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  • AFTRA ratifies net code
  • U.S. release date set for 'Snabba'
  • RCR Pictures develops 'Wolves' crimer
  • Oscar venue: Hollywood & Highland Center
  • Graham King set to keynote

Filmmaker Magazine

  • SHORT WATCH: HAMMER TO NAIL WINNER “ONCE IT STARTED IT COULD NOT END OTHERWISE”
  • IFP ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRODUCERS
  • THE ‘BLUE VELVET’ PROJECT, #82
  • “RACING DREAMS”: AN INTERVIEW WITH MARSHALL CURRY
  • FRANCINE AT THE BERLINALE

Hollywood Reporter

  • 'John Carter' Star Taylor Kitsch on Playing a Flawed Character (Video)
  • AFTRA Members Approve Network Television Contract
  • 'Secret World of Arrietty,' 'The Lorax' Are Further Examples of Left-Wing Propaganda, Says Lou Dobbs (Video)
  • Sarah Palin's Former Aide Accuses HBO of Reneging on Promise to Let Him Fact-Check 'Game Change'
  • Obama Rewards Loyalists Eva Longoria and Kal Penn With Big Campaign Roles

NYT > Movies

  • The Carpetbagger: Uggie and Cosmo: Scene-Stealing Dogs and Humans
  • Formal-Wear Tips From Men’s Fashion Experts
  • Dick Anthony Williams, Actor and Producer, Dies at 77
  • Wookiee Invasion at New Orleans’ Mardi Gras Parade
  • In Aung San Suu Kyi’s Myanmar: Two New Films

LA Weekly | Films

  • Father's Day Review
  • Act of Valor Review
  • Wanderlust Review
  • Academy Awards: How to Game Your Office Pool
  • Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

indieWIRE News

  • 'A Separation' Tops International Cinephile Society Awards
  • Updated List of 2012 Oscar Presenters
  • Could Tugg Become the Kickstarter for Indie Exhibition?
  • How 'Wanderlust' Illustrates the Problem With Every David Wain Movie
  • Meet the 2012 Best First Feature Spirit Award Nominees #6: Robbie Pickering, "Natural Selection"

Film News Briefs

  • Catherine Clinch’s Media Grazing — The Second Screen, And What Comes With It
  • Ex-Pat Whining: The Game Changer
  • Kalika — Off the Wall: There Oughta Be A Law
  • FNB Editorial: The Much Anticipated Oscar Prediction Special
  • Catherine Clinch’s Media Grazing: The Next Apple To Fall From The Tree

The Tracking Board

  • The Evening Edition (02.22.12)
  • DEMONOLOGIST (SALES)
  • SVENGALI (SALES)
  • William Fichtner Takes Over in ‘Lone Ranger’
  • STEAM DRIVER (SPEC) **STEAMROLLS BACK INTO MAJORS**

paidContent

  • Why Canoe Abandoned Ship With Interactive TV Ads
  • What Does Google Fiber Mean For The Future Of TV?
  • Why Do We Need Academic Journals In The First Place?
  • Gannett's Big Paywall Play: Will It Work?
  • Update: Amazon Yanks 5,000 Kindle Titles In Fight Over Terms

Blogs & Opinion

Thompson on Hollywood

  • Paramount and Bad Robot Extend First-Look Deal to Late 2015
  • Video: How To Pull Off the Perfect Heist Movie
  • DiCaprio and Spielberg Convince Academy To Buy 'Oz''s Ruby Slippers for new Museum of Motion Pictures
  • HBO Docs President Sheila Nevins Talks West Memphis Three, New Oscar Rules, Sundance, Abramovic
  • Immersed in Movies: Ren Klyce Talks Sound and Subways for Fincher's 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'

Anthony Kaufman’s ReelPolitik

  • Doug Liman's "Reckoning With Torture": Reconciling Americans' Complicity in War on Terror
  • OCCUPY THE CINEMAS Day of Action: March 2, 2012
  • Critics and Audiences: Do Your Homework on "Thin Ice"
  • Sarah Palin Propagandist Bannon Unveils New Anti-Obama Doc
  • Can "Rampart" Lead Millennium into New Era?

