April 25, 2008
 BBC: Madonna launches Malawi Aids film
Tribeca Film Festival coverage sponsored by Stella Artois.
On the red carpet at the Tribeca Film Festival, Madonna told reporters how " I Am Because We Are" contains a message of obligation. Tom Brook reports. 
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April 24, 2008
Reuters: Madonna shines light on Malawi with documentary
Tribeca Film Festival coverage sponsored by Stella Artois.
A single phone call prompted Madonna to begin charity work in Malawi and it was while making a documentary on the African country's 1 million orphans that she found a baby she decided to adopt. Michelle Nichols reports.
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Reuters: Spike Lee teams with Nokia on cell phone movie
Filmmaker Spike Lee has linked up with Nokia to direct a movie made with cell phone footage from everyday people in what he calls the democratization of film. Reuters reports.
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April 22, 2008
E Online: Roger Ebert Previews Film Fest from Hospital Bed
The Pulitzer Prize-winning critic, who has been absent from "Ebert & Roeper" for the better part of a year while undergoing cancer treatment, had been squeezing in some extra physical therapy at the Pritikin Center to prepare for his upcoming annual film fest April 23-27 at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Natalie Finn reports.
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April 18, 2008
AP: Ethan Coen, the quiet man, has an off-Broadway play
Ethan Coen's " Almost an Evening," three one-act plays, has opened at The Theatres at 45 Bleecker Street to warm reviews -- which might seem like tepid grits after winning Academy Awards for best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay (all with Joel, of course) for " No Country for Old Men." Douglas J. Rowe reports.
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April 17, 2008
NYT: Roger Ebert, the Critic Behind the Thumb
On April 1 Roger Ebert published a letter to readers of The Chicago Sun-Times that was essentially a farewell to the long-running, widely syndicated weekly program that has made him not simply the best-known movie reviewer in America, but the virtual embodiment of this curious profession. A.O. Scott reports.
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April 16, 2008
SF360: Dawn Logsdon, on new hope in an old neighborhood, "Faubourg Treme"
One giant storm and the government malfeasance that followed transformed New Orleans into a metanym, but directors Dawn Logsdon and Lolis Eric Elie dig through the rubble of the horrific disaster to find a deeper, richer history of one particular New Orleans neighborhood. Susan Gerhard reports.
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April 10, 2008
LAT: Al Gore is back with global warming slide show 2.0
The folks at TED have posted a new video of Al Gore debuting his latest climate-change slide show, updated from the one he toured with in 2006's " An Inconvenient Truth."
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April 7, 2008
Reuters: Oscar-winning Bosnia director enters politics
Bosnia's Oscar-winning film director Danis Tanovic launched a new political party on Saturday in a bid to rise above the ethnic divisions that beset the nation. Maja Zuvela reports.
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March 31, 2008
Guardian Interview: Michael Haneke
Michael Haneke's shot-for-shot remake of his own torture thriller sets out to critique US film violence. But hasn't he just become everything he hates? Stuart Jeffries reports.
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March 28, 2008
SF360: Why skaters heart Spike
Most of the kids you see tooling around the streets on skateboards these days don’t know this, but there was once a time when spotting a professional skateboarder in a movie or on television was about as likely as finding a hundred bucks on the ground...Thank god for Spike Jonze, the patron saint of real skateboarders and the only real "skate director" out there. Justin Juul reports.
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March 27, 2008
HR: New York subway worker in Hollywood's fast lane
A New York City tollbooth worker in desperate need of a car wrote a crime thriller script titled " Brooklyn's Finest" last year. Now he finds himself rubbing shoulders with some of Hollywood's finest... Borys Kit reports.
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March 19, 2008
AFP: Tributes pour in for Oscar-winning filmmaker Minghella
Tributes poured in Wednesday for Anthony Minghella, the British filmmaker best known for the Oscar-winning 1996 film " The English Patient," who died at the age of 54. The writer and director, whose other box office hits include " The Talented Mr. Ripley" and " Cold Mountain," was best known for beautifully shot, lyrical adaptations of literary novels starring big names such as Jude Law. AFP reports.
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March 18, 2008
BBC: Anthony Minghella Dies At 54
The BBC is reporting that Academy Award winning director Anthony Minghella has died at the age of 54. Beginning his career as a writer of radio plays, Minghella went on to become the chairman of the British Film Institute and director of such films as " The English Patient" and " Cold Mountain." No cause of death has been revealed.
