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"Dios" and "Quinceanera" Bookend 7th New York Latino Film Fest

Sixty domestic and international titles are slated for this year's New York International Latino Film Festival, including director Carlos Bolado's "Solo Dios Sabe" (Only God Knows), which will open the event July 2th5 in Gotham. The 2006 Sundance world cinema feature stars Diego Luna ("Y Tu Mama Tam...

AFP: Family fights Hollywood over "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" prequel rights

The son of the Chinese author of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is waging a legal battle in a Canadian court with Hollywood studios over the film rights to his father's books. The film version of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" by director Ang Lee won four Oscars and now Columbia Pictures Industr...

Reuters: Hollywood studios unveil movie ratings by email

Hollywood's major studios Tuesday unveiled plans to email parents movie rating information to help people who want to know more about new films' language or other content before letting kids see them. Parents can sign up for the new service at the MPAA's website, MPAA.org, or at filmratings.com. Ema...

Movie Critics Under Fire?

Earlier this week, in the venerable New York Times (the paper that NYC film marketers pray to weekly), lead critic A.O. Scott wondered (in the wake of the major success of the badly reviewed "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" and "The Da Vinci Code"), "What, exactly, critics are for...are we out of touch ...

AP: 'What's the deal with Red Box?'

Reid Rosefelt: Critic Crossed a Line by Walking Out of "Clerks 2"

Good Morning America film critic Joel Siegel infamously stormed out of a recent press screening of "Clerks 2," cursing about the film as he exited. Reacting to the story, detailed in today's edition of Page Six, former publicist Reid Rosefelt blogs about the situation, writing that the critic "crossed a line." He continues:Not only don't I think critics should raise a fuss at a screening, I think they have to watch the whole thing. Films often get better as they go along. One should never make a judgment until you see it all. At that point, critics can choose not to review the film (Siegel doesn't review everything) or pan the film as harshly...

NYTimes: CinemaNow and Later

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