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ReviewsThe Greatest
Dir: Shana Feste. US. 2008. 98mins.The Greatest charts the uneasy journey people must undertake in the face of grief, but first-time filmmaker Shana Feste can’t quite fully bring this emotionally delicate drama to fruition. A tearjerker about a middle-aged couple coping with the loss of their ...
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ReviewsThe Killing Room
Dir:Jonathan Liebesman. US. 2008. 93mins.Unremittingly gripping and unnerving, The Killing Room transforms a simple premise into a almost unbearably tense experience. As a departure from his gory 2006 remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, director Jonathan Liebesman squeezes every little ounce of mind-game intrigue from the ...
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Bavaria, Rai strike co-production pact
Munich-based Bavaria Media and Italy's Rai Cinema have formed a long-term alliance under which they will develop and co-produce television projects, and eventually theatrical features.The agreement, which runs until 2003, calls for the two companies to co-produce three television films or mini-series a year, with development costs shared equally by ...
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The Reckoning
Dir. Pamela Yates, USA, 2009, 100 minutes The Reckoning looks inside the International Criminal Court and its efforts to prosecute those who commit crimes against humanity, showing the challenges of uniting the world community to act, even on mass murder. Pamela Yates's probing film should have a strong run on ...
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ReviewsWorld's Greatest Dad
Dir/scr: Bobcat Goldthwait. US. 2009. 98 mins.An Oedipal tale about a man who earns personal satisfaction at the expense of his spectacularly mediocre son, Bobcat Goldthwait’s outrageously-entertaining World’s Greatest Dad is the most fully-sustained and effective of the standup comedian’s three feature films. It sharply merges the director’s toxic and ...
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ReviewsThe Informers
Dir. Gregor Jordan, US, 2008, 98 minutes.More atmospheric than following a strict narrative, The Informers, set in LA in 1983, follows the intersecting paths of several numbingly-indolent, over-priveliged Angelenos. True to its origins in a collection of stories by Bret Easton Ellis, the film is a ...
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The Mechanism (Mehanizam)
Dir: Djordje Milosavljevic. Serbia. 95 mins.Prod co: Horizont 2000. Backer: The Ministry of Culture of Serbia. Serbian Dist: Metro Film. Int'l Sales: Horizont 2000, (+381 11 637 555). Prod: Ivana Mihic. Scr: Gordan Mihic. DoP: Zoran Petrovic. Prod des: Goran Joksimovic. Ed: Marko Glusac. Make-up: Marinela Spasenovic. Main Cast: Nikola ...
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Elevenworld premieres in 14 latest titles for Berlinale Competition
Some eleven of the 14 latest films announced for the Berlinale's Competition programme are world premieres, including new films by Stephen Frears (Cheri), Bertrand Tavernier (In the Electric Mist), Francois Ozon (Ricky) and Andrzej Wajda (Sweet Rush). 25 of the 26 films screening in the Competition programme have now been ...
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UK tops local fare down underbut Aussie releases less discriminate
UK films earned more than twice as much as Australian films in Australian cinemas in 2008 according to figures released today. The 40 Australian films contributing to the overall 2008 local share sold US$23.3 million (A$35.5m) worth of tickets and represented 3.8 per cent of the total annual box office ...
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Cape No.7 gets green light in mainland China
Previously suspended Taiwanese hit Cape No. 7 has finally received a screening permit in mainland China. The film is now scheduled to be released on February 14, according to distributor China Film Group. Weng Li, spokesperson for the China Film Group today confirmed the release date and said the film ...
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China's SARFT sends draft film promotion law to State Council
Hopes that China will implement a film rating system have been raised as drafting of the Film Promotion Law has been finalized and submitted to China's State Council for approval. The draft was drawn up by the Chinese State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT). According to Zheng Dongtian, ...
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Vietnamese American film-makers launch new US distribution company
Timothy Linh Bui, Stephane Gauger, Ham Tran and Wyn Tran's newly launched distributor Wave Releasing targeting Vietnamese-American and discerning independent audiences and will roll out its maiden title Owl And The Sparrow on January 16.The Vietnamese-American partners have worked in various capacities on each other's projects and were inspired to ...
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Samuel Goldwyn Films takes US rights to Brothers At War
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired US rights from to Jake Rademacher's documentary and festival winner Brothers At War.Rademacher produced the film with Norman S Powell about his two brothers who are US Army soldiers and have collectively served seven tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Gary Sinise and Dave Scantling served ...
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WBPI exports Indian actioner Chandni Chowk to 35 markets
Warner Bros Pictures International opens the Bollywood kung-fu comedy Chandni Chowk To China day-and-date with North America in more than 35 markets on January 16 as part of a 40-territory release.Chandni Chowk To China will open on more than 125 screens in the US and Canada, making it the biggest ...
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Admissions down by just 1% in Argentina in 2008
Cinema attendance figures in Argentina dropped by an estimated 1% in 2008. The period saw 34.2 million admissions as opposed to 34.5 million in 2007.However, total box office gross was 18% up from last year because of a 20% rise in the average ticket price, according to provisional figures from ...