Kevin Cassidy "But I think the controversy, if you want to call it that, comes from such a small minority of people," Jon Kilik tells THR of the film, which the American Jewish Committee has accused of portraying Israel in a "highly negative light." read more
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IFC Films has acquired all U.S. rights to Rob Minkoff's comedy "Flypaper," which premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival. Produced by Mark Damon, Patrick Dempsey, and Peter Safran, the film stars Dempsey, Ashley Judd, Jeffrey Tambor, and Tim Blake Nelson. IFC will release the film theatrically and on its Video-on-Demand (VOD)...
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The 40th edition of New Directors/New Films, co-produced by both MoMA and the Film Society of the Lincoln Center, kicked off last night with the New York premiere of "Margin Call," starring Kevin Spacey, Zachary Quinto and Demi Moore. Producer, Neal Dodson, director, JC Chandor and actor Penn Badgley were on hand to take...
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Following last night's kickoff to the 40th edition of the Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of the Lincoln Center’s New Directors/New Films festival, indieWIRE unleashes two additions to our annual 'Meet the ND/NF Filmmakers' series. Today: "Tyrannosaur" director Paddy Considine and "The Black Power Mixtape"'s Goran Hugo Olsson. The 2011 ND/NF...
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Today for the kickoff to the 40th edition of the Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of the Lincoln Center’s New Directors/New Films festival, indieWIRE unleashes two additions to our annual 'Meet the ND/NF Filmmakers' series. Today "Outbound" director Bogdan George Apetri and "Octubre"'s Daniel and Diego Vega are profiled. The 2011...
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Peruvian films are a growing presence at international film festivals, and Octubre is an excellent example of why this is so. Winner of the Jury Prize of the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes 2010, the film follows Clemente, a small-time money-lender living in a Lima barrio, who one day discovers a baby left...
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Carolyn Giardina "Editing is definitely one of the main elements of the film ... and is critical to the director's success," Robin Dawson, executive director of the film fest, told THR. read more
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With the 40th edition of the Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of the Lincoln Center's New Directors/New Films festival launching this Wednesday, March 23, indieWIRE is releasing its first slate of ND/NF filmmaker interviews, as part of the 'Meet the 2011 ND/NF Filmmakers' series that spotlights directors invited to screen their...
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"Win Win"'s terrific ensemble cast (from left: Melanie Lynskey, Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan and newcomer Alex Shaffer) reunited for a special screening of their film this week in Manhattan. The event, hosted by NIXON and GQ, kicked off at the SVA theater and was followed by an intimate after party at The Chelsea Room...
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Lindsay Powers He admits he's "nervous" about carrying the film -- and lobbied hard to work with Robert De Niro, "the reason I became an actor'." read more
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