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"Babel" Bows Big in Opening Weekend

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's "Babel" debuted with big numbers on its opening weekend in the United States. The film earned an estimated $365,801 on 7 screens, for a huge per screen average of $52,258, according to figures provided Sunday by distributor Paramount Vantage. "Everybody at Paramount Vantage is very enthused about this exciting film's launch," the company's Rob Schulze said in an email. "This weekend's strong grosses bode well for our future openings." Schulze added that the film will expand to an additional 13 markets on November 3rd, followed by a wide release in some 1,200 U.S. and Canadian locations on November 10th. [Eugene H...

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DISPATCH FROM MEXICO: Fast Rising Morelia International Film Festival Attempts to Stay Small

The formula for a successful film festival is not always straightforward. It can vary from country to country and even city to city. So many elements factor in--local geography, industry connections, cultivating a regional audience--that finding the right mix must often seem like advanced alchemy t...

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The Guardian Interview: You dirty Borat!

Borat Sagdiyev is a 27-year-old Kazakh journalist on a mission across America to find Pamela Anderson. So far, so not very hilarious. However, as even the tree people of Borneo now know, Borat is also the invention of Sacha Baron Cohen and is, therefore, about as offensive a character as it's possible to be without actual physical harm being visited upon everyone he comes into contact with. In the knuckle-bitingly intense new film - "Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" - every single sensitive issue of our times - racism, misogyny, terrorism, needing a poo - gets its chance to shine. Rob Fitzpa...

H'Wood Reporter: Studio stirs up Dixie Chicks movie controversy

The company distributing a new documentary about the Dixie Chicks has blasted the NBC and CW networks for allegedly refusing to accept a commercial spot for the film, which opens in four theaters Friday. In a press release issued late Thursday, the Weinstein Co. said NBC rejected a spot for "Shut Up...