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Thurman, Haynes, and Goldberg Among Tribeca Jurors

The 2009 Tribeca Film Festival announced a star-studded jury lineup this morning at a press conference at Manhattan's Community College in Tribeca. Actress Uma Thurman read the list of six different juries, which features an intensely eclectic mix of people from Mary-Kate Olsen, Rachael Ray, and Wh...

David O. Russell Takes Over "Fighter"

Sky Sitney Appointed Artistic Director of SILVERDOCS

Sky Sitney has been announced as the new artistic director of SILVERDOCS, the Washington, DC-area documentary film festival. Effective immediately, Sitney will lead the Festival's "programming, strategic development, partnerships and overall artistic vision." Sitney joined SILVERDOCS as Director of...

Fox Atomic Implodes

The Hollywood Reporter's Gregg Kilday and Jay A. Fernandez are reporting that Fox's comedy and genre label, Fox Atomic is shutting down. The unit's president, Debbie Liebiing, will will return to Fox proper as executive VP of production, and will see through postproduction Atomic's remaining release...

Vitagraph Plots Foreign Language Oscar Nom "Baader-Meinhof Complex" for U.S.

2009 Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee "The Baader-Meinhof Complex" will receive a U.S. theatrical release through Vitagraph Films in a deal with Constantin Films for all media rights. Written and produced by Bernd Eichinger (2005 Academy Award nominee "Downfall") and directed by Uli Edel ("Chr...

Cannes Countdown: Coppola is Out. Ang Lee is In?

Contrary to trade paper speculation, Francis Ford Coppola won't be bringing his new film, "Tetro," to next month's Cannes Film Festival, declining an offer to screen his film out of competition (according to a report by Mike Jones on his Circuit blog). Meanwhile, Ang Lee, Jane Campion, Michael Hanek...

Screen Actors Guild board narrowly OKs new contract

New 16 Day BAMcinemaFEST Offering 14 NY Premieres

Just as New York's largest film festival, Tribeca, is set to launch this week, another event is staking claim to the city's film scene. The sixteen day BAMcinemaFEST, spotlighting "independent films and repertory favorites," will open June 17 at Brooklyn's BAM Rose Cinemas with highlights including ...

Weekend Estimates: "Little Step" Continues Doc Surge, "Sleep" Snoozes

According to estimates provided by Rentrak earlier this afternoon, Adam Del Deo and James D. Stern's ode to a "A Chorus Line," "Every Little Step," marked the fifth week in a row a doc topped the iW BOT (which ranks specialty films by their per-theater-average). Following "Valentino," "Enlighten Up...