Hopefully the second half of the year will give good box office. Bring it on awards season… The weekend has been a another slow go. IFC Films' Non-Fiction by French director Olivier Assayas broke through a bit in two theaters, taking in $29K, averaging $14,528 in the three-day estimate.  Other newcomers that reported…

Now 90, Dr. Ruth Westheimer had resisted past overtures to do a documentary, but she was won over by filmmaker Ryan White. Ask Dr. Ruth, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, opens in theaters this weekend via Magnolia Pictures after screening at Tribeca Film Festival this week. The theatrical run…

Many directors start a project and never get round to finishing it, but Olivier Assayas found, once he'd started writing his new film Non-Fiction, which received its Canadian premiere at TIFF, he could never get round to giving it up—even when he wanted to. Starring Guillaume Canet and Juliette Binoche…

Sundance Selects is acquiring U.S. rights to Non-Fiction, writer-director Olivier Assayas’ book publishing comedy set for a world premiere at the Venice Film Festival and subsequent screenings at the Toronto and New York film festivals. The film, written and directed by Assayas (Personal Shopper), stars Juliette…