Category Archives: Alternative Distribution

Slate Sundance

Wrote a piece for Slate — “Is Sundance Obsolete?” The basic idea underlying it is a theory of what film festivals are.  Read the piece to find out.

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Project Posner — Now with Page Numbers!

Project Posner now has page numbers! By the way, some of tastiest tidbits in the project posner database are the “dog decisions.” Check out this one, for instance.. For example, Hilton v. Wheeling, 209 F.3d 1005 (7th Cir. 2000): For … Continue reading

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It’s beginning… New Yorkers for Obama

Check it out here.

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Four Eyed Monsters

Went to see this film, Four Eyed Monsters, in New York’s Cinema Village this Monday. Actually I was invited, kindly, to speak to the audience after the film, about net neutrality and alternative distributions channels. The film is important in … Continue reading

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One Hundred Films – Film Annex

In my spare time, I am helping out a venture to distribute films independently. The target is Film Festival films that have trouble finding a distributor. There are a ton of great films that for one reason or another are … Continue reading

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Launching Project Posner

On Friday, launched Project Posner — in the course of an introduction of the real Richard Posner at Columbia law school. Project Posner has all of Posner’s 2100+ opinions, fully and easily searchable. As I said Cory Doctorow at Boing … Continue reading

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