Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech" dominated the 13th annual Moet British Independent Film Awards, handed out tonight at the Old Billingsgate in London. The film - favored to do very well at the Academy Awards - garnered five awards, including best film, best screenplay, and acting wins for Colin Fir...
Read More »The European Film Academy handed off its top prize to Roman Polanski's "The Ghost Writer," just one of the six honors the movie took home on Saturday night. The European Film Awards took place this year in Tallinn, Estonia and was hosted once again by German comedian Anke Engelke along with young Es...
Read More »Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan" had a massive limited debut this weekend. According to estimates provided by Rentrak earlier today, the film - a psychological thriller about a ballerina (Natalie Portman) competing for the lead role in "Swan Lake" - grossed a stunning $1,394,265 from just 18 theater...
Read More »Roman Polanski's "The Ghost Writer" took home six trophies at the 2010 European Film Awards, which were announced tonight at a ceremony in Tallinn, Estonia. The more than 2,300 members of the European Film Academy gave "The Ghost Writer" awards for best film, best director, best screenplay, best ac...
Read More »Based on estimates for Friday night, Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan" is heading for a massive limited debut at the box office this weekend. The film - a psychological thriller about a ballerina (Natalie Portman) competing for the lead role in "Swan Lake" - grossed $425,872 from 18 screens. That mad...
Read More »It is now official, Miramax Films has been sold by The Walt Disney Company to Filmyard Holdings LLC for $663 million, both companies said today. The sale of Miramax includes right to over 700 film titles, including Oscar-winning films, "Chicago," "Shakespeare in Love" and "No Country for Old Men." A...
Read More »Jacob Tierney's thriller, "Good Neighbours" has been acquired by Magnolia Pictures. The disrtributor picked up the U.S. rights to the film from Myriad Pictures. Magnolia's Tom Quinn, SVP of Acquisitions, negotiated the deal with Myriad CEO and President Kirk D’Amico and SVP Business Affairs David Du...
Read More »The Producers Guild of America has announced the nominations in its best documentary feature category.
Read More »Actress and UNICEF Goodwill ambassador Susan Sarandon will be the toast of BAMcinématek early next year. From February 10 - 13, the Brooklyn cinema will screen a 13-film tribute to the Oscar-winning star, cheekily titled 'The Susan Sarandon Picture Show;' a riff off the film that kick started her ca...
Read More »For a rookie with one film out of the gate, Mexican director Jorge Michel Grau has had quite year. His feature film debut, "We Are What We Are" ("Somos lo que hay"), a grisly cannibal family melodrama and horror mashup, began its journey in March at the Guadalajara International Film Festival, went ...
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