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National Board of Review Awards Previews the 2009 Oscars
If the National Board of Review awards are a hint of what’s to be expected at this year’s Academy Awards, then we’re all in for one hell of an Oscar night. Independent movies upset the studio features, with late entrant Slumdog Millionaire leading the pack as Best Film, relegating popular favorites like The Dark Knight and WALL-E to be among the Top Ten.
December 9th, 2008 | Category: Awards Watch, News/Commentary | By Douglas Polisin
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' . $phpAds_raw['html'] . ''; } ?>Broadcast Film Critics 2009 Award Nominations Announced
“At the Movies” co-hosts Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz announced the 14th annual Broadcast Film Critics Association’s Critics Choice Awards in Gotham’s Time Square. The proceedings were aired live on VH1, which will broadcast the ceremony January 8th from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.
Milk and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button received the most critical love, tied with eight nominations apiece.
December 9th, 2008 | Category: Awards Watch, News/Commentary | By Kyle Rupprecht
Canadian Film Centre and National Film Board Announce Joint Program
The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) and National Film Board (NFB) have recently announced the confirmation of four Canadian directors who will participate in the inaugural CFC/NFB Feature Documentary Program. The program was designed to allow accomplished Canadian directors develop cinematic documentaries. Among this year's chosen honorees are Yung Chang, Sarah Polley, Shelley Saywell and John Walker. The six-month program not only provides the directors a residency with the CFC but also a project-specific mentorship with the biggest talents in the documentary world.
December 4th, 2008 | Category: News/Commentary | By Douglas Polisin
Film Independent Announces the 2009 Spirit Award Nominees
Ballast, Frozen River and Rachel Getting Married lead the pack
Awards season has officially begun, with studios heavily campaigning for end-of-year success stories and the first of the year's award nominations announced. The 24th annual Spirit Awards will take place on February 21, 2009 and honor, among others, Charlie Kaufman's Syndecdoche, New York, which is receiving the Robert Altman Award. Nominated movies include Lance Hammer’s Ballast, Courtney Hunt’s Frozen River, Jonathan Demme’s Rachel Getting Married, Kelly Reichardt’s Wendy and Lucy and Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler.
December 3rd, 2008 | Category: Awards Watch, News/Commentary | By Kyle Rupprecht
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' . $phpAds_raw['html'] . ''; } ?>MySpace and Lionsgate Team Up for Movie Giveaways
Those MySpace junkies having a hard time walking away from their screens have got another reason to stay close to the keyboard. No, it’s not another friend request. After partnering with Lionsgate, MySpace has announced the launch of some themed skins from movies like Transporter 3, Punisher: War Zone, and The Spirit. By skinning your profile with the themes, you can be submitted into a sweepstakes to win some amazing prizes.
November 26th, 2008 | Category: News/Commentary | By Douglas Polisin
Cadillac Records Premiere to Benefit Phoenix House
Every now and then the glitz and glamour of the red carpet gets to be something more than just a flashy excuse for a new outfit or a ride in a limo, allowing the superficial side of moviemaking (pose for the camera!) to become something of substance, something more akin to the reason why a movie is made. With the New York and Los Angeles premieres of Cadillac Records, a period piece centered upon Leonard Chess (played by Adrien Brody) and the lives of the blues and soul artists who were part of his Chess Records label, the red carpet gets to do just that.
November 21st, 2008 | Category: News/Commentary | By Douglas Polisin
Gotham Independent Film Awards Series Comes to NYC
IFP, the nation's oldest and largest organization of independent moviemakers, presents the Gotham Independent Film Award Series. The three-week program of screenings and panel discussions will highlight the work of nominees and honorees from the 18th Annual Gotham Independent Awards, which take place on December 2.
November 19th, 2008 | Category: News/Commentary | By Kristin Forte
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' . $phpAds_raw['html'] . ''; } ?>Repo! The Genetic Opera Goes On The Road
Beginning November 10, director Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II, III and IV) and the star-writer-composer (Terrance Zdunich) of the much-anticipated gothic rock musical Repo! The Genetic Opera kicked off an exclusive road tour, traveling the country for seven days for one-night-only screenings in seven cities (including Portland, Seattle, Chicago, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Atlanta and Orlando). Each screening is followed by a Q&A with the moviemakers. Other cast members, including Paul Sorvino, Alexa Vega (Spy Kids), Anthony Head (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects) and Paris Hilton, may appear as surprise guests.
