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Canadian channel Lonestar rides in new direction

8/21/2008 9:40:11 PM

Source: Reuters

Venice Film Festival delves into docus

8/21/2008 9:32:41 PM

Source: Reuters

Damon has baby girl

8/21/2008 9:24:05 PM

Source: Melbourne Herald Sun

WB, Fox tussle over 'Watchmen' rights

8/21/2008 9:23:32 PM

Source: Hollywood Reporter

Billionaires say US debts need attention

8/21/2008 8:28:38 PM

Source: Businessweek

Superhero summer heads for $4 billion box office

8/21/2008 7:42:06 PM

Source: Reuters

Western media shows its ugly face

8/21/2008 6:58:17 PM

Source: Brisbane Times

UN-backed film to premiere at Rome film fest

8/21/2008 5:42:49 PM

Source: San Jose Mercury News

On The Couch: New DVD's

8/21/2008 10:47:40 AM

Source: Nashua Telegraph

Moore's memoir: Being Bond was sometimes scary

8/19/2008 10:20:32 PM

Source: San Jose Mercury News

Blogs

Razor Digital reveals new line of Blu-ray documentaries

8/21/2008 10:11:32 PM

Source: Engadget HD

Unearthed Britney Spears Concert Footage Demonstrates The Value Of Lip-Syncing [Short Ends]

8/21/2008 9:37:50 PM

Source: Defamer

Why Are So Many Arthouse Films So Dreadful?

8/21/2008 9:37:28 PM

Source: ArtsJournal

Brady Bunch - Brady Bunch Star Boycotts Stillers Thunder

8/21/2008 9:36:20 PM

Source: ContactMusic Ltd

The Sweeney On Hold

8/21/2008 9:33:13 PM

Source: ContactMusic Ltd

Latest Articles

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What We Do Is Secret

Exposition trumps atmosphere
That staple of the musical bio-pic — a close-up of dope bubbling on a spoon — punctuates Rodger Grossman’s account of the short life of Darby Crash.
By BETSY SHERMAN  |  August 20, 2008
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Frozen River

A cold film with a warm ending
This Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner takes us to a remote stretch of the New York–Quebec border where, come winter, there’s not much to do but wish you were elsewhere.
By MARK BAZER  |  August 20, 2008

Cheese Danish

Hamlet variations we'd like to see

By PETER KEOUGH  |  August 19, 2008
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No Spain, no gain

Woody takes a siesta in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Many are hailing Woody Allen’s new film, claiming it to be a “return to form.” I agree: he’s returned to the earliest form of his career, the monologue.
By PETER KEOUGH  |  August 14, 2008
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Smoke screens

Does a surge of stoner movies mean America is going to pot?
What does it say about America that marijuana movies are a hot genre right now, perhaps hotter even than in the heyday of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong’s 1978 Up in Smoke ?
By PETER KEOUGH  |  August 18, 2008
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Two days, a theme, and a prop

Overnight developing
If you see a bunch of people running around town this weekend singing and dancing, John Wayne style, you can bet they drew “Musical or Western” as their 48 Hour Film Project genre.
By DEIRDRE FULTON  |  August 13, 2008
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Tropic Thunder

Tropic Thunder is stupid-funny
Despite a few soft spots along the way, Thunder combines the dark absurdity of Stiller’s underrated Cable Guy with the unrestrained dumbness of his Zoolander .
By PETER KEOUGH  |  August 13, 2008
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Elegy of Life. Rostropovich. Visnevskaya

A great and lasting love story
Sokurov makes his position clear: these are true Russian patriots.
By GERALD PEARY  |  August 13, 2008
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TransSiberian

A sleekly crafted Hitchcockian thriller
The payoff might be superficial, but the suspense and the intrigue compel.
By PETER KEOUGH  |  August 13, 2008
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Trumbo

An epistolary embarrassment
Peter Askin’s movie about the left-wing Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is fine when it’s in standard-bio-documentary mode.
By GERALD PEARY  |  August 13, 2008
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Not by George

Robot Chicken: Star Wars
A long time ago, on a bricks-and-mortar soundstage far, far away, the last great Star Wars movie was made.
By MIKE MILIARD  |  August 11, 2008
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Cock and bull?

Interview: Not if it’s British actor Steve Coogan
Americans will finally know who Steve Coogan is.
By PETER KEOUGH  |  August 11, 2008

The sunny side of smut

Sex makes the world go 'round in Without Wax: A Documentary Novel

By BILL RODRIGUEZ  |  August 05, 2008
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All at sea

Local color spices Side By Each at the Rhode Island Film Festival
The Ocean State is a character as colorful as any of the ragtag denizens of Side by Each.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ  |  August 05, 2008
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Kiss off

In search of an indie hit
It plays like a glossary of alternative stereotypes.
By PETER KEOUGH  |  August 05, 2008
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Pot luck

No guilt trips in Pineapple Express
Pineapple Express is the movie Knocked Up might have been had it not copped out.
By PETER KEOUGH  |  August 11, 2008
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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Empire

A flashy, ludicrous threequel
Lines like “I will crush any idea of freedom!” may or may not be intended to reflect current Chinese leadership.
By CHRIS WANGLER  |  August 05, 2008
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Hell Ride

Spaghetti western and Hell's Angels turf war
Bishop the director loses touch with Bishop the actor, and then, as scriptwriter, he sails overboard with inane cunnilingus cockamamie.
By TOM MEEK  |  August 05, 2008
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Found farce

Spaced makes it to DVD
Simon Pegg is funny.
By MIKE MILIARD  |  August 05, 2008
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Slideshow: Found in translation

A new book looks at the golden age of international movie marketing
As movies began to gain worldwide attention, Hollywood studios tailored their marketing to specific geographic locations, allowing local distributors to create their own publicity campaigns.
By CHRIS WANGLER  |  August 01, 2008
Audio

In China, Lesbians Try To Win Favor With Roses

8/21/2008 2:25:43 PM

Source: NPR World News


Restored Film Gives Life to Native American Story

8/21/2008 1:02:35 PM

Source: NPR People & Places


America's Fiscal Wake-up Call?

8/20/2008 7:29:14 AM

Source: WAMU: The Kojo Nnamdi Show


The Park in the Dark (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 20 August 2008)

8/20/2008 12:46:35 AM

Source: WNYC New York Public Radio


In Election Movies, Playing By A Rule of Three

8/19/2008 6:05:05 PM

Source: NPR Arts & Culture

Video

Wacky Stoner Movie

8/21/2008 1:47:28 PM

Source: USATODAY.com Video - In the News


Travolta Brother Campaigns To Fight Barriers Of Autism

8/20/2008 1:15:11 AM

Source: NBC 5 Local Video


'Chicago Ten' Looks At '68 Convention, Trial

8/18/2008 9:10:04 PM

Source: CBS4 Denver Video


Reel geezers

8/18/2008 4:13:29 PM

Source: CNN Video


'Tropic Thunder' Tops Box Office

8/17/2008 10:48:18 PM

Source: CBS4 Denver Video

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