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...with Alexander the Last, Swanberg and IFC Films set out to see if they could bridge this gulf. Under the old model, Swanberg would have taken the film to festivals to drum up interest among distributors and then waited a year or longer for a theatrical campaign to reach major cities. A few months later, the DVD would hit shelves in smaller markets. But with Alexander the Last, which opened in every major market via Festival Direct at midnight on Saturday - along with four other South by Southwest titles - Swanberg says he's eliminated the window between his festival screening...
...suburbs of Chicago," he says. "I remember reading Film Comment and reading about these movies I really couldn't see because they never came to the theaters near me. What I love about this on-demand distribution model is that kids who aren't living in major cities will still have access to these films. They can partake in film culture as it's happening...
There is something else we use every day that, like gold, has no inherent value: cash. Of course, there's a major difference between gold and cash: unlike the dollar, the nondollar value of gold won't be significantly impacted by the U.S. government - only its price in dollars via the government's impact on the dollar...
...appointed a special envoy to Sudan,” she said, adding that American citizens must call their representatives and demand action. “We must protect these citizens whose government cannot or will not protect them,” she said. According to Farrow, China is a major force in enabling the killing, as the Chinese government has helped fund the country’s arms purchases. China has also exercised its veto power in the UN Security Council, blocking efforts to sanction Sudan in 2007. Joanna I. Naples-Mitchell ’10, a member...
...March 16, Sir Paul Judge, a multimillionaire businessman and former director general of the Conservative Party under Prime Minister John Major, launched the Jury Team, an umbrella organization for Independents that is recruiting candidates via its website (www.juryteam.org). There, any member of the public can announce their candidacy for the upcoming European Parliament elections by describing their political interests in an online profile, uploading a photo, and linking to their profiles on other social networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook and Twitter. Then, rather than the party selecting which candidates to field in a traditional closed-door process, the public...