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The Dark Knight Wins MovieTickets.com Challenge

by Melissa Rose Kimbler | Published Apr. 24, 2008

This summer is unusually packed full of comic book and graphic novel adaptations, starring old favorites and some fresh faces. In light of this trend, MovieTickets.com ran a poll asking which superhero will win the summer's number one spot. Here’s what the online community had to say:
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The 10 Greatest Rockumentaries of All-Time

by Travis Crawford | Published Apr. 11, 2008

As Martin Scorsese's Shine a Light hits theaters nationwide, MM decided to highlight the 10 best, or at least most culturally significant, rockumentaries of all time, with the one condition that they are all currently available on DVD for your home viewing and listening pleasure. (8 comments)

Self-Distribution Is A Four Letter Word

by Casper Andreas | Published Apr. 4, 2008

How hard can it be to distribute a film? Surely it can’t be any harder than actually making it? With the independent mindset that got me to go out there, raise the money and produce A Four Letter Word in the first place, I decided to embark on releasing it as well. Why? Because I’m a control freak, of course! And because it's important for me to be able to pay back my investors so that I can keep making films. To be able to do that self-distribution seemed like the best way to go. (2 comments)

21 Pays Big at the Box Office

by Jennifer M. Wood | Published Mar. 31, 2008

Gambling paid off for Sony this weekend, as Robert Luketic's 21 won big at the box office this weekend. The card-counting caper, based on Ben Mezrich's bestselling book, Bringing Down the House, about a band of MIT students who take Vegas for millions, took in close to $24 million in its opening weekend. Horton Hears a Who continued its strong run, bringing in an impressive $17.4 million in its third weekend.

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United Artists Celebrates 90th Anniversary with Film Forum Retrospective

by Carla Pisarro | Published Mar. 28, 2008

United Artists, the Hollywood studio famously founded in 1919 by Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin and D.W. Griffith, is nearing its 90th anniversary. Though one industry competitor sniped about the new company “The inmates are running the asylum,” the studio would go on to produce some of the most lasting and influential contributions to American cinema during its rich history. (1 comment)

Gambling on Poker Movies

by Rustin Thompson | Published Mar. 28, 2008

Blackjack may be the game of choice in Robert Luketic's 21, which hits theaters today. But in honor of the American public's fascination with all things Vegas, MM takes a look at some of Rus Thompson's picks for the best poker movies of all time.
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Universal and Dark Horse Entertainment Reach Production Deal

by Andrew Gnerre | Published Mar. 20, 2008

Universal Pictures has struck a worldwide production and distribution deal with Dark Horse Entertainment, the film branch of Dark Horse Comics. In addition to providing a studio for all Dark Horse material, the three-year agreement gives Universal creative access to all Dark Horse characters and properties as well as any additional material acquired by Dark Horse. (1 comment)

Warner Bros. Plans Two-Part Adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

by Jennifer M. Wood | Published Mar. 13, 2008

Taking a cue from Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, Warner Bros. Pictures has announced the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final book in J.K. Rowling's uber-popular series, will be released in two parts. The announcement was made by Warner Bros. Pictures Group president Jeff Robinov, who also announced that David Yates, director of last summer's entry in the franchise, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, will be returning to the director's chair for this adaptation, too (making him the first director to helm more than two Harry Potter films).

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IFC and Blockbuster Strike Exclusive Rental Deal

by Andrew Gnerre | Published Mar. 5, 2008

On March 5, 2008, IFC and Blockbuster announced a new partnership. The deal between the independent film distribution maverick and DVD rental behemoth will give Blockbuster exclusive rental rights to the films released by IFC’s distribution company, IFC Entertainment. Blockbuster will have a 60-day period after a new film is released by IFC Entertainment in which the film will not be available anywhere else. After this grace period, the new release will be available in retail outlets, but Blockbuster will still retain exclusive rental rights for three years.

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Double Indemnity to Along Came Polly: The Greatest Insurance Films

courtesy of III | Published Feb. 29, 2008

As the world continues its discussion of this year's Oscar winners and losers, the Insurance Information Institute has put together its own list of movies worth celebrating—those film in which insurance plays a starring role (a couple of them have even garnered Oscars of their own). Over the past 65 years, these films have featured Hollywood legends including Edward G. Robinson, Cary Grant and Faye Dunaway and in more recent years, popular actors such Jack Nicholson and Jennifer Aniston.
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IndiePix Breaks Down Barriers With Discovery Engine

by Melissa Rose Kimbler | Published Feb. 8, 2008

Unless an independent film gets financed by a large company, you aren’t likely to find it at you local Blockbuster. But IndiePix is changing all of that. A Web-based service dedicated to offering hard-to-find indie films, it’s like having a film festival, featuring more than 3,100 films, in your very own living room. (1 comment)

B-Side Entertainment Looks Forward to Two Days in April

by Andrew Gnerre | Published Feb. 1, 2008

One of the more inventive, and intelligent, new film distribution models comes from B-Side Entertainment, a revolutionary independent film distributor obsessed with catching films that fall off the festival circuit. For one of their latest releases, Two Days in April, the company is allowing fans to host their own screenings of the film, free of charge.
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Top 10 Movie Cities 2008

MM’s eighth annual countdown of the best places to live, work and make movies

by Jennifer M. Wood | Published Jan. 28, 2008

From Austin to Albuquerque and plenty of places in between, MovieMaker's eighth annual countdown of the 10 best places to live, work and make movies in the U.S. (148 comments)

