Bringing its current total to 129, the Toronto International Film Festival announced yet another batch of additions to its 34th annual program. Notable among them are the world premieres of Jason Reitman's "Juno" follow-up "Up In The Air," starring George Clooney; Ashutosh Gowarike's "What's Your Ra...
Read More »Sundance teen drama "Dare" has been acquired by Image Entertainment. The film, written and co-produced by David Brind and directed by Adam Salky, stars Emmy Rossum, Zach Gilford, and Ashley Springer as high school students that enter into an unusual triangle of friendship and love. The film also s...
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Read More »The Los Angeles Times reported last night that the Los Angeles County Museum of Art will be pulling the plug on its renowned weekend film program, which has been running for four decades. The program, which has screened retrospectives on everyone from Cary Grant to Roman Polanski to Ernst Lubitsch,...
Read More »Join Oscar-nominated filmmaker R.J. Cutler (“The War Room”) Thursday evening at the Apple Store Soho as he discusses his new documentary “The September Issue.” Directed and produced by Cutler, the film tells the story of legendary Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and her larger-than-life team of e...
Read More »Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) has announced some key members of the team that will head up the inaugural 2009 Festival. Amanda Palmer, head of entertainment for Al Jazeera English, has been named the festival's Executive Director. Palmer will lead the Festival and work with a team from Tribeca ...
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Read More »North American rights to Henrik Ruben Ganz's Danish thriller "Terribly Happy" (Frygtelig Lykkelig) are going to Oscilloscope Laboratories. The film premiered in competition at the 2008 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it took the Grand Prix Award, the fest's top nod. "Happy" also won ...
Read More »Director Zhang Yimou's remake of the Coen Brothers' 1984 debut feature, "Blood Simple," is being backed by Sony Pictures Classic. Today the specialty distributor announced its production partnership in addition to rights for the untitled film in North America, Latin America, Australia and New Zealan...
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