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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

Critic wrangle: "Frozen River."
Fri, Aug 1 2008 11:09 AM

I really didn't care for Courtney Hunt's feature debut when I caught it at Sundance, but others did, to the point where it won the Grand Jury Prize, was picked up by Sony Pictures Classics, opened New Directors/New Films and now, in theatrical release, is receiving mostly praise, while star Melissa Leo's name is being idly tossed around by the early... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Critic wrangle, Courtney Hunt, Frozen River, Melissa Leo, Misty Upham

Trailering: "Thunder" goes meta.
Wed, Jul 9 2008 2:28 PM

Meta-marketing: "Rain of Madness" is a purported documentary about the disastrous making of the movie they try to shoot in the upcoming comedy "Tropic Thunder"... got that? It's a perfectly po-faced parody of "Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse" and its behind-the-scenes brethren, claiming to document the cast and... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Quentin Tarantino, Trailering, Courtney Hunt, Tropic Thunder, Hell Ride, Rain of Madness, Death Defying Acts, Hearts of Darkness, Guy Pearce, Gillian Anderson, Larry Bishop, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Frozen River