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March 12, 2008
Guardian Interview: Harmony Korine
Harmony Korine wrote his first movie script at 19, and was directing by 23. Then he found his way on to drugs. Now 35, he's clean and making beguiling, beautiful films, writes Charlotte O'Sullivan.
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HR: Ebertfest spotlights critic's favorites
Movie critic Roger Ebert, who has been laid low for the past few years by thyroid cancer that has robbed him of his voice, will make a rare public appearance next month at the Illinois film festival that bears his name. The 10th annual Roger Ebert's Film Festival, a.k.a. Ebertfest, will take place April 23-27 in Champaign-Urbana, IL. Hollywood Reporter reports.
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February 28, 2008
LAT: Inside George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch
The uninvited have been coming to Skywalker Ranch for decades, all drawn by the Force, however they choose to define it. Some don camouflage parkas and hike over the leafy Marin County ridgelines, while others drive right up to the front gate and try to con their way in, as if you could enter Valhalla on the grift. Geoff Boucher reports.
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February 25, 2008
AP: Elton John is the belle of Oscar parties
With Vanity Fair sitting out this year's celebrations, the belle of the Oscars parties was a piano playing Elton John. Solvej Schou reports.
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February 20, 2008
AFP: Host Jon Stewart ready to provide Oscars laughs
Television comedian Jon Stewart will be injecting some stinging satire into the Oscars here Sunday, giving a political flavor to the Hollywood extravaganza in a presidential election year. Tangi Quemener reports.
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AP: Michael Moore: Bring Fidel to the Oscars
" Sicko" director Michael Moore jokes that Fidel Castro would be a "ratings grabber" at Sunday night's Academy Awards show. Moore's Oscar-nominated documentary on the health-care industry concludes with a trip to Cuba, where he seeks care for a group of 9/11 responders who have experienced health problems. Marcela Isaza reports.
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Older Buzz/Rumors about People
January 22, 2008
NYT: Actor Heath Ledger Found Dead in NYC
January 10, 2008
AP: Honorary mayor of Hollywood dies at 84
December 17, 2007
NYT: Kurdish Director, Stuck Between Iraq and Iran
December 13, 2007
Guardian: Jodie Foster comes out - at last!
December 4, 2007
Guardian: Kite Runner's Afghan child stars forced into hiding
November 29, 2007
AFP: Godard says he stole money to make movies: report
November 15, 2007
Reuters: Directors say war films make up for poor reporting
November 12, 2007
Guardian Interview: Todd Haynes
November 5, 2007
Guardian Interview: Sean Penn
October 30, 2007
NYT: Booed at Cannes, but Now the Real Test
October 26, 2007
Guardian Interview: Cate Blanchett
October 22, 2007
Reuters: Actor Garcia Bernal not tempted by Hollywood
October 22, 2007
SF360: Robert Arnold, in "The Key of G"
October 12, 2007
Guardian: California fuels fight over Monroe photos
October 9, 2007
LAT Inteview: Ryan Gosling could be the Sundance Kid
October 4, 2007
AFP: SKorea hopes Kim Jong-Il takes lesson from films
September 28, 2007
BBC: Thieves steal new Coppola script
September 25, 2007
Guardian Interview: Samantha Morton
September 21, 2007
Guardian Interview: Tilda Swinton
September 17, 2007
Guardian Interview: Ken Loach and Paul Laverty
September 12, 2007
AFP: Woody Allen unveils "Cassandras Dream" at Toronto Film Festival
September 11, 2007
SF360: Finn Taylor on natural selection and "The Darwin Awards"
September 11, 2007
AFP: Ang Lee bows to China and self-censors award-winning film
September 4, 2007
iW NEWS | Moby to Launch Site for Free Music Downloads for Students and Non-profit Filmmakers
September 1, 2007
AFP: Spike Lee to preside over 'democratising' online film festival
August 28, 2007
Reuters: Iran president has "no objection" to Stone film
August 22, 2007
AP: Senator and filmmaker take on Fox News
August 22, 2007
SF Chronicle Interview: "The 11th Hours'" Leila Conners Petersen and Nadia Conners
August 20, 2007
The Guardian: Jet Li calls for Chinese censors to relax grip
