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Submarine and Dakota Form Torpedo Pictures

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Just what we need: more indie genre films. Indie seller Submarine Entertainment and Dakota Group Ltd. have formed the aptly named Torpedo Pictures -- a new indie label to produce low-budget, high-concept sci-fi, thriller and horror films. The label's fund will go towards projects in the $500,000 to $1.5+ million range, with a focus on emerging and established auteur directors and notable casts. Dakota will finance and Submarine will handle domestic and foreign rights.

By Anne Thompson
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May 22, 2012 1:55 PM
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Nirvana, Foo Fighter Frontman Dave Grohl to Direct "Sound City" Documentary

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Dave Grohl, the famed frontman of Foo Fighters and drummer of Nirvana, will direct and produce a music documentary, "Sound City," on the legendary music studio. From the trailer - posted below - it already looks frenetic and chock full with self-congratulatory interviews. But for fans of the infamous recording studio...

By Maggie Lange
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May 3, 2012 4:35 PM
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55th San Francisco International Film Festival Announces Awards and Prizes at Golden Gate Awards Party

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While the Golden Gate Awards party was going on at the Rasselas Jazz Club and Restaurant on Fillmore, I was some 33 miles south, at the Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto, watching Howard Hawks’ “A Girl in Every Port,” accompanied by Dennis James on the Mighty Wurlitzer...

By Meredith Brody
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May 3, 2012 4:32 PM
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Tribeca Takes So Yong Kim's 'For Ellen,' with Paul Dano, Jon Heder & Jena Malone

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Writer-director So Yong Kim’s "For Ellen," which premiered at Sundance, goes to Tribeca Film for North American distribution. The film opens September 5 at NYC's Film Forum, followed by a limited theatrical and VOD release. Paul Dano plays a rock star who unknowingly gives away custody of his six-year-old daughter when he signs divorce papers from his estranged wife. Jon Heder and Jena Malone co-star.

By Sophia Savage
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May 1, 2012 1:02 PM
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Seattle Int'l Film Festival: Complete 2012 Lineup Includes Anderson, Shelton, Winterbottom, Meireilles, Polley

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The longest festival in the US, the Seattle International Film Festival boasts a record 24 world premieres for its 38th edition running May 17 - June 10, unspooling a total of 273 features and 187 shorts representing 75 countries. Among the films, 180 are currently without distribution.

By Sophia Savage
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April 30, 2012 5:20 PM
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Tribeca 2012 Wrap, Must-Sees and Avoids: 'War Witch,' 'Una Noche,' 'Francophrenia' Come Out on Top; 'Lola' on Bottom

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Tribeca 2012 is over. Here's my list of what was memorable out of this year's programme --and not. RECOMMENDED

By David D'Arcy
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April 30, 2012 4:27 PM
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Wolfe Takes US Rights to SXSW's 'Gayby'

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"Gayby" has gone to Wolfe Releasing for US distribution. The comedy, written and directed by Jonathan Lisecki, premiered at SXSW and won audience and jury prizes at Ashland Independent Film Festival. The story, based on Lisecki's 2010 short film of the same name (that screened at over a hundred festivals), is about a gay man and a straight woman who decide to have a baby together. Wolfe's Maria Lynn says, “'Gayby' is the funniest movie I’ve seen in years." Wolfe will release the film theatrically later this year in collaboration with The Film Collaborative; a DVD/VOD release will follow in 2013. A full synopsis is below:

By Sophia Savage
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April 24, 2012 3:38 PM
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EXCLUSIVE First Look Clip: Kat Coiro's Tribeca Premiere 'While We Were Here'

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Writer-director Kat Coiro's "While We Were Here" debuts at Tribeca on April 21. Our exclusive first-look clip is below. Shot on the glorious Amalfi Coast in black and white, Coiro's second feature (after cutesy trifle "L!fe Happens," in limited release this month) stars Kate Bosworth, Iddo Goldberg and Jamie Blackley.

By Sophia Savage
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April 10, 2012 2:08 PM
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Trailer Watch: Michelle Williams Carries Sarah Polley's 'Take This Waltz'

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Sarah Polley's follow up to 2006's "Away from Her"--which earned two Oscar nominations, for Julie Christie's acting and Polley's adapted screenplay-- is almost here. "Take This Waltz," starring Michelle Williams, Luke Kirby, Seth Rogen and Sarah Silverman, has a new trailer that reveals more than the first one...

By Sophia Savage
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April 5, 2012 12:11 PM
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Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs: We Can Do Better (Poll)

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Less than six months since Steve Job's passing, much was made over the weekend of news that Joshua Michael Stern ("Swing Vote") has attached movie star wannabe Ashton Kutcher to an indie Steve Jobs biopic with a script by Matt Whiteley.