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Film Folks' Five Favorite Albums for 2006. Part Five.

indieWIRE's Top Ten Lists for 2006

For the final week of 2006 we are taking a look back at the year, offering a round-up of the ten best lists from the indieWIRE editors and our frequent contributors. Participants were invited to include films released theatrically this year, but each person devised their own criteria. We also encour...

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REVIEW | Heaven Scent: Tom Tykwer's "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer"

Opening the same week as the overstimulated and underconceived "Pan's Labyrinth," Tom Tykwer's compelling and daring "Perfume" is in danger of being ignored. At times as CGI-enhanced as Del Toro's hackneyed trip through the looking glass, "Perfume" nevertheless weaves its effects into a seamless who...

Film Folks' Five Favorite Albums for 2006. Part Four.

Essentially Woody: Manhattan Murder Mystery

AFP: Venice film festival to finally get its own venue

The Venice Film Festival, the world's oldest, is to get its own venue by 2010, Italian Culture Minister Francesco Rutelli has said. The new building, expected to cost 70 million euros (92 million dollars), will enable the 60-year-old film festival to showcase screenings in one venue rather than seve...

Looking Back at '06: Music and Politics Dominate Documentaries

2006 spawned a wealth of excellent documentary films, a high percentage of which dealt with either matters of music or politics--and many even combined the two themes. But high quality and critical praise did not necessarily translate into huge box office numbers. Four of the year's most lauded musi...