August 20, 2007
Guardian Interview: Jamie Bell
August 18, 2007
AP: Wong has stellar reputation in West
August 13, 2007
The Guardian Interview: Martin Scorsese
August 13, 2007
AFP: Austrian film director Franz Antel dies aged 94
August 13, 2007
AP: "Y Tu Mama Tambien" stars promote rights
August 9, 2007
AP: Writer-director Mel Shavelson dies at 90
August 8, 2007
SF360: Jeffrey Blitz and Reece Thompson on the art behind "Rocket Science"
August 3, 2007
SFC: "Gumby Dharma" Documentary looks at tumultuous life of Art Clokey
August 2, 2007
SF360 | Abbas Kiarostami: "Image Maker"
August 2, 2007
NY TIMES on Bergman & Antonioni | Before Them, Films Were Just Movies
August 1, 2007
NYT: A Chronicler of Alienated Europeans in a Flimsy New World
July 31, 2007
GUARDIAN | First Ingmar Bergman, now Michelangelo Antonioni
July 31, 2007
NYT & LAT | Michelangelo Antonioni, 94, Italian Director, Dies
July 30, 2007
AP: Filmmaker Ingmar Bergman dies at 89
July 30, 2007
The Guardian: Ingmar Bergman: A Life in Photos
July 30, 2007
E Online: Moore: I've Been Served
July 28, 2007
Reuters: U.S. officials may subpoena filmmaker Moore
July 23, 2007
NYT: Hollywood Hopefuls (Dream On) at Pitchfest
July 20, 2007
The Guardian: Chinese actor writes world's top blog
July 20, 2007
AP: Del Toro to play 'Che' in new film
July 17, 2007
FILMMAKER | 25 New Faces of Independent Film: 2007 Edition
July 17, 2007
SF360 Interview: Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky on "Manufactured Landscapes"
July 10, 2007
SFC: Cheadle Speaks Up as '60 Shock Jock
July 9, 2007
The Guardian Interview: Maggie Gyllenhaal
July 8, 2007
SF360: Stacey Wisnia, talking silent pictures
July 3, 2007
The Guardian: Ahmadinejad turns down chance to star in Oliver Stone film
July 3, 2007
NYT: Werner Herzog Is Still Breaking the Rules
July 1, 2007
Reuters: ABC film critic Joel Siegel dead at age 63
July 1, 2007
AP: Taiwanese director Yang dies at 59
June 19, 2007
iW NEWS | With "Sicko" Opening Sooner Than Expected...Moore Meets the Press
June 19, 2007
SF360 Interview: Michael Winterbottom
June 18, 2007
Reuters: Moore expects "onslaught" to follow "SiCKO" release
June 13, 2007
NYT: A Filmmaker Who Found Africa's Voice
June 11, 2007
NYT | Ousmane Sembene, 84, Dies; Led Cinema's Advance in Africa
June 8, 2007
The Guardian: Looking Back at John Cassavetes
June 8, 2007
AP: Al Pacino recognized with AFI honor
June 6, 2007
The Guardian | After Evita - Evo, the movie, puts Bolivia on map
June 4, 2007
AFP: 'It's not easy being a star,' says Sophia Loren
June 4, 2007
SF360: "Once," again -- a date with John Carney, Glen Hansard, and Marketa Irglova
June 1, 2007
AFP: "All About My Mother" comes to the London stage
June 1, 2007
AP: Cannes winner praises Romania's films
May 31, 2007
The Guardian Interview: Out of the back room
May 29, 2007
AFP: Local Oscar-winning director snubbed by Hong Kong cinemas
May 25, 2007
CANNES '07 | Marcus Hu: Cannes Fest Fixture Sits One Out; '08 Fest Awaits Her Return
May 23, 2007
The Guardian Interview: Gael Garcia Bernal
May 22, 2007
AFP: Cars clash! Girls strut! Tarantino's at Cannes
May 14, 2007
Reuters: Depression threatens von Trier's career: paper
May 11, 2007
REUTERS | U.S. probes Moore's Cuba trip
May 8, 2007
AFP: Acclaimed filmmaker new target of Thai censors
May 8, 2007
The Guardian | Interview: Isabella Rossellini
May 3, 2007
Reuters: Eisner launches Internet video studio Vuguru
April 26, 2007
AP | Film lobbyist Jack Valenti dies at 85
April 24, 2007
AP | Ebert Plans to Attend Film Festival
April 23, 2007
iW NEWS | 13 Named for Sundance Directors and Screenwriters Labs in June
April 22, 2007
The Guardian: Seventy years, and he's still shining
April 20, 2007
NYT: A Role About Winter for Julie Christie, a Star in Eternal Spring
April 19, 2007
AFP: Kikuchi says Japanese actresses don't have to be weak
April 18, 2007
AP: Actress Kitty Carlisle Hart dies at 96
April 15, 2007
Obituary: James Lyons
April 9, 2007
AFP: 'Dean of documentaries' frowns at blurring of fact and fiction
April 6, 2007
The Guardian Interview: Gong Li
April 6, 2007
Reuters: Italian filmmaker Luigi Comencini dies at 90
April 3, 2007
AP: Ebert plans to attend his film fest
April 2, 2007
SF 360: Amanda Micheli and her wonder women
March 30, 2007
AP: 'That Announcer Guy' finally gets due
March 28, 2007
LA Times | SHOWBIZ 7s: Why do people make short films?
