The Film Panel Notetaker

This may be my last post in 2007, so in honor of that, here’s my list of my favorite films I saw in 2007. No. 1 & No. 10 haven’t had theatrical releases yet, but did play at festivals. I’m not really following any “Best Of” rules here, just letting you know what some of [...]

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Today, I received my Sundance ‘08 Film Guide in the mail. In addition to listing all of the films in and out of competition, several pages are devoted to highlighting film panels that will take place in and around Park City. Among these panels are Webolution! – Hollywood Adapts to the Web, Doug Liman: “Sharing [...]

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Outside of the Time Warner Center in New York today, daytime serial actors & crew members (from All My Children, As the World Turns, Guiding Light and One Life to Live) and fans, as well as independent filmmaker John Sayles picketed in support of the Writers Guild Strike.

John Sayles, whose feature Honeydripper opens theatrically Dec. [...]

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Received the below email from Doug Block (51 Birch Street) via the D-Word this morning. I saw A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory earlier this year at the Tribeca Film Festival. Check it out:
To all NY area D-Word members:
Esther Robinson’s A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol [...]

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The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to LoseAnthology Film Archives – New York, NYDecember 12, 2007

The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose co-director Paul Lovelace with Holy Modal Rounders co-founder Peter Stampfel, last night at Parkside Lounge.
Last night, I went to see the documentary, The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose, which has been playing throughout [...]

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Reflections on 2007
&
My Top 10 Favorite Notes of the Year

2007 saw the growth of The Film Panel Notetaker with the addition of esteemed contributing notetakers A.M. Peters, Liz Nord and Jennifer Warren, or as I fondly call them, Notetaker’s Angels. I’d like to thank them for all their hard work. I wish them success [...]

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Billy the KidPremiere Q&AIFC Center – New York, NYDecember 5, 2007

Jennifer Venditti’s award-winning documentary Billy the Kid opened to the public last night at the IFC Center. Shot verité, Billy the Kid is a poignant character study of a teenage outsider in Maine named Billy. Venditti masterfully captures the essence of this free-spirited youth with [...]

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Unraveling Independent Film Distribution
American Cinematheque – Aero Theatre
Los Angeles
December 4, 2007

Panelists:

(BA) Bob Aaronson (Red Envelope Entertainment (REE), a Netflix Company)

(GG) Gary Garfinkel (Senior Vice President – Content Strategy & Acquisition, Showtime Networks)

(BS) Barry Schuler (Managing Director, DFJ Growth, Former Chairman & CEO, AOL, Inc.)

(DS) David Shultz (President, Vitagraph Films LLC (Theatrical)

(TS) Ted Sarandos (Chief Content [...]

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