Sundance
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Trailers and Clips: Buried, Due Date, and Let Me In
Cinematical &bull Yesterday
Reynolds plays an American contractor in Iraq who, post-kidnapping by persons unknown, awakens in a coffin with only a cell phone, a lighter, and enough oxygen to last 90 minutes (conveniently the length of an average feature film). Reynolds received kudos at Sundance for his intense performance… Full Story »
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Distributor Profile: Women Make Movies
indieWIRE News &bull Yesterday
All information published in the indieWIRE Distributor Profiles is provided by the individual company. Company History Women Make Movies, a non-profit media organization based in NY whose mission is to facilitate the production, promotion and distribution of films by women… Full Story »
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"Last Train Home" Director Lixin Fan
indieWIRE News &bull Yesterday
Filmmaker Lixin Fan may very well be one of modern-day China's great non-fiction storytellers. His Sundance World Cinema Documentary competition film, "Last Train Home" is a documentary masterpiece that depicts China's meteoric rise to economic powerhouse through the story of… Full Story »
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Summer movie blues
Kansas City Star &bull YesterdayThis year's summer movie season is coming to an end and, if you're like me, it's hard not to say good riddance. As Shakespeare would have put it if reviewing films had been his line of work, for critics the… Full Story »
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Why did so few specialty films cross over this summer?
Kansas City Star &bull YesterdaySummer - that elusive, seductive damsel exiting the bar after this weekend - tends to inspire a lot of things, including too many contemporary country singers to write bad songs. What it usually also does is get filmgoers to take… Full Story »
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'Catfish': Buzz about a 'reality thriller'
Entertainment Weekly - Movies &bull YesterdaySundance favorite Catfish, a self-described "reality thriller" that follows the online courtship of 24-year-old photographer Nev Schulman and a woman named Megan to a shocking conclusion, hits select theaters Sept. 17. If you haven't heard about the documentary, watch the… Full Story »
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Oscar mark, set, go
Variety &bull Sep 2, 2010
With the 83rd Academy Awards pushed back to Feb. 27 from last year's March 7 date, the selections for consideration in the foreign-language Oscar race are already starting to roll in. But it's not the first country to choose its… Full Story »
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Kristen Stewart Rises To The Challenge Of 'Welcome To The Rileys' In MTV's Fall Preview
MTV Movies Blog &bull Sep 2, 2010MTV's Fall Preview week of exclusives continues today with a look at the hottest upcoming movies of the next four months. We know what you should see and why you should see it, and we've got it all right here.… Full Story »
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Telluride Sets Fest Film Program
Deadline.com &bull Sep 2, 2010While Toronto International Film Festival, Sundance, Venice and Cannes sets film schedules well in advance, Telluride always springs its fest lineup at the last moment. Telluride, CO - Telluride Film Festival (September 3-6, 2010), presented by the National Film Preserve… Full Story »
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'Blue Valentine' Stars Ryan Gosling And Michelle Williams Meet In This Fall Preview Clip
MTV Movies Blog &bull Sep 2, 2010I wasn't at Sundance and so didn't catch the Ryan Gosling/Michelle Williams-starring romantic drama, "Blue Valentine." I've heard from MTV Movies managing editor Josh Horowitz that it's great, tough to watch but well-made film nonetheless. The story follows the relationship… Full Story »
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The Brita FilterForGood Film Project Takes The Silver Screen Green
Cinema News &bull Sep 2, 2010OAKLAND, CA--(Marketwire - 09/01/10) - This year Brita FilterForGood is bringing the Sundance Film Festival to you through the FilterForGood Film Project. Brita has teamed up with The Sundance Institute and the Environmental Media Association (EMA) to give people who are passionate about making the world a better place a chance to win a trip to the 2011 Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of a film inspired by you! FilterForGood, a partnership between Brita and Nalgene, began as a way to motivate people to make small changes to… Full Story »
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Here's Your Chance to See (and Judge) Catfish For Free
Movieline &bull Sep 1, 2010Don't let anyone tell you what it is," reads the tagline hooked to Catfish's current marketing campaign. Oh, really? What if I tell you that next week in L.A., for one night only, the controversial Sundance darling (and September theatrical… Full Story »
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Fortissimo flashes diverse lineup
Variety &bull Sep 1, 2010
Another three Fortissimo movies -- Michele Placido's "Vallanzasca," Takashi Shimizu's "Shock Labyrinth 3D" and "Reign of Assassins" from Su Chao-pin and John Woo -- screen out of competition. It comes as the company is reaping the fruit of two strategies:… Full Story »
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Roadside sparks to "Cool It"
Variety &bull Sep 1, 2010
Cool It" is set for its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. It centers on economist/political scientist Bjorn Lomborg, who penned "The Skeptical Environmentalist" and challenged Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" with the publication of "Cool It" in… Full Story »
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Roadside Gets Hot Topic Environmental Doc Ahead of Toronto Premiere
indieWIRE News &bull Sep 1, 2010
Ahead of its world premiere at this month's Toronto International Film Festival, Ondi Timoner's hot-topic doc "Cool It" has been acquired by Roadside Attractions for U.S. distribution this fall. Maple Pictures will distribute the film in Canada. Timoner, the only… Full Story »
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Ryan Gosling Flirts With Michelle Williams in New 'Blue Valentine' Clip
Aceshowbiz.com &bull Sep 1, 2010Add CommentSeptember 01, 2010 04:04:04 GMTAt their awkward first meeting, Gosling admits to Williams that he steals someone's money but still tries to charm her. A never-before-seen scene from "Blue Valentine" has been previewed in a new clip. The video,… Full Story »
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Live in Chicago? Capone has details on an early screening of JACK GOES BOATING with director/star Philip Seymour Hoffman QA!!
Ain't It Cool News &bull Aug 31, 2010Live in Chicago? Capone has details on an early screening of JACK GOES BOATING with director/star Philip Seymour Hoffman QA!! Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. Live in Chicago? Capone has details on an early screening of JACK GOES BOATING with director/star Philip Seymour Hoffman QA!! Shortly after this year's… Full Story »
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Joan Rivers and "Joan Rivers" to Open Sheffield Doc/Fest
indieWIRE News &bull Aug 31, 2010
The filmmaking team behind "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work"--Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg and the eponymous comedienne herself--will attend the opening night showing of the film at Sheffield Doc/Fest on Nov. 3 in Sheffield, England. The 17th edition of Doc/Fest,… Full Story »
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Best in Show: Jacki Weaver in Animal Kingdom
Film Experience Blog &bull Aug 30, 2010
Animal Kingdom, the 2010 Sundance Grand Jury winner, is now playing on 39 of the nation's screens. Let that be 39 steps closer to an Oscar nomination for Jacki Weaver; it could happen if Academy members actually see the acclaimed… Full Story »
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Rendezvous with the Siren
New York Post - Buzz Movie Blog &bull Aug 30, 2010As long as I'm writing about film critics pals today (see below), I highly recommend you check out the wide-ranging, two-part conversation (billed as a "blogger summit") between my "Shadows of Russia'' fellow-traveler Farran Smith Nehme (better known as the… Full Story »
