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I’m not sure where you spent this past weekend but I’ve just returned from an invigorating trip to the future. That’s right. The bad news? Still no flying cars. The good news? Independent film is alive and well though most of the new releases don’t open at your local cineplex. They open on your computer.

Recently an e-mail caught my eye. It was from a former Miramax distribution head by the name of Mark Lipsky and its subject line read “R.I.P. Independent Film.” “Unless a film is overstuffed with movie stars or the director is internationally renowned or the distributor is backed by tens of millions in marketing dollars or the film has won the Palme D’or at Cannes,” Mr. Lipsky lamented, an independent production stands little chance of finding an audience any longer.

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