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Five reasons "Pirate Radio" flopped.
Mon, Nov 16 2009 7:54 AM

As you're doubtless aware, the weekend saw "Precious" making $6.1 million from a measly 174 screens, doing well on its probable journey towards Best Picture; "Fantastic Mr. Fox" did well too, pulling roughly the same per-theater average as "The Darjeeling Limited" in its first weekend, which means Wes Anderson may or may not... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Biz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Taking Woodstock, Pirate Radio, Bridget Jones, Love Actually, Richard Curtis, Four Weddings and a Funeral

The academics are running the asylum.
Wed, Oct 28 2009 11:12 AM

On her way out at Spout, Karina Longworth noted a few days ago that the film blogosphere can feel like "hundreds of traffic-chasers, who are essentially blaring the same thing, at the same time, all day long." She doesn't like it one bit. And such was the attitude Focus Features CEO/Ang Lee's screenwriter James Schamus brought to his keynote... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Festivals, Ang Lee, Guy Debord, Taking Woodstock, James Schamus, London Film Festival 2009, Todd Haynes

Cannes 2009: "Taking Woodstock."
Fri, May 15 2009 3:43 PM

Some many questions for such a straightforward comedy! Why would the apparently grown-up Elliot spend himself broke supporting his parents' run-down Catskills resort in the first place? Why is his mother so crazy? What's up with the money hoarding? Where did the mafia end up? Did the town actually manage to do anything to fight the concert's arrival... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Festivals, Cannes 2009, Ang Lee, Taking Woodstock, James Schamus, Demetri Martin, Liev Schreiber, Imelda Staunton

Cannes do.
Thu, Apr 23 2009 6:17 AM

The competition line-up for this year's Cannes Film Festival has been announced! A fair amount of Euro provocateurs -- Lars von Trier, Gaspar Noé, Michael Haneke -- and France in general, and only two American films, the expected Tarantino and the unexpected Ang Lee comedy, which hopefully has more to it than its trailer would indicate. New films from Jane... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Festivals, Quentin Tarantino, Cannes 2009, Ang Lee, Terry Gilliam, Antichrist, Lars von Trier, Johnnie To, Park Chan-wook, Gaspar Noé, Michael Haneke, Jane Campion, Pedro Almodóvar, Taking Woodstock, Inglourious Basterds