Looking back at the best films of 2018
This year, a wide range of movies rose above the average fare.
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Ten films from 2018 Heartland Film Festival highlighted
Select the right films, and attending a film festival is a terrific opportunity to explore worlds of excellence and interest beyond the standard multiplex offerings.
Art house cinema/restaurant project now calls for demolition of 1924 church
The Battista family’s plan to redevelop a Prohibition-era church building on the east side into an independent cinema and eatery has changed dramatically. And so has the project’s price tag.
Amazon in running to buy cinema chain with two north-side Indy theaters
The e-commerce giant hopes to make another incursion into the physical world of the consumer experience by acquiring Landmark Theaters.
The long and short of short-film fest’s debut
The Heartland Film Festival launches the first Indy Shorts International Film Festival July 26-29 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields.
Tibbs Drive-In survives as so many other theaters close
Drive-in movies might sound like relics from a bygone age, but you wouldn’t know it from the Saturday crowds at the Tibbs Drive-In Theatre.
Heartland announces new festival dedicated to short films
The Indy Shorts International Film Fest is scheduled for late July at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields. It will exclusively feature films shorter than 40 minutes, including films that will be eligible for Academy Awards.
Eiteljorg show looks at the good, the bad, and the ugly of Hollywood Westerns
There’s no denying the cinematic Western has helped define America—for good or ill.
LOU’S VIEWS: Best movies of 2017
An animated masterwork tops the list. And, yes, the latest “Star Wars” film made the cut.
Regal movie chain to be acquired by British cinema operator for $3.6 billion
Regal Entertainment Group, based in Knoxville, Tennessee, is the second-largest U.S. cinema chain. It operates 11 theaters in Indiana, including six in the Indianapolis area.
Indiana movie makers try new funding model
Three-year-old Pigasus Pictures is making its mark, with one award-winning feature film to its credit and another with growing expectations set to wrap up production within a month.
Regal Cinemas plan would let you pay less for flops, more for hits
Regal Entertainment Group is testing demand-based pricing for movies, a big change for an industry that typically uses a one-size-fits-all approach.
Compton plots strategy for indie flick ‘Columbus’
Prominent tech investor Bob Compton is one of the movie's six executive producers. He helped fund "Columbus" and recruited tech notables Don Brown and Scott Dorsey to invest in the project as well.
LOU’S VIEWS: Summer movies sans superheroes
While critics and audiences have praised the world-saving superfolk, I opted instead for these flicks.
Entrepreneurs plan to renovate historic Anderson theater
Past attempts to salvage the State Theatre focused on restoring it as a historical venue, but the new operators say the site needs to offer something different. One of their inspirations is The Vogue in Indianapolis.
Art house cinema, restaurant planned on Indy’s near-east side
Tom and Ed Battista of Bluebeard fame have purchased the Christian Unity Missionary Baptist Church near Spades Park with hopes of opening a three-screen independent cinema and restaurant.
Pat McAfee’s Barstool Heartland media firm taking downtown loft space
The 10,000-square-foot space on North Meridian will feature a multimedia television and radio studio, basketball court, golf simulator, entertainment area and private editing rooms.
LOU’S VIEWS: Marching to the movies with ‘Beauty,’ ‘Kong,’ more
A batch of interesting fantasy films have crept into the cineplexes in the often-shallow, post-Oscar/pre-Memorial Day period.
PwC’s hard-won reputation under threat after Oscars mistake
The accounting firm’s colossal mistake at the end of Sunday night’s Academy Awards threatens to undo decades of goodwill.
