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iW NEWS| Scheidlinger Named EVP of Business Affairs at Weinstein Co.

The Weinstein Company has named veteran producer and former CAA agent Rob Scheidlinger as executive vice president of business affairs and production, co-chairman Harvey Weinstein announced. In his role, Scheidlinger will work closely with Eric Roth, EVP and co-head of business affairs, to manage bu...

iW NEWS | "Savages" to Kick off 30th Starz Denver Film Festival Thursday

The 30th Starz Denver Film Festival will open with Tamara Jenkins' "The Savages," a look at the fate of two grown siblings who are forced to re-examine their lives when they have to team up to care for their aging father. "Savages" opens Thursday launching an 11-day festival that will host 175 films including six world, seven North American and three U.S. premieres from 36 countries. DFF highlights this year include an effot to break the Guinness Book of World Record for largest toy drive as part of its Saturday-at-the-Movies event, which will also include a sneak screening of "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium," starring Dustin Hoffman and Nata...

No Joy (or Hoops) in the City Beautiful

iW NEWS | Tommy Lee Jones To Be Honored at SBIFF

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival will honor actor Tommy Lee Jones with the American Riviera Award at the 23rd edition of the festival, which runs January 24 to February 3, 2008. The award, established to recognize an actor who has had a strong influence on American Cinema, will be prese...

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AFI FEST '07 CRITICS NOTEBOOK | Sifting Through a Lack of Notable Debuts, One Doc Shines

Botched opportunities, bad acting and misguided directorial decisions seem to be recurring themes among the premieres at this year's AFI Fest. Though boasting quite an impressive array of great cinema out of the North American festivals from the last six months, the AFI programmers seem to be strugg...

Movies I Will Never Ever See Based on the Stills