Ron Howard 's " Frost/Nixon " broke the 2008 per-theater-average record this weekend, as final numbers confirmed a $60,236 average, beating out previous leaders " Kit Kittredge: An American Girl ," " Milk ," and even " The Dark Knight

The Slamdance Film Festival has announced programming for its 15th anniversary festival, taking placing January 15-23, 2009 in Park City, Utah. The festival will screen about 100 films, including 29 features. Twenty of those will screen in the narrative and

by Eric Hynes (December 8, 2008)[An indieWIRE review from Reverse Shot.]There's no joy to be had in enumerating the shortcomings of "Adam Resurrected," an ambitious and long gestating adaptation of a much-admired novel by Yoram Kaniuk. But in most respects

With 46 U.S. short films selected from 3,267 submissions, the Sundance Film Festival 's shorts roster was unveiled today for the 2009 event taking place January 15 - 25 in Park City, UT. In all, this year's shorts program includes

The 21st European Film Awards in Copenhagen last Saturday night were an esteemed tribute to the brazen, bad boys of Danish cinema Dogma 95 and an affirmative recognition that Italian cinema is still very much alive and thriving. " Gomorrah

Ron Howard 's " Frost/Nixon " found staggering numbers in its opening weekend, according to initial estimates from Rentrak early this afternoon. On three screens, the Universal release grossed a massive $180,147 for a $60,049 average. That average ranks as

by Kristi Mitsuda (December 7, 2008)[An indieWIRE review from Reverse Shot.]The Pacific Northwest on display in Kelly Reichardt's latest film isn't restorative, as in her lovely last, "Old Joy," the lust forests of which temporarily heal an ailing friendship; nor

James Marsh 's " Man on Wire " and Ari Folman 's " Waltz With Bashir " shared top honors at tonight's IDA Documentary Awards . Both films tied for the Distinguished Feature award, as announced at a ceremony in

Matteo Garrone 's " Gomorrah " swept the 2009 European Film Awards , taking home five trophies. Held in Copenhagen Saturday evening, the 21st edition of the awards saw Garrone's critically lauded Mafia pic take honors for best film, directing,

EDITOR'S NOTE: The full competition lineups for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival are included below]

Danny Boyle 's " Slumdog Millionaire " has been named the best film of the year by the National Board of Review . Celebrating its 100th year, the Board also awarded "Slumdog" best adapted acreenplay honors for Simon Beaufoy and

EDITORS NOTE: The competition lineup for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival will be announced today at 4 p.m. EST here at indieWIRE. More than 3,600 feature films were submitted to this year's Sundance Film Festival , but only about 120

EDITOR'S NOTE: The full competition lineups for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival are included below]

by Eric Hynes (December 2, 2008)[An indieWIRE review from Reverse Shot.]During a time when American independent cinema either grunts elliptically under moody skies or chatters banally cross-legged on the living room floor, the purposeful, probing dialogue in Yen Tan's "Ciao"

Gus Van Sant 's " Milk " scored a huge Thanksgiving opening, according to final numbers from Rentrak this afternoon. The Focus Features release, a biopic of gay rights activist Harvey Milk , grossed $1,453,844 on just 36 screens over

Continuing this year's awards season coverage in indieWIRE , editor-in-chief Eugene Hernandez and assistant editor Peter Knegt chatted via instant message about the ever-evolving race. Topics for this installment include a look at the upcoming Gotham Independent Film Award ,

Pressure Cooker " directors Mark Becker (middle) and Jennifer Grausman with " Kassim the Dream " writer/director Kief Davidson in Amsterdam for the Brit Doc , Tru/False , Indiepix dinner last week. "Pressure" takes a look at high school students

by Nick Pinkerton (December 1, 2008)When Syd Nathan, the CEO of King Records, died in 1968, James Brown, the label's greatest star, bought the desk from Nathan's office and had it fitted with a gold plaque reading "I Remember the

Courtney Hunt 's " Frozen River ," Lance Hammer 's " Ballast " and Jonathan Demme 's " Rachel Getting Married " topped the 2009 Film Independent's Spirit Award nominations, announced this morning in Los Angeles by actors Sandra Oh

Courtney Hunt 's " Frozen River " took best feature at the 18th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards Tuesday night in New York, while Tia Lessin and Carl Deal 's " Trouble the Water " won best documentary during the