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BFI's 'Hitchcock 9,' the Master of Suspense's Earliest Surviving Works, Kicks Off Its Stateside Tour UPDATED
Hitchcock fans rejoice. The BFI has kicked off its stateside national tour of "The Hitchcock 9," a program of Alfred Hitchcock's nine earliest surviving works, all in newly restored 35mm prints. It launches at the Castro Theatre (June 14-16) for the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, and will make ...
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On Will Smith's Seemingly Strategic Aversion To Controversial Roles...
As anticipation for Quentin Tarantino’s visionary “Southern,” Django Unchained, nears a fever pitch, my thoughts have turned to the man who was initially approached to essay the role that eventually went to Jamie Foxx – and what his ultimate refusal of such a controversial...
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Review: Tragi-Comedy 'Act of Killing' Confronts the Killer Inside (TRAILER)
With his documentary "The Act of Killing," Joshua Oppenheimer has reset the bar for tragi-comedy. As in, don’t even bother trying, Hollywood. Ever again. In fact, why don’t we just dispense with next year’s Oscar race right now and give both the best documentary and the best feature award to this ...
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WATCH: First Trailer for Princess 'Diana' Biopic, Starring Naomi Watts
The first teaser trailer for Oliver Hirschbiegel's "Diana," starring Naomi Watts as Princess Diana, has landed. The film follows the last two years of Diana's life, charting her various romances and her evolution into a major international campaigner and humanitarian. Entertainment One has picked up...
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'Dirty Wars': Glimpse Into Shadow World of U.S. Counterterrorism Via Tenacious Reporter
"Dirty Wars," the riveting new documentary by journalist Jeremy Scahill and director Rick Rowley that probes the shadowy world of U.S. paramilitary operations, almost didn't get made. Or rather, it almost didn't become the film that premiered at Sundance in January to critical plaudits and hit thea...
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Sword and Sandal Update: Principal Photography Begins on Brett Ratner's 'Hercules,' Starring Dwayne Johnson
UPDATE: Principal photography began today on Brett Ratner's "Hercules," which is slated for July 2014. The MGM and Paramount film stars the ubiquitous and Herculean-proportioned Dwayne Johnson (who toplined "Fast & Furious 6," "G.I. Joe Retaliation" and "Pain & Gain" this spring), along with Ian McS...
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Ray Charles Died Today... Then Jamie Foxx Won An Oscar
Today in history, June 10th, 2004... singer and pianist Ray Charles died of liver disease in his Beverly Hills home at age 73.
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LAFF: Destin Cretton Talks SXSW Grand Jury Winner 'Short Term 12,' Immaturity and the Mystery of Indie Film's Future (TRAILER)
Destin Daniel Cretton talks his "Short Term 12," from Sundance winning short to SXSW Grand Jury prize-winning feature...
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LAFF: Bernard Rose and Danny Huston Reunite with 'Boxing Day,' Third in Tolstoy Series (VIDEO)
Transplanted Brit writer-director Bernard Rose and Hollywood scion Danny Huston have enjoyed a long and fruitful relationship. Casting Huston in "IVANSXTC," a llittle-seen 2002 success d'estime that in many ways presaged the indie digital age, jumpstarted the would-be director's career as an actor. ...
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Seth and Stefon's Big SNL Wedding, and Iran's Reply to Argo (Video)
Stefon -- the guide to New York's hottest, most twisted clubs - was never my favorite Bill Hader character, but he grew on me. And since last night's SNL was Hader's last, it was inevitable that Stefon would pop up on Weekend Update. But who could have guessed that, tired of his unrequited ...
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The Dardenne Bros., Marion Cotillard and Sundance Selects Team For 'Two Days, One Night'
Now in preproduction. "Two Days, One Night" follows 30-year-old Sandra (Cotillard) who, with the help of her husband, she searches the town for colleagues prepared to sacrifice their bonuses so she can keep her job.
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Phase 4 Buys Anna Paquin's "Free Ride"
It's the first film produced by CASM, Paquin's production company with Stephen Moyer.
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Cannes Review: ‘Borgman’ Delivers A Deliciously Dark, Twisted Cannes Competition Treat
Caustic, surreal, creepy, and blackly funny, Dutch polymath Alex van Warmerdam’s “Borgman” is the trickster god in this year’s Cannes competition pantheon. Tonally similar to recent cultish favorites from Yorgos Lanthimos and Ben Wheatley (“Dogtooth” feels like a particularly close and favoured firs...
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CANNES 2013: Joel and Ethan Coen's INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
Plenty of films exist about struggling young artists trying to be great and failing in the process. But Joel and Ethan Coen’s "Inside Llewyn Davis" is unique in focusing on a great struggling young artist resigned to the idea of his own impending failure.
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Cannes 2013: T-Bone Burnett Teases Live & Studio Versions Of 'Inside Llewyn Davis' Soundtrack, And Further “Events,” Plus New Photos From The Film
Following its almost uniformly rapturous reception yesterday at the Cannes Film Festival (you can read our take here) today the ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ team showed up in force for the press conference. With Joel and Ethan Coen, Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, Garrett Hedlund, T-Bone Bu...
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Weekend Box Office Top Ten Is Strong, Led By 'Star Trek Into Darkness,' Which Pulls In Smaller Audience than Last Film
At long last, for the first time this year the box office top ten marked a bump up from last year, thanks to three big performers taking in most of the gross. The top 10 this weekend came to about $158 million. Last year, which saw two disappointing openings ("Battleship" and "The Dictator" followed...
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ISA of the Day Ondamax Films
Ondamax is the talent discoverer for Latino filmmakers! The newest filmmakers can be found here with their first films.
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Yahoo to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion
You can't no longer say that Yahoo lacks a presence in social media and on mobile devices.
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Eventival and Black Market Online Joint Venture for Fest Submissions
Thom Prasek from Prague is a very good friend many years now. This is an exciting new venture that will help film festivals worldwide to evaluate film submissions.
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CANNES 2013: Images, Part 1
Thick grey clouds paint the coastal horizon, and rain keeps falling. Massive yachts bob up and down in the choppy water while scattering festival attendees take cover under umbrella canopies.
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