March 28, 2007
Lily Wheelwright: 1982 - 2007
March 27, 2007
SF360 Interview: Phillip Haas
March 14, 2007
AAS: SXSW Interview: Stephen Kijak, "Scott Walker: 30 Century Man"
March 14, 2007
AFP: Deneuve says European cinema stands apart
March 6, 2007
SF360: The Orphanage adopts a creature with "The Host"
March 1, 2007
AP: David Lynch's art twisted like his films
February 26, 2007
AFP: Director who inspired "Departed" hails Scorsese
February 26, 2007
AFP: Mirren tipped for Palace tea invite after Oscar crown
February 26, 2007
LA Times: Stars also rise in the East
February 21, 2007
AFP: Oscars go global as Hollywood red carpet welcomes the world
February 21, 2007
AP: Michael Moore wins a new court round
February 16, 2007
Reuters: Oscar-nominated actors are bad--and that's good
February 13, 2007
BBC: Film awards aim for better world
February 13, 2007
SF360: Von Donnersmarck on his Oscar-nominated "The Lives of Others"
February 12, 2007
The Guardian Interview: David Lynch
February 6, 2007
Reuters: Oscars nominees have lunch together
January 31, 2007
Gyllenhaal and Howard Named Honorary Co-Chairs of 2007 Film Independent Spirit Awards
January 30, 2007
The Guardian Interview: Leonardo DiCaprio
January 29, 2007
AFP: Film is dead, long live digital movies says David Lynch
January 19, 2007
The Guardian Interview: Sacha Baron Cohen
January 11, 2007
E Online: Alan Cumming and Grant Shaffer Exchange Vows in UK
January 8, 2007
Helen Hill: 1970 - 2007
January 3, 2007
indieWIRE ANNOUNCEMENT: Brian Brooks and James Israel Promoted at iW
January 2, 2007
AFP: French director Luc Besson awarded top Serbian film prize
January 2, 2007
AP: Garcia Bernal embraces Mexican roots
December 21, 2006
Reuters: Judge dismisses suit against Michael Moore
December 20, 2006
LA Times: There's no place like hell for the holidays
December 19, 2006
Reuters: Director Lynch produces film that puzzles critics
December 18, 2006
Reuters: Herzog in Antarctica: An easy place to make a film
December 18, 2006
SF360: James T. Hong on Heidegger, Hitler, and his new film
December 15, 2006
The Guardian Interview: Oliver Stone
December 13, 2006
IMDb: Stone Fined For Filming Interview with Castro
December 12, 2006
AFP: South Korean director to get presidential award
December 11, 2006
AP: Is Gore pursuing Oscar nod or presidency
December 11, 2006
NY Times: Van Smith, 61, Dies; Created Divine's Distinctive Look
December 10, 2006
AP: Director Woo can't film on Yangtze
November 30, 2006
SF360: Otto motives, a Preminger perspective
November 25, 2006
Hong Kong artists tipped to sweep Chinese 'Oscars'
November 21, 2006
Altman Online
November 21, 2006
Robert Altman Dead at 81
November 20, 2006
NY Times | The Master of Time: Wong Kar-wai in America
November 16, 2006
The Guardian Interview: Isabelle Huppert
November 16, 2006
South Africa movie industry must tap talent pool: Morgan Freeman
November 15, 2006
SF360: 50 years of Janus Films
November 14, 2006
Foundation to Help Women Filmmakers Established in Memory of Adrienne Shelly
November 13, 2006
NY Times: Scenes From a Marriage Not Unlike His Own
November 13, 2006
SF360: Mary Badham, on a "Mockingbird" mission
November 13, 2006
Chicago Sun-Times: Seventh time "Up" for Apted
November 11, 2006
AP: Oscar-winning actor Jack Palance dies
November 7, 2006
SF360: Re-opening "Pandora's Box"
November 6, 2006
Construction Worker Arrested for Murder of Indie Actress/Filmmaker Adrienne Shelly
November 6, 2006
The Guardian Interview: Guillermo del Toro
November 3, 2006
Indie Actress/Director Adrienne Shelly Dead
October 31, 2006
NY Times: From an Idea by Kubrick, a New Film May Be Born
October 30, 2006
The Guardian Interview: Juliette Binoche
October 27, 2006
The Guardian Interview: You dirty Borat!
