2ND time around
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
... a conversation with New York-based indie producer Ted ... in point: "Rick," the opening night film, may never ... admits on the telephone from his home in Los Angeles. ... <http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2004/04/25/2nd_time_around>

JOHN Hamann's Weekend Wrap Up
Box Office Prophets - USA
... Miramax may be wishing they either waited to release the first film on DVD ... ten days, and with most of that being profit after distribution splits, Miramax can ... <http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=8302>

OLD vaults found during sidewalk repair in Bayonne
West New York Reporter - West New York,NJ,USA
... New Jersey Film Industry Assistance program that provides grants, low interest loan, and technical expertise to film production or distribution companies. <http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=11384950&BRD=1291&PAG=461&dept_id=523591&rfi=6>

THEATER'S Front-Row Seat to Digital Future
Los Angeles Times (subscription) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... much money at stake, involving some of the heaviest hitters in film and technology ... is among those keenly interested in the digital distribution of entertainment ... <http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-theater25apr25,1,7653934.story?coll=la-home-business>

DVD service makes indie films accessible
Charleston Post Courier (subscription) - Charleston,SC,USA HACKENSACK, NJ--Like other small films, "Raja," a drama set in Morocco and selected by the prestigious New York and Toronto film festivals, opened initially in ... <http://www.charleston.net/stories/042504/bus_25dvds.shtml>

THE West Under Cover: Dissing Sundance
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
... for one of his late chapters: "Miramax has been a blessing and a curse for the film industry. You have to give them credit because they made indie movies sexy. ... <http://www.sltrib.com/2004/Apr/04252004/arts/160124.asp>

GROUP says fake film festival invitation was a joke
Boca Raton News - Boca Raton,FL,USA
Floridians for a Better America – the group that sent out a fake invitation to the Palm Beach International Film Festival last week to blast the festival’s ... <http://www.bocaratonnews.com/index.php?src=news&category=LOCAL%20NEWS&prid=8118>

THE Film Festival That Ate (Lower) Manhattan
New York Times - USA
... Still, multi-tentacled projects are hard to get off the ground in New York City. In Los Angeles, the world may revolve around the film industry. ... <http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/25/movies/25TRAI.html?ex=1083470400&en=b1cdb5797a4b119d&ei=5062>

ISRAELI theater may screen `Passion'
Akron Beacon Journal (subscription) - Akron,OH,USA
... that those who think that the film is anti ... Queen Mary 2, which arrived in New York City for the ... Couric partnered with the Entertainment Industry Foundation in ... <http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/living/8509687.htm>

EVEN in spotlight, Chris Cooper's modesty shines through
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
... This summer, Cooper will make "Conquistadora,'' an indie film written by his wife and close to both their hearts. Patricia Clarkson ... <http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/04/23/DDG1B68SJ41.DTL>

LADY Killer?
Sunday Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
... As well as an actor he’s also directed the poorly received film Chelsea Walls, written two ... After Dead Poets, Hawke worked in indie films and more edgy cinema ... <http://www.sundayherald.com/41493>

ELLIOT still calls Australia home
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... But we keep reminding ourselves of why we're independent film makers, we still want to keep telling Australian stories and we want to keep making the films ... <http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/24/1082719672459.html>

CANNES Film Festival hopes to revitalize itself this year Alameda Times-Star - Alameda,CA,USA ... d'Or winner. On the last day of the festival there will be an added screening of both parts of Kill Bill presented as one film.>. <http://www.timesstar.com/Stories/0,1413,125~1549~2105753,00.html>

SIXTH annual Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, April 23-May 2 The Advocate - USA The sixth annual Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival runs Friday, April 23, through Sunday, May 2. The program will include gala screenings of Richard Day's ... <http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?ID=12174&sd=04/23/04>

STAR power in 'Almost Salinas'
Monterey County Herald - Monterey,CA,USA
... The independent film featuring "Frasier" dad John Mahoney and Academy Award nominee Lindsay Crouse hasn't been a blockbuster -- at least, yet. ... <http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/living/8501667.htm>

TRIBECA fest is film buff's Big Apple binge
Newark Star Ledger - Newark,NJ,USA
... in New York. ... and the group's selections are as diverse as the city that hosts ... mix of studio and independent offerings, the event is both a film buff's movie ... <http://www.nj.com/entertainment/ledger/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-1/1082701823191780.xml>

SUNDANCE Grants; AIVF Change; Gen Art Winners; Acquisitions News ...
Indie Wire - USA
... have closed indie PR company Open City Communications after ... writing for FilmThreat and the New York Resident ... has established the Annenberg Film Fellows Program ... <http://www.indiewire.com/biz/biz_040423buzz.html>

ANSCHUTZ combines film companies
Bizjournals.com - USA
... Melveny & Myers who has been advising Anschutz on his film investments, has ... look at other acquisitions that might give it avenues for distribution and marketing ... <http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2004/04/19/daily25.html>