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Festival News (10 posts found)
52nd New York Film Festival Main Slate Announced
The New York Film Festival has announced their selections for the 52nd annual festival. Well it seems as though they have done pretty well this year. They previously announced the big three films of the fest (Gone Girl, Inherent Vice, and Birdman), but now the...
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39th Toronto Film Festival Announces Lineup
The 39th Toronto Film Festival has announced part of their expected lineup today and unsurprisingly there is a lot of future awards contenders making the rounds such as The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Bennett Miller's Foxcatcher. Rounding...
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“Winter’s Sleep” Headlines Cannes Film Festival Winners
The coveted Palme d'Or prize for best picture was awarded today, and like most years at Cannes, there was no front-runner winner. Speculation had Leviathan, Mommy or perhaps even early awards favorite Foxcatcher as potential top honors out of all the festival ...
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Warner Bros May Sell Ryan Gosling’s “Lost River” Following Critical Backlash
Following the world premiere a few days ago at Cannes, Ryan Gosling's directorial debut Lost River was met with polarizing reactions. I'll let Sam Adams from Criticwire catch you up on the initial reactions. Now Deadline reports that Warner Bros, who had broug...
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Paramount Acquires Denis Villeneuve’s “The Story of Your Life” Starring Amy Adams
Cannes has kicked off with a cannon shot on the acquisition market. After 5 studios battled each other with bids, Deadline reports that Paramount Pictures has paid $20 million for the domestic distribution right for The Story of Your Life, to be directed by Pr...
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Terrence Malick Nearing Completion on “Voyage of Time” for 2016; IMAX Release planned Worldwide
After directing only 4 feature films within a 32 year span, Malick has since been making up for lost time. He released The Tree of Life and To The Wonder within 2 years of each other and has 3 projects all in various stages of post production now. While we kno...
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Terry Gilliam Gearing Up “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote”….Again.
Terry Gilliam's history with trying to make The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is well documented (see here) and remains one of the most prolific examples of a passion project that never got made. Variety has word out of Cannes that this film may finally come to l...
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New Images From Ryan Gosling’s Directorial Debut “Lost River”
I've been a mighty big fan of Ryan Gosling's work as an actor for quite some time. He's reliable in going after interesting roles with visionary directors. Naturally when he announced he would be focusing on directing his first feature film I was on board. Pre...
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Three Separate Versions of “The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby” To Be Released This Fall
Deadline has word out of Cannes that the upcoming debut from Ned Benson, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby starring Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy, will have 3 different cuts released this fall. Plot details are somewhat vague, other than it revolves aroun...
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“Spring Breakers: The Second Coming” Is…Coming
It's happening. There is a sequel in development to 2013's masterpiece of neon-tinged debauchery, Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers. Titled Spring Breakers: The Second Coming (obviously), it appears that the production company Wild Bunch is going to the Cannes ...
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