Movie City News Archive for September, 2011
Who Will Take On The 35,000-Deep Stock Of Vancouver’s Videomatica When It Closes?
Who Will Take On The 35,000-Deep Stock Of Vancouver’s Videomatica When It Closes?
Read the full article »SHERWOOD PICTURES’ COURAGEOUS REACHES MORE THAN $2 MILLION IN PRE-SALES
Film Opens Nationwide September 30th CULVER CITY, CA (Sept. 29, 2011) – TriStar Pictures and Sherwood Pictures are pleased to announce that COURAGEOUS, the latest installment from Sherwood Pictures, has reached more than $2 million in pre-sales ticketing in anticipation of Friday’s national release. Pre-sales numbers for COURAGEOUS more than double that of Sherwood Pictures’…
Read the full article » 4 Comments »Howell Talks Nick Ray With His Widow
Howell Talks Can’t Go Home Again With Nick Ray’s Widow
Read the full article »Splatter Elder Herschell Gordon Lewis Looks Back
Splatter Elder Herschell Gordon Lewis Looks Back
Read the full article »Production Head Out At CBS Films; Gets Producer Slot
Production Head Out At CBS Films; Gets Producer Slot
Read the full article »Ebert Peruses The Two Reviews His Memoir Got From The Gray Lady’s Ladies
Ebert Peruses The Two Reviews His Memoir Got From The Gray Lady’s Ladies And Lines That Eventually Bite Back
Read the full article »Picketing May Prevent Vancouver Film Fest’s Opening Night Gala In Union-Lockout Venue
Picketing May Prevent Vancouver Film Fest’s Opening Night Gala In Union-Lockout Venue
Read the full article »Wilmington on DVDs. Pick of the Week: Classic, Blu-ray. Strike
PICK OF THE WEEK: Classic/Blu-ray Strike (Stachka) (Four Stars) U.S.S.R./Russia: Sergei Eisenstein, 1925 (Kino Classics) 1. Eisenstein In 1925, Sergei Eisenstein, a rich architect’s son who had become a passionate convert to Communism during the Russian Revolution and afterward a brilliant theatrical director with the Proletkult Theatre of Moscow, directed two silent films…
Read the full article »“Google now tells you a famous person’s sexual orientation”
“Google now tells you a famous person’s sexual orientation”
Read the full article »Rick Perlstein Finds Contagion’s Politics Kinda Reactionary
Rick Perlstein Finds Contagion‘s Politics Kinda Reactionary
Read the full article »Ted Hope Sez There’s At Least 99 Steps To Start With To Make A Good Movie
Ted Hope Sez There’s At Least 99 Steps To Start With To Make A Good Movie
Read the full article »Albanian Protests That Albania’s Oscar Bid Is Not By An Albanian, But An American
Albanian Protests That Albania’s Oscar Bid Is Not By An Albanian, But An American
Read the full article »Studiocanal Sets $200 Million+ Finance Deal With London’s Anton Capital Entertainment
Studiocanal Sets $200 Million+ Finance Deal With London’s Anton Capital Entertainment
Read the full article »Spielberg Talks Lincoln
Spielberg Talks Lincoln
Read the full article »ACADEMY ANNOUNCES NICHOLL SCREENWRITING FELLOWSHIP FINALISTS FOR 2011
September 29, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Beverly Hills, CA – Seven individual writers and three writing teams have been selected as finalists for the 26th annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Their scripts will now be read and judged by the Academy’s Nicholl…
Read the full article »Kenny Engages The Carnage-Dangerous Method-Induced “What Is Cinematic” Debate
Kenny Engages The Carnage–Dangerous Method-Induced “What Is Cinematic” Debate
Read the full article »DP/30 @ TIFF 2011: Take Shelter, wr/dir Jeff Nichols, actors MIchael Shannon, Jessica Chastain
Jeff Nichols’ second feature, like his first, Shotgun Stories, is thrilling and challenging audiences. By his side again is Michael Shannon, who has risen from obscurity to awards bait actor. And by Mike’s side, Jessica Chastain, who has risen from obscurity to ubiquitous awards bait just this year. Meet the trio.
Read the full article » 4 Comments »“Unclassifiable” Director Isabel Coixet Goes Worldwide
“Unclassifiable” Director Isabel Coixet Goes Worldwide
Read the full article »Anna Faris Does A Number
Anna Faris Does A Number
Read the full article »Craig Brewer On Getting The New Footloose Right
Craig Brewer On Getting The New Footloose Right
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