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Fast Company December 2008 Lucas Conley |
IndieVest Attracts Indie-Film Investors With Reduced-Risk Model Investing in independent cinema is usually just for those with money to burn. IndieVest promises both Hollywood-worthy perks and a relatively safe haven. |
Entrepreneur January 2008 Farnoosh Torabi |
Investor's Cut Get your shot at the silver screen without setting a foot in Hollywood. |
CRM December 2011 Eric Barkin |
The Monday Morning Numbers on Movie Marketing How international growth, social media, and a decline in DVD sales are changing the film industry's marketing strategies. |
Salon.com November 5, 2002 Janelle Brown |
The unexamined thug life Makers of an ill-fated indie film about L.A. gangbangers claim that a fear of unruly black audiences has prompted theater owners to shun their work. |
HBS Working Knowledge April 24, 2006 Julia Hanna |
The Life of the Indy Producer As many changes as there have been in the film industry, more are sure to come as technology alters the way movies are made and how we watch them. |
Inc. May 1, 2002 Neal Koch |
I Lost It at the Movies In early 2001, former pharmaceutical entrepreneur Barry Quart officially launched his film-production company, Starboard Entertainment. Here are his self-imposed operational rules... |
Wired September 2006 Erin Biba |
Netflix Presents The main attraction is still renting movies by mail, but now the company is producing its own indie flicks. Look out, Bob and Harvey. |
Fast Company December 2005 Jena McGregor |
A Foreign Affair Global markets used to be an afterthought in Hollywood, but not anymore. |
The Motley Fool September 21, 2006 Steven Mallas |
News Corp. Has Faith Fox looks to the heavens for shareholder value. The company's Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment unit revealed plans to target the faith-based marketplace. |
AskMen.com Michael Hirsch |
How To: Produce An Independent Film How to get started in movie production. |
Salon.com August 27, 2002 Michelle Goldberg |
Where are the female directors? There are women in the Senate, women heading studios and busloads of young women emerging from film school. So why are 96 percent of films directed by men? |
Salon.com July 10, 2002 Cintra Wilson |
Living in oblivion Idiosyncratic indie director Tom DiCillo on how he made the best film of his career, and why Hollywood won't let you see it. |
Fast Company July 2006 Adam L. Penenberg |
Revenge of the Nerds Arin Crumley and Susan Buice were just art squids with a handful of credit cards, a digital camera, and very patient parents. Now they have a (long) shot at the big time. How the digital wave gives power to the little people and reshapes the way movies reach the world. |
BusinessWeek February 17, 2011 Ronald Grover |
Ryan Kavanaugh Is Ready for His Close-Up Financier Ryan Kavanaugh's Relativity Media is using rigorous data analysis, rather than instinct, to select its Hollywood films. |
IDB America December 2001 Paul Constance |
Lights, camera, revival Is Latin American cinema finally beginning to prosper? It depends on whom you ask. |
The Motley Fool February 28, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
Comcast Demands Indie Cred The cable giant comes up with an interesting deal for on-demand content. Is the era of the Hollywood blockbuster, with lines around the block on opening weekend, coming to an end? Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek October 14, 2010 Grover & White |
Hollywood Looks to China for Movie Money China hopes its investments in Hollywood will help build its own entertainment industry. |
BusinessWeek July 11, 2005 Ronald Grover |
What's Driving The Box Office Batty Hollywood is pushing movies to DVD and video faster -- and theaters are feeling squeezed. And with the price of cinema tickets skyrocketing, this gives movie fans new clout. Clearly, some big script changes are in store. |
Reason Aug/Sep 2001 Jesse Walker |
Beyond Miramax Far from Hollywood, new filmmaking communities emerge... |
PC Magazine May 3, 2006 Cade Metz |
Making an Indie Film From casting to cameras to postproduction, the all-digital making of The Insurgents redefines the meaning of "low-budget." |
Salon.com July 16, 1999 Patrizia DiLucchio |
Did "The Blair Witch Project" fake its online fan base? Did "The Blair Witch Project" fake its online fan base?: Glowing reviews and fan sites raise suspicions that Hollywood is planting ready-made buzz on the Net. |
PC Magazine September 4, 2007 Heather V. Eng |
Movies: Straight to Download Hollywood experiments with direct-to-download feature films. But will people trade in the big screen for the monitor? |
Fast Company February 2016 Adam Doster |
Upstart Distributor A24 Is Making Indie Films Exciting Again The four-year-old indie distributor has earned a reputation for putting out unconventional fare that appeals to people whom major studios generally ignore, and employing savvy digital marketing and shrewd release strategies. |
Salon.com October 31, 2002 Damien Cave |
Reel world domination If young film buffs choose Tarantino over Antonioni, are they culturally illiterate? Some of their elders, self-appointed guardians of the cinematic canon, think so. |
Fast Company December 2005 Alan Deutschman |
Building a Better Movie Business It's the iconic American industry. But audiences are vanishing, piracy is soaring, and new technology is treacherous. Can Tinseltown innovate its way out of trouble? |
