http://en.redtram.com/ indiewire.com Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:48:09 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 155818 | iW BOT *UPDATE* | "Nixon" Huge, "Milk," "Slumdog" Continue Drawing Audiences http://en.redtram.com/go/178311413/top100/ 178311413 Ron Howard 's " Frost/Nixon " broke the 2008 per-theater-average record this weekend, as final numbers confirmed a $60,236 average, beating out previous leaders " Kit Kittredge: An American Girl ," " Milk ," and even " The Dark Knight Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:41:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/178311413/top100/ 155815 | PARK CITY '09 | Slamdance Announces Features Slate http://en.redtram.com/go/178311373/top100/ 178311373 The Slamdance Film Festival has announced programming for its 15th anniversary festival, taking placing January 15-23, 2009 in Park City, Utah. The festival will screen about 100 films, including 29 features. Twenty of those will screen in the narrative and Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:40:57 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/178311373/top100/ 155816 | REVIEW | Mad Dog: Paul Schrader's "Adam Resurrected" http://en.redtram.com/go/178310431/top100/ 178310431 by Eric Hynes (December 8, 2008)[An indieWIRE review from Reverse Shot.]There's no joy to be had in enumerating the shortcomings of "Adam Resurrected," an ambitious and long gestating adaptation of a much-admired novel by Yoram Kaniuk. But in most respects Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:30:59 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/178310431/top100/ 155815 | PARK CITY '09 | Ninety-Six Make Shorts Cut for Sundance's 2009 Edition http://en.redtram.com/go/178310352/top100/ 178310352 With 46 U.S. short films selected from 3,267 submissions, the Sundance Film Festival 's shorts roster was unveiled today for the 2009 event taking place January 15 - 25 in Park City, UT. In all, this year's shorts program includes Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:29:31 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/178310352/top100/ 155815 | AWARDS WATCH '08 | "Gomorrah," Dogma and the Royals Come Out for 21st European Film Awards http://en.redtram.com/go/178310353/top100/ 178310353 The 21st European Film Awards in Copenhagen last Saturday night were an esteemed tribute to the brazen, bad boys of Danish cinema Dogma 95 and an affirmative recognition that Italian cinema is still very much alive and thriving. " Gomorrah Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:29:31 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/178310353/top100/ 155818 | iW BOT | Weekend Estimates: "Nixon" Scores Highest PTA of 2008 http://en.redtram.com/go/178062237/top100/ 178062237 Ron Howard 's " Frost/Nixon " found staggering numbers in its opening weekend, according to initial estimates from Rentrak early this afternoon. On three screens, the Universal release grossed a massive $180,147 for a $60,049 average. That average ranks as Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:05:57 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/178062237/top100/ 155816 | REVIEW | Life on the Margins: Kelly Reichardt's "Wendy and Lucy" http://en.redtram.com/go/178061309/top100/ 178061309 by Kristi Mitsuda (December 7, 2008)[An indieWIRE review from Reverse Shot.]The Pacific Northwest on display in Kelly Reichardt's latest film isn't restorative, as in her lovely last, "Old Joy," the lust forests of which temporarily heal an ailing friendship; nor Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:57:24 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/178061309/top100/ 155818 | AWARDS WATCH '08 | "Wire," "Waltz" Tie For Top IDA Honor http://en.redtram.com/go/177830686/top100/ 177830686 James Marsh 's " Man on Wire " and Ari Folman 's " Waltz With Bashir " shared top honors at tonight's IDA Documentary Awards . Both films tied for the Distinguished Feature award, as announced at a ceremony in Sun, 07 Dec 2008 08:24:44 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/177830686/top100/ 155818 | AWARDS WATCH '08 | "Gomorrah" Sweeps European Film Awards, "Hunger," "So Long" Also Honored http://en.redtram.com/go/177830657/top100/ 177830657 Matteo Garrone 's " Gomorrah " swept the 2009 European Film Awards , taking home five trophies. Held in Copenhagen Saturday evening, the 21st edition of the awards saw Garrone's critically lauded Mafia pic take honors for best film, directing, Sun, 07 Dec 2008 08:24:15 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/177830657/top100/ 155815 | PARK CITY '09 | Fewer Star Driven Premieres, Larger Spectrum Section on Sundance Non-competition Roster http://en.redtram.com/go/177253577/top100/ 177253577 EDITOR'S NOTE: The full competition lineups for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival are included below] Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:59:39 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/177253577/top100/ 