Film Fest's Cheers for Cheadle by Variety On the Town

“Everyone involved with independent films is there for the love of the game,” said Don Cheadle on Sunday as he was honored at the L.A. Film Fest with the Spirit of Independence Award. Halle Berry was on hand at the...
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Sea Your Fest, 1 by The Hot Blog

It's amazing how quickly I settle into a 5-film day. Year after year I go to festival after festival and yet, it's easy to forget that it's second nature to me to juggle a bunch of movie experiences each day... as I think it is for most of...
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Cannes-y by The Hot Blog

Interesting Cannes kick-off from Tony & The Man at the NY Times… It is a reminder that even the folks with the most secure job slots who are at the top of the group interested in a lot more than marketability are focusing on more than The Movie these...
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In San Francisco... by The Hot Blog

Arrived in the Bay Area today for the San Francisco International Film Festival, the festival I choose to support with my attendance every year. While I was traveling, a few stories cropped up that were of some interest... but probably not as much as...
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Ang In Urbana by The Hot Blog

Ang Lee is here at EbertFest, presenting Hulk. I hadn't realized that he was here for his undergrad work, years ago. He's become a more and more relaxed interview (as we found on his Lust, Caution LWD), the highlight so far being his discussion...
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Friday, Friday by The Hot Blog

It's Friday in lovely Champaign, Urbana. I spent the morning on a panel with the surprising combination of Joey Pants, Barry Avrich, Tarsem, and the legendary Paul Schrader. The panel was on the nature of making personal movies in a business-minded...
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Sipping Champaign by The Hot Blog

It was a long trip to Champaign-Urbana from Los Angeles today. But it was too long a trip for Roger Ebert to make, laid up in his hospital room, still pressuring his doctors to give him a greenlight to bring his broken hip to his hometown for even a few...
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Lunch With... SXSW Thriller, Shuttle by The Hot Blog

Two of the cast members - Tony Curran & Cameron Goodman - and writer/director Edward Anderson of Shuttle sit down for a chat in anticipation of premiering at SXSW. The interview
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Are You A VIP? by The Hot Blog

My favorite item is that for a $5000 pledge, you still don't get to go to opening night. But I still wonder about how this all works. The Tribeca Film Festival is still a for-profit business. But the "Tribeca Film Institute," which just...
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Putting A Sleepy Sundance To Bed [Trade Roundup] by Defamer

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Palm Springs Fest: He Said She Said by Variety On the Town

At the Palm Springs Film Fest gala on Saturday, Bruce Willis noted the fact that the WGA was on strike and the gala was unscripted. “I’m making this up as I go along,” he said. Some speakers came off better...
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Fest Springs Into Action by Variety On the Town

The Palm Springs International Film Festival kicked off last night with a screening of "Then She Found Me," helmed by Helen Hunt who also stars in the film alongside Colin Firth, Matthew Broderick and Bette Midler. Hunt said she decided...
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Has Sundance "gone Hollywood"? Of course ... [Sundance] by Defamer

Has...
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Rupert Murdoch Not Going To Let The Strike Ruin His Xmas Party Plans [Short Ends] by Defamer

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