![]() When an unconventional film like "Slumdog Millionaire" breaks out, it's the exception that proves the rule. distribution system freezes out films lacking big stars, big ad budgets, ready-made teenage audiences, or exploitable hooks. Those numbers underline the crisis in independent, foreign or documentary films-art films. Yet even after the Oscar nods, it has grossed only about $2.5 million and has been unseen in theaters by most of the nation. One of my choices this year, "Frozen River," was in danger of being overlooked when I first invited it, but then it realized the dream of every indie film, found an audience and won two Oscar nominations. ![]() ![]() It's a good thing Ebertfest is no longer called the Overlooked Film Festival.
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