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Billion Dollar Producer: Working Title Films
10/22/06
With $3.5 billion in worldwide grosses since their breakthrough "Four Weddings and a Funeral" in 1994, it's finally time to admit Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, co-chairs of Working Title Films, might just be onto something.

ShowEast 2006
10/19/06
Saturday nights at the movies are rarely like this. Walk through the entrance to the lobby, and you're greeted by music from a baby grand piano. Relaxing on an overstuffed couch sounds nice, but instead you purchase movie tickets at an electronic kiosk, where you can reserve your favorite seats and order concessions at the same time.

BARNES MORRIS AT 10
10/16/06
With A-list clients, youthful law firm takes antiestablishment to the bank As Kevin Morris shows a visitor around the loftlike, soon-to-be-vacated Santa Monica digs of his entertainment firm Barnes Morris Klein Mark Yorn Barnes & Levine, it becomes apparent that the impending move is symbolic as well as physical.

NEW YORK MAYOR'S OFFICE AT 40
10/15/06
Following a rather tepid summer and fall festival season, generating few film standouts and pickups, indie industryites are looking to the American Film Market to get back to business.

AFM PREVIEW 2006
10/15/06
Following a rather tepid summer and fall festival season, generating few film standouts and pickups, indie industryites are looking to the American Film Market to get back to business.

AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE GALA: GEORGE CLOONEY
10/12/06
When George Clooney accepts the 21st annual American Cinematheque Award onstage at the Beverly Hilton tonight, it will be ostensibly for his role as "an extraordinary artist."

From left: 'Harsh Times,' 'Flyboys,' 'Bobby'

Getting comfy in the Lion's den
New MGM is becoming a viable indie distribution alternative
By Nicole LaPorte 9/10/06 10:00pm

Indie producers increasingly are finding themselves in a bind. As the major studios shave their slates and pursue tentpole-only strategies, those producing micro- to middle-budget pics have nowhere to go.

FEATURES | FOREIGN DISTRIBS | INDIE PIPELINES | CO-PRODUCTION GUIDE

Our financing roundtable featured, clockwise from top left, ICM's Hal Sadoff, Summit Entertainment's Bob Hayward, William Morris Independent's Rena Rowson, producer Michael London, WMI's Cassian Elswes and Relativity Media's Ryan Kavanaugh.

Your own private equity
9/10/06
Private equity, some of it from hedge funds, is flowing in Hollywood -- and now the indies can benefit. Daily Variety brought together a roundtable of the players in this arena to discuss the various issues involved.

As part of a growing middle class of filmmakers, Mike Shiley toured cities, towns and colleges with his docu 'Inside Iraq: The Untold Stories' which he shot as an embedded journalist.

Off the grid
A lone filmmaker steps into of the shadows of a Scranton, Pa., arthouse, clutching a briefcase. He heads to the booth, plugs his briefcase into the projector and plays to a full house three nights in a row.

Comedy 'The Oh in Ohio,' with Parker Posey and Liza Minnelli, is a Cyan release

Niche newbies
Nascent shingles (Cinema Libre, Cyan, Outsider Films and Slowhand Film) reveal what they aim to bring to the domestic distribution business.

Pierce Brosnan and Rachel McAdams star in Ira Sachs' 'Marriage.'

A very long engagement
The long-gestating project titled 'Marriage,' with its starry cast and Sundance prizewinner Ira Sachs at the helm, represents somewhat of a coup for a new studio complex known primarily for its commercial shoots.