After getting pulled from the History channel’s lineup, the highly anticipated and controversial drama series “The Kennedys” has found a new home — on the ReelzChannel TV network. The epic eight-part movie event will have its world premiere April 3. “We’re not beh[...]
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Film Festival to Honor Ingmar Bergman
The Retrospective of the 61st Berlin International Film Festival will honour Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, who died in 2007. The Retrospective will present some of Bergman’s films for the screen as well as a sample of his works as a screenwriter. In addition it will show the documentaries made [...]
Tom Hooper Wins DGA Award for ‘The King’s Speech’
The winners of the Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards for 2010 were announced last night during the 63rd Annual DGA Awards Dinner at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles. Tom Hooper (pictured) won the DGA’s Outstanding Directorial Ac[...]
Berlinale International Jury Announced
The International Jury, presided over by Isabella Rossellini, will decide who will take home the Golden Bear and the Silver Bears as well as the Alfred Bauer Prize in the Competition of the 61st Berlinale. The other members of the Jury are producer Jan Chapman, actress Nina Hoss, actor, producer and[...]
2011 Razzie Contenders Unveiled
2010 was a year when those obnoxious “surcharges” for 3-D glasses boosted movie studios’ bottom lines, while actual attendance dropped once again. It was a year when most of what Hollywood released was either a remake, a “reboot” a “re-imagining” … or an outright rip-off[...]
Paramount Earns Record 20 Academy Award Nominations
Paramount Pictures received a total of 20 Academy Award nominations this morning, following the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announcement of the best films of 2010. “On behalf of everyone at Paramount, we are incredibly proud of the recognition our films received today from the Aca[...]
Victor Rodriguez’s Favorite Performances and Movies of 2010
— by VICTOR RODRIGUEZ — The Oscar nominations will be announced this morning and I am right there with critics and everyone else clutching my arm rests in anticipation of these announcements. However, unlike most of the critics who have had the pleasure of seeing all of the movies from l[...]
Cleveland Movie to Get First Local Showing in 40 Years
“Double-Stop,” an independently-produced 1968 feature film that was shot in Cleveland in 1967, will receive its first local showing in over four decades on Feb. 20 at 2:30 pm at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. The screening will be attended by the two ex-Shaker Heights broth[...]
Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘The Dictator’ to Open May 11, 2012
Paramount Pictures has announced that Sacha Baron Cohen’s new comedy, “The Dictator,” will be released worldwide on May 11, 2012. The studio also announced that Larry Charles (“Borat” and “Bruno”) has come aboard to direct. The film tells the heroic story of a dictator who risk[...]
Nominees for 2011 GLAAD Media Awards Named
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, announced today the nominees for its 22nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards. By recognizing and honoring media for outstanding images [...]
Juries Announced for 2011 Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Institute has announced members of five juries awarding prizes at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival, which runs Jan. 20 to 30, 2011. The juries are comprised of 23 individuals spanning the global arts community. Juror photos and extended biographies, in addition to the complete Festival l[...]
2011 BAFTA Nominees Announced
The Orange British Academy Film Awards will take place Feb. 13 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. This is the fourteenth year of Orange’s sponsorship of the Film Awards. The ceremony will be hosted for the fifth year by Jonathan Ross and will be broadcast exclusively on BBC One. Red [...]
Palm Springs International Film Festival Announces Winners
The 22nd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival announced this year’s award winners at a luncheon at Spencer’s Restaurant on Jan. 16. The Festival, held from Jan. 6 to 17, screened 205 films from 69 countries, including 41 of the 65 foreign language entries for this year’s Academy Awa[...]
Berlinale to Help 38 Film Projects Find Co-Production Partners
At the eighth Berlinale Co-Production Market (Feb. 13 to 15), the producers and directors of 38 selected film projects from 25 countries worldwide will meet with 450 potential co-production and financing partners. For each of these projects, the Berlinale Co-Production Market team will arrange numer[...]