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This Weekend's Must-See: "Battle in Heaven"

DAILY DISPATCH FROM BERLIN: Mining for Meaning In More Berlinale Films: "Vendetta," "Container," "Do

In a time of intense international strife, journalists and critics are especially sensitive to movies with messages, trying to decode the intentions of provocative directors. Films ranging from perhaps the seemingly smallest, like Lukas Moodysson's latest, "Container," to the largest, James McTeigue...

COCAINE ANGEL at SXSW: Screening Schedule, Trailer, Etc.

Caryn James, Where is your editor?

SXSW 2006 Schedule Lives!

Santa Barbara International Film Festival: Bright Lights, Little City

Santa Barbara--It's film in a land of high contrast. Santa Barbara, ninety miles north of Los Angeles, is made up today of students and retirees, soul surfers and weekender movie biz folk, social dowagers and former rock stars. And as such the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, in its majori...

Winterbottom Basking in Political Spotlight

Berlin Film Fest to Broadcast Live on TV and the Internet

The Berlin International Film Festival announced today that for the first time, its awards ceremony will broadcast live on European TV on the 3sat network. The festival had earlier announced that, also for the first time, competition winners would not be revealed before the ceremony. The festival wi...

"Copyleft" Documentary About Katrina to Premiere Online

dropping knowledge announced today its release of "Chocolate City -- We Are Here to Stay," at the Berlin International Film Festival. "Chocolate City," a short documentary by dropping knowledge cofounder and filmmaker Ralf Schmerberg, takes a look at New Orleans six months after Hurricane Katrina de...