The 61st Berlin International Film Festival will open with “True Grit” by Academy Award winners Joel and Ethan Coen at the Berlinale Palast on Feb. 10, 2011. “Joel and Ethan Coen stand for first-rate American independent cinema. With their penchant for irony, and off-the-wall character[...]
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‘One Day’ (Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess) Sets July 8 Date
Focus Features has announced a domestic theatrical release date of Friday, July 8, 2011, for “One Day,” directed by Lone Scherfig. David Nicholls has adapted his internationally praised and bestselling novel “One Day” into the screenplay for the movie. Academy Award nominee A[...]
DGA Names Nominees for Documentary Award
The Directors Guild of America has announced the DGA’s nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries for the year 2010. “The best documentary film-making provides the audience with the rare opportunity of experiencing a life, a place, or a situation that might otherwi[...]
American Society of Cinematographers Names Nominees
Matthew Libatique — “Black Swan,” Wally Pfister — “Inception,” Danny Cohen — “The King’s Speech,” Jeff Cronenweth — “The Social Network,” and Roger Deakins — “True Grit” have been nominated in the feature fil[...]
Nominees for Visual Effects Society’s Awards Announced
The Visual Effects Society (VES) today announced the nominees for the ninth annual VES Awards ceremony recognizing outstanding visual effects artistry in 24 categories of film, animation, television, commercials and video games. Nominees were chosen Jan. 8 by numerous blue ribbon panels of VES membe[...]
Mark Wahlberg to Receive Indie Impact Award at Festival
After 14 years, Variety’s “10 Directors to Watch” will have a new home at the 2011 Palm Springs International Film Festival. The event will take place Jan. 9 on the Palm Court at the Parker Palm Springs, where Variety will present actor Mark Wahlberg with the Indie Impact Award, which celebrat[...]
Warner Bros. Pictures Earns 2010 Triple Crown
The Warner Bros. Pictures Group broke the all-time industry worldwide box office record with a 2010 gross of $4.814 billion, which surpasses the prior record of $4.010 billion (set by Warner Bros. in 2009). The announcement was made today by Jeff Robinov, President, Warner Bros. Pictures Group. Sett[...]
New Co-Host of ‘Ebert Presents: At the Movies’ Named
Ebert Productions has announced that Ignatiy Vishnevetsky has joined the team at “Ebert Presents: At the Movies.” Vishnevetsky will accompany the previously-announced Christy Lemire of The Associated Press as co-host on the new weekly program.[...]
PGA Announces Nominees for 2011 Producers Guild Awards
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced the television and motion picture nominations for the 2011 Producers Guild Awards today. The three Producers Guild Awards categories for film include: The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures; The Award for Outst[...]
Films Selected for Preservation in the 2010 National Film Registry
The year 2010 will mark yet another December to remember in film preservation. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington today named 25 motion pictures — Hollywood classics, documentaries and innovative shorts reflecting genres from every era of American film-making — to the National Film Regist[...]
How It Should Have Ended: ‘The Holiday Movie Special’
From time to time, we like to present videos from our friends at HISHE (How It Should Have Ended). Typically, they come up with a hilarious take on how a movie should have ended. In this newest edition, HISHE visits with a few friends to get you in the holiday spirit. This one isn’t so [&helli[...]
Berlinale Shorts: International Short Film Jury Named
Since 1955, the Berlinale awards Golden and Silver Bears to the best short films. And since 2003, the Berlinale Shorts has its own international jury each year. This jury awards the two Bears, picks the EFA Short Film Nominee Berlin and awards the DAAD Short Film Prize for the Berlin Artist-in-Resid[...]
How It Should Have Ended: The ‘Tron’ Rap
The comedic geniuses at HISHE (How It Should Have Ended) have set their sights on “Tron” and “Tron: Legacy” and come up with a hilarious take on the movie in rap form. Typically, HISHE parodies how the movie should have ended (as the name implies), and that IS a part of this [...]
Armin Mueller-Stahl to be Awarded an Honorary Golden Bear
German actor and artist Armin Mueller-Stahl will be awarded an Honorary Golden Bear at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival. “[We] are delighted we’ll be awarding this extraordinary artist the Honorary Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement in February,” said Festival Director Dieter Koss[...]