All articles by Mike Goodridge – Page 46
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You Kill Me
Dir: John Dahl. US. 2007. 90mins. A return to form of sorts for John Dahl after his epic World War Two flop The Great Raid, You Kill Me is a short, sharp, mordant little mob comedy about a Buffalo hitman on hiaitus from killing in San Francisco and trying to ...
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Charlie Bartlett
Dir: Jon Poll. US. 2007. 97mins.Jon Poll, an established editor with credits including the Austin Powers and Meet The Parents films, makes a commendable directorial debut with Charlie Bartlett, a high-school comedy which sits in the same class of wry, deadpan movies as Rushmore, Election and Saved!. Sunnier and more ...
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Where God Left His Shoes
Dir: Salvatore Stabile. US. 2007. 99mins.There's no question that Where God Left His Shoes contains its fair share of cliches; it also skirts dangerously close to sentimentality. But writer/producer/director Salvatore Stabile, who made his debut feature Gravesend when he was just 19, keeps his second film on track and ultimately ...
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Lovesickness (Maldeamores)
Dir: Carlitos Ruiz Ruiz. Puerto Rico. 2007. 90mins.A bright new talent emerges from Puerto Rico in writer/director Carlitos Ruiz Ruiz, whose debut feature Maldeamores (aka Lovesickness) is a warm-hearted and witty tryptych of stories about the dysfunctions and masochism of love. The film had a strong reception at its Tribeca ...
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The Workshop
Dir: Jamie Morgan. UK. 2007. 93mins.One of the most talked about films at the recent Tribeca Film Festival, UK documentary The Workshop from first-time film-maker Jamie Morgan is a personal hand-held record of a ten-day workshop Morgan took with 'guru' Paul Lowe in northern California. While hardly the most technically ...
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Amritraj, Hyde Park set Asian ambitions
Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment has created an Asian division Hyde Park Asia with ambitions to produce both international and local films in the region while securing local backing from various institutions and investors.Amritraj says he already has an office opened in India and is planning to open one shortly ...
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Suburban Girl
Dir: Marc Klein. US. 2007. 96mins. The 'chick lit' phenomenon, which has flooded bookstores around the world, is clearly triggering a celluloid trend, especially after the success of The Devil Wears Prada last year and a wide release planned later this year for The Nanny Diaries. Suburban Girl, an adaptation ...
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Warner Independent hatches two-year deal with producer Bregman
Warner Independent Pictures has signed a two-year, first-look deal with producer Anthony Bregman's New York-based production house Likely Story.Likely Story was formed in 2006 and is currently in post-production on Carriers and The Sleep Dealer in association with This Is That, and in pre-production on Synecdoche, New York. The company ...
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Gardener Of Eden
Dir: Kevin Connolly. US. 2007. 88 mins. Actor Kevin Connolly's directorial debut is brimming with intelligence and good ideas, but its downbeat subject matter and grim setting in a suburban New Jersey town will make it a tough sell for distributors. The fact that Gardener Of Eden is the first ...
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Features
United states - A Lion Of A Job
"The challenge," says Clark Woods, president of domestic theatrical distribution at MGM, "is that each of the producers comes with fully financed films and, in most cases, fully financed p&a arrangements, so they have a vested interest in what we're doing. Trying to balance all those things is somewhat difficult."Woods, ...
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Corbijn's Control to open Cannes Directors Fortnight
Anton Corbijn's debut feature Control has been selected as the opening night film of Directors Fortnight in Cannes next month.The film is a biopic of the late Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis, whom Corbijn knew personally, and follows his rise to fame, his relationships with both wife and girlfriend, his ...
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New Summit studio launches with over $1bn in funding
Rob Friedman, the former vice chairman and COO of Paramount Pictures, and Patrick Wachsberger, the head of Summit Entertainment LP, have unveiled their long-in-the-works production and distribution company which has immediate access to $1bn in funds from a financing deal led by Merrill Lynch and a consortium of investors.The company, ...
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Speed Dating wins best feature at Malibu
Tony Herbert's Speed Dating was named best feature film at the 2007 Malibu International Film Festival which finished at the weekend.Gideon Raff's The Killing Floor won the prize for best thriller, Reynier Molenaar's Replay was named best action film, while Mick Rossi and Sean Stanek won the best screenplay prize ...
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Bender signs two year deal with Overture Films
Overture Films has signed Lawrence Bender Productions to a two-year, first look deal, continuing the new company's efforts to source product for its fledgling distribution operation.Bender will work closely on productions with Overture CEO Chris McGurk and COO Danny Rosett as well as head of worldwide marketing, distribution and new ...
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First LA Greek Film Festival set for June
The first ever Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, a new initiative to promote Greek cinema and celebrate Greek film-makers, will take place in Beverly Hills from June 14-17.The event, which plans to screen over 20 films from Greek film-makers, will also present the first Orpheus Awards named after the musician ...
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Owen takes the lead in Tykwer-directed thriller for Sony
Clive Owen has signed on to star in Columbia Pictures' action thriller The International which will be directed by Tom Tykwer.Eric Singer wrote the screenplay for the film which is being produced by Mosaic Media Group's Charles Roven and Richard Suckle alongside Lloyd Phillips.Owen will star as an obsessive Intepol ...
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Genius Products takes on digital rights for TWC
LA-based US DVD distributor Genius Products has expanded its relationship with The Weinstein Company (TWC), whereby Genius will now handle digital rights distribution for TWC's film library and direct-to-video content.Under the terms of the new multi-year digital rights agreement, Genius will distribute TWC feature films and direct-to-video content, maintaining both ...
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IFC First Take, Red Envelope buy domestic on This Is England
IFC First Take has partnered with Red Envelope Entertainment to take North American rights to Shane Meadows' This Is England from The Works International.The acquisition was negotiated by IFC's Arianna Bocco and Liesl Copland at Red Envelope with Joy Wong, Head of The Works International.The film, which had its world ...
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65th annual Golden Globes set for Jan 13, 2008
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced the timetable for the 65th Golden Globe Awards.The presentation of the awards will take place on Sunday Jan 13, moving back to Sunday after two years in a new Monday slot.The timetable is as follows:Oct 18, 2007 Final screening date for television entriesOct ...
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Vacancy
Dir: Nimrod Antal. US. 2007. 97mins. Hungary's Nimrod Antal, who made an international impression with his stylish Kontroll in 2003, makes a satisfying Hollywood debut with this tight, intense genre thriller that should be a tidy earner for Sony Pictures. The pitch - a couple finds themselves imprisoned in a ...