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Buying in and selling out.
Fri, Sep 18 2009 5:30 PM

The Toronto International Film Festival ends tomorrow, but most journalists have already skipped ahead to extrapolating trends. There's much loose talk about potential Oscar front-runners -- "Up In The Air" apparently has a lock -- and much free-floating despair about the tough climate for making, purchasing and marketing indie films. But at least... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Critic watch, Steven Soderbergh, Werner Herzog, Todd Solondz, Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans, Toronto 2009, Chloe, Atom Egoyan, Ivan Reitman, The Informant!

Steven Soderbergh perks up...?
Fri, Sep 11 2009 1:45 PM

It's been a rough summer for Steven Soderbergh. "The Girlfriend Experience" folded domestically at under a million. "Che," despite netting $2.5 million in the U.S., barely made back half its reported $58 million budget worldwide. And, despite best-selling source material and Brad Pitt set to star, "Moneyball" collapsed a mere... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Che, Steven Soderbergh, Coming attractions, Lem Dobbs, The Limey, The Informant!, Moneyball, Ocean's Eleven, Bubble, The Girlfriend Experience, Kafka

"Che" goes to IFC Films.
Wed, Sep 10 2008 10:55 AM

It looks like those rumors that Steven Soderbergh's "Che" was going to be released by Magnolia Pictures were just that -- this is from the freshest press release: IFC Films has acquired all North American rights to Steven Soderbergh's epic "Che" starring Benicio Del Toro, produced by Laura Bickford and Benicio Del Toro and written... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: In the works, Che, Steven Soderbergh

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

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

Trailering: Bootleg "Che," "What Just Happened."
Thu, Jul 31 2008 4:25 PM

For those of you dying for even the slightest glimpse of Steven Soderbergh's "Che," JoBlo.com has surfaced a bootleg, flickery, unsubtitled Spanish-language trailer for "The Argentine," the first half of the four-hour film, here. The trailer, as trailers are wont to, siphons off only the most dramatic and actiony scenes, making the film... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Trailering, The Argentine, Barry Levinson, Che, What Just Happened, Steven Soderbergh, Peter Sollett, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Michael Cera