October 26, 2006
The Guardian Interview: Mike Figgis
October 24, 2006
SF360 Interview: "The Bridge" Filmmaker Eric Steel
October 23, 2006
SF360: Things You May or May Not Know About Miranda July
October 19, 2006
The Guardian Interview: Gael Garcia Bernal
October 17, 2006
Film Independent Announces 2006 Producers Lab Participants
October 15, 2006
Korea Times Interview: Hong Kong Actor Andy Lau in Pusan
October 6, 2006
The Guardian Interview: Martin Scorsese
September 29, 2006
AFP: Filmmakers face unimaginable difficulties in Iran: Director
September 28, 2006
Reuters: White House turns away "Kazakh reporter" Borat
September 27, 2006
The Guardian Interview: Emilio Estevez, director of "Bobby"
September 26, 2006
SF360: Ian Inaba wants your vote
September 20, 2006
NY Times: Andy Warhol, A Portrait of an Artist Both Loved and Hated
September 20, 2006
AFP: Syrian film director banned from visiting Jordan
September 18, 2006
AFP: Spike Lee continues attack on Bush over Katrina response
September 17, 2006
NYT: Le Romantique
September 12, 2006
SF360: Interview With Kirby Dick
September 11, 2006
Spike Lee To Create New Orleans Series
September 8, 2006
DeGeneres to Host 79th Academy Awards
September 7, 2006
BBC: Director vows to defy filming ban
August 30, 2006
Gondry Talks About "Sleep"
August 30, 2006
NY Times: No Kid, but Robert Evans Still Stays in the Picture
August 28, 2006
AFP: "Democracy is under attack": Gore
August 25, 2006
Jonas Mekas...in Greenpoint
August 24, 2006
The Guardian Interview: Charlize Theron
August 16, 2006
SF Chronicle: Multiple Maggies
August 14, 2006
The Guardian Interview: Pedro Almodovar
August 9, 2006
SF360: El Corazon de la Mission
August 8, 2006
The Guardian Interview: Pedro Almodovar and Penelope Cruz
August 8, 2006
VV: A Tale of Two Pedros
August 7, 2006
Tribeca's Peter Scarlet to Host "Cinemondo" via Satellite
August 7, 2006
NY Times: Facing Voters, Georgia Congressman Gets an Assist From Documentary
August 7, 2006
The Guardian Interview: Penelope Cruz in "Volver"
August 4, 2006
SF360: Francois Ozon, mortal
August 4, 2006
The Guardian: The King of Bollywood
August 2, 2006
Seven Selected for Sundance Institute's 2006 Annenberg Film Fellowship Program
August 1, 2006
NY Times: Claude Chabrol Is a Master of the Thriller (Hold the Thrills)
July 31, 2006
SF360: Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer, from the Salton Sea to San Francisco
July 30, 2006
LAT: Francois Ozon, Always a Leading Ladies' Man
July 26, 2006
Museum of the Moving Image to Fete Will Smith at Fundraiser
July 26, 2006
The Guardian: The Long Good bye (for France's Luc Besson)
July 25, 2006
SF360: Screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga on the weight of words
July 25, 2006
Is Mark Cuban The New Ted Turner?