155818 | AWARDS WATCH '08 | "Slumdog Millionaire" Takes Top Prize From National Board of Review http://en.redtram.com/go/177253407/top100/ 177253407 Danny Boyle 's " Slumdog Millionaire " has been named the best film of the year by the National Board of Review . Celebrating its 100th year, the Board also awarded "Slumdog" best adapted acreenplay honors for Simon Beaufoy and Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:58:40 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/177253407/top100/ 155815 | iW INSIDER | Eugene Hernandez: A Letter to Filmmakers, Whether or Not You Got Into Sundance http://en.redtram.com/go/176986523/top100/ 176986523 EDITORS NOTE: The competition lineup for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival will be announced today at 4 p.m. EST here at indieWIRE. More than 3,600 feature films were submitted to this year's Sundance Film Festival , but only about 120 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:41:40 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/176986523/top100/ 155815 | PARK CITY '09 | Sundance Sets Slate: 64 Films To Compete In Park City http://en.redtram.com/go/176985731/top100/ 176985731 EDITOR'S NOTE: The full competition lineups for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival are included below] Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:38:17 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/176985731/top100/ 155816 | REVIEW | Stark Relief: Yen Tan's "Ciao" http://en.redtram.com/go/176985157/top100/ 176985157 by Eric Hynes (December 2, 2008)[An indieWIRE review from Reverse Shot.]During a time when American independent cinema either grunts elliptically under moody skies or chatters banally cross-legged on the living room floor, the purposeful, probing dialogue in Yen Tan's "Ciao" Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:35:17 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/176985157/top100/ 155818 | iW BOT *UPDATE* | "Milk," "Slumdog" Find Significant Thanksgiving Success http://en.redtram.com/go/176752160/top100/ 176752160 Gus Van Sant 's " Milk " scored a huge Thanksgiving opening, according to final numbers from Rentrak this afternoon. The Focus Features release, a biopic of gay rights activist Harvey Milk , grossed $1,453,844 on just 36 screens over Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:14:30 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/176752160/top100/ 155818 | AWARDS WATCH '08 | Back and Forth: Gothams Speculation and the Always Evolving State of Oscar Buzz http://en.redtram.com/go/176751487/top100/ 176751487 Continuing this year's awards season coverage in indieWIRE , editor-in-chief Eugene Hernandez and assistant editor Peter Knegt chatted via instant message about the ever-evolving race. Topics for this installment include a look at the upcoming Gotham Independent Film Award , Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:10:48 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/176751487/top100/ 155811 | IDFA '08 | "Pressure Cooker" and "Kassim the Dream" in Amsterdam http://en.redtram.com/go/176750676/top100/ 176750676 Pressure Cooker " directors Mark Becker (middle) and Jennifer Grausman with " Kassim the Dream " writer/director Kief Davidson in Amsterdam for the Brit Doc , Tru/False , Indiepix dinner last week. "Pressure" takes a look at high school students Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:06:35 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/176750676/top100/ 155816 | REVIEW | Blue(s) Movie: Darnell Martin's "Cadillac Records" http://en.redtram.com/go/176750607/top100/ 176750607 by Nick Pinkerton (December 1, 2008)When Syd Nathan, the CEO of King Records, died in 1968, James Brown, the label's greatest star, bought the desk from Nathan's office and had it fitted with a gold plaque reading "I Remember the Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:06:03 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/176750607/top100/ 155818 | AWARDS WATCH '08 | "River," "Rachel," "Ballast" Lead Spirit Award Nominations http://en.redtram.com/go/176750558/top100/ 176750558 Courtney Hunt 's " Frozen River ," Lance Hammer 's " Ballast " and Jonathan Demme 's " Rachel Getting Married " topped the 2009 Film Independent's Spirit Award nominations, announced this morning in Los Angeles by actors Sandra Oh Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:05:38 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/176750558/top100/ 155818 | AWARDS | "Frozen River" and "Trouble the Water" Take the Gothams http://en.redtram.com/go/176750557/top100/ 176750557 Courtney Hunt 's " Frozen River " took best feature at the 18th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards Tuesday night in New York, while Tia Lessin and Carl Deal 's " Trouble the Water " won best documentary during the Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:05:37 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/176750557/top100/