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 May 8, 2008 iW NEWS | Fortissimo Set with "Subaru"
Hong Kong director Lee Chi-Ngai is directing "Dance Subaru," adapted from Masahito Soda's popular Japanese comic book. The producers of the project, which has just completed production and will be introduced at the upcoming Cannes Market, are Bill Kong ("House of Flying Daggers"), Masato Matsuura from Avex Entertainment Inc. and Ryuhei Chiba, co-CEO of Avex. [Eugene Hernandez]  [permalink] [ filed under Movies ] April 2, 2008iW NEWS | IFC Sets Debut for Zalla's Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner
IFC Films has set a release date for "Sangre De Mi Sangre" (Blood of My Blood), Christopher Zalla's first feature, formerly titled "Padre Nuestro," winner of the grand jury prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Described as, "a psychological thriller about stolen identity," the film follows a Mexican immigrant searching for his father in New York City. IFC Films has set a May 16th release date in New York (May 23rd in Los Angeles) including a premiere on IFC's Video on Demand platform, followed by a national roll-out. Zalla spoke with indieWIRE about the film prior to its world premiere at last year's Sundance Film Festival. [Eugene Hernandez] [permalink] [ filed under Movies ] April 1, 2008AP: "Shine a Light" a love song for Stones
It's impossible to walk into "Shine a Light" Martin Scorsese's Rolling Stones concert film, without decades' worth of expectations. We simply know too much about the filmmaker and the rock stars and their previous music-doc outings. Christy Lemire reports. [permalink] [ filed under Movies ] March 27, 2008iW NEWS | "Body," "Lonely," Jihad," "Grace," "Filmmaker" and "Winnipeg" Among IFC Center Theatrical Debuts
New York's IFC Center has set a roster of theatrical premieres on its Spring calendar. After Hou Hsiao-hsien's "Flight of the Red Balloon" from IFC on April 4th, Ellen Spiro and Phil Donahue's "Body of War" from The Film Sales Company will debut at the theater on April 9th for a one week run, with the doc filmmakers in attendance on opening night. Also on tap in April are Henry Miller's "Anamorph" and Scott Hicks' "Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts" from Koch Lorber (both on April 18th), as well as Yung Chang's "Up the Yangtze" from Zeitgeist Films (April 25th). May kicks off with IFC's "Mister Lonely" from Harmony Korine on May 2nd, including a mini-retrospective of Korine films on midnights in April. Also on tap are Doug Pray's "Surfwise" from Magnolia Pictures (May 9th), Christopher Zalla's Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner "Sangre de Mi Sangre" (formerly known as "Padre Nuestro") on May 16th, Parvez Sharma's "A Jihad for Love" from First Run Features (May 21st), and IFC's "Savage Grace" from Tom Kalin on May 30th. Nina Davenport's "Operation Filmmaker" from Icarus is set for a June 4th debut, while Guy Maddin's "My Winnipeg" will open on June 13th, followed by the New York Asian Film Festival, June 20th - July 3rd. [Eugene Hernandez] [permalink] [ filed under Movies ] March 26, 2008AFP: Lebanon bans prize-winning cartoon "Persepolis"
The Oscar-nominated film "Persepolis," which has annoyed authorities in Iran for its critical portrayal of the Islamic revolution, has been banned in Lebanon, officials said Wednesday, sparking an outcry. Rana Moussaoui reports. [permalink] [ filed under Movies ] March 20, 2008VAR | Cutler Eyeing Comic Doc
Accomplished doc-maker RJ Cutler and TV producer Sarah Timberman are pursuing a new doc based on Richard Zoglin's "Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-Up in the 1970s Changed America," a new book they've optioned (according to Variety). [permalink] [ filed under Documentary, Movies ] March 19, 2008iW NEWS | English-language "Persepolis" Set for 100 Screen Launch in April
Sony Pictures Classics has announced the launch of an English-language version of Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's "Persepolis" on 100 screens on April 11th. The English-language edition features the voices of Chiara Mastroianni as Marjane, Sean Penn as Marjane's Father Ebi, Catherine Deneuve as Marjane's Mother Tadji, Gena Rowlands as Marjane's Grandmother, Iggy Pop as Uncle Anouche, and Amethyste Frezignac as Young Marjane. The original French-language version of the film opened on Christmas Day 2007 and has earned just over $4 million, so far. [Eugene Hernandez] [permalink] [ filed under Movies ] iW NEWS | Yauch's Oscilloscope Sets "Gunnin'" For June
Adam Yauch's new Oscilloscope Pictures has set the release date for its first film, Yauch's "Gunnin' For That #1 Spot." The doc, set to debut next month at the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival, is the story of eight high school basketball players vying for fame at a Harlem invitational. The film will debut in the Top 10 markets and have a national roll-out through July. [Eugene Hernandez] [permalink] [ filed under Documentary, Movies ] March 18, 2008Reuters: Japan cinema operator cancels "Yasukuni" screening
