Movie City News Archive for February, 2012
On The Legal Limbo Of Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi
On The Legal Limbo Of Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi
Read the full article »SPC Goes West Of Memphis
SPC Goes West Of Memphis
Read the full article »SONY PICTURES CLASSICS ACQUIRES HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DOCUMENTARY WEST OF MEMPHIS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW YORK (February 29, 2012) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired worldwide rights to Academy Award® nominated filmmaker Amy Berg’s (DELIVER US FROM EVIL) high profile documentary WEST OF MEMPHIS. The film debuted at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in the Documentary Premiere Section to great critical acclaim….
Read the full article »The Monkees’ Davy Jones Was 66
The Monkees’ Davy Jones Was 66
Read the full article »“Nostalgia Has Wussified Our Culture! Make It Stop!” Sez Michael Musto
“Nostalgia Has Wussified Our Culture! Make It Stop!” Sez Michael Musto
Read the full article »A Dozen Oscars Go For $3 Million
A Dozen Oscars Go For $3 Million
Read the full article »Digitalizing Kannapolis, North Carolina’s 1936 Gem Theater
Digitalizing Kannapolis, North Carolina’s 1936 Gem Theater
Read the full article »The LAT On B*ing Fl*nn’s Original Title, “Another Bullshit Night In Suck City”
“(the full title is unprintable in this newspaper)” The LAT On B*ing Fl*nn‘s Original Title, “Another Bullshit Night In Suck City”
Read the full article »Ebert Compares The Artist To Presumptive GOP Nominee Romney
Ebert Compares The Artist To Presumptive GOP Nominee Romney
Read the full article »Cinemark and Paramount Pictures Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of “The Godfather” with Exclusive Cinemark XD Events at Theatres Across the US
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Plano, TX, February 29, 2012 – Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), a leading motion picture exhibitor, is proud to partner with Paramount Pictures to offer movie-goers the opportunity to see Francis Ford Coppola’s restored version of his Academy Award®-winning “The Godfather,” on 55 Cinemark XD auditoriums across the country, on Thursday, March…
Read the full article »Deutchman Sez “Indie Theaters Face Digital Mayhem”
Deutchman Sez “Indie Theaters Face Digital Mayhem”
Read the full article »Lea Thompson, “Long-Distance Runner” At 50
Lea Thompson, “Long-Distance Runner” At 50
Read the full article »“This Is DCP”: How Preferred New Exhibition Format Is Reducing Archival Titles To “Greatest Hits”
“This Is DCP”: NYC’s Film Forum Shows How Preferred New Exhibition Format Is Reducing Archival Film Titles To “Greatest Hits”
Read the full article »2012 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL TO OPEN WITH THE WORLD PREMIERE OF UNIVERSAL PICTURES’ THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT
For Immediate Release Comedy from Forgetting Sarah Marshall Creative Team Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller and Producer Judd Apatow to Kick Off 11th Edition of TFF on April 18 New York, NY (February 29, 2012)—The Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) and Universal Pictures today announced that The Five-Year Engagement will open the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival,…
Read the full article »James Murdoch Steps Down As News Int’l Chairman
James Murdoch Steps Down As News Int’l Chairman With – The Press Release
Read the full article »Catherine Keener And “Normalcy”
Catherine Keener And “Normalcy”
Read the full article »This Is Not A Farce: Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi In Legal Limbo
This Is Not A Farce: Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi In Legal Limbo
Read the full article »Cinematographer Bruce Surtees, 74, Shot Play Misty For Me, Lenny, Night Moves, Beverly Hills Cop
“He didn’t believe in flat light or just bright, Rexall drugstore lighting, which a lot of times you can get if you get somebody that isn’t very imaginative.” Cinematographer Bruce Surtees, 74, Shot Play Misty For Me, Lenny, Night Moves, Beverly Hills Cop
Read the full article »The Artist “Old H’wd” Guide To Lost Angeles
The Artist “Old H’wd” Guide To Lost Angeles
Read the full article »DVD Wrapup: Myth of American Sleepover, Hugo … More
David Robert Mitchell’s debut feature easily qualifies as one of the most criminally under-screened and neglected movies of the young century. While Hollywood continues to search in vain for the new John Hughes and independents hope to capture the same lightning in a bottle as “American Pie,” “The Myth of the American Sleepover” was there all along. Even in DVD, it succeeds at almost every level in capturing the joys, angst and insanity of being a teenager in middle-class America.
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