Despite a brief flirtation with major stardom, Ethan Hawke has stayed relatively true to the independent scene with his relationship with fellow Texan Richard Linklater seemingly personifying this notion. The two have teamed up for no less than six films including "Waking Life," "...
Read More »Film/video publisher Cinelan unveiled a multi-year collaboration with the International Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) over the weekend. The aim is to partner on their worldwide initiative, "Focus Forward - Short Films, Big Ideas," a series of "3-minute nonfiction films about the incr...
Read More »When it comes to select areas of the Academy like the documentary or foreign-language branches, it's always near impossible to gauge which films will make the short-list and final cut. I was suprised not to see "Better This World" -- more than even Herzog or Errol Morris -- on the s...
Read More »Despite her vow that she was going to stay behind-the-scenes running her network, you just kinda knew that anyone with an ego like hers wasn't going to be satisifed being behind the camera for long.. And now that her BFF (Or common-in-law wife It's still not clear) Gayle King has left Oprah&...
Read More »We received a lot of comments and Tweets about our recent article on the petition to save 35mm -- and the discussion has traveled to the UK, where University of Leeds' Leo Enticknap has a very different opinion. Enticknap is not on the sidelines of this debate; he's a faculty member for...
Read More »Christmas arrived early this year at the box office as Summit’s “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part One” racked up the fifth biggest opening weekend in boxoffice history with an estimated $139.5 million. On Friday alone the total was some $72 million, marking the third...
Read More »I hope that the $139 million that sparkly vampire movie (you know what I'm talking about) made this weekend is not a sign that manhood is in serious trouble.
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