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Archives for: August 20095
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Auteurs return to New York Film Fest
Thursday August 13th 2009The New York Film Festival is throwing a party for old friends. The fest’s curated selection of 29 pics opens with Alain Resnais’ “Wild Grass” and closes with Pedro Almodovar’s “Broken Embraces” — respectively, the filmmakers’ 10th and eighth pics to play at the festival. The selection also marks two marquee slots for Sony Pictures Classics, the distributor of both titles and a perennial supplier to the event. Both films premiered in the Cannes competition in May.
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Jay Leno cleared of strike violations
Thursday August 13th 2009The WGA West has cleared Jay Leno of violating the guild’s strike rules during the 100-day work stoppage in late 2007-early 2008. The WGA West issued a message to members detailing the decisions of the trial committees assembled to probe allegations brought by members of strike rule violations during the[…]
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Toronto fest dabbles in mixed media
Wednesday August 12th 2009The Toronto International Film Festival is to mix up moving image platforms in September as it presents an Isabella Rossellini installation, a cell phone-inspired movie from Don McKellar and multichannel video works from Candice Breitz as part of its Future Projections sidebar. Toronto said Tuesday that it booked Rossellini to present “Green Porno: Scandalous Sea,” which transforms Sundance Channel-produced shorts about ocean-borne sexual high-jinks into a sculptural installation, while Breitz will screen “The Origins of Factum,” a video portrait of identical twins.
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Montreal fest announces lineup
Wednesday August 12th 2009The lineup for the 33rd Montreal World Film Festival was unveiled Tuesday, a 240-pic slate heavy on first-time helmers and off-the-beaten-track movies from 78 countries. The 20-pic World Competition spotlights more well-known helmers including Quebec director Roger Cantin and his “A Cargo to Africa,” whose star Pierre Lebeau will receive[…]
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Three top Hollywood studios bring films to Web
Tuesday August 11th 2009It is a dash of Hulu and a sprinkle of YouTube, features a crystal clear picture, can rewind or fast-forward at lightning speed, and doesn’t require a download of any special software. But epixHD.com, the soon-to-launch video website, will have its success dictated more by the movies, concerts and original programs it offers than the technology behind it, said the executive charged with creating and running the site. “The critical linchpin to what we’ve got is that we have one-third of the box office of Hollywood,” Epix Chief Digital Officer Emil Rensing said in an interview.
ARCHIVES
Archives for: August 20095
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Auteurs return to New York Film Fest
Thursday August 13th 2009The New York Film Festival is throwing a party for old friends. The fest’s curated selection of 29 pics opens with Alain Resnais’ “Wild Grass” and closes with Pedro Almodovar’s “Broken Embraces” — respectively, the filmmakers’ 10th and eighth pics to play at the festival. The selection also marks two marquee slots for Sony Pictures Classics, the distributor of both titles and a perennial supplier to the event. Both films premiered in the Cannes competition in May.
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Jay Leno cleared of strike violations
Thursday August 13th 2009The WGA West has cleared Jay Leno of violating the guild’s strike rules during the 100-day work stoppage in late 2007-early 2008. The WGA West issued a message to members detailing the decisions of the trial committees assembled to probe allegations brought by members of strike rule violations during the[…]
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Toronto fest dabbles in mixed media
Wednesday August 12th 2009The Toronto International Film Festival is to mix up moving image platforms in September as it presents an Isabella Rossellini installation, a cell phone-inspired movie from Don McKellar and multichannel video works from Candice Breitz as part of its Future Projections sidebar. Toronto said Tuesday that it booked Rossellini to present “Green Porno: Scandalous Sea,” which transforms Sundance Channel-produced shorts about ocean-borne sexual high-jinks into a sculptural installation, while Breitz will screen “The Origins of Factum,” a video portrait of identical twins.
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Montreal fest announces lineup
Wednesday August 12th 2009The lineup for the 33rd Montreal World Film Festival was unveiled Tuesday, a 240-pic slate heavy on first-time helmers and off-the-beaten-track movies from 78 countries. The 20-pic World Competition spotlights more well-known helmers including Quebec director Roger Cantin and his “A Cargo to Africa,” whose star Pierre Lebeau will receive[…]
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Three top Hollywood studios bring films to Web
Tuesday August 11th 2009It is a dash of Hulu and a sprinkle of YouTube, features a crystal clear picture, can rewind or fast-forward at lightning speed, and doesn’t require a download of any special software. But epixHD.com, the soon-to-launch video website, will have its success dictated more by the movies, concerts and original programs it offers than the technology behind it, said the executive charged with creating and running the site. “The critical linchpin to what we’ve got is that we have one-third of the box office of Hollywood,” Epix Chief Digital Officer Emil Rensing said in an interview.
ARCHIVES
Archives for: August 20095
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Auteurs return to New York Film Fest
Thursday August 13th 2009The New York Film Festival is throwing a party for old friends. The fest’s curated selection of 29 pics opens with Alain Resnais’ “Wild Grass” and closes with Pedro Almodovar’s “Broken Embraces” — respectively, the filmmakers’ 10th and eighth pics to play at the festival. The selection also marks two marquee slots for Sony Pictures Classics, the distributor of both titles and a perennial supplier to the event. Both films premiered in the Cannes competition in May.
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Jay Leno cleared of strike violations
Thursday August 13th 2009The WGA West has cleared Jay Leno of violating the guild’s strike rules during the 100-day work stoppage in late 2007-early 2008. The WGA West issued a message to members detailing the decisions of the trial committees assembled to probe allegations brought by members of strike rule violations during the[…]
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Toronto fest dabbles in mixed media
Wednesday August 12th 2009The Toronto International Film Festival is to mix up moving image platforms in September as it presents an Isabella Rossellini installation, a cell phone-inspired movie from Don McKellar and multichannel video works from Candice Breitz as part of its Future Projections sidebar. Toronto said Tuesday that it booked Rossellini to present “Green Porno: Scandalous Sea,” which transforms Sundance Channel-produced shorts about ocean-borne sexual high-jinks into a sculptural installation, while Breitz will screen “The Origins of Factum,” a video portrait of identical twins.
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Montreal fest announces lineup
Wednesday August 12th 2009The lineup for the 33rd Montreal World Film Festival was unveiled Tuesday, a 240-pic slate heavy on first-time helmers and off-the-beaten-track movies from 78 countries. The 20-pic World Competition spotlights more well-known helmers including Quebec director Roger Cantin and his “A Cargo to Africa,” whose star Pierre Lebeau will receive[…]
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Three top Hollywood studios bring films to Web
Tuesday August 11th 2009It is a dash of Hulu and a sprinkle of YouTube, features a crystal clear picture, can rewind or fast-forward at lightning speed, and doesn’t require a download of any special software. But epixHD.com, the soon-to-launch video website, will have its success dictated more by the movies, concerts and original programs it offers than the technology behind it, said the executive charged with creating and running the site. “The critical linchpin to what we’ve got is that we have one-third of the box office of Hollywood,” Epix Chief Digital Officer Emil Rensing said in an interview.
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