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"Son of Rambow" to Open Sundance Institute at BAM Series

The Sundance Institute has released full details of its "Sundance Institute at BAM" series, taking place May 31 - June 10 in Brooklyn, NY with 21 features and 27 shorts slated. The New York premiere of Garth Jennings' "Son of Rambow" will open the event. Previously, "The Savages" had been slated to open. Dramatic feature highlights include Tom DiCillo's "Delirious," Sterlin Harjo's "Four Sheets to the Wind," Craig Zobel's "The Great World of Sound," JJ Lask's "On the Road with Judas," and Sundance Fest '07 jury winner "Padre Nuestro" by Christopher Zalla. Among the slated docs are "Banished" by Marco Williams, Lincoln Ruchti's "Chasing Ghosts...

SF 360: "After the Wedding" and "Ten" Open 10th Sonoma Fest

The Sonoma Valley Film Festival, which celebrates its tenth year this weekend, April 11-15 is all about the good life. Every screening is preceded by "gourmet food and wine pairings," winery excursions are offered, and "casual mingling with celebrity chefs and star winemakers" is billed right up the...

HWR: Film studio Lionsgate leaps to faith market

Lionsgate has become the latest studio to tap into the lucrative Christian entertainment market, with two initiatives that the independent Canadian studio is expected to announce Thursday. The studio has acquired exclusive North American home entertainment distribution rights to three DVD documentar...

Picturehouse Ups Lange to EVP/Co-general Sales Manager

Picturehouse's John Lange has been promoted to executie vice president/co-general sales manager, the company's president Bob Berney announced Thursday. Lange will supervise all sales policies including terms and settlements as well as continuing to share co-general sales manager duties with Bill Tho...

AFS Seeking Job Applicants

Atlanta Film Festival Line-up: Secret Screening!

NY Times: Films From the Weinsteins Falter, but the Brothers Stay Focused

As last weekend's box-office take for the heavily promoted "Grindhouse" tumbled in at just $11.6 million, a chilly realization came with the numbers: Not all is well with the Weinstein Company. Indeed, the namesake entertainment boutique founded by Bob and Harvey Weinstein as they acrimoniously left Miramax and the Walt Disney Company two years ago has seen its highly visible movie operation suffer humiliations that might have sunk a less tenacious start-up. Marquee filmmakers like Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, with "Grindhouse," and Anthony Minghella, with "Breaking and Entering," have tanked. Michael Moore has yet to unveil "Fahre...

Atlanta Film Festival Line-up: Dramatic Competition

Waterloo Records Turns 25