will you give $1 to help distribute 100 indie films?

The folks at OpenIndie, the new film distribution concept launched by Arin Crumley and Kieran Masterson, need to raise just $108 in the next 31 hours, to support their new initiative. I finally donated today (sorry for the delay). Will you join?

More on OpenIndie in Eric Kohn’s article at indieWIRE.

eug posted to The Biz on October 28, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0)

nyc | coming soon: apple store, upw

Walking at Broadway & 67th St. in Manhattan today, I came across the site of the new Apple Store. Apparently, just in time for the holiday shopping season. I’m certainly looking forward to it! (More at CNET)

photos by Google Maps (left, then) and eugene hernandez (right, now)

eug posted to nyc on October 27, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0)

two minutes from “antichrist”

LvT’s “Antichrist” opens tonight, at midnight in NYC. Here’s two minutes from the movie. More today at indieWIRE, and here’s our recent conversation with von Trier (fueled by questions from indieWIRE readers).

eug posted to movies on October 22, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0)

david carr: “I love my fake friends”

NY Times’ David Carr on leaving the awards season beat:

“I love my fake friends,” [Carr] sighed. “Penelope Cruz air-kissing you, even when she’s not exactly sure who you are, has to have an effect on you.”

He will be greatly missed.

photo by eugene hernandez

eug posted to awards season on October 21, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0)

A.O. Scott: “I probably hate most of the movies that are nominated”

“I had nothing to do with this, I am only reading the nominations,” New York Times film critic A.O. Scott advised today, before reading the Gotham Award nominations live for about 200 people who logged online to hear the news live. “Chances are I probably hate most of the movies that are nominated,” he quipped curiously, stirring surprised laughter from my colleagues and I who were watching here at the indieWIRE office. That quote hit Twitter almost immediately.

“But, seriously,” he continued, before announcing the nominees.

The most surprising omission: “Precious.”

eug posted to awards season on October 19, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (2)