The world of indie filmmaking is abuzz with folks wanting to sell a movie to Netflix. And this is for good reason. With over 30 million subscribers, getting your movie into the platform would represent exposure. As a result, many filmmakers have been leaving messages...
Amazon Original Movies is set to be come the next big player in theatrical cinematic releases. An official announcement says the people behind Amazon’s streaming service, Amazon Prime, will acquire and produce 12 movies to be released in cinemas before appearing...
Tom Hardy as the titular character of Mad Max: Fury Road. Photograph: Jasin Boland/AP Quentin Tarantino has always been something of a fanboy flapjaw, happily swapping his auteur status for that of a gushing cinephile. And in director Mark Hartley’s 2008 documentary...
IFP, Filmmaker and the Museum of Modern Art are pleased to present this year’s slate for Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You, the annual series that spotlights films currently without theatrical distribution. Screening at MoMA from December 12 – 15, this...
Michael Keaton drama leads pack with six nominations at awards increasingly seen as sound indicator of Oscars success Winging it … Michael Keaton in Birdman. Photograph: Atsushi Nishijima/AP Alejandro Inarritu’s Birdman, starring Michael Keaton as a former star of...
Getting local audiences to see local films at the cinema has become almost impossible this year. Is it the filmmakers who are at fault, or the audiences? “This label ‘Australian film’, I don’t know. I think we need to drop that and just make...
