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Indie Film: Still Struggling After All These Years

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Tis the Season of French Films

WORLD CINEMA: French Films x 3: Bastille Day Creates Gallic Cinema Crowding

France may have lost the World Cup, but Francophiles can seek solace in a number of new French films hitting U.S. screens. No less than six Gallic features have suddenly hit Gotham art-houses. In addition to the two ("Russian Dolls," "District 13") already playing, Laurent Cantet's probing Haitian-s...

Despite a "Pirates" Weekend, Specialty Titles Not Sunk

How well did independent/specialty films work as counterprogramming against a movie, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," that had the biggest weekend opening in history by seemingly appealing to everyone? Not bad, it turns out, according to the latest indieWire Box Office Tracking Report (...

Will the real Michael Jordan please stand up?

SF360: Car talk with Chris Paine

On this one point, Mel Gibson and I agree: Electric cars are cool. He was introduced to them in a General Motors pilot program, which sparingly leased out its EV1s to movers and shakers. I was introduced to them by my neighbor, who could seemingly convert any object into an electric vehicle. (By now, he may have now even converted his two story San Francisco home into an electric RV.) It was fascinating to watch the story of the EV1's rise and untimely demise unfold with such elegant mystery in director Chris Paine's "Who Killed the Electric Car?" which I got to see, along with an audience of hybrid drivers and my neighbor, during the San Fra...

The Guardian: Karlovy Vary Overview

A world away from the glitter of Cannes, the Karlovy Vary festival is still one of Europe's most fascinating film festivals. Being at the crossroads of Europe, one of the themes of the festival, and usually its strongest section, is East of the West. With a number of interesting recent Russian, Poli...

83 Nations Receive Oscar Foreign Language Consideration Invitations

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 83 countries to submit films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 79th Academy Awards, the organization announced Tuesday. To qualify for the 2006 awards year, a film must be released in the submitting country between October 1, 2005 and September 30, 2006 and be publicly screened in 35mm or 70mm film for at least seven consecutive days in a commercial motion picture theater. The dialogue track must be predominantly in a language or languages other than English. Accurate English subtitles are required. Entry forms must be received at the Academy by Monday,...