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Zeitgeist Nabs Sundance Margaret Atwood Doc "Payback"

Zeitgeist Films has acquired 2012 Sundance world documentary competition title "Payback" by Jennifer Baichwal. The New York-based distributor is planning a late April 2012 release. The film will play New York's Film Forum beginning April 25. Based on Margaret Atwood’s best-s...

Sundance Institute Selects 12 Projects for January Screenwriters Lab

The Sundance Institute has selected 12 projects for its annual January Screenwriters Lab, that takes place January 13-18 in Utah. The selected Fellows will work with a group of creative advisors, including Lab Artistic Director Scott Frank, Lisa Cholodenko, Geoffrey Fletcher, Naomi Foner, John ...

Sundance Selects Twelve Screenwriters for January Lab

The Sundance Institute has selected 12 projects for its annual January Screenwriters Lab, an intensive five-day writers’ workshop held January 13-18 at Utah's Sundance Resort. These indie screenwriters from around the world will work on their feature film scripts with support from veteran ...

First Look At Sylvester Stallone's 'Bullet To The Head' Features...Axes

False advertising! When we hear the title "Bullet To The Head" we expect some fucking guns. But here's the truth: ax battles are kind of way more awesome.

Christopher Hitchens Obits

Controversial author and essayist Christopher Hitchens, 62, has finally lost his battle with cancer, which he documented with brio, as was his wont.

Trailer: Who Knew 'Salmon Fishing In The Yemen' Was So Magical?

While Lasse Halstrom will always have "My Life As A Dog," "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" and "The Cider House Rules" to his resume, in recent years, his string of increasingly mediocre-to-terrible films have nearly erased any pleasant memories we might have had. So w...

French Immigrant Parable "The Invader" To Screen At Palm Springs International Fest + New Footage

This is one film that I'm really curious about and hope to see sooner than later. Despite S&A reader reactions to it when I first profiled the film (mostly negative if I recall correctly), I'm intrigued by the subject matter, and the fact that reactions from from those I know who ha...

A World Without YouTube? Why Film Fans and Filmmakers Should Care About SOPA

Obit: Philadelphia Inquirer Critic Desmond Ryan

Longtime Philadelphia Inquirer critic Desmond Ryan is dead. He was 68. He had fought carcinoma of the tongue.