Pocket Releasing with Power UP

New movie studios and new divisions of existing movie studios are created (or closed) almost every day, with little to no fanfare. Usually, it's not worth keeping track unless you're a studio suit. Well, Power Up, the only non-profit, all-volunteer, gay-influenced studio is one to keep an eye on. In July 2007, the niche studio announced their new Pocket Releasing division, which will focus on smaller, art-house films with lesbian and gay themes.

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October 8th, 2007 | Category: Exhibitor of the Week | By Brian Hickey

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All About My Mother

Pedro Almodóvar's Todo Sobre Mi Madre (All About My Mother) began shooting this day in 1999. Like his most recent film Volver (2006), Todo Sobre Mi Madre is a story of how the family structure adapts to change.

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October 5th, 2007 | Category: This Day in Indie History | By Daniel Fritz

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Charlton Heston

On this day in 1924, Charlton Heston was born in Evanston, Illinois. Known for such epic roles as Moses in The Ten Commandments (1956), and Judah Ben Hur in Ben Hur (1959), Heston's larger-than-life acting has seared some of the most histrionic onscreen moments into the consciousness of popular culture.

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October 4th, 2007 | Category: This Day in Indie History | By Daniel Fritz

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The Maltese Falcon

Based on Dashiel Hammett's novel of the same name, the 1941 version of The Maltese Falcon premiered in New York City on this day. The movie had been preceded ten years earlier by another version, and a separate incarnation, Satan Met a Lady, was released in 1936.

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October 3rd, 2007 | Category: This Day in Indie History | By Daniel Fritz

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Drums Along the Mohawk & Leave Her to Heaven at New York Film Festival

Drums Along the Mohawk and Leave Her to Heaven--two classic films that were recently restored by DTS Digital Images utilizing the company’s proprietary Lowry Process--will premiere at the 45th New York Film Festival on October 12. The movies are part of the festival’s retrospective program “In Glorious Technicolor: Martin Scorsese Presents,” sponsored by American Express and The Film Foundation. Scorsese will introduce the films and discuss the importance of preservation prior to the screenings.

The 45th New York Film Festival runs September 28 through October 14 at the Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center. The festival, presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and sponsored by Sardinia Region Tourism and The New York Times, features showcases, music documentaries and retrospective films. For more information, visit www.filmlinc.com/nyff.

October 2nd, 2007 | Category: Happenings | By Jennifer M. Wood

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Groucho Marx

Groucho Marx, the prolific vaudeville comedian-turned-world-famous film star, was born Julius Henry Marx on this day in 1890. Marx's particular fast-talking wit has remained a resource and inspiration to the world of comedy since the first successful Marx Brothers stage show I'll Say She Is in 1923.

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October 2nd, 2007 | Category: This Day in Indie History | By Daniel Fritz

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