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Boston, home of the new American noir.
Mon, Oct 26 2009 2:30 PM

Ben Affleck's directorial debut "Gone Baby Gone" is one of the best American movies of the decade, though somehow most people never found out (it stalled at $20 million domestically). Its greatest achievement is its sense of place -- shooting in Boston, Affleck spent a lot of time highlighting the terrifying alcoholic faces of the city's poorer... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Odds, Clint Eastwood, The Proposal, Shutter Island, Dennis Lehane, Mystic River, Boston, Ben Affleck, The Pink Panther 2, Gone Baby Gone

When gay activists and conservative pundits agree.
Fri, Oct 9 2009 2:00 PM

Buried deep in Patrick Range McDonald's absorbing profile of agent Howard Bragman, there's a sentence that took me off guard. Bragman specializes in helping gay celebrities craft coming-out strategies; he's got "a famous musician who's still closeted from the public" due next year, he's become an expert in controversy-controlling... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Clint Eastwood, Zeitgeist, Universal, Gran Torino, Roman Polanski, Howard Bragman

Yay! Awards!
Thu, Dec 4 2008 2:37 PM

Courtney Hunt's "Frozen River" may turn out to the year's big winner, at least in the indie film award ghetto -- it won Best Feature at the Gothams on Tuesday, with star Melissa Leo taking the Breakthrough Actor award, and it's been nominated for seven Spirit Awards. "Trouble the Water" took the Best Doc prize, Lance Hammer was... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: David Fincher, Frozen River, Clint Eastwood, Slumdog Millionaire, Gotham Awards 2008, Awards, Spirit Awards 2009, National Board of Review

Watch your mouth.
Thu, Sep 11 2008 4:12 PM

"My apologies." --Viggo Mortensen, after going off about the things "that have been happening in the last eight years in this country," and being reminded that he's actually in Toronto, from the New York Times. "Contrary to what I was quoted as saying, I feel very proud of my country and through my work I have always tried to contribute... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Spike Lee, In quotes, Clint Eastwood, Javier Bardem, Appaloosa, Miracle at St. Anna, Viggo Mortensen

Oh, Mr. Lee.
Thu, Aug 21 2008 10:47 AM

When asked about the omission of a seemingly obvious interview choice for "The Black List: Volume One" by Steven Zeitchik at the Hollywood Reporter, Elvis Mitchell said "Spike Lee is kind of the go-to guy. And Spike Lee is very good at promoting Spike Lee. We wanted to show people you might not see as often." Which seems more than fair enough... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Spike Lee, Elvis Mitchell, Clint Eastwood, The Black List: Volume One, Bamboozled

The 46th New York Film Festival lines up.
Tue, Aug 12 2008 3:16 PM

And it's Cannes-tastic! As previously announced, Laurent Cantet's Palme d'Or-winning "The Class" is the opening night film, with Clint Eastwood's "Changeling" (a film I couldn't stand) as the starry centerpiece, and Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler," post premiere at the Venice Film Festival, closing things... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Festivals, Laurent Cantet, The Wrestler, Darren Aronofsky, Che, Steven Soderbergh, New York Film Festival 08, Changeling, Clint Eastwood