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NEW YORKER FILMS SHUTS DOWN
filmmakermagazine.com - 2/24/2009
NEW YORKER FILMS SHUTS DOWN
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Via Indiewire the very sad news that New Yorker Films, the storied art-film distribution company that released the films of Godard, Tarkovsky, Bertolucci, Resnais, Wenders, among others, shut its doors today. From an email sent by New Yorker's Jose Lopez to filmmakers that was then forwarded to ...
End of the Road for New Yorker Films, Legendary Distributor of “Difficult” Cinema
indiewire.com - 2/23/2009
End of the Road for New Yorker Films, Legendary Distributor of “Difficult” Cinema
— indiewire.com — With rumors swirling all weekend among industry insiders, New Yorker Films, the venerable film distribution company, confirmed... today that it is closing its doors. They made the announcement via a simple statement on their website. “After 43 years in ... (more) End of the Road for New Yorker Films, Legendary ...

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newyorker.com - 2/24/2009
New Yorker Films Shuts Its Doors: The Front Row: Online Only: The New Yorker
— newyorker.com — Shocking news. New Yorker Films (no relation to this magazine), a venerable film-distribution company that has perhaps... the richest back catalogue in the business, “ ceased operations ” today. The company, founded by Dan Talbot, in 1965, distributes ... (more) New Yorker Films Shuts Its Doors: The Front Row: Online ...

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New Yorker Films, 1965 - 2009. - The Daily - Blogs
ifc.com - 2/24/2009
New Yorker Films, 1965 - 2009. - The Daily - Blogs
— ifc.com — New Yorker Films [Updated through 2/24] "With rumors swirling all weekend among industry insiders, New Yorker Films... , the venerable film distribution company, confirmed today that it is closing its doors. They made the announcement via a simple ... (more) New Yorker Films, 1965 - 2009. - The Daily - Blogs
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SpoutBlog:  R.I.P. New Yorker Films. Today in Film Bloggery 02/24/09

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R.I.P. New Yorker Films. Today in Film Bloggery 02/24/09
SpoutBlog — ... been to the development of film culture in the United States…. Less understood is the effect that New Yorker Films had, as a pioneering independent film company, on the the culture of the film business. Their idealistic, aesthetically-based, and quite moral ways of responding to the very challenging, competing pulls of art and commerce have shown the way to many others who aspire to follow their example. Also paying respects: Vulture; Filmmaker Magazine; The Onion’s A.V. Club; Ray Pride ...

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