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...world premiere of his new movie, Alexander the Last, the following night at the South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival. But by the time he woke up - still more than 12 hours ahead of the debut - his inbox was already flooded with e-mails from colleagues in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago, congratulating him on the movie they had just finished watching and the reviews they had read in the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly and the New Yorker. Within a single day, Swanberg had experienced a process that usually takes even the luckiest independent filmmaker...
...gotten to the point where distribution companies are organizing theatrical screenings solely to generate reviews," Swanberg says. "It creates a scenario where studios are basically paying for these reviews, taking a huge loss on one or two weeks of poorly marketed screenings just to get the New York Times and Los Angeles Times reviews...
...Janet Pierson, producer of the South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival, recalls feeling a similar frustration when she worked at New York City's Film Forum in the 1980s. "We would struggle to get the national press interested because we'd have this exciting film opening in New York," she says. "But all their questions would center around 'When is it going to be national?' " Pierson says that just as technology has altered the face of film production and distribution, the role of the film festival is changing as well: festivals can serve not only as a launchpad...
...third-generation star of the noted Redgrave acting clan and the eldest daughter of the great and controversial Vanessa Redgrave. Richardson died two days after a seemingly unremarkable fall while skiing in Quebec. She lost consciousness and within 24 hours was in three hospitals - the last in New York City, her adopted home, where Redgrave and other family members, including Richardson's actor husband Liam Neeson, stood loving watch. She was 45. Richardson's family released a statement saying, "Liam Neeson, his sons and the entire family are shocked and devastated by the tragic death of their beloved Natasha. They...
...said. “This year, there was no artist selected beforehand—the CEB had a lot more control.”And, given this context, the CEB and the HCC believe that they’ve really succeeded this time. McFadden explains that Ratatat, a New York City duo that mixes rock and electronica to create catchy, driven and lyric-less songs, was an especially fortunate catch. They were not originally labeled as available, but after persistent communication directly between the CEB and their manager, Ratatat finally agreed to come. However, Harvard is a diverse place with...