Bring the Sundance Film Festival Home

by Andrew Gnerre | Published Jan. 22, 2008

As part of humanity's ongoing attempts to shrink the globe so it too can fit in an iPod, the Sundance Film Festival has announced that many of its short films will now be available not only to those lucky enough to brave the cold out in Park City, but also to the masses in their homes sitting at their computers. (No comments yet)

EZ Takes It On the Go

by Jason Mann | Published Jan. 8, 2008

As portable media players grow faster and sexier, demand for video content will continue to increase. As major television networks and studios try to figure out a way to enter the portable video market, EZ Takes is pulling ahead with an answer.
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Seeing Green With Earth Cinema Circle

by Andrew Gnerre | Published Nov. 30, 2007

Despite Hollywood’s recent interest in environmental issues, small films with a “green” twist still struggle to find distribution. Unless you are lucky enough to catch a festival screening, most of these independent environmental films will elude even the most determined cineaste. Thankfully, Gay Hendricks and Rick Ridgeway have created Earth Cinema Circle to salvage these films from obscurity. (2 comments)

Ed Burns and iTunes: A Match Made in Heaven

Indie stalwart makes history (again) with the first feature film premiere on iTunes

By Jennifer M. Wood with Andrew Gnerre | Published Nov. 19, 2007

Twelve years and seven directorial efforts after storming the indie film scene at Sundance, Ed Burns is making history once again, as he premieres Purple Violets exclusively on iTunes. (5 comments)

Ed Burns: Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker

"Don't try and compete with the studio films" and other lessons from a true indie moviemaker.

by Ed Burns | Published Nov. 14, 2007

"When sending your screenplay out to a movie star, don’t expect to hear back from them for at least three months" and other lessons from a truly independent moviemaker. (5 comments)

John Carpenter’s Business of Insanity

With five remakes of his work in two years, John Carpenter is happily riding the Halloween gravy train

by Jason Matloff | Published Jul. 31, 2007

In Hollywood these days, it sometimes seems easier to find an actor who’ll admit to having had plastic surgery than it is to find an original idea for a movie. Case in point: Legendary horror director John Carpenter. (15 comments)

Silent Movies Are Still Creating an Echo

With silent films more available than ever, now is the time to remember the era's most influential directors

by Bob Mastrangelo | Published Jul. 31, 2007

From Griffith and Eisenstein to Chaplin and Keaton, MM revisits the 15 greatest directors of the silent era. (1 comment)

Mixed Reviews: Guilty Pleasures

From 1970s Euro sleaze to Italian Neorealist classics, it's time to admit some guilty pleasures.

by Travis Crawford | Published Jul. 31, 2007

From 1970s Euro sleaze to Italian Neorealist classics, it's time to admit some guilty pleasures. DVD and book reviews. (2 comments)

Judgment Day for Movie Theaters

Will technology terminate the future of the cinema—or is it the key to its survival?

by Mark Sells | Published Jun. 1, 2007

The traditional movie theater is battling for its very existence in a volatile environment comprised of advances in technology and rapidly changing consumer tastes. (20 comments)

Randolph Kret & Shaun Hill: Things We’ve Learned as Moviemakers

Randolph Kret & Shaun Hill | Published Feb. 3, 2007

Make friends in the industry instead of trying to kill the competition. (No comments yet)

Doing Distribution Right

Indican Pictures' husband and wife team, Randolph Kret and Shaun Hill, make it work in life and business

by Noralil Ryan Fores | Published Feb. 3, 2007

With an eye toward promoting independent voices and visions, Indican Pictures distributes an eclectic mix of genre films, animations and documentaries among which are Troy Duffy's The Boondock Saints, a cult favorite for its vigilante flare, Monteith McCollum's Independent Spirit-awarded Hybrid and Rosario Roverto Jr.'s social comment comedy, A Wake in Providence. (1 comment)

First-Run Home Movies

Larry Meistrich on Film Movement

by Jennifer M. Wood | Published Feb. 3, 2007

What does a producer do after finding tremendous success with more than 100 independent films and having served as the head of a top indie studio for more than 10 years? If you're Larry Meistrich, founder of the now-defunct Shooting Gallery and producer of such Oscar-nominated films as Sling Blade and You Can Count on Me, you could invent a whole new kind of distribution company and attempt to change the face of indie film exhibition. (No comments yet)

Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker

by Larry Meistrich | Published Feb. 3, 2007

Always have a plan before you jump into a project. (2 comments)

Callboard: Single In the City

by Jennifer M. Wood | Published Oct. 31, 2004

Speed-dating and the Internet may be the “blind dates” of the new millennium, but now unattached urbanites in New York, Boston, Los Angeles and Chicago have another option for finding that special someone: Going to the movies. (No comments yet)

The Golden Ticket for Wonka Lovers

by Jennifer M. Wood | Published Mar. 27, 2003

If you've ever craved a Scrumdidilyumptious bar, steered clear of those with the name Slugworth, wondered why Grandpas Joe and George and Grandmas Josephina and Georgina slept in one bed, hummed a few bars of "I've Got a Golden Ticket," licked your own wallpaper to see what flavor it might be or explained how to counteract the effects of a fizzy lifting drink, then Pure Imagination: The Making of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory ($29.95; St. Martin's Press) should move immediately to the top of your "next book to buy" list. (No comments yet)