A Japanese movie theatre operator has decided not to show a documentary on Tokyo's Yasukuni war shrine, where convicted war criminals are among the 2.5 million venerated souls, in the latest row surrounding the film. Reuters reports. [permalink] [ filed under Movies ] March 10, 2008INSIDE WORD | "Four Eyed" Monsters In The Home Stretch with IFC and DVD Deals
At an indie distribution panel today at SXSW, "Four Eyed Monsters" filmmakers Susan Buice & Arin Crumley revealed that they will sell a DVD of their film, bundled with five brand new video podcast episodes, at Borders stores on April 29th. In a deal with IFC TV, they indicated that they will also broadcast their film on the cable network. Buice and Crumley were joined on the panel by filmmaker Lance Weiler; indieWIRE profiled the trio and their efforts back in August of 2006. [Eugene Hernandez] [permalink] [ filed under Movies, SXSW ] March 5, 2008INSIDE WORD | "Blueberry" Booked for U.S. Release Next Month
New cut coming soon... The Weinstein Company has announced the release of Wong Kar Wai's "My Blueberry Nights," coming to U.S. theaters on next month. The company confirmed that a new version of the film will be released on April 4th. In a statement, TWC said, "This is a new cut of the film, different than the version shown at Cannes." "My Blueberry Nights" opened the Cannes fest last year where indieWIRE reported on the film. [permalink] [ filed under Movies ] March 3, 2008SF360: "Girls Rock" with Arne Johnson and Shane King
Both Jack Black's fictional School of Rock and Jack Black-alike Paul Green -based documentary "Rock School" have entertained many audiences with the notion of actually training the next generation of musically inclined kids in the arts of head-banging, hair-teasing, and amp adjustment. Susan Gerhard reports. [permalink] [ filed under Movies ] February 29, 2008Reuters: Dutch PM warns of attacks due to anti-Islam film
The Netherlands risks economic sanctions and attacks on its citizens and businesses because of a plan by a right-wing politician to broadcast an anti-Islamic film, the Dutch Prime Minister warned on Friday. Gilbert Kreijger reports. [permalink] [ filed under Movies ] February 8, 2008EFM NEWS | Scorsese Set With Marley Film
Announced at the European Film Market this morning in Berlin -- the day after the world premiere of "Shine A Light" -- is the news that Martin Scorsese will make an authorized documentary about musician Bob Marley. Produced by Tuff Gong Pictures and Steve Bing's Shangri-La Entertainment, the film is being sold internationally by Fortissimo Films. Marley's son Ziggy is an executive producer of the film. [Eugene Hernandez] [permalink] [ filed under Berlin, Movies ] January 2, 2008LAT: 2008 Oscar Bait
With awards season pundits already declaring the 2007 race a bust (blame those Iraq war films, a lack of big hits like "Titanic" and the ongoing writers strike), maybe it's time to consider who might be on stage next year at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre. Los Angeles Times reports. [permalink] [ filed under Awards Watch, Movies ] December 27, 2007NYT: The Irresistible Urge to Destroy New York on Screen
What is it with all these movies showing New York City utterly obliterated? To be sure, movies showing New York being destroyed are nothing new -- and have a long history in cinema. But the resilience of the urban-destruction theme seems notable -- and, after a brief post-9/11 lull, the theme seems more prevalent than ever. Sewell Chan reports. [permalink] [ filed under Movies ] December 19, 2007NYT: Cinephiles, Pack Your Bags. An Uncut Version Awaits.
For weeks now, the ranks of Chinese visitors to Hong Kong have swelled with a brand-new category of tourists: moviegoers. In a response to the censoring of a film about love and betrayal in Shanghai during the Second World War by the Taiwan-born director Ang Lee, mainland movie fans have flocked by the thousands to Hong Kong to see the full, uncut version of the film, "Lust, Caution." Howard W. French reports. [permalink] [ filed under Movies ] December 12, 2007AFP: Japanese film discredits Nanjing massacre
As China tries to keep memories alive of the Nanjing Massacre, which started 70 years ago this week, a Japanese filmmaker is doing his part to convince the world it never happened. Hiroshi Hiyama reports. [permalink] [ filed under Movies ] November 29, 2007LAT: Eliza Dushku goes from 'Buffy' to group sex
If you make a movie about group sex, you must be prepared to own up to your point of view on the subject. But when actress Eliza Dushku, star of the indie "Sex and Breakfast," which opens in limited release Friday, is asked whether she's pro or con group canoodling, she giggles, before fessing up, she's more of a monogamous kind of gal. Rachel Abramowitz reports. [permalink] [ filed under Movies ] November 15, 2007Reuters: Latin American film fans ask, Where are our movies?