GreenCline Daily

  • FILM COMMENT SELECTS 2012: Critic's Notebook
  • INTERVIEW: Michael Roskam
  • RETRO ACTIVE: After Dark, My Sweet (1990)
  • DVD OF THE WEEK: How to Die in Oregon
  • RETRO ACTIVE: The Ninth Configuration (1980)

SydneysBuzz

  • Women to Watch: Janet Grillo
  • Berlin Diary Part I
  • Berlin Diary 2: Pontas, A Literary and Film Agency
  • Iran and Film News Today: 5 Arrested Filmmakers and Reaction to the Possible Oscar for A Separation
  • The Fragmented Future of Film Finance Presented by Women in Film and TV International

CinemaTech

  • Looking for People Who've Made the Leap
  • Upcoming: Jill Sobule in LA, and One More 'Fans, Friends' Workshop in Boston
  • Advice from Joel: Tools for Connecting with Bloggers, Twitterers, Superfans and Groups
  • Time Warner CEO compares Netflix to the Albanian army
  • What's the biggest challenge facing indie filmmakers?

Editblog on PVC by Scott Simmons

  • “Ditch Your DAM” Program Offered by Canto at Createasphere
  • HP and Intel To Unveil a Revolutionary New Product at Createasphere’s Entertainment Technology Expo
  • 2011 Scientific and Technical Awards
  • Meet mMedia at Createasphere’s Digital Asset Management LA
  • NewTek Ships LightWave™ 11 Software

IFC.com – Indie Eye

  • Is this the end of the Indie Eye blog?
  • Bill Murray teaches us how to leave the room.
  • Fitting into a box, lessons to be learned from faith-based films.
  • Albert Brooks' secret epic aspirations.
  • Clooney going to court vs. the Mel Gibson tapes.

SAGIndie

  • “VISIONEERS” filmmaker JARED DRAKE releases web film “Z”
  • FILM INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS CLOSE-UP: It’s not too late to save big on registration!
  • Top 10 Perfect (Offbeat) Holiday Movies
  • AFI FEST 2011 RECAP: The Dish and the Spoon
  • INDIE MEMPHIS: Super Happy Crazy Sparkle Fun Time! (now with more xanadu)

Shooting People

  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Why?
  • Film of the Month: Final Round
  • Budget Isn’t Everything – Vimeo Award Winner Gabriel Bisset-Smith
  • Not Just Another KickStarter…
  • Why We Heart The Vimeo Festival + Awards

NoFilmSchool

  • Canon 5D Mark III/X Confirmed at 22mp and $3500, Announcement February 28th
  • Magic Lantern Unified: Clean, Uncompressed HDMI May be Coming to Most Canon DSLRs
  • Advice for Creating a Transmedia Documentary
  • Get Industry Attention with the 2012 Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowships and Two Other Competitions
  • RED Calls REDgamma3 and REDcolor3 Updates 'Incredible,' Hosting Free REDucation in LA

Tweets

Twitter / Filmmaker Magazine

  • Nice interview MT @CherylStrayed: Here I'm talking to lovely @BradListi 4 @OtherPeoplePod show. Scroll down to listen. http://t.co/UMKvawfj 7 hours ago
  • With a nod towards Sun Tzu, 10 thoughts about cyberwar. http://t.co/7ic9m8uz 8 hours ago
  • @TribecaFilmIns Actually, that was yesterday's tweet. Vimeo Awards submission deadline closed last night at 11:59. 16:24 February 21st
  • Non film, consumer help question of the day: coffee fans, what is your favorite coffee maker? I need a better one. 13:51 February 21st
  • Is your memory good, or a hazy fog? Interesting convo on how we differ. http://t.co/AmmxpqcT 13:44 February 21st

Twitter / IFP

  • Sweet. Wu Tsang's WILDNESS expands into tricked out Silver Platteresque Bar & 2ch instal at Whitney Biennial. Is this fine art transmedia? 4 hours ago
  • Excited for the premier of #IFPLabs Alum WILDNESS at MoMA Documentary Fortnight! 6 hours ago
  • late to the retweeting party, but we're all abuzz about this here: "Oscar voters overwhelmingly white, male" http://t.co/ryf6mG4l 12 hours ago
  • Talking UNA NOCHE in Berlin with #IFPAlum Lucy Mulloy http://t.co/msLoyGxW 13 hours ago
  • Marketing / distribution guru @Jon_Reiss on merchandising, commodification, and the dying beauty of the record store http://t.co/yn4D6rmG 16 hours ago

