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AFP: Bangkok International Film Festival postponed to July 2007

Bangkok's flagship film festival has been postponed until July next year because the proposed venue withdrew its offer to host the event, the organiser said. The Tourism Authority of Thailand, organizer of the Bangkok International Film Festival for four consecutive years, said the fifth festival wo...

AP: Spike Lee to direct James Brown biopic

The late "Godfather of Soul" James Brown will rise again, on screen. Spike Lee has signed on to direct a feature film about the singer produced by Brian Grazer and Imagine Entertainment, Paramount Pictures announced Wednesday. AP reports.

iW BOT | Indies' '06 Recipe for Success: A Dame, Word of Mouth... Oh, and Patience

The indieWire Box Office Tracking Report (iWBOT) for the four-day holiday weekend of Dec. 22 - 25 showed three new films off to solid starts and finishing one-two-three in ranking--"The Painted Veil," "Venus" and "Curse of the Golden Flower." But whether independent/specialty films in general are do...

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REVIEW | Shallow Grave: Karen Moncrieff's "The Dead Girl"

Structured as five chapters, each focusing on a female character in some way connected to the "Dead Girl" of the title, Karen Moncrieff's film applies a slightly more sensationalistic bent to the usual roundelay of overlapping stories that comprise the ensemble drama. It opens promisingly, abruptly,...

H'Wood Reporter: Hollywood executives maintain holiday presence

Hollywood is dead, or at least in a coma. The talent agencies and virtually every studio are officially closed between Christmas and New Year's. It's a time when the industry gets to catch its breath during awards season and right before Sundance. Theoretically. In New York, not so much. "People don...

REVIEW | Child's Play: Guillermo Del Toro's "Pan's Labyrinth"

"A fairy tale for grown-ups!" exclaim the mindless reviewers who can't get their noses out of their press kits. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. Aside from its highly exploitative and infantile use of graphic gore, this one is strictly for the kiddies, or at least, those reared on b...

AP: Turin Film Festival names director

Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti has been named artistic director of the Turin Film Festival, an event that focuses on young directors and independent movies from around the world. The Turin event held its 24th edition in November, but could face increasing competition from the storied Venice Film Fe...

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