July 25, 2006
Goldhirsh and Reason
July 24, 2006
AP: "Super Size Me" filmmaker plugs reality TV
July 24, 2006
The Passion of Kevin Smith
July 20, 2006
Reuters: 9/11 documentary director wants truth to prevail
July 20, 2006
Six Musicians Named for 2006 Sundance Institute Composers Lab
July 20, 2006
Chatting with Daniels
July 18, 2006
Kenan Ready for His Close-Up
July 11, 2006
SF360: Car talk with Chris Paine
July 10, 2006
AP: Martin Scorcese to Remake Hong Kong Film
July 7, 2006
Reuters: Iraqi film makers risk all to tell their stories
July 6, 2006
AP: Film Academy Invites 120 New Members
June 30, 2006
Fabian Bielinsky Dead at 47
June 28, 2006
AP: Marine in "Fahrenheit 9/11" Killed
June 20, 2006
The Guardian Interview: Cillian Murphy
June 14, 2006
SF Chronicle: Eye on Quality
June 7, 2006
American Cinematheque to Honor Clooney
June 7, 2006
AP: Cuban-American filmmaker risks punishment
June 6, 2006
SF Chronicle: For Citizen Gore, The Cause is Global
June 5, 2006
Hersokovitz to Receive AFI Honor
May 31, 2006
Shohei Imamura Dies at 79
May 22, 2006
The Guardian: Interview: Richard Linklater
May 21, 2006
Reuters: Penelope Cruz keeps Hollywood at arm's length
May 18, 2006
AP: Rebel Director Takes on Irish Cause
May 18, 2006
AP: France Gives Sidney Poitier Top Arts Honor
May 18, 2006
BBC: Spain Honors Director Almodovar
May 8, 2006
NY Times: Paul Giamatti, the Unlikely Leading Man
May 8, 2006
AP: Actress Was Ready to Quit Sept. 11 Movie
May 1, 2006
The Guardian: Isabella Rossellini Interview
May 1, 2006
AFP: Thief snatches filmmaker Amos Gitai's laptop and script
April 26, 2006
LA Weekly Interview: Mickey Cottrell
April 25, 2006
SF Chronicle: Interview: Werner Herzog
April 19, 2006
Celebrating Garrett Scott
April 17, 2006
AFP: Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi to join Cannes jury
April 14, 2006
The Guardian: Interview: Danis Tanovic
April 13, 2006
AP: Court: Ads Violate Filmmakers' Integrity
April 12, 2006
AFP: South Korean who made movies for North Korean dictator, dies aged 80
April 12, 2006
AP: Indian Actor Raj Kumar Dies, Fans Riot
April 10, 2006
SF Chronicle: A Voice for Outsiders Around the World
April 10, 2006
The Guardian: Factory Fresh
April 10, 2006
AP: Theron Honored at Gay Media Awards
April 4, 2006
The Guardian: Interview: Heath Ledger
March 29, 2006
SF Chronicle: Buscemi directs for love, not cash
March 26, 2006
AP: Spurlock Lecture Causes Stir at Pa. School
March 20, 2006
BBC: Final Merchant Ivory film debuts
March 20, 2006
Indian Filmmaker Satyajit Ray Commemorated In Son's New Film
March 20, 2006
"Napoleon" Star Jon Heder Scores Roles In Six New Films
March 16, 2006
SF Chronicle: Interview: Robin Wright Penn
March 8, 2006
AP: Lee: "Brokeback" Wasn't Meant As Statement
March 7, 2006
Gordon Parks Dies at 93
March 7, 2006
AP: Chinese Newspaper Praises Director Ang Lee
March 6, 2006
Reuters: "Brokeback" too controversial after all: writer
March 3, 2006
The Guardian: And the Award doesn't go to...
