With seven and five nominations respectively for "Winter's Bone" and "The Kids Are All Right," female directors and their films are leading the pack this year at the Independent Spirit Awards.
Read More »This article was originally published in early November, and has been re-purposed in anticipation of the The Film Independent's Spirit Awards nominations, which will be revealed tomorrow, November 30.
Read More »Film Independent has announced that Joel McHale will serve as host for the 2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards. The 26th edition of the awards will be held at the beach in Santa Monica on Saturday, February 26 at 2:00 p.m (after detouring to downtown LA last year).
Read More »With the recent announcements of the Gotham Award nominations and the British Independent Film Award nominations, it only seems appropriate for this week's column to take on the grand daddy of independent film awards: The Film Independent's Spirit Awards. With nominations to be announced November 30...
Read More »After a brief foray to downtown Los Angeles last year, Film Independent the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, is returning the 2011 Spirit Awards to its traditional Saturday afternoon on February 26 at the beach in Santa Monica. Nominatio...
Read More »The biggest thing at the 25th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards last Friday night was probably the event itself. The annual awards, which honor independent and specialty cinema, made some big changes for their Silver Anniversary, moving from its longtime home on the parking lot adjacent to Santa...
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Read More »"It's going to be a big night for 'Precious'," an industry insider proclaimed, prior to the start of the 25th Independent Spirit tonight in Downtown Los Angeles. "At least I hope so," the person added.
Read More »THIS WEEK IN NEWS: Ever the traveling enterprise, iW is in Los Angeles this week to cover the upcoming Spirit and Academy Awards. In preparation for the upcoming South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW), iW has posted interviews with directors from this year's fest.
Read More »Yesterday, in downtown Los Angeles at the Spirit Awards, John Waters was on stage rehearsing his lines, while producers, writers and crew watched. Morgan Spurlock was lead to his position for a run-through, while crew scurried to unload boxes and set up props inside the new main tent. Backstage...
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