newyorker.com - 2/24/2009
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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 many of the films of Jean-Luc Godard (including ...
indiewire.com - 2/23/2009
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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 ...
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End of the Road for New Yorker Films, Legendary ...
ifc.com - 2/24/2009
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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 ...
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New Yorker Films, 1965 - 2009. - The Daily - Blogs
indiewire.com - 2/24/2009
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indiewire.com —
“End of an era,” proclaimed Focus Features CEO
James Schamus (via email to indieWIRE) this evening, en...
route to the airport after this weekend’s Academy Awards in Los Angeles. He was reacting to the sudden news that New Yorker Films has closed its ...
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New Yorker Films: 1965 - 2009
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New Yorker Films Shuts Its Doors; Back Catalog of Foreign-Indie Classics to Be Auctioned Off
The Screengrab —
... their DVD screeners list, apparently oblivious to the terrible fate that awaits any company that fails to kiss my shoe.) But even though there are more distribution options available today for international and independent films, there will never be enough, and the number of valuable and interesting foreign movies that are never made available to the eyeballs of American movie fans is always a favorite topic of conversation among those critics and film writers with a global reach. As Richard Brody notes, this unhappy development also leaves open the question of what will happen ...
R.I.P. New Yorker Films. Today in Film Bloggery 02/24/09
SpoutBlog —
... Richard Brody at the New Yorker (magazine) addresses how the shocking news will affect exhibitors as well as us moviegoers (at least temporarily): ...
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NEW YORKER FILMS SHUTS DOWN
filmmakermagazine.com 2/24/2009 — 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 ...
RIP, New Yorker Video.
underdog.typepad.com 2/24/2009 — Some of you already saw this news but just in case, Eugene Hernandez reports on IndieWire that New Yorker Films is folding. Very sad news, given the number of excellent films from around the world they brought to us in theaters and home video, and ...
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