Latin American cinema may be enjoying a Golden Age, but the movies must sometimes travel the world before they can get a showing on their home turf. Films must first reach international festivals like Cannes or Venice to have a chance of getting a distributor and running around the world, before maybe coming home to Latin America. Fernanda Ezabella reports. [permalink] [ filed under Movies ] Older Buzz/Rumors about MoviesNovember 8, 2007 November 6, 2007 November 3, 2007 November 1, 2007 October 11, 2007 October 11, 2007 October 9, 2007 October 4, 2007 October 3, 2007 September 28, 2007 September 27, 2007 September 25, 2007 September 25, 2007 September 24, 2007 September 19, 2007 September 18, 2007 September 16, 2007 August 28, 2007 August 24, 2007 August 19, 2007 August 14, 2007 August 14, 2007 August 7, 2007 August 1, 2007 August 1, 2007 July 28, 2007 July 18, 2007 July 18, 2007 July 15, 2007 July 10, 2007 July 6, 2007 July 2, 2007 June 25, 2007 June 21, 2007 June 19, 2007 June 15, 2007 June 15, 2007 June 15, 2007 June 13, 2007 June 7, 2007 June 6, 2007 June 5, 2007 June 4, 2007 May 14, 2007 April 24, 2007 April 24, 2007 April 23, 2007 April 9, 2007 April 4, 2007 April 3, 2007 March 22, 2007 March 21, 2007 March 9, 2007 March 5, 2007 February 28, 2007 February 20, 2007 February 16, 2007 February 13, 2007 February 11, 2007 February 2, 2007 February 2, 2007 January 30, 2007 January 29, 2007 January 27, 2007 January 26, 2007 January 25, 2007 January 25, 2007 January 5, 2007 January 3, 2007 January 3, 2007 January 3, 2007 December 23, 2006 December 20, 2006 December 14, 2006 December 13, 2006 December 8, 2006 December 7, 2006 December 6, 2006 December 5, 2006 November 28, 2006 November 25, 2006 November 25, 2006 November 16, 2006 November 11, 2006 November 9, 2006 November 1, 2006 October 31, 2006 October 30, 2006 October 30, 2006 October 27, 2006 October 27, 2006 October 25, 2006 October 25, 2006 October 24, 2006 October 18, 2006 September 29, 2006 September 29, 2006 September 27, 2006 September 26, 2006 September 22, 2006 September 21, 2006 September 20, 2006 September 20, 2006 September 19, 2006 September 19, 2006 September 18, 2006 August 28, 2006 August 28, 2006 August 24, 2006 August 21, 2006 August 17, 2006 August 16, 2006 August 16, 2006 August 15, 2006 August 8, 2006 August 7, 2006 August 3, 2006 August 2, 2006 July 27, 2006 July 17, 2006 July 17, 2006 July 14, 2006 July 10, 2006 July 10, 2006 June 14, 2006 June 6, 2006 May 25, 2006 May 25, 2006 May 23, 2006 May 23, 2006 May 23, 2006 May 22, 2006 May 21, 2006 May 17, 2006 May 17, 2006 May 17, 2006 May 11, 2006 May 9, 2006 May 8, 2006 May 8, 2006 May 5, 2006 May 4, 2006 May 3, 2006 May 1, 2006 April 19, 2006 April 17, 2006 April 17, 2006 April 12, 2006 April 11, 2006 April 6, 2006 April 4, 2006 April 4, 2006 March 26, 2006 March 23, 2006 March 23, 2006 March 20, 2006 March 16, 2006 March 15, 2006 March 15, 2006 March 15, 2006 March 8, 2006 March 7, 2006 March 6, 2006 March 1, 2006 February 24, 2006 February 24, 2006 February 23, 2006 February 17, 2006 February 16, 2006 February 14, 2006 February 9, 2006 February 6, 2006 January 12, 2006 January 12, 2006 January 9, 2006 January 2, 2006 December 27, 2005 December 11, 2005 December 8, 2005 December 6, 2005 December 2, 2005 November 29, 2005 November 18, 2005 November 17, 2005 November 9, 2005 October 19, 2005 October 14, 2005 October 10, 2005 October 8, 2005 October 4, 2005 October 2, 2005 September 26, 2005 September 18, 2005 September 13, 2005 September 9, 2005 September 9, 2005 September 8, 2005 September 8, 2005 September 6, 2005 August 31, 2005 | |
