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R.J. Cutler and His "Issue" Head To Paley Center

The Paley Center for Media in Los Angeles will celebrate the film and television work of director R.J. Cutler by presenting "R.J. Cutler on Film & Television" - which will include both retrospective screenings of select works, and an advance screening of his upcoming film "The September Issue." The ...

Sony-Redbox Deal Worth $460 Million

Comic-Con Appeal Widens

Hot Docs and Kinosmith Team for DVD Partnership

Canadian distributor Kinosmith, Inc. is teaming with Hot Docs for a DVD distribution partnership called "The Hot Docs Collection," featuring popular festival films and other titles chosen by the festival's programmers. The collection will debut July 28 with the release of digital rights polemic "RIP...

CRM and Babelgum ID Six Online Debuts for '09

Six new feature films have been unveiled by digital content agency Cinetic Rights Management and broadband portal Babelgum, continuing a pact unveiled in January between the two companies offering one exclusive title for each month of 2009. The next selection of titles began last week with James Hau...

Kinosmith Forms Unique Distrib Deal with Hot Docs

Canadian distributor Kinosmith has just announced a unique distribution partnership with the prestigious Hot Docs Film Festival. The partnership, The Hot Docs Collection, will feature popular titles form the festival's and other titles chosen by the programmers. Kinosmith will donate a portion of t...

Box Office: Audiences Lovin' "Summer" (UPDATED)

Fox Searchlight looks like it might have a big indie hit in Marc Webb's "(500) Days Of Summer," according to estimates from Rentrak earlier this afternoon. The Zooey Deschanel-Joseph Gordon-Levitt romantic comedy grossed $834,501 from 27 screens in New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, DC, San Fr...

Avant-Garde Film and Video Showcased In Toronto's Wavelengths Program

The Toronto International Film Festival has announced the lineup for its Wavelengths program, a presentation of avant-garde film and video that runs September 11-14 at Toronto's Art Gallery of Ontario. Curated by TIFF Cinematheque programmer Andrea Picard, this year's lineup is composed of six progr...

"Sense of Immediacy" In Toronto Fest's 17 Docs

"This year's documentaries have a sense of immediacy like never before," said Thom Powers, the Toronto International Film Festival's documentary programmer, regarding this year's slate of docs. "Current events are getting a fresh perspective in films about the post-cr...