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The Top 10 Grossing Films That Premiered at SXSW 2011
As the 2012 edition of SXSW gets underway in Austin, Texas, it seemed appropriate to look back at the films of last year's edition and how well they did at the theatrical box office.
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Box Office: 'A Separation' and 'Undefeated' Soar Post-Oscar Wins; 'The Artist' Goes Wide (UPDATED)
While Oscar's big winner "The Artist" had a notable weekend, it was the foreign language film and documentary feature winners that had the most impressive post-Oscar boosts. According to estimates provided by Rentrak earlier today, both Asghar Farhad's "A Separation" and ...
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True/False 2012 Kicks Off With An 'Undefeated' Homecoming
"This might be the biggest crowd that's ever sat in one room and seen this movie," "Undefeated" co-director Dan Lindsay said on stage at the Missouri Theater in Colombia, Missouri last night.
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Undefeated—movie review
This year’s Oscar winner for Best Documentary Feature seems almost too good to be true…but that’s what makes it so effective. Directed, photographed and edited by Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin, it profiles a most unusual fellow: a volunteer football coach for a Memphis high school that most people ...
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Holiday Box Office: Oscar Doc 'Undefeated' So-So; 'Descendants' and 'Artist' Full Speed Ahead (UPDATED)
Oscar nominated doc "Undefeated" led a quiet set of specialty debuts this President's Day weekend. According to estimates provided by Rentrak earlier today, the football documentary grossed $42,658 from its five opening screens over the 4-day weekend, averaging $8,532. Released b...
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"Undefeated" is a Good But Not Great Underdog Sports Film
It’s very hard not to like “Undefeated,” the underdog sports film that is currently also considered the underdog among the 2012 Oscar nominees in the feature documentary category. I’m not exactly sure why it’s thought to be a long shot, though, since it is a gorgeously shot, expertly edited and very...
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Review: Inspirational Football Documentary 'Undefeated' Scores A Touchdown
Watching inspirational movies is often like eating ice cream. While you're taking it in, it's sweet and immensely pleasurable, but as soon as you've reached the end, all that's left is an empty carton. Maybe we won't go as far as saying this kind of cinema is empty, but those swooned by "The Blind S...
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'SHOULD WIN' VIDEO ESSAY SERIES: Best Documentary, UNDEFEATED
Documentaries are as close to pure cinema as we have yet to get to. They tell our stories. The stories of those we don't know. They have the capability of breaking the fourth wall without winking at the audience. And sometimes they can make our chests swell with that uncommon feeling of humility. Fr...
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Watch: Trailer For The Academy Award Nominated Football Documentary 'Undefeated'
16 Oscar nominations. That's how many nods Harvey Weinstein conjured up for The Weinstein Company this year, another testament to the mega-producer's grip on the awards season and further evidence that nobody can rep a movie quite like Harv. And while his stable of "The Artist," &q...
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Wim Wenders' 'Pina,' 'Buck,' 'Paradise Lost 3,' 'Project Nim' & More Make Oscar Documentary Shortlist
...and then there were 15. Just like that, the field for the films battling for the five slots at the Oscars for Best Documentary just got a lot smaller. The Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences announced the shortlist for the award and once again, there is no love for Werner Herzog.
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