After 31 years the company responsible for some of our favourite films, Clerks, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, The Crying Game, Swingers, Sex, Lies and Videotape and My Left Foot is now dead. Miramax, founded in 1979 by Bob and Harvey Weinstein was sold to Disney in 2005.

Disney announced last year that its Miramax arm would be reducing its workload but would continue to “exist” – this was confirmed again this week in a statement to The Wrap by a spokesperson, “Miramax will consolidate its operations within Walt Disney Studios, and will be releasing a smaller number of films than in previous years. But it will continue to operate within the Walt Disney Studios.”

Despite Disney’s jazzy use of the word “consolidate”, execs, directors and the 80 odd employees of Miramax now to be ex-employees have already donned their black and said their farewells.

Harvey Weinstein said of the closure: "I'm feeling very nostalgic right now. I know the movies made on my and my brother Bob's watch will live on as well as the fantastic films made under the direction of Daniel Battsek. Miramax has some brilliant people working within the organization and I know they will go on to do great things in the industry."

The closure comes at the tail end of indie film fest Sundance, of which Miramax was a staple.

Via The Wrap