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- 1.20.13Why I Do Not Film in Michigan
- 1.17.13Divergent and the Illinois Film Tax Credit
- 1.16.13Moved to Chicago
- 3.29.12Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent 03-26-12
- 2.23.12The New ABC of California Corporations
- 12.14.11URGENT: 2 weeks to Grandfather Your Section-181-Benefit
- 12.8.11US House Passes Important Crowdfunding Legislation
- 11.2.11AFM Currency Update
- 10.27.11AFM Sees Currency Gains
- 10.19.11Grandfather Your Section-181 Benefit Now
- 10.17.11Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent
- 10.11.11Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent
- 10.3.11Consumer Laundering – Piracy’s Silver Lining Unfolds
- 9.28.11Union Busting 101
- 8.2.11Currency Woes – Why the Weak Dollar Is Helping and Hurting Hollywood
- 6.3.11Online Piracy Has a Silver Lining
- 5.11.11Currency Can Kill Your Movie
- 5.4.11I LOST MY INVESTOR!
- 4.16.11So How Much Should You Allocate to the Producer of Marketing & Distribution?
- 4.10.11Film Closings’ Response to Chicago Tribune & Screen
- 4.3.11Film Funds: It’s Not You, It’s Them
- 3.27.11The IL Film Tax Incentive: Don’t Kid Yourself, Studios Aren’t Moved By It
- 3.20.11Highlights From The 3rd Annual Film Finance Forum: Part 2
- 3.15.11First Republic Bank Creates New Entertainment Division
- 3.13.11Highlights From The 3rd Annual Film Finance Forum: Part 1
- 2.27.11Oscars & Financing: “A-list” isn’t “Always-List”
- 2.20.11Power to the People: The Democratization of Film
- 2.10.11Chinese Film Funds: A Cookie Without A Fortune
- 1.28.11I Know Your Financial IQ
- 1.28.11Film Closings is Expanding
- 1.25.11The Kids Are Alright, But What About The Producers
- 1.12.11Be Warned – What 2011 Means for Filmmakers
- 12.19.10New Tax Bill Extends Section 181 Federal Film Tax Credit
- 12.16.10YouTube Makes First Move Toward Original Content
- 12.13.10Note: Oscars Don’t Finance Films
- 12.8.10Update: Cable Industry Launches Its Own Netflix
- 12.7.10Netflix Can’t Sustain Premium Content
- 11.29.10But Dad, I Hate 3D!
- 11.10.10Review: Future of Film Summit
- 11.3.10AFM Announces Barred Companies and Individuals
- 10.27.1025 Million in Fraudulent Tax Credits
- 10.25.10Prediction: Netflix Will Soon Produce Original Content
- 10.11.10Indie Producers Don’t Understand Tax Credits
- 9.29.10Hollywood’s a Small Town, and So is Second City
- 9.20.10Hallelujah! Gmail’s new Priority Inbox fights email overload.
- 9.16.102010 Toronto Film Festival: Part 2
- 9.9.102010 Toronto Film Festival: Part 1
- 9.7.10David Molner and David Bergstein: Guilty or Not?
- 8.30.10Director Matthew Vaughn’s UK Film Fund
- 7.16.10Film Tax Incentives – Another One Bites the Dust
- 6.25.10Czech Republic now has 20% Film Incentive
- 6.23.10The Politics of Zombies, An Indie Filmmakers Guide
- 6.14.10Don’t Look East for Film Financing – Hungary Releases Dismal Projections
- 6.7.10Crowdfunding is 2 for 2
- 5.26.10My Film Finance Theory: As Goes Real Estate, So Goes Film
- 5.21.10Low Budget 3-D: Panasonic Brings 3-D to the Indie Market
- 5.17.10Technology Good News & Bad News for Indie Films
- 5.14.10Whitewater Films Roundtable: Indie Film & the Tech Effect
- 5.9.10Personal Post: My Mom and Cannes Attendance
- 5.5.10Will Robert Halmi Take Out JP Morgan Ent Div, too?
- 4.29.10Report from Film Finance Summit, NYC
- 4.28.10UPDATE: Tribe-Funding, SEC Change?
- 4.28.10Tribe-Funding on Huffington Post
- 4.26.10Enough with the NDAs
- 4.21.10UK Film Finance Mag Interview
- 4.19.10Can Indie Films Make Money on YouTube?
- 4.14.10Short Post on Hard Costs
- 4.12.10Crowd Film Funding: Losers and Winners
- 4.8.10Regulation-D and Film Financing
- 4.5.10Announcement: A New Method for Indie Financing
- 4.2.10Film Finance Events: Worth the Money or Waste of Time?
- 4.1.10Reviewing the IIFF Film Financing Townhall
- 3.29.10Portugal: The Straw That Breaks The Back of Independent Film Financing?
- 3.25.10Star Power Is Anything But.
- 3.21.10No Dude You Can't: Your Film's Budget
- 3.16.10Why Films Under $2m Can’t Catch a Break
- 3.12.10All Lawyers are Not Created Equal
- 3.10.10To Defer or Not to Defer
- 3.8.10Behind the scenes video at "The Hurt Locker" Oscar viewing party
- 3.6.10Nicolas Chartier and the Hidden Hands Who Financed "The Hurt Locker"
- 3.4.10Winston-Baker / Variety Film Finance Forum
- 3.2.10Pay-or-Play: Is There No Other Way?!
- 2.26.10Hollywood's Counterfeiters
- 2.23.10Money for Nothing: The Gappetite of Lenders
- 2.21.10The Scary Fate of Pre-Sale Deposits
- 2.18.10A Film Market Game Changer?
- 2.16.10How To Choose (a sister wife) or a Foreign Sales Agent…
- 2.11.10Tax Credits: It’s Forgery, Not Fraud
- 2.5.10The Road to Hell is Paved with Hugh Jackman’s Letter of Intent
- 2.3.10Steele’s 70% Gospel for Foreign Sale Estimates
- 1.30.10Top Independent Filmmakers, Take Finance Plans Seriously