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A Look At Seattle International Film Fest's New 'African Pictures' Program Selections For 2013

It was announced last fall that SIFF (the Seattle International Film Festival) was the 2012 recipient of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences multi-year grant for its African Pictures program, which comprises of a total of $150,000 over a three-year period - funds that will go toward...

Review and Trailer for Oscar-Nominated 'Kon-Tiki' - An Enjoyable, Supersized High-Seas Adventure

Norway's Oscar-nominated Foreign-Language entry, the enjoyably supersized “Kon-Tiki,” follows the real-life adventures of explorer Thor Heyerdahl, who, in 1947, embarked on an eccentric mission across the Pacific Ocean, from Peru to Polynesia, on a wooden raft. His goal was to prove that Polynesia.....

Oscar Watch: New Look at Naomi Watts as Princess 'Diana'

A new image has arrived of Naomi Watts as Princess Diana in Oliver Hirschbiegel's "Diana" (previously titled "Caught in Flight"). 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...

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: 'Kill List' Director Ben Wheatley Talks IFC's 'Sightseers'

Brit filmmaker Ben Wheatley had brought his prior two low-budget features, "Down Terrace" and "Kill List," to the Cannes market. Then he made his proper Cannes debut with "Sightseers" in the Director's Fortnight, an unexpected breakout during an unexceptional year. Then the film played the fest circ...

Zimbabwean Director Of 'Pride' Heading Home To Shoot 'Riding w/ Sugar' (Watch Short Version)

It never ocurred to me that the 2007 drama, Pride, which starred Terrence Howard, Kimberly Elise, Bernie Mac and others, was directed by a Zimbambwean filmmaker named Sunu Gonera. Film blogging wasn't anything I was doing at the time, and I think was more focused on filmmaking, so I don't recall i...

Skinny Matthew McConaughey Talks New Approach to Roles: 'Mud,' 'Dallas Buyer's Club,' 'Magic Mike' [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO]

When we sat down with Matthew McConaughey last November, he looked scarily thin. He'd lost 38 pounds to prep for passion project "The Dallas Buyer's Club," about a straight man fighting HIV who becomes a dealer in unapproved drugs to stave off AIDS. (The film just landed a distributor.) The actor wa...

Navigating Documentary 'Venus and Serena' with the Williams Sisters Was Not Easy

Veteran broadcast journalists Maiken Baird and Michelle Major spent four years obtaining access to the private world of tennis superstars the Williams sisters for "Venus and Serena," which debuted last week at the Toronto Film Festival. But when the tennis documentary finally premiered, it did so wi...

Watch: Broadway Stars Spoof 'Downton Abbey' With a Proposed Musical Episode

"Buffy" did it. "Fringe" did it. Hell, even "Grey's Anatomy" had a musical episode -- so why not "Downton Abbey"? Granted, the video below is a spoof, but it's a very good one directed by John Walton West with music and lyrics by Jason Michael Snow (currently an actor in "The Book of Mormon") and fe...

Watch: Music Is The Healing Power In Michael Cera-Directed Short 'Brazzaville Teen-ager' Starring Charles Grodin & Jack O'Connell

It's fitting that Michael Cera's cameo in the upcoming comedy “This Is The End” plays on the actor's trademarked screen persona, because the past few years have been a slow turn for him towards the daring, unique and offbeat. “Youth In Revolt” started it, Sebastian Silva's recent Sundance entries “M...

Tribeca: Amy Morton and John Slattery On Shooting 'Bluebird' in Maine For What Felt Like a Decade

Writer/director Lance Edmand's "Bluebird" was one of the first films to premiere at Tribeca this year, and received a warm response for its stunning cinematography from star indie DP Jody Lee Lipes ("Martha Marcy May Marlene" and fantastic turns from a great group of actors. Leading the ensemble is ...

Trailer of the Week: Despite a Corny Voice-over Narration, Wong Kar-Wai's 'The Grandmaster' Looks Suitably Kick-Ass

Before the Trailer, We Thought: One of the biggest names in world cinema, Chinese director Wong Kar-Wai has largely been MIA since the tepid reaction to his first foray into English-language filmmaking with 2007's Norah Jones starring "My Blueberry Nights." The news that his next project would be th...

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Cannes Directors' Fortnight Lineup Unveiled, Includes New Films by Alejandro Jodorowsky

"Holy Mountain" director Alejandro Jodorowsky will reemerge after over twenty years' absence to present his latest film "The Dance of Reality" on the Croisette at this year's Cannes Directors' Fortnight. The famed Chilean-French surrealist filmmaker hasn't directed a feature since 1990's "The Rainbo...

Details Revealed About Noah Baumbach's 'Frances Ha' Follow-Up With Greta Gerwig, Also Has Animated Movie In Development

Even after the quick and quiet production of his Greta Gerwig-starring dramedy “Frances Ha,” it's unlikely that director Noah Baumbach is taking on a new, J.J. Abrams level of secrecy to his projects. However, his latest film still does seem to mark a new chapter in the filmmaker's career, with its...

Trailer - 'The Project' Tackles Puntland Maritime Force's Fight Against Somali Piracy

File this one under the broad category titled "the business of war."

Trailer Watch: Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman Star in 'Thor: The Dark World'

The sequel to Kenneth Branagh's macho warrior epic "Thor" now has a trailer. 

Nantucket Film Festival Announces 2013 Lineup, Awarding David O. Russell with Screenwriters Tribute

The Nantucket Film Festival has announced the full lineup for its 18th iteration, running from June 26-30, opening with Morgan Neville's documentary "Twenty Feet From Stardom," and closing with David Lowery's Sundance hit "Ain't Them Bodies Saints."

John Woo To Shoot World War II Airborne Actioner 'Flying Tigers' In English

John Woo and producer Terence Chang have long harbored the desire to shoot "Flying Tigers," an ambitious period actioner set in World War II. They have finally successfully raised the financing to take this big-budget epic airborne.