February 27, 2006
The Guardian: Interview: Philip Seymour Hoffman
February 27, 2006
AP: 'Gunsmoke' Actor Dennis Weaver Dies
February 27, 2006
Neil Young, Herbie Hancock, Beastie Boys Among Musicians at SXSW Film Festival
February 24, 2006
AFP: Gandhi no longer 'PC' in militarist India, says director
February 23, 2006
AP: Redford Says Sundance Taken by a 'Fever'
February 22, 2006
BBC: "The Road to Guantanamo" Actors Stopped at Airport
February 21, 2006
AFP: French icon Deneuve surprised by 'Brokeback' success in US
February 21, 2006
AFP: Oliver Stone says September 11 movie not political
February 21, 2006
NY Times: A First-Time Oscar Host in Search of That Fine Line
February 15, 2006
Norah Jones to Make Film Debut in Next Wong Kar-wai Movie
February 14, 2006
NY Times: Amitabh Bachchan Has a Cold
February 6, 2006
The Guardian: Al Gore: the second coming
February 1, 2006
AP: Weinstein Tells Magazine Dench Snubbed
January 31, 2006
Artist Nam June Paik Dies
January 25, 2006
Actor Chris Penn Found Dead at Residence
January 23, 2006
President Bush Unconcerned With "Brokeback"
January 19, 2006
New Zealand Director Debuts at Sundance with "No. 2"
January 12, 2006
AP: France Honors Actress Penelope Cruz
January 10, 2006
Reuters: New York City sued over right to film in public
January 6, 2006
The Guardian: Kissing Cowboy; Interview with Heath Ledger
January 5, 2006
Jon Stewart Named Host of 78th Academy Awards
December 20, 2005
The Guardian: Interview: Woody Allen
December 20, 2005
NY Times: Sundance or Slamdance? A Rebel Director Gets His Pick
December 19, 2005
H'Wood Reporter: Buscemi, Shalhoub set for Van Gogh remakes
December 13, 2005
H'Wood Reporter: Chinese director has Oscar 'Promise'
December 9, 2005
NY Times: After Mixed Reviews, Chris Rock Will Not Return as Oscar Host
December 8, 2005
The Guardian: How a heart-throb became the voice of liberal America
December 2, 2005
SF Chronicle: Happy birthday, Woody Allen
November 29, 2005
Downey, Dawson Star in Sundance Entries
November 27, 2005
The Guardian: Bell De Jour
November 21, 2005
LA Times: Anthony Hopkins: Wild Dark Horse in the Best Actor Derby
November 18, 2005
H'wood Reporter: German pics take fresh look at Nazi era
November 17, 2005
BBC: Madonna film spills few secrets
November 17, 2005
Reuters: Dutch politician to make film on gays, Islam
November 10, 2005
AP: Christine Lahti Wins Film Festival Award
November 7, 2005
SF Chronicle: When July Arrives, Class is in Session
November 3, 2005
BBC: Killed director van Gogh honoured
November 3, 2005
The Guardian: Jake's progress
October 31, 2005
AP: Depardieu Says He's Ending Career
October 31, 2005
BBC: French Actress Takes New York by Storm
October 28, 2005
The Guardian: Through being cool -- Interview with Chloe Sevigny
October 18, 2005
SF Chronicle: Cronenberg's View of Real "Violence"
October 17, 2005
Amazon.com and Tribeca Film Festival Name Five Finalists of Short Film Competition
October 14, 2005
AP: Q&A: Jeff Dowd Is the Real 'Lebowski'
September 29, 2005
AP: 'Capote' May Be Breakout Role for Hoffman
September 28, 2005
AFP: Fellini's erotic drawings a crowdpuller in Austria
September 27, 2005
AP: Scorsese Attends Film Center Inauguration
September 26, 2005
NY Times: Answered Prayers: How 'Capote' Came Together
September 26, 2005
AP: Polanski Debuts 'Oliver Twist' in Prague
September 21, 2005
The Guardian: Clash of the titans
September 21, 2005
New York Times: Director Zigs From Stars to Nonactors in a New Film
September 20, 2005
Reuters: Madonna Defends Ritchie's "Revolver"
September 20, 2005
AP: Polanski Transforms Suffering Into Art
September 20, 2005
The LA Times on Barker & Bernard
September 13, 2005
Filmmaker Thom Fitzgerald and the "AIDS THING"
September 9, 2005
Coppola Returns to 'The Outsiders'
August 30, 2005
Redford and Newman might reunite for a Walk
August 30, 2005
African Divide
August 30, 2005
"Kung Fu Hustle" Director Plans Sequel
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