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The Blanton Opens

Vince Becomes a Titan

Iran Invades Tribeca, Or How Can We Attack a Country with Such Great Cinema?

My Dinner With Herzog

IFP Minnesota Names Seven Finalists for McKnight Screenwriting Program

Seven projects have been named finalists in the 2006 McKnight Screenwriting program, IFP Minnesota announced Friday. Administered by IFP Minnesota for ten years, the money awarded recognizes and support resident screenwriters of Minnesota who have "excelled in the artistic discipline of writing for cinema." Each applicant submits one narrative feature screenplay, which is judged by professional screenwriters, directors, producers, development executives, and literary agents/managers outside Minnesota. Each of the two winning Fellows will receive a $25,000 cash award for excellence in the art of screenwriting. Additionally, the two Fellows are...

Strand Raises Curtain to Tribeca Pic "Backstage"

Strand Releasing has acquired all U.S. rights to Emmanuelle Bercot's "Backstage," which received its U.S. premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival Wednesday. The film stars Emmanuelle Seigner as a pop idol whose life is turned upside down when a young, obssessed fan, played by Islid Le Besco, invades her life when they meet on a television show taping. The deal was negotiated between Carole Baraton of Wild Bunch and Marcus Hu and Jon Gerrans of Strand Releasing during the Tribeca Film Festival. "Backstage" will also be screening at the San Francisco International Film Festival, currently underway, and at the upcoming Seattle International Film F...

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Shazam/Isis Hour (Saturday Morning Childhood Memory #9)

Streaming 'With War'