GETTING GOTHAMIZED


No one can accuse the Independent Feature Project of rigidity. Faced with a chorus of conflicting cheers and boos over last year's Gotham Awards nominees and winners, IFP's board sat down and scrutinized the reviews of their most visible, annual affair. Defining independent film may be a tired subject, but defining what deserves honoring at the Gothams -- which will be held at Brooklyn's Steiner Studios tonight -- is a subject up for yearly debate, and yearly change. Above all, board members wanted to avoid the free-for-all process that led to the nomination of 2005's "The Departed" as best feature.

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