November 13th, 2008 | Category: News/Commentary | By Kyle Rupprecht
Hollywood.com Counts Down the Bloodiest Movies of All Time
In the mood to watch some of the most gloriously gory horror movies ever made? Then take a look at Hollywood.com’s recently announced Top 10 Bloodiest Movies of All Time for some creepy Halloween viewing possibilities. Landing in at first place on the list is Tobe Hooper’s immortal 1974 classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
October 31st, 2008 | Category: News/Commentary | By Kyle Rupprecht
Details Magazine and Nehst Will Make Your Movie
While Details Magazine has always been more concerned with the finest in men’s style and fashion, their recently announced partnership with NEHST studios has them trading in what it takes to dress like a movie star with actually making movie stars. The partnership is calling upon Details readers to submit movie concepts with the ultimate opportunity of being made into a feature-length movie. The project, whose submission deadline is May 1, 2009, will allow all creative individuals to catch their big break and cut to the front of the moviemaking line with a geenlit movie. The chosen idea, which should be an innovative and developed concept of cultural relevance in addition to being related to the Details reader, will have undergone a vigorous evaluation process with production and filming commencing shortly thereafter.
October 30th, 2008 | Category: News/Commentary | By Douglas Polisin
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' . $phpAds_raw['html'] . ''; } ?>Cinereach Awards $5,000 to Four Moviemakers for 2009 Fellowship
Four lucky students and graduates, however, have been given the chance of a lifetime and a leg up in their careers thanks to Cinereach, a nonprofit media organization created by moviemakers and philanthropists two years ago with the goal of aiding movies of social relevance. With the 2009 Reach Film Fellowship Program, the organization is awarding a $5,000 grant to each newly appointed Fellow and pairing them with mentors and advisors who are renowned in their various moviemaking fields.
October 29th, 2008 | Category: News/Commentary | By Douglas Polisin
IFC Center Unveils New Print of Herzog’s Nosferatu the Vampyre
In the mood for some old-school style scares this Halloween? Then be sure to head over to New York City's IFC Center in for a one-week run, of Werner Herzog’s masterfully creepy 1979 remake Nosferatu: The Vampyre, presented in a gorgeous new 35mm print from Wednesday October 29th to November 4th.
October 28th, 2008 | Category: News/Commentary | By Kyle Rupprecht
Final Draft Honors Stephen J. Cannell at Annual Event
Final Draft, Inc., publisher of Final Draft, the #1 selling scriptwriting software, and Script magazine, will be hosting its annual corporate event on Thursday, October 23rd at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood, CA.
“We look forward to this event each year and the opportunity to thank our friends and partners who have helped and supported us along the way,” says Marc Madnick, founder and CEO of Final Draft, Inc.
October 23rd, 2008 | Category: News/Commentary | By Kyle Rupprecht
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' . $phpAds_raw['html'] . ''; } ?>Gotham Independent Film Awards Announced
IFP, the nation's oldest and largest organization of independent moviemakers, has announced the nominees for the 18th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards (formerly known as the Gotham Awards).
The awards are the first major honors of the film awards season and usually a sign of success to come. Past winners, such as Juno (2007), Half Nelson (2006) and Junebug (2005), have gone on to receive additional awards and Oscar nominations, which bodes well for this year’s 22 nominated films, including Jonathan Demme's Rachel Getting Married and Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona (both of which received a total of two nominations in the same categories: Best Ensemble Performance and Breakthrough Actor).
October 22nd, 2008 | Category: News/Commentary | By Kristin Forte
Fetid Festivities for World Zombie Day
The dress code this weekend is tattered clothing and rotting flesh—that is, if you plan on joining the World Zombie Day celebration in Philadelphia and New York City.
The festivities will take place on October 25 in Philadelphia and continue on October 26 in New York. Both ghoulish gatherings will feature the Living Dead Girlz zombie dance troupe (featuring Shannon Lark, Fangoria's 2009 Official Spooksmodel), live bands, flesh hook body suspensions, sideshow acts and America’s Most Dangerous Game Show. Civilians can be zombie-fied for free at the first stop of each event.
October 21st, 2008 | Category: News/Commentary | By Kristin Forte
Marvel Calls Raleigh Studios Home
Comic book fans can rest easy. The successful wave of graphic novel-inspired films has no end in sight. Marvel Studios, a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, Inc., recently signed a long-term lease agreement with Raleigh Studios in Manhattan Beach, California.
Marvel plans to move their corporate offices to the Raleigh lot as well, which consists of 14 sound stages on 22 acres with an additional 300,000 square feet of office and support space. Along with its sister company, Hollywood Rentals, they are now North America’s largest operator of independent film studio facilities and production services.
October 15th, 2008 | Category: News/Commentary | By Kristin Forte
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' . $phpAds_raw['html'] . ''; } ?>indieProducer’s 6th Annual Screenwriting Competition & Short Film Contest
Unknown screenwriters and moviemakers looking to catch their big break will have a chance to get their work seen by some of the industry’s best with this year’s indieProducer 6th annual Screenwriting Competition and Short Film Contest, an event owned and operated by working moviemakers and judged by some of the industry's most established screenwriters and producers. While only a few can win, all who enter get great exposure in front of judges looking for the next big moviemaker. "I believe in finding new talent, original ideas and fresh perspectives… the indieProducer contest enables me to do that," says Stephen Rivele, Oscar-nominated screenwriter (Ali, Nixon).
