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August

Review: Hamlet 2

Weekend Box Office Report: August 29 to 31: A Laboriously Long Weekend

11th Hour for Che: Wild Bunch closing in on Sale?

Urman jumps Thinkfilm's sinking ship and joins Senator

IFC get close to the 'Flame'

Searchlight Can't Let Danny Boyle Go

Weinsteins Throw 'The Reader' into Oscar Pool

Happiness for the Indie Sector: Werc Werk Works to back Solondz' quasi-sequel

Interview: David Kaplan (Year of the Fish)

Neoclassics boards St. Trinian's

Interview: An Nguyen (Year of the Fish)

Thinkfilm moves to 'Genova'

Weekend Box Office Report: August 22 to 24: Death Pulls Out of the Race

Interview: Patrick Creadon (I.O.U.S.A)

Fassbender joins Inglorious Bastards

Proyas Tackles 'Unpleasant Profession'

McAvoy, Blunt in Talks for 'Gnomeo and Juliet'

The Coens Say Stars Be Damned For Next

DVD Review: The Year My Parents Went On Vacation

DVD Review: Steel Trap

Weekend Box Office Report: August 15 to 17: The Box Office Goes to the Tropics

Sex and John Madden

Hoffman and Big Beach Films Go 'Boating'

'The Assassin' Finally on Target

Bloom & Neeson 'Rush In' Balkans Pic

Lionsgate, Simon Receive 'Package'

NYFF 2008: NY Festival Nets the Best from Cannes

Taking another Swig at Biopic Material: Hackford to direct 'Tenn'

A Change in Gender for Edwin A. Salt

DVD Review: Batman Begins (Limited Edition Gift Set)

Dafoe & Gainsbourg Make Deal With the 'Antichrist'

Radiohead Does 'Choke' -- Kind Of

'Map' Leads Coixet to Kikuchi

DVD Review: Meet Bill

DVD Review: The Batman: The Complete Fifth Season

Columbus Discovers 'Bobby', Decides to Claim it as His Own

Weekend Box Office Report: August 8 to 10: Pineapples and Pants

Saint Buscemi Heads to 'Las Vegas'

'Bastards' and Bitches Lining Up for QT

Levinson Hops on the 'Train'

Hong Sang-soo Goes High Definition

Warner Bros. Dives into 'Tokyo Underground'

Interview: James Marsh & Philippe Petit (Man on Wire)

Dabbling in a Little Ellis: The Informers Trailer Surfaces

It'll Be a 'Fiasco' for Samuel Bayer

After Synecdoche, it's 'Sunflower' for SKE

Ensemble cast joins 'Woodstock'

Eli Roth Officially a 'Bastard'

McClammy is f**king 'Beat Kip'

Warner Bros. will 'Drink, Play...'

Ruffalo has 'Sympathy for Delicious'

'The Dogs of Babel' Speak to Crowley

DVD Review: My Blueberry Nights (The Miriam Collection)

Writing from the Grave? Ian Fleming's Devil May Care

DVD Review: 10,000 B.C.

New 'W.' Poster is Better, But Still Weird

DVD Review: Funny Games U.S.

DVD Review: Drawn Together - Uncensored!: Season Three

DVD Review: The Bucket List

Weekend Box Office Report: August 1 to 3: Fraser Fanaticism

Interview: Courtney Hunt (Frozen River)

Review: Midnight Meat Train

July

Tran Gets Lost in 'Norwegian Wood'

Sony Tastes 'Venom'

Del Toro Produces 'Dark' for Miramax

Projects you'll see in Park City: 7 Receive Annenberg Film Fellows Grants

Universal Wins Inglorious Bastards Sweepstakes

Shaye & Lynne Laying New 'Foundation'

River Road Ent. Gives Shelter to 'Runaways'

Venice Film Festival: Aronofsky, Arriaga, Denis, Kiarostami & Bahrani among the 65th edition

Noir 'Trap' Set By Film Movement

Film Movement Gets the 'Bombs'

Weekend Box Office Report: July 25 to 27: The Dark Knight Holds Court

World Report: Brazil

DiCaprio in the 'Zone'

Requiem for a 'Robocop'?

Pick of the Litter: 4 Sundance Docs Opening this Weekend

It's Official! SPC picks up Oscar contender Synecdoche, New York

'Medellin' Finally a Reality? Not Quite Wright...

'Alice' in Burtonland

Shannon Will Be Among the 'Greatest'

Must See 'Martyrs' part of TIFF's Midnight Madness

'The Leaves' Fall to Summit

'City Island' Gets Shot in the Bronx

Sweden's Let the Right One In takes the Fantasia Film Festival By Storm

Filmmaker Magazine's Class of 2008: 25 Names to Watch For

Levy is 'Back,' But With Mandate

From Cylons to Silicon: Rymer Mounts 'Witchblade'

Film Movement 'Trust's Wang Xiaoshuai

Fox to Distribute Greek 'Ruins'

Verhoeven Continues WW2 Fetish

Contest: Win Baghead Signed Poster One Sheet

Weekend Box Office Report: July 18 to July 21: A Bright Weekend for a Dark Knight

