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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

Odds: It's the shoes.
Thu, Sep 4 2008 7:20 PM

Wonkette's Liz Glover caught up with Spike Lee at the DNC and posed to him the Mars Blackmon question. He reacts pretty well, considering. The New York Post's Lou Lumenick claims that Magnolia Pictures has signed to distribute Steven Soderbergh's "Che," with a December 12th release date. Meanwhile, Jeffrey Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere has... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Spike Lee, Odds, Che, Steven Soderbergh, Michael Moore, Fernando Meirelles, Blindness, Charles Schulz, Slacker Uprising, Danny Glover, Bill Meléndez, A Charlie Brown Christman

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

Fresh film faces.
Tue, Jul 22 2008 1:21 PM

Filmmaker Magazine has just released its annual round-up of indie film up-and-comers, "25 New Faces in Independent Film." Quite a few of them are familiar -- congrats in particular to Barry Jenkins, whose great "Medicine for Melancholy" premiered at SXSW this year; Tom Quinn, whose "The New Year Parade" won the best narrative prize... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Spike Lee, 25 New Faces in Independent Film, Filmmaker Magazine, David Zellner, Tom Quinn, Barry Jenkins, Nathan Zellner

Kinky! Strange!
Tue, Jul 8 2008 12:29 PM

"Kinky Boots," Julian Jarrold's comedy about how a sassy but soft-hearted (sigh) drag queen, played by Chiwetel Ejiofor, saves a struggling, stodgy shoe company (sigh) by teaching them to make footwear for cross-dressers, is the latest film set to become a Broadway musical. From the Hollywood Reporter: The British comedy and 2006 Miramax release... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Spike Lee, Stage, Jerry Mitchell, Kinky Boots, Passing Strange, Julian Jarrold