BusinessWeek March 8, 2004 Manjeet Kripalani |
Bollywood: Invasion Of The Young Turks A new generation of more realistic and cost-conscious filmmakers hits India's Tinseltown |
Salon.com March 29, 2001 Stephanie Zacharek |
Hating Hollywood Even in the year of the art film, failing to appreciate what movies do best is just as dumb as sneering at subtitles... |
Fast Company March 2005 Conley & Sacks |
Fast Talk: Screen Gems Movies may be sheer entertainment for most of us, but for many passionate, creative people, they're also a lot of work. A cast of film-industry characters provides fresh wisdom on managing teams, coping with rejection, and implementing the visions of others. |
Salon.com January 31, 2001 Alan Deutschman |
Buy our movie. Please. Does it take marching bands and a live tiger to get a distribution deal at Sundance? |
Fast Company June 2012 Evan Hochberg |
How Collectives Help Indie Filmmakers Make Better Movies Beasts of the Southern Wild, which nabbed Sundance's top 2012 prize and comes out June 27, is the product of a new trend in indie films -- collectives, or groups of collaborating artists. Collectives champs explain. |
Fast Company Nicole LaPorte |
"The Interview" Is A VOD Perception-Changer, Not A VOD Game-Changer Long regarded as a kind of consolation prize (or dumping ground) for troubled films, or else a platform for small, specialty films that might not resonate with all of America, Video-on-demand suddenly has a new, glitzy glamour. |
Salon.com August 20, 2002 Uju Asika |
Black to the future Director Isaac Julien talks about "BaadAsssss Cinema," his Independent Film Channel tribute to the outrageous fashions, foot-high Afros and subversive politics of '70s blaxploitation movies. |
Fast Company December 2005 Alan Deutschman |
Attack of the Baby Pixars Many people are trying digital animation - and trying to shoot the big studios' lights out. |
The Motley Fool October 16, 2006 Steven Mallas |
Should WWE Still Make Movies? WWE loses its second match with Hollywood. Investors, the movie business is a risky gamble, but this isn't an XFL proposition -- far from it. |
Fast Company November 2008 Clay Dillow |
Movie Ratings: Running the Numbers On November 1, 1968, bowing to howls that movies were corrupting youth, the film industry unveiled a voluntary rating system, which told youth what to see to be corrupted. Here's a look at the system and its stats. |
Salon.com November 14, 2002 Charles Taylor |
Will the DVD save movies? Film purists have long wanted to watch movies "as they were meant to be seen." With the art house all but dead, the future of film is right there in your living room. |
BusinessWeek October 17, 2005 Jason Bush |
Lights! Camera! Russian Movies! Rising living standards, a patriotic mood, and savvier film-making spark a revival in Russian cinema. |
Reason June 2001 Michael Young |
Art for Money's Sake Hollywood's uneasy relationship with the almighty dollar... |
BusinessWeek June 11, 2007 Jason Bush |
Mouse Ears Over Moscow Disney, already a force in Russia, is set to make local movies and launch a TV channel. |
BusinessWeek November 7, 2005 |
Catching the Conscience of Hollywood Former eBay President Jeffrey Skoll has a new bid: Producing socially relevant movies such as Good Night, and Good Luck. |
BusinessWeek September 4, 2006 Ronald Grover |
Duds In The Water The "smart money" sees slim returns from films. |
BusinessWeek July 14, 2003 Grover & Green |
Hollywood Heist Will tinseltown let techies steal the show? The ripping and burning of movies to DVDs is growing into a global underground industry that last year cost film studios an estimated $3 billion in lost DVD sales. It's prodding the guys in Guccis into action. |
The Motley Fool May 26, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Great X-pectations for Marvel The comic book giant is banking big on a strong showing of X-Men 3. Marvel needs superhero films to matter. It's not just about the theatrical runs and the eventual DVD sales. Investors, keep watch. |
Fast Company December 2005 Mark N. Vamos |
Editor's Letter: Hooray for Hollywood There is a revolution taking place in the film industry. |
Wired December 2005 Xeni Jardin |
Thinking Outside the Box Office Director Steven Soderbergh talks about the copyright cops, the remixing underground, and why he'll debut his new movie on DVD, cable, and in theaters all at once. |
Wired April 2005 Xeni Jardin |
The Cuban Revolution The maverick billionaire blogger wants to take the film out of the film industry. And his all-digital vision is coming soon to a screen near you. |
Salon.com March 28, 2002 Nick Poppy |
Frederick Wiseman The grandfather of cinema verite talks about domestic violence, "Domestic Violence" and the reality behind reality film... |
BusinessWeek May 5, 2011 Michael White |
This Summer, Hollywood Could Use a Hero Hollywood will roll out big-budget movies almost weekly this summer in an effort to erase a $500 million box-office deficit so far in 2011. |
Popular Mechanics January 2009 Glenn Kenny |
Finally, Bring Home the Hollywood Classics in HD With HD discs and downloads now widely available, Hollywood is finally tackling the job of turning film classics into digital masterpieces. |
Salon.com January 23, 2002 Alan Deutschman |
Doing the Sundance shuffle Our intrepid reporter went to the ridiculously famous indie film festival, hobnobbed with Mariah and Mira, breathed the same air as Brad and Parker and uncovered one dirty little secret... |