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VIDEO | ND/NF 40th Anniversary: Ken Burns Looks Back at 'Brooklyn Bridge' - indieWIRE →

Click through to watch Ken Burns talk about his first film Brooklyn Bridge. It aired as part of New Directors/New Films in 1981 and was nominated for Best Documentary at the Academy Awards the next year.

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2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards
Saturday February 26th 10pm
IFC

BEST FEATURE 127 Hours Black Swan Greenberg The Kids Are All Right Winter’s Bone

BEST DIRECTOR Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan Danny Boyle, 127 Hours Lisa Cholodenko, The Kids Are All Right Debra Granik, Winter’s Bone John Cameron Mitchell, Rabbit Hole

BEST SCREENPLAY Stuart Blumberg, Lisa Cholodenko, The Kids Are All Right Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini, Winter’s Bone Nicole Holofcener, Please Give David Lindsay-Abaire, Rabbit Hole Todd Solondz, Life During Wartime

BEST FIRST FEATURE Everything Strange and New Get Low Night Catches Us The Last Exorcism Tiny Furniture

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY Diane Bell, Obselidia Lena Dunham, Tiny Furniture Nik Fackler, Lovely, Still Bob Glaudini, Jack Goes Boating Dana Adam Shapiro, Evan M. Wiener, Monogamy

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD Daddy Longlegs Lbs. Lovers of Hate Obselidia The Exploding Girl

BEST FEMALE LEAD Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right Greta Gerwig, Greenberg Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone Natalie Portman, Black Swan Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

BEST MALE LEAD Ronald Bronstein, Daddy Longlegs Aaron Eckhart, Rabbit Hole James Franco, 127 Hours John C. Reilly, Cyrus Ben Stiller, Greenberg

(Source: ifc.com)

Lee Daniels accepting the Best Director award for Precious at the 2010 Independent Spirit Awards.

Metropolitan

Watching a film like this makes you believe you could navigate the social scene of the Upper East Side despite your mongrel pedigree. A wonderful romanticized portrait of New York City life. Too bad the reality of prep school youth today looks much more like this.

Metropolitan
Thursday February 24th 10pm
Sundance Channel - Time Warner Cable NYC 101

Amadeus & 30 Rock

It’s countdown time to the Oscars. Tonight check out the 1984 best picture winner Amadeus on Turner Classic Movies and then pair it up with the classic episode of 30 Rock where Frank is Salieri to Tracy’s Amadeus in their race to create a pornographic video game.

Amadeus
Tuesday February 22nd 7pm
TCM - 782 Time Warner Cable NYC

30 Rock - Succession
Hulu Plus

Criterion on Hulu - Finally a reason to pay for Hulu Plus

Starting today 150 Criterion Collection films will be available on Hulu Plus. You no longer need to buy the DVDs when you’ll have access to them anytime streaming on Hulu. Think about how convienent and earth friendly this will be, no more additional items and packaging to bring into your home.

But using this service will come at a price beyond the $9.99 a month. You will now need to rely on something else besides your DVD collection to show your dates just how cultured your taste in media is. Are you ready for that challenge?

Colin Firth, a long time favorite with anglophiles is finally getting some serious attention for his acting. Watch him here in is first Oscar nominated role directed by Tom Ford.

A Single Man
Saturday February 5th 9pm
Showtime

Portland Double Feature - Cold Weather and Portlandia

The long awaited Aaron Katz SXSW film Cold Weather finally opens tonight. For the perfect Portland date night pair it with Portlandia on IFC featuring this week’s guest star Aimee Mann and Sarah McLachlan.

Cold Weather
Opens February 4th 2011
Available on VOD February 9th 2011

Portlandia
Fridays 10:30pm
IFC

Kurt & Courtney

This Nick Broomfield documentary tells the story of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love the best way it can, by talking to the people in the fringes of their “scene.” These people who were left behind are the ones who actually know Kurt and Courtney. What comes out is not all that surprising. Kurt was shy about the fame and attention that came to him, and Courtney thrived on it. While Kurt is now gone, Courtney is benefiting from the relationship and still getting attention from the press.

Kurt & Courtney
Sunday November 7th 4pm
Current TV

Watch online: crackle.com

I’d Like To Be Trusted Again
New York Times Sunday November 7th

If you see one movie this weekend it should be 127 Hours.