Netflix picks up acclaimed movies from The Weinstein Company – including The Artist

Netflix Inc. and The Weinstein Company today announced a new multi-year licensing agreement that will make foreign language, documentary and certain other movies from The Weinstein Company exclusively available for Netflix members in the U.S. to watch instantly. “The Artist,” the most honored film of the year with 17 awards for Best Picture and ten …

The 2012 Environmental Film Festival – 180 movies, 30,000 attendees

Welcome to the 20th Anniversary Environmental Film Festival! While 1,200 people attended the inaugural Festival, today the Festival has expanded to become the world’s largest showcase of environmental film, attracting an audience of over 30,000 (in Washington D.C.). The 20th anniversary Festival, our largest and most ambitious yet, presents 180 engaging and thought-provoking films, including 93 Washington, D.C., United States …

Instant Watcher turns the Netflix API into the perfect way to find a movie to watch

Instant Watcher is the perfect site for Netflix Instant users. You can quickly and easily find movies to watch and avoid the miserable search and click on Netflix’s own site. “About a quadrillion times easier to browse than Netflix’s own site” — Boing Boing Offworld, Feb 6, 2009 Within a few clicks you can figure out …

The Oscar-nominated foreign language films of 2011

Every year the Academy invites countries to submit their best film for the Oscar of Best Foreign Language Film. Each film must have been released in theaters, produced outside the United States, and contain primarily non-English dialogue. In 2012, sixty three countries submitted a film and nine were shortlisted as contenders. On January 24, the five …

Despite the posh and circumstance, Sundance is still committed to independent films

Sundance Institute founder and president Robert Redford made it clear during the Sundance Film Festival’s opening press conference Thursday afternoon that Park City and Sundance are two different places. “Sundance is not Park City,” Robert Redford said to a group of international journalists at the Egyptian Theatre. “It’s a place where this all started back …

The new movie studios – $2.6 billion built from internet ads and online streaming

As 2012 rolls in…it appears the geeks have finally won. Multiple “internet-built studios” have announced they are committing big money to making movies and TV shows: Netflix – the big dog spends $2 billion annually and will spend $100 million this year on original content. Hulu – proving that ad revenues are a bankable business …

10 biggest movie flops of 2011 – feel like losing a hundred million?

Mars Needs Moms – budget $150 million, gross $39 million Conan the Barbarian – budget $90 million, gross $48.8 million The Big Year – budget $41 million, gross $7.4 million The Rum Diary – budget $45 million, gross $21.6 million Anonymous – budget $30 million, gross $14.8 million The Thing – budget $38 million, gross …

8 highly anticipated movies of 2012 – Hunger Games, Hobbit, Snow White, Prometheus

 The Hunger Games The Avengers Directed by Joss Whedon one of the best talents in Hollywood if you’re a geek. From the Buffy TV show to Firefly and the first X-Men movie. His full filmography. Snow White and the Huntsman Kristen Stewart goes from playing an emo-vamp to a warrior Snow White. I’m in. Prometheus Space …