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AP: Golden Globes Boosts Last Year's Ratings

The evasive move to Monday by NBC's "63rd annual Golden Globes Awards" may have given it a slight boost in the ratings over last year's telecast, which battled ABC's "Desperate Housewives"-led Sunday-night juggernaut. The Globes broadcast drew 26.8 million viewers. AP reports.

Werner Herzog to Receive Hot Docs Honor

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival announced Tuesday that director Werner Herzog will attend the 13th annual festival, April 28 - May 7, to be presented with the Hot Docs Outstanding Achievement Award. Mr. Herzog will receive his award at the Hot Docs Awards presentation at the Isabel Bader Theatre on Friday, May 5th. As part of the honor, Hot Docs has partnered with Cinematheque Ontario, a division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group, to co-present "An Evening with Werner Herzog," an onstage discussion with Mr. Herzog, at the Isabel Bader Theatre on Saturday, May 6th. The two organizations will also present com...

New York International Sephardic Jewish Film Festival Celebrates 10th edition

The New York International Sephardic Jewish Film Festival, the first festival dedicated to showcasing international films with distinctly Sephardic themes, celebrates ten years of cinematic explorations of Sephardic Jewry presented in a weeklong series of screenings, panel discussions, and events. The festival, co-sponsored by the Yeshiva University Museum and the Manhattan JCC, will take place from February 2 to 8 with screenings at the Center for Jewish History and one screening at the Manhattan JCC. The opening night screening and reception will feature the award-winning film "Live and Become" by Radu Mihaileanu (Hebrew, French, and Amh...

Making Sense of The Wild, Rambunctious Double Take...Michael Winterbottom on His "Cock and Bull Stor

Known for his audacious treatment of tough and timely topics that skilfully blends documentary and narrative techniques in a variety of genres, ["Wonderland", "In This World", "Code 46", "Nine Songs"] Michael Winterbottom's latest "Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story" is a wild, rambunctious doub...

IFC Gets Matthew Barney's "Drawing Restraint 9"

IFC Films has acquired U.S. theatrical rights to Matthew Barney's "Drawing Restraint 9," starring the artist and Bjork. It debuted at the Venice Film Festival and is described by the company as follows: "A love story as only two such remarkable minds could conceive, the film stars the artist and his longtime partner Bjork as two occidental guests who board a Japanese whaling ship in Nagasaki Bay. The film has almost no dialogue but is marked by the fantastic theatricality that Barney fans expect. It includes a tanker truck filled with liquid petroleum jelly; a parade of animals; a tea ceremony in which Barney and Bjork wear costumes inspired...