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PGA Picks Smaller Films

The Producers Guild of America has announced its nominees for the best movie of the year, picking five films and their producers: "Brokeback Mountain" (James Schamus, Diana Ossana), "Capote" (Caroline Baron, William Vince, Michael Ohoven), "Crash" (Paul Haggis, Cathy Schulman), "Good Night, and Good...

WGA Announces Nominees for Writers Guild Awards

The Writers Guild of America, west and The Writers Guild of America, East have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen during 2005.

Streep To Receive Coolidge Award in Boston

The Coolidge Corner Theater in Boston has announced that Meryl Streep will receive the 2006 Coolidge Award at an annual event that will take place on April 5 - 6, celebrating "a selected film artist whose work advances the spirit of original and challenging cinema." The ceremony will be preceded by ...

Indies and Stars

Last night in New York City I ran into a talented emerging filmmaker who has spent years trying to put together his first feature. Along the way he has secured the support of a legendary indie producer and with money to make the movie now seemingly within reach, the two are trying to secure a few celebrity names so they can actually close a deal to make the movie. Awaiting funding answers from a few folks who work outside the Indiewood specialty scene, the filmmaker bemoaned the fact that even the most passionate indie execs are asking the filmmaker and his producer to lure as many name actors as possible for the film. In The Hollywood Report...

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Reverse Shot's Best of '05: "Kings & Queen" and 9 More

A grab bag of 2004 festival faves just getting "wider" releases. Misunderstood studio experiments. Inventive indie charmers. It becomes increasingly ridiculous to try and separate one year's best-of list from the next in any sort of edifying ideological, spiritual, or political manner, as the dispar...

IFC Films Announces Deal for Cuesta's "Twelve and Holding"

Jonathan Sehring, president of IFC Entertainment, has announced the IFC Films deal for U.S. theatrical rights to Michael Cuesta's "Twelve and Holding" which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival back in September. "Twelve and Holding" is Cuesta's new feature following the award-winner...