Matt Dentler's Blog

7+ years

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:12:07 GMT

That's how long I've had this blog, ever since Eugene Hernandez asked me to join the newly-launched indieWIRE Blog Network. I've decided that the time has come to bring this all to an end. As the...

Warren Klein is back...

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:02:11 GMT

Some more voicemails have been discovered: NEW!! 1980's Hollywood Agent Voice Mails #2 (msgs for Kim Cattrall, Andrew McCarthy) - watch more funny videos

Errol Morris and his 'Tabloid'

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:15:13 GMT

I had the pleasure of attending the NYC premiere of Errol Morris' new documentary, Tabloid, earlier this week, ahead of its theatrical roll-out this summer. The film is probably the most entertaining...

“Everything today is Rod Serling"

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 08:05:52 GMT

I still stand by my long-time belief that Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone is the greatest TV series ever produced. At this point, the show is more than that: it's an entertainment benchmark, a...

Project Nim

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 07:29:10 GMT

James Marsh's first documentary after the Oscar-winning Man On Wire, is the provocative and disturbing Project Nim. The often amusing, but ultimately unsettling portrait of a chimp raised by humans,...

Netflix is coming to Latin America

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 07:21:23 GMT

After expanding its base beyond the United States of America, and into Canada, it looks like Netflix will launch itself in Latin America soon. In a blog entry posted July 5, Netflix marketing exec...

Calgary

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 06:20:51 GMT

The latest Bon Iver album is one of the best of the summer... and here's the first video:

Yes I Know

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:14:55 GMT

A trippy new video for the upcoming Memory Tapes album:

Palin Documentaries Face a Tough Future

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 07:53:41 GMT

The tale of two Sarah Palin documentaries: one that is decidedly pro-Palin and one that is reportedly the opposite. Either way, New York Magazine argues that the films will have a hard time making...

Online Video is Ready for Primetime

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 07:31:51 GMT

Three years ago, when I first started working in the business of online video over at FilmBuff, it was overwhelming evident that most broadband video streaming took place in the morning or around...

How did we ever evolve from this?

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 08:24:04 GMT

VOD and streaming feel like science fiction, compared to these procedures:

Never Will Be Mine

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 09:23:44 GMT

Could Netflix and Hulu End Up On Your Cable Box?

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 06:43:28 GMT

During a discussion at The Cable Show this week, Time Warner Cable Chief Programming Officer Melinda Witmer was open about the idea that consumers could one day access Netflix and Hulu from their...

Southern Belles

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 06:19:58 GMT

Yet another "funny how life works" moment: About six years ago, I premiered a film at SXSW called Southern Belles. I've always thought the film, which stars Anna Faris, deserved more attention, and...

Page One

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:16:29 GMT

Page One: Inside the New York Times is a time capsule of a struggle that won't always exist. It's a struggle between "old media" and "new media," a tug-of-war built around the information age and...

Northside grows in Brooklyn

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:20:46 GMT

The annual Northside Festival will take place in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, from Thursday through Sunday. Here's the easiest way to describe the festival's programming: it's SXSW in...

Buck

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 05:14:10 GMT

On Tuesday night, Sundance Selects hosted a screening and party for the acclaimed new documentary Buck. Winner of an audience award at this year's Sundance Film Festival, I had been dying to see the...

Anderson Cooper Weighs In...

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 08:22:03 GMT

On his CNN show, Anderson Cooper weighs in on the aforementioned Alamo Drafthouse scandal over texting in a theater:

The Trip

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:40:27 GMT

One of the funniest movies this summer, will surely be Michael Winterbottom's The Trip. Originally conceived as a TV series for BBC2, the project was edited into a two-hour feature film and premiered...

She texted. They kicked her out.

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 06:53:32 GMT

Austin's famous Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas has gone through great pains to remind customers that the venue takes silence very seriously. There have been countless video warnings that have played before...

iCloud News, But Nothing Yet For Movies and TV

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 06:46:05 GMT

Apple announced the iCloud storage option today, as expected, and it's a boon for customers of the iTunes Music Store. As for customers of the iTunes Movies or TV Store, the use of iCloud is still...

Five New Albums Worth Your Dime

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 06:36:49 GMT

1. Moby, Destroyed (It's the DJ/musician/producer's best studio album in almost 10 years, a series of mood pieces inspired by long hours of travel. Moby balances the soulful melancholy with the...

Forget Everything You Know About Pizza

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:54:17 GMT

...,and remember everything you know about California. Filmmaker Jody Lambert sent me this recently-discovered audio from 1980s Hollywood super agent Warren Klein. Remember when the movie business...

Miramax Comes to Hulu

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 05:31:56 GMT

After closing a deal with Netflix, legendary arthouse studio Miramax (which is under new management) is making its catalog available on Hulu Plus. In addition, a limited rotation of Miramax content...

Good News for UK and Canadian Video Streaming; And for the US?

Tue, 31 May 2011 07:22:15 GMT

With the U.S. market on a steady pattern of growth, the next great opportunity for English-language video content online, is in the UK and Canada. It's the next logical place for eyeballs and...