Whatever wins the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, statistics say that the prize offers no assurance of box office success. The last 10 winners totaled just $161.8 million in North America, with a whopping $119.2 million - or 74% - coming from Michael Moore’s 2004 winner “Fahrenheit ...
Read More »Ten of the best Texas films, screened in the cities where they were shot. As a semi-native Texan, this reads like a really cool idea.
Read More »To kick off the opening of The Film Society of Lincoln Center's new home base, the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, the Center will host a weekend of free programming from June 10-12.
Read More »The Independent Filmmaker Project has announced the ten documentary projects it has lined up for its year-long Independent Filmmaker Labs fellowship. The Labs focus on independent filmmakers who are in the post-proudction stage of their first film, mentoring the directors in the completion, marketin...
Read More »The 22nd edition of the Human Rights Film Festival is set to run this summer from June 16 to 30 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater. 19 films from 12 countries will be featured at the fest. 17 are making their New York premieres.
Read More »The cable and multiplatform VOD service EPIX is partnering with its exclusive cable distribution partner Verizon FiOS and Rooftop Films to provide the programming for New York City's various summer free film series. A feature film from the EPIX library will anchor every screening, while Rooftop Fil...
Read More »Starting in June, Netflix members in the U.S. will be able to instantly watch several hundred Miramax titles, including "Pulp Fiction," "Shakespeare in Love" and "Kill Bill." This marks the first time Miramax films have become available through a digital subscription service.
Read More »Outside the Palais Monday morning, the love for Terrence Malick was on the verge of turning into frenzy. Members of the press leapt over railings and used mosh-pit tactics in order to break through the crowd and run up the Palais steps. Scores of fans held handmade signs begging passersby for a tick...
Read More »Julian Temple will direct a series of city-based music documentaries, with the first, "Children of the Revolution," focused on the annual Rock in Rio concert in Rio de Janiero.
Read More »Punk-rock dad doc "The Other F Word" has been jointly acquired by Oscilloscope Laboratories and Showtime Networks.
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