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AFP: World War II, globalization in focus at star-studded Berlinale

Next month's Berlin International Film Festival will be a star-studded showcase of movies on the impact of globalization and the ongoing struggle to come to terms with the horrors of World War II, its director has told AFP. Dieter Kosslick said in an interview ahead of the February 8 to 18 event tha...

AP: Who's won what leading up to the Oscars

The Oscars are almost as much about momentum as the films themselves. Here's a list of what honors the top movies are winning this awards season... The Associated Press lists the awards film by film in case you've had some difficulty keeping up.

'SXSW Presents' Returns Next Week

Bridging the Gap

SF360: Noir City5, fun with Dicks and Janes

The screen comes painted in startling collisions of black-and-white, but the truth is never anything but gray. It's classic film noir--courtesy of Noir City5, the fifth edition of San Francisco's prominent annual noir fest--and its indelible contrasts color the world to this day in iconic images as definitive as the light cut by a Venetian blind. The term film noir, at least as applied to its original or "classic" phase, came along to define a genre only after the fact. But as aficionados and even novices know, it more or less neatly encompasses a rash of Hollywood crime stories, often B movie fare, that dealt in moody, sultry ways with the s...

AFP: Film is dead, long live digital movies says David Lynch

He's created some of the most memorable and enigmatic works ever committed to celluloid, but as far as David Lynch is concerned, film is dead. The maverick Hollywood director famed for disturbing movies which explore the dark side of human nature such as "Blue Velvet," "Eraserhead" and "The Elephant...

PARK CITY '07 REVIEW | The Girl Couldn't Help It: David Stenn's "Girl 27"

My favorite David Stenn book is "Bombshell: The Life and Death of Jean Harlow," a wonderful look at Hollywood's first blonde sex symbol and the dark and tragic circumstances regarding her too-short life. Insights about early Hollywood, sex scandals and ruthless exploitation by studio executives are ...

Sundance 2007: Just Rewards

The SAG Award Winners

In Los Angeles tonight, the Screen Actors Guild presented its annual SAG Awards. The film winners include:Lead actor: Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland"