA Times had an important article last week on the impact of Video-On-Demand on independent film economics. The link to it Is above. Link to our earlier report and see comments below.
This article follows the general outline of our earlier report (back on April 2, almost 5 weeks ago!) on [...]