Twitter / Eugene Hernandez

  • RT @JRichardKelly: 90-Year-Old Grandma Dances to Whitney Houston: http://t.co/uKi5u1WM 49 mins ago
  • RT @MarkHarrisNYC: A welcome plea for some Oscar-season calmness, sanity, and good cheer from @GuyLodge. http://t.co/r5ksfg3T 52 mins ago
  • Mmmmmmm. (@ Lou) http://t.co/yYLA4HMi 2 hours ago
  • Michael Moore at AMPAS now says theaters will survive. Just because people have kitchens doesn't mean stop going to restaurants. #oscars 3 hours ago
  • Some of sharpest writing about #Oscar season comes from writer Mark Harris (@markharrisnyc), filing for Grantland http://t.co/G4IXDI3p 6 hours ago

Twitter / Focus Features

  • @CharlotteBronte For a woman can love a downright ridiculous man if he be but hilarious too. #janeeyre 00:12 February 18th
  • THE EAGLE starring Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell just posted the official trailer! http://t.co/7EF2YVh via @AddThis 19:12 November 10th
  • Jane Eyre | A Focus Features Film | Movie Overview http://t.co/jYcUtKw via @AddThis 23:15 November 9th
  • Check out our first look at Jane Eyre! http://t.co/jYcUtKw via @AddThis 23:11 November 9th
  • Check out these images from the NY Premiere of It's Kind of a Funny Story with Zach Galifianakis & Emma Roberts: http://t.co/fYFrUEt 15:06 September 23rd

Twitter / Matt Dentler

  • Forget Best Actor and Actress. I think the closest race at the Oscars, is for Best Documentary. Who wins? 16 mins ago
  • @JHoffman6 It's okay. Twitter makes us all think we're comedic geniuses, when we're all just hacks. It's open mic night every night here. 1 hour ago
  • Woman seated next to me at restaurant: doesn't know what pad thai is, and has only seen "Clueless" once. Check, please! 2 hours ago
  • Yes, aka Bill Murray's brother. MT @kristinawoo was that freddie rumson who saved jean dujardin from the burning house of his dead dreams? 4 hours ago
  • The Oscars section on iTunes, now has even more nominees available for your viewing pleasure: http://t.co/AS8gwFgh 4 hours ago

Twitter / Noah Lightbox

  • Chatting with the lovely Marina Abramovic at her premiere of #theartistispresent at #reelartists FF 6 hours ago
  • When u come to Reel Artists FF this wknd make sure u see Jem Cohen's inspirational OCCUPY installation http://t.co/qGBCGDtB 10 hours ago
  • Swords and sorcerers unite! Yes we are doing a 10-day ultranerdy #gameofthrones exhibition at Tiff Bell Lightbox! http://t.co/jdeKgDSK 10 hours ago
  • Thanks Tacita Dean http://t.co/kwfnMSV3 13:31 February 15th
  • Santiago Sierra's must see landmark career show at Lisson. Still from truck blocking freeway. http://t.co/7pCZSwFV 11:53 February 15th

Twitter / NY Indie Guy

  • Chalk one up for New York. http://t.co/HxEjvbKl (via @arlantz ) 3 hours ago
  • RT @GencoFilms: @nyindieguy UWS family argument over #Margaret ? That's meta baby. 15 hours ago
  • Biggest argument of the night was about #Margaret, which got pretty testy. Pretty esoteric for a family squabble. 03:44 February 22nd
  • Visit from the prodigal son produces its fair share of movie talk, and boredom of other family members. #shoptalk 03:39 February 22nd
  • Today is Robert Altman's birthday. Can't bring myself to remove it f/ my calendar. Here is what I wrote upon his death. http://t.co/LN9LOXMV 00:23 February 21st

Twitter / Ted Hope

  • It's only a matter of time that this will be how movies always begin... http://t.co/9emK89Fj 7 hours ago
  • I love speaking to festival programmers and hearing that "we are done with panels; so over that." Hear, hear! 12 hours ago
  • "24 Indie Filmmaking Tips Tweeted By the Legendary Ted Hope" Thanks Film School Rejects! but there goes my post! http://t.co/TOh96Gah 15 hours ago
  • 10 Young Filmmakers You Should Know http://t.co/XN0hO7Pf Sean Durkin, @Ti_West, Lena Dunham & 7 others 19 hours ago
  • You've gotta love @hammertonail 's DVD pick of the week! http://t.co/zSaBWZXv Go on, guess what it is! 19 hours ago
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