on to play at the 2020 Palm Springs Film Festival, 2020 Cleveland Film Festival, 2020 Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival in Milan, Italy and the 2020 Mill Valley Film Festival among others. The film was received positively by critics, including Godfrey Chesire of RogerEbert.com, who called it "A beautifully structured tale of movie love. “Searching for Mr. Rugoff” is both dramatic and enlightening, a moving document of an American life that has a bit of “Citizen Kane” to it. Nicolas Rapold in the New York Times called it "An essential history of film culture. I got the warm-and-fuzzies from seeing the love here for moviegoing." The film was release in theater in August, 2022 as a benefit for the re-opening of art house theaters after pandemic closures. Presentations and published works Interviews and keynote speeches , Toronto Int'l Film Festival, 2013 , Keynote from the 2013 Art House Convergence , Technology Today, 2008 , 2008 keynote at Power to the Pixel conference, 2007 2007 Interview: Ira Deutchman on Honeydripper and Indie Film Marketing Articles and book chapters 2011: Indiewire: How to recreate the repertory cinema for the digital age 1992: The Movie Business Book, Chapter VIII: "Independent Distribution and Marketing" 1996: Moving Pictures, "So What's So Great About New York?" 1988: Variety, "In This Period of Product Glut, Indies Have Ace Up Their Sleeve" 1988: Daily Variety, "What it all Boils Down to is Showbiz" 1988: The Business of Film, "The Next 20 years: Ira Deutchman - USA Marketing/Distribution" 1986: The Film Journal, "State of the Art House" Filmography As producer/director 2019 Searching for Mr. Rugoff As producer Director's name in brackets after film title. 1997: Kiss Me, Guido (Tony Vitale) 1998: "54" (Mark Christopher) 1999: "All I Wanna Do" aka "The Hairy Bird" (Sarah Kernochan) 2000: "Way Past Cool" (Adam Davidson) 2002: "Interstate 60" (Bob Gale) 2002: "Relative Evil" aka "Ball in the House" (Tanya Wexler) 2006: "Beauty Remains" (Ann Hu) 2007 "Speed of Life" (Ed Radtke) As executive producer Director's name in brackets after film title. 1987: "Swimming to Cambodia" (Jonathan Demme) 1988: "Miles from Home" (Gary Sinise) 1989: "Scenes from a Class Struggle in Beverly Hills" (Paul Bartel) 1991: "Straight out of Brooklyn" (Matty Rich) 1992 "Waterland" (Stephen Gyllenhaal) 1993 "The Ballad of Little Jo" (Maggie Greenwald) 1994 "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle" (Alan Rudolph) 1998 "Lulu On the Bridge" (Paul Auster) 2001 "Center of the World"