Archive for January, 2011
Indie Films, Part 3: The $1 Billion Opportunity
Updated.
By Adam Leipzig
There were some surprisingly hefty deals announced at Sundance, but despite major media reports that indie films are making a comeback, the overall news isn’t that good. If we meet back here in a year, we’ll learn that some of those films were sold for too much money,* and if some of them underperform we can More...
Indie Films, Part 2: Too Big, They Failed
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By Adam Leipzig
In my last post, I told the story of the last cycle of American independent filmmaking starting with the beginning of the Sundance Film festival in 1978. The flurry of big deal-ma More...
Indie Films, Part 1: What Killed Them?
This is Part I of a 3-part series on the state of independent films that will appear here in the next 10 days. Subscribe to the Newsletter (on the right side of this page, above) to get an email when each new post appears.
By Adam Leipzig
Sundance begins tomorrow with four opening night films, but there’s no reason to celebrate the he More...
Taking More Offense
By Adam Leipzig
Last week’s post attracted comments that are worth noting, and were not offensive. Too bad. I was looking forward to removing some.
Also worth noting is that Smithsonian Institution Secretary Wayne Clough will be speaking at TOWN HALL Los Angeles on Thursday (tickets here), and that there will be a street demonstrati More...
Please Remove Shoes Before Entering
by Dr. Shelby Q. Egglesworth
Well, it’s finally 2011 and I’m glad we’re so easily offended. We need less hostility and friction from our creative types. If they would be nicer, we really could all get along.
All artists need is a little adult supervision.
For example, MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch. Last month he ordered the immediate removal of a mur More...
