Indie Filmmakers Toast Wine-Tasting Comedy
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A wine-soaked road comedy and a  cocaine-fueled drama led the list of contenders on Tuesday for  the Independent Spirit Awards, the American art-house world's  version of the Oscars.
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Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall, producers of studio films like the âIndiana Jonesâ trilogy, are moving into more indie territory.
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Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
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While âShockproofâ will inspire more groans than gasps, itâs essential viewing for fans of filmmakers Samuel Fuller and Douglas Sirk.
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Director Frank Oz has made an insanely funny, slightly out-of-control farce that crosses the line just once or twice
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"Sideways," a comedy about two buddies  on a wine-soaked, midlife romp in California grape-growing  country, was the big winner on Monday in the New York Film  Critics Circle Awards, taking best picture and three other  honors.
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The new movie "Sideways" treats the subject of wine fluently and accurately, with just the right proportions of satire and respect.
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There's something special about a night at the movies -- it's all about friends, American pop culture and escape. And it's accessible to just about everyone.
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Low-budget road comedy "Sideways,"  about two men looking for love in California's wine country,  led nominees for Screen Actors Guild Awards on Tuesday with  four nominations, making it a frontrunner in the race for  Oscars.
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Arts & entertainment: Going to the movies doesn't have to mean a faceless multiplex - the little, independent filmhouse is alive and thriving, writes Peter Bradshaw
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Honoring Hollywood's indie spirit, cracking a few jokes and walking a red carpet lined by porta-potties -- just another year at the Independent Spirit Awards
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Michael London, the producer of the indie hit âSideways,â got his feet wet with that movie. Now with three films at Sundance, heâs taken the plunge.
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While the Spirit Awards  hardly confer the same prestige as the Oscars, they are still a  valued accolade for the big fish of indie film and a crucial  point of entry for outsiders.
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The pinot noir repartee between Paul  Giamatti's and Virginia Madsen's characters in the movie  "Sideways" has helped spur dizzying sales of the red wine  during a lingering U.S. glut, wine experts say.
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Indie filmmakers from around the world are gaining a new Internet platform for their movies as US website Jaman bets on a global appetite for films made without the help of Hollywood.
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Three young indie filmmakers have shown promise with strong, idiosyncratic debuts. Flouting conventions, however, may not be so easy on the road ahead.
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Filmmakers who who make tiny movies now have a festival. An independent studio is collecting entries of films made for the small screen -- the cell phone. By Daniel Terdiman.