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TCM, now a film festival.
Thu, Nov 5 2009 2:36 PM

There are over 700 film festivals worldwide, but only a few are devoted entirely to showing old movies -- which is odd, considering that these days, it's just as hard to see most older films in a theater as it is to see any of the new festival darlings. Those that do exist tend towards the obscure and specialized. MoMA's annual "To Save and Project"... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Festivals, Roger Corman, MoMA, repertory cinema, Cinema Ritrovato, Film Foundation, TCM, Slapsticon

How to be good.
Mon, Sep 28 2009 3:45 PM

This past Friday, 60-odd representatives of indie film gathered at MoMA for a state of the nation meeting about what's going on in the world of indie film, whether there is a true crisis and how it can be fixed. Unlike earlier provocations like Mark Gill's "The Sky Is Falling" speech from last summer, the Indie Film Summit was a private gathering... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Biz, Jason Reitman, Mark Gill, The Wire, MoMA, Juno, People's Choice Awards, Cahiers du Cinema

Whit Stillman heads back to the dance.
Tue, Aug 25 2009 6:15 AM

Whit Stillman will never again have to answer that nagging question -- when will "The Last Days of Disco" finally be rereleased on DVD? Criterion, who did a splendid job with "Metropolitan" in 2006, released their edition of "Disco" today, with the full bells-and-whistles treatment. There's also a screening at Lincoln Center... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: In quotes, Metropolitan, Last Days of Disco, Whit Stillman, Lincoln Center, MoMA, Criterion Collection, Chris Eigeman, Jacob Burns Film Center