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“Whiplash” Kicks off the 2014 Sundance Film Festival
The 30th Sundance Film Festival is off to a strong start, as its opening film Whiplash has already been purchased by Sony Pictures Worldwide.
The film stars Miles Teller, who is no stranger to Sundance as he last starred in The Spectacular Now, which also h...
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Oscar Nominations Are Mostly Unsurprising, Reliably Disheartening
Early this morning, the Oscar nominations were announced by Thor and there were some nice things, some less nice things and some unforgivable things (Lana Del Rey snubbed!). Nine films are up for Best Picture: American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers C...
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The 25th Palm Springs International Film Festival wraps up
The 2014 Palm Springs International Film Festival, the fest that sets the stage for the year’s film festival circuit wrapped up yesterday. It ran from 3 to 13 January and screened 191 films from 60 countries including 46 of the 76 foreign language entries for ...
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Armond White Expelled from the NYFCC
Anyone familiar with Armond White is aware of what went down at the New York Film Critic's Circle awards dinner last week, but few anticipated how that story would end this morning. After an emergency meeting held by the NYFCC for his actions during 12 Years A...
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Drake Doremus’ Long-Gestating ‘Breathe In’ Gets First Trailer
The Long-Gestating follow-up to Drake Doremus' Like Crazy has had its first trailer released. Breathe In features Felicity Jones in the lead role as a musically gifted British exchange student Sophie Williams. When she arrives in America, the family who she is...
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New Stills from ‘Labor Day’ Feature Kate Winslet’s Best Concerned Face
One of the most anticipated movies of 2014 is a strange little film from Jason Reitman (Juno, Up in the Air) called Labor Day.
While the name evokes some kind of horrific anthology film where B-list actors and actresses pair up in a series of vignettes abou...
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Sony Pictures Classics to Release Allen’s Latest, ‘Magic in the Moonlight’
Sony Pictures Classics announced today that the company has acquired the North American distribution rights to Woody Allen’s upcoming period piece/romantic comedy titled Magic in the Moonlight.
Magic in the Moonlight takes place in South France during the g...
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Sundance Institute Selects Its 2014 Jurors
The Sundance Institute released the name of the six juries awarding prizes at this year's Sundance Film Festival. Among the members of 2014's U.S. Dramatic Jury, most will be familiar faces with respectable pedigrees. The committee of five will include critics...
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SXSW Announces “Veronica Mars,” Jon Favreau Premieres
South by Southwest, Austin's premiere film festival and conference that, in some ways, has eclipsed Sundance as the place to see a lot of the upcoming independent features and go to workshops/seminars with a lot of the movers and shakers in entertainment media...
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‘Draft Day’ Trailer Is On the Clock
Watching the NFL draft is reserved for the most fanatic of football enthusiasts, but the drama involved is rife with possibility. Lifelong dreams are realized, terrible franchises can be saved, and an entire city's hopes can be revived all with one selection. ...
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