Lemon of the Week: Paramount Vantage

Orange of the Week: Palme d'Or winner to open 46th NYFF

The Fantastic Mr. Cocker

Padilha Gives 'Marching' Orders to Cheadle

Roadside Distributes 'Italian' Stereotypes

Bridges, Gyllenhaal, and Duvall Go 'Crazy'

Korean Western 'Good' Enough for IFC

Three "Tropic Thunder" websites may prove what we already know: Ben Stiller is smart about playing dumb

Spielberg Sharing Secrets with Diablo Cody

Tarantino Eyeing a Couple of Superstar 'Bastards'

Lynch-Favorite Theroux to Pen 'Iron Man 2'

The Duchess Exposed: Poster One Sheet

Laetitia Casta the New 'Face' for Tsai

Film Movement on the Road to 'Eldorado'

NYAFF '08 Awards Announced

‘School’ is in for Paramount

Count Hudson in for 'Nine'

Homestar Runner + Napoleon Dynamite = 'Loudermilk'

'Red Cliff' is King of the Hill at Asian B.O.

Montreal Exclusive: Win Tickets to see Pineapple Express

Weekend Box Office Report: July 4 to July 6: Hellboy's Fury

Interview: Austin Chick (August)

We Are the World: Sundance Institute Supports 16 Docu Filmmakers

German Groupie biopic crosses Atlantic

Miramax Takes 'Prom'; Brangelina Still Rich

'Religulous', 'The Duchess' and 'The Secret Life of Bees' among World Preems Announced for TIFF

Introducing Your Brit Stars of Tomorrow

Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne have 'Unique' Perspective on the Biz

Robert Downey Jr. snaps 'Sherlock Holmes'

Rogue makes sure that Bryan Bertino is Not 'Alone'

Screen Media snaps up Tribeca fave 'Lake City'

Mad Director = Mad Detective

1st Look: Lou Reed's Berlin

Channel 4 Nabs the 'Ripper'

Oscilloscope Votes for 'Frontrunners'

NYAFF 08: Dainipponjin (Big Man Japan)

Robert LePage's Birthday Present to Quebec

Senator Robs Two-pic Biopic 'Public Enemy No.1'

Weekend Box Office Report: July 4 to July 6: Will Smith's Independence

Alex Cox's Repo Sequel: Subprime Mortgage Crisis Coming to the Big Screen

No 'Cracks' in Jordan Scott's First Outing

No longer in 'Debt' to Weinsteins, Madden looks towards Miramax project

Journey into the Unknown: Ballast director going DIY Distribution Route

Interview: Jonathan Levine (The Wackness)

Interview: Josh Peck (The Wackness)

'Miracle' in Toronto: Lee's War Epic won't Preem at Venice

Judging a Situation Correctly: Studios Turn Towards 'Sherlock Holmes'

NYAFF 2008: Fine, Totally Fine

Interview: Olivia Thirlby (The Wackness)

Noyce and Cruise Get 'Salt'-y

Julio Medem is Told to Get a 'Room'

'Valhalla Rising' For Refn

'Gellhorn' biopic acquired by Gillian Anderson's Fiddlehead Productions

Two New Projects Move Levine Away from 'Wackness'

NYAFF 2008: Chanbara Beauty

June

Interview: Method Man (The Wackness)

NYAFF 2008: Sad Vacation

Meadows' Somers Town tops Edinburgh

Weekend Box Office Report: June 27 to June 29: WALL•E's World

Hunter S. Thompson's Rocky Road: Gibney talks 'Gonzo' on Charlie Rose

Eye Candy of the Week: Timor Bekmambetov

Seymour Hoffman to Wear Producer's Hat with Overture Pact

12th Fantasia Film Festival Line Up Packs a Punch

NYAFF 2008: Sukiyaki Western Django

NYAFF 2008: Action Boys

NYAFF 2008: This World of Ours

Got Gangster? Guy Ritchie's RocknRolla = Deja Vu

Nobody Loves Alice - Indie Horror Gem

Eating up Sundance Docs: Zeitgeist Lands ‘Stranded’

Weekend Box Office Report: June 20 to 22: Smarts over Enlightenment

Weinstein to Up 'Stage' Himself

Auburn to make full use of ‘The Archive’

A Different Fate Awaits 'The Ballast'

No Great Foreign Film will Be Left Behind: Oscars change up Nomination Process

NY Asian Film Fest 2008 Kicks Off

Miller turns into Maid: Sienna Miller cast in 'Nottingham'

Some 'Medicine' For IFC

'Burn After Reading' Poster Evokes Hitchcock?

Patricia Clarkson Books for 'Cairo, Egypt'

The 'Pope' is Coming to the U.S.

Clara Law Has a 'Dream'

Hot Doc Spotlight: Beautiful Losers

Its a New 'Day' for Raimi

DGG's Pineapple Express headed to the 12th Just For Laughs Film Fest

Crazy Spacey is Ready for 'Shrink'

Summit Adopts 'Astro Boy'

DVD Review: The Magic Blade: Shaw Brothers (1976)

Mendes Reunited With 'Bad Lieutenant' Cage

Kasdan Developing His Own 'Robotech'

World Report: Brazil

Poster for Jirí Menzel's 'I Served the King of England'

Downey Rides into 'Cowboys & Aliens'

Weekend Box Office Report: June 13 to 15: The Hulk Is Happening

SPC makes sure that 'The Class' is not Dismissