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Matt

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About Me

Matt Dentler is the head of marketing and programming for Cinetic Rights Management, a sister company of Cinetic Media in New York. Prior to that, he spent five years as the Producer of the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference & Festival in Austin, TX starting in 2003. Dentler currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Austin Film Society and graduated with a BS in Radio-Television-Film from the University of Texas. He has participated on panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, the Cannes Market, the American Film Market, the IFP Market, and more. He is the executive producer of PJ Raval and Jay Hodges' documentary feature, "Trinidad."

My Interests

Film, music, politics, basketball, college football, blogging way too much, and New York.

I'd like to meet:

The kids who sing the chorus on "D.A.N.C.E."

Heroes:

Suri Cruise.

My Blog

Where you can watch movies online...

As we prepare to release our first batch of titles to various portals, we wanted to send a list of destinations (some you may know about, some you may not) where you can currently watch short and feat...
Posted by Matt on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:53:00 PST

Me on what I do now...

What does it mean when you blog a YouTube video of yourself? Is that like a whole new level of ego? Well, whatever it is, here's an interview I did with Sara Pollack of YouTube (as part of the Los Ang...
Posted by Matt on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:13:00 PST

Memorial Daze

This long Memorial Day weekend started early. Wednesday, to be exact, and it could not have come any sooner. There was plenty of celebrating to be had, lots of momentous occasions and life changes on ...
Posted by Matt on Tue, 27 May 2008 09:28:00 PST

NYTimes: My New Job

I probably can't think of a better week to finally make the permanent move to New York, than one starting with a feature in the Sunday New York Times, about my new job. Click here for Brooks Barnes' a...
Posted by Matt on Sun, 25 May 2008 08:40:00 PST

’Trinidad’ Screening Schedule @ LAFF

So, the Los Angeles Film Festival has announced its schedule, and Trinidad will have its world premiere on Sunday, June 22, 4:30 p.m. at the Majestic Crest Theatre. This will be followed by two additi...
Posted by Matt on Sun, 25 May 2008 08:39:00 PST

My Thoughts on ’Indy 4’

Click here to read my thoughts after seeing Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull!...
Posted by Matt on Mon, 19 May 2008 10:09:00 PST

Visit TrinidadTheMovie.com

Hey there! Please check out the new Web site for a documentary feature I executive produced called, Trinidad. You can sign up for e-mail updates now. The URL is: TrinidadTheMovie. com...
Posted by Matt on Tue, 06 May 2008 11:47:00 PST

My SXSWeek MP3s: Soundtrack of Our Week to Come

SXSW 2008 is pretty much here, get used to it. I wanted to share some very cool and very good MP3s from various artists showcasing at the annual SXSW Music Festival. Check out these tracks, check out ...
Posted by Matt on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:20:00 PST

Five New Albums Worth Your Dime - 2/05/08

1. MGMT, Oracular Spectacular(Brooklyn psych-rockers get some help from the Flaming Lips' producer for this impressive and warped debut.)2. Chris Walla, Field Manual(Portland super-producer, and membe...
Posted by Matt on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:59:00 PST

’Butterknife’ 1: Plastic Hassle

The season premiere of Joe Swanberg's latest Web series, Butterknife, is now live. Hosted by the good folks at Spout, the series gets off to a promising start as we are introduced to our main characte...
Posted by Matt on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:42:00 PST