October 9th, 2008 | Category: News/Commentary | By Douglas Polisin
Penélope Cruz To Receive Tribute at Gotham Awards
Penélope Cruz is a hot topic on the cinema radar. Not only was she recently seen starring in two critically-acclaimed movies, Isabel Coixet's Elegy and Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona, but it was also recently announced that she will be honored with a tribute award at IFP’s 18th annual Gotham Awards ceremony in December. IFP is the nation’s oldest and largest nonprofit organization of independent moviemakers and presents the Gotham Awards each year to kick off the awards season. The jury decided to award Cruz with a tribute due to her achievements stateside and abroad, for she has earned great success from her starring roles within Spanish cinema as well as Hollywood and was the first Spaniard to be nominated for an Oscar.
October 9th, 2008 | Category: News/Commentary | By Beth Levin
Create Your Own SAW V Trailer and Win Big
Are you eager to try your hand at crafting a truly blood-curdling trailer? If so, then the new SAW V trailer mashup contest should be right up your alley. Visit the Lionsgate Live channel on YouTube and create a trailer for your favorite SAW film using the mashup tool. Then, upload your video and you’ll be entered to win a trip to Los Angeles and two tickets to a Lionsgate horror film premiere! The SAW V trailer mashup has already received more than three million views—check it out for yourself at http://www.youtube.com/LionsgateLIVE and enter today! And don’t forget, SAW V hits theaters October 24th.
October 8th, 2008 | Category: News/Commentary | By Kyle Rupprecht
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' . $phpAds_raw['html'] . ''; } ?>Box Office Resilient Through Tough Times
According to SNL Kagan’s recent study, "Economics of Motion Pictures," box office numbers reached an all-time high in 2007, making a record $9.67 billion despite the economic downturn. The previous record was set in 2002 at $9.29 billion.
The study, which included all films shown on 1,000 or more screens from 2003 to 2007, found that the most expensive films posted the largest revenues and average net profit. Statistics were broken down by budget range and genre, encompassing animated, sci-fi/fantasy, family, action, drama, comedy, romance, horror and thriller films.
October 7th, 2008 | Category: News/Commentary | By Kristin Forte
Deepa Mehta Receives the Infinite Power of Story Award
Deepa Mehta, the Indian-born, Canadian-based director of 2005’s Water (Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award nominee) was will be awarded the Infinite Power of Story Lifetime Achievement Award by Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television (SFTV). The award will be given to Mehta at the school’s annual Film Outside the Frame Festival on October 13 at the Directors Guild of America.
October 2nd, 2008 | Category: News/Commentary | By Douglas Polisin
Religulous Disbelief
Jetset Studios, one of the entertainment industry’s leading online marketing agencies, has decided to face controversy head-on by developing Disbeliefnet.com, a new Website that promotes the release of the upcoming Bill Maher documentary Religulous. The site, which satirizes the spiritual site Belief.com, has already been categorized as “tasteless” and deemed “unsuitable for use on a government network” by the United States Department of Defense.
October 1st, 2008 | Category: News/Commentary | By Kyle Rupprecht
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' . $phpAds_raw['html'] . ''; } ?>New W. Trailer Revealed!
On October 17, before anyone can cast their vote for the next President of the United States, Lionsgate will release W., directed by Academy Award winner Oliver Stone. Much like Stone himself, the movie's subject, George W. Bush has weathered public ridicule, scathing reviews and controversial projects throughout his professional career. It is this and more that is chronicled in the much-anticipated fall drama. Here, a sneak peak.
September 26th, 2008 | Category: MM First Look, News/Commentary | By Mallory Potosky
Sony Partners with The Film Foundation for Truly Classic Movies
Lovers of classic films can breathe a sigh of sweet relief as it has been announced that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) and Martin Scorsese’s non-profit film preservation organization, The Film Foundation, have teamed up to release onto DVD beloved titles from the Sony catalog that have been out of circulation for years. The two organizations plan to release the DVDs under the “Collector’s Choice” banner with each movie being restored and remastered.
September 23rd, 2008 | Category: News/Commentary | By Douglas Polisin
Shakespeare on Film: The IndiePix Collection
Anthony Hopkins, lest ye be a fool, take note: If you want to fully fit your upcoming role as King Lear, it may be wise to check out the IndiePix Shakespeare collection. The 10 films within the collection, which range from Laurence Olivier’s classic interpretations of Henry V (1944), Hamlet (1948), and Richard III (1955) to Bollywood’s own Maqbool and Omkara (renditions of Macbeth and Othello respectively), shed new light on Shakespeare’s work, bringing him into “a new media” and offering students another way of examining his themes amongst a global background.
September 17th, 2008 | Category: News/Commentary | By Douglas Polisin
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