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REVIEW | Into the Woods: David Lynch's "Inland Empire"

Since its wildly anticipated debut screening at this October's New York Film Festival, David Lynch's three-hour, digital-video freefall "Inland Empire" has been both castigated and commended for the same things: its jaggedness, its refusal to give up its secrets, and its merrily incongruous jigsawin...

American Indies AWOL at 2006 Awards?

Film Society of Lincoln Center to Celebrate Arkin

Alan Arkin will be in the spotlight at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater later this month for an evening celebration of his work. On December 19th at 7 p.m., the Film Society will feature and on-stage conversation between the actor and associate director of programming Kent Jones. The chat will feature clips from Arkin's work, including a screening of his recent work, "Little Miss Sunshine." In a statement, Jones said:Alan Arkin is, quite simply, one of our very best actors. He has a special genius for zeroing on the idiosyncrasies and oddities of his characters, for bringing them to life with all their anxieties and q...

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IDFA '06: On the Brink of Change, 19th Annual Amsterdam Doc Fest Wraps; "The Monastery" and "We Are

A favorite of many attendees at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) this year, Pernille Rose Gronkjaer's "The Monastery: Mr. Vig & the Nun" won the award for best documentary in the festival's Joris Ivens Competition. IDFA awarded a 12,500 euro prize to the Danish documentar...

AWARDS WATCH: "Volver" and "The Lives of Others" Top European Film Awards

The European Film Awards were presented Saturday night in Warsaw, Poland with Pedro Almodovar's "Volver" from Spain and Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's "The Lives of Others" from Germany dominating the awards. Each won three of the prizes selected by the 1,700 European Film Academy members, while...

Disney Shorts to Return

Changes at Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival

The founding director of the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival, Eric Jambor, has resigned after spending eight years at the Alabama event. Jambor told The Birmingham News that he was against changes being impelmented by the event's board of directors. In an email published on IMAGE head Gabe Wardell'...