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Quentin Tarantino saves L.A. theater
Monday February 22nd 2010Of those rooting for Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” on Oscar night, the Torgan family might be cheering the loudest. As the proprietors of the New Beverly Cinema, the Torgans operate one of Los Angeles’ last havens for classic movies. And, as of recently, Tarantino is their landlord. The New Beverly has been the Torgan family business since 1978. But if not for the intervention of the director with the encyclopedic knowledge of film, it would be just another chain franchise.
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Affleck, Damon reuniting at Warner Bros.
Thursday February 18th 2010Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are stirring up some good will over at Warner Bros. The actors, longtime friends who won the original screenplay Oscar for “Good Will Hunting” in 1997, are negotiating to close a first-look producing deal at WB. Details are yet unknown on the new company’s name or the length of the agreement, but the pact is likely to close within days.
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Ontario’s fortunes increase after tax credit
Thursday February 18th 2010Incentive-rich Ontario last year saw its film and TV industry return to form after the province raised its tax credit for foreign producers from 18% to 25% in late 2008. The Ontario Media Development Corp., which markets the province in Hollywood, said Wednesday that Canadian and foreign production companies last year spent CAN$946.4 million ($921 million) filming on location locally, up 41% from CAN$610.56 million in 2008. Ontario’s fortunes could increase still further in 2010 after the province last fall goosed its foreign film tax credit to a 25% all-spend.
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Montreal filmmakers team up with Spike Jonze and NFB for new Sendak short
Wednesday February 17th 2010Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, the Montreal based Oscar-nominated filmmaking duo also known as Clyde Henry, who are responsible for Madame Tutli-Putli, have teamed up with the National Film Board of Canada and Spike Jonze to adapt Maurice Sendak’s book Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life into a new live-action/animated short film. The short will feature the voices of Meryl Streep and Forest Whitaker and will be packaged with the Blu-Ray release of Jonze’s feature film Where The Wild Things Are, which is scheduled to be released on March 2.
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The Canadian Society of Cinematographers’ Stereoscopic 3D Workshop
Wednesday February 17th 2010Course review by Diane Woods, Special Assignment for TO411 Led by acclaimed U.K. Director of Photography Geoff Boyle, the participants of the 3D course (held February 5-8) were introduced to the theory and practicum of stereography and how they relate to storytelling. Various camera setups were used to investigate a variety[…]
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Archives for: February 20105
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Quentin Tarantino saves L.A. theater
Monday February 22nd 2010Of those rooting for Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” on Oscar night, the Torgan family might be cheering the loudest. As the proprietors of the New Beverly Cinema, the Torgans operate one of Los Angeles’ last havens for classic movies. And, as of recently, Tarantino is their landlord. The New Beverly has been the Torgan family business since 1978. But if not for the intervention of the director with the encyclopedic knowledge of film, it would be just another chain franchise.
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Affleck, Damon reuniting at Warner Bros.
Thursday February 18th 2010Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are stirring up some good will over at Warner Bros. The actors, longtime friends who won the original screenplay Oscar for “Good Will Hunting” in 1997, are negotiating to close a first-look producing deal at WB. Details are yet unknown on the new company’s name or the length of the agreement, but the pact is likely to close within days.
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Ontario’s fortunes increase after tax credit
Thursday February 18th 2010Incentive-rich Ontario last year saw its film and TV industry return to form after the province raised its tax credit for foreign producers from 18% to 25% in late 2008. The Ontario Media Development Corp., which markets the province in Hollywood, said Wednesday that Canadian and foreign production companies last year spent CAN$946.4 million ($921 million) filming on location locally, up 41% from CAN$610.56 million in 2008. Ontario’s fortunes could increase still further in 2010 after the province last fall goosed its foreign film tax credit to a 25% all-spend.
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Montreal filmmakers team up with Spike Jonze and NFB for new Sendak short
Wednesday February 17th 2010Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, the Montreal based Oscar-nominated filmmaking duo also known as Clyde Henry, who are responsible for Madame Tutli-Putli, have teamed up with the National Film Board of Canada and Spike Jonze to adapt Maurice Sendak’s book Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life into a new live-action/animated short film. The short will feature the voices of Meryl Streep and Forest Whitaker and will be packaged with the Blu-Ray release of Jonze’s feature film Where The Wild Things Are, which is scheduled to be released on March 2.
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The Canadian Society of Cinematographers’ Stereoscopic 3D Workshop
Wednesday February 17th 2010Course review by Diane Woods, Special Assignment for TO411 Led by acclaimed U.K. Director of Photography Geoff Boyle, the participants of the 3D course (held February 5-8) were introduced to the theory and practicum of stereography and how they relate to storytelling. Various camera setups were used to investigate a variety[…]
ARCHIVES
Archives for: February 20105
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Quentin Tarantino saves L.A. theater
Monday February 22nd 2010Of those rooting for Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” on Oscar night, the Torgan family might be cheering the loudest. As the proprietors of the New Beverly Cinema, the Torgans operate one of Los Angeles’ last havens for classic movies. And, as of recently, Tarantino is their landlord. The New Beverly has been the Torgan family business since 1978. But if not for the intervention of the director with the encyclopedic knowledge of film, it would be just another chain franchise.
-
Affleck, Damon reuniting at Warner Bros.
Thursday February 18th 2010Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are stirring up some good will over at Warner Bros. The actors, longtime friends who won the original screenplay Oscar for “Good Will Hunting” in 1997, are negotiating to close a first-look producing deal at WB. Details are yet unknown on the new company’s name or the length of the agreement, but the pact is likely to close within days.
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Ontario’s fortunes increase after tax credit
Thursday February 18th 2010Incentive-rich Ontario last year saw its film and TV industry return to form after the province raised its tax credit for foreign producers from 18% to 25% in late 2008. The Ontario Media Development Corp., which markets the province in Hollywood, said Wednesday that Canadian and foreign production companies last year spent CAN$946.4 million ($921 million) filming on location locally, up 41% from CAN$610.56 million in 2008. Ontario’s fortunes could increase still further in 2010 after the province last fall goosed its foreign film tax credit to a 25% all-spend.
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Montreal filmmakers team up with Spike Jonze and NFB for new Sendak short
Wednesday February 17th 2010Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, the Montreal based Oscar-nominated filmmaking duo also known as Clyde Henry, who are responsible for Madame Tutli-Putli, have teamed up with the National Film Board of Canada and Spike Jonze to adapt Maurice Sendak’s book Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life into a new live-action/animated short film. The short will feature the voices of Meryl Streep and Forest Whitaker and will be packaged with the Blu-Ray release of Jonze’s feature film Where The Wild Things Are, which is scheduled to be released on March 2.
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The Canadian Society of Cinematographers’ Stereoscopic 3D Workshop
Wednesday February 17th 2010Course review by Diane Woods, Special Assignment for TO411 Led by acclaimed U.K. Director of Photography Geoff Boyle, the participants of the 3D course (held February 5-8) were introduced to the theory and practicum of stereography and how they relate to storytelling. Various camera setups were used to investigate a variety[…]
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