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Sundance '06 Lineup Coming Soon...

Sundance Film Festival organizers will unveil the feature film lineup for the 2006 event early this week. Planners intend to reveal the American and World Competition films on Tuesday, November 29th at 1:00 a.m. ET, followed by the announcement of the Spectrum, Frontier and Park City at Midnight lineups on Wednesday, November 30th at 1:00 a.m. ET. On Thursday, December 1st at 1:00 a.m. ET, the Premiere's Feature Film list is scheduled to be unveiled. The festival's short film lineup will be released on Monday, December 5th, according to festival organizers. indieWIRE will have comprehensive coverage of the announcements when they are official...

Video Drone: Takashi Shimizu's "Marebito"

"By looking at her through the lens," explains cameraman and obsessive voyeur Masuoka (Shinya Tsukamoto), speaking of a mysterious woman he films from his apartment building, "I believe that I've salvaged her soul." But Masuoka wants to accomplish even greater, and more disturbing, metaphysical feat...

IDFA 2005.1: Wake-Up Call

nyt: "as corporate ad money flows their way, bloggers risk their rebel reputation"

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Adam Curtis' The Power of Nightmares

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"Capote" Tops $9 Million, "Squid" Passes $3 Million

Bennett Miller's "Capote" topped the $9 million based on weekend box office estimates, in its 9th week of theatrical release. The film made an estimated $1,043,347 on 261 screens, for a per screen average of 3,997, according to Sony Pictures Classics. Thats an estimated cume of 9,174,538. Meanwhile ...

BBC: Argentine win at Swedish festival

Argentinian director Juan Diego Solanas has won the top prize at the Stockholm International Film Festival. Solanas, 39, beat off competition from 17 other films to take the Bronze Horse trophy for "Nordeste" (Northeast). The film, which stars French actress Carol Bouquet as a wealthy woman who trav...