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- Often favoring low-budget but high-quality, well-written movies over mediocre Hollywood-style blockbusters, A24 has changed the standards for indie cinema in more ways than one. Founded by filmmakers Daniel Katz, David Fenkel and John Hodges, A24 Films began as a film distribution company before later moving into production itself.
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Jul 13, 2022 · Here's how A24 broke into the mainstream and how its recent movies, like X and Midsommar, changed Hollywood's view of indie cinema.
- Charlotte Christie
May 9, 2017 · There are exceptions to this rule, such as Miramax, the company that upended indie cinema in the ’90s, backing then unknown filmmakers like Steven Soderbergh and Quentin Tarantino.
Jun 18, 2020 · Throughout its meteoric rise, A24 has used social media, viral marketing, shrewd film selection and hypebeast-style merchandise to create a brand that transcends well beyond theaters —...
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- Dillon Thompson
- All hail the anti-moguls. From Louis B. Mayer to Harvey Weinsten in the '90s, Hollywood has historically produced movie-studio moguls as big and notorious as the stars on the screen.
- Eclectic style, consistent sensibility. While certain film companies — say, Troma or Studio Ghibli — have built cult fan bases around a specific genre or aesthetic, A24's offerings are all over the map: creepy horror films, surreal sci-fi, gonzo comedies, low-key dramas.
- Memes and merch: this is how they win. As Jones notes, founding a film company that puts complete creative control into the hands of its directors can be very risky from a financial standpoint.
- There truly is no such thing as bad publicity. With its three-hour runtime and chaotic, hallucinator structure, Ari Aster's Beau Is Afraid is not a logical candidate to follow Everything Everywhere All at Once to the Oscar podium.
While major studios often focus on blockbuster films with massive budgets, A24 has carved out a niche by producing and distributing a diverse slate of critically acclaimed, often unconventional...
Apr 11, 2023 · Tough, but not impossible. One company has repeatedly demonstrated how to succeed in this unforgiving industry—A24. Over the last decade, this distributor-turned-studio has built up an impressive roster of successful independent films. And shows no sign of slowing down.
Mar 13, 2023 · Six years after nabbing the best picture Oscar for “Moonlight,” the hip, art-house studio A24 succeeded at Sunday night’s Academy Awards on a scale that seemed to surprise even its executives,...
