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Weekend Box Office: “Frankenstein” Tanks, Everything Else Holds
With small further expansions of Oscar nominees and only one major release otherwise, it was a quiet weekend at the box office, which will only get quieter next week with the Super Bowl approaching. The top 5 was almost identical to last week, with Ride Along ...
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The 7th Küstendorf International Film and Music Festival Ends
The Seventh Küstendorf International Film and Music Festival (also known as Emir Kusturica’s festival) came to a close last night with the Awards ceremony. After comments on the larger-than-life nature of films and that auteur cinema and indie films have a bri...
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The 43rd International Film Festival Rotterdam Starts
The 43rd edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) opened on 22 January with the screening of Spike Jonze’s Academy Award nominated and critically acclaimed Her and an eight-minute video on its artistic – and political – mission this year. D...
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Sundance: Fox Searchlight acquires ‘I Origins’ and ‘Calvary’
Distributor Fox Searchlight has made two new acquisitions from the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.
First, they picked up the Mike Cahill's I Origins. Director Mike Cahill worked with Fox Searchlight for his first film, Another Earth. I Origins stars Brit Marli...
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A24 Acquires ‘Laggies’ and ‘Obvious Child’ at Sundance
Distribution company A24 has acquired Lynn Shelton's Laggies and Gillian Robespierre's Obvious Child at Sundance over the weekend. Having launched on the scene in 2013, A24 has made a name for itself picking up smart and engaging indie fare such as The Bling ...
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Birthday Wishes: May a Smile Be Your Umbrella – David Lynch Turns 68
The masterful and wildly eccentric director of Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead, and creator of Twin Peaks, turns 68 today. David Lynch - what can one say? He is one of the most influential filmmakers to ever work in the industry, with countless non-Lynch films...
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‘Boyhood’ is Sundance’s First Big Player in 2014
Fresh off perhaps the greatest hit of his career with Before Midnight, Richard Linklater's highs may not be done yet. His latest, Boyhood, is the toast of the Sundance Film Festival following two screenings on Sunday. Linklater's film is centered around Mason ...
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Weekend Box Office: “Ride Along” Rides Away
In a weekend crowded with new releases and expansions of the Oscar nominees, along with a Monday holiday, there were plenty of winners and few losers at the box office. The big winner was the Ice Cube/Kevin Hart comedy Ride Along, blew past its $28 million pre...
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‘Wish I Was Here’ Kickstarters Left Waiting for Tickets
Zach Braff's Wish I Was Here made a big splash this past May when the actor behind Garden State launched a Kickstarter campaign to seek funding for his latest drama. That decision made a lot of headlines in Hollywood trade outlets, but some were skeptical how ...
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Elijah Wood Set to Produce Trilogy Based on Serial Killer
Elijah Wood's production company SpectreVision has announced its latest project at Sundance today and it is probably not what you would expect from the star of The Lord of the Rings series. His latest is a horror film simply titled, The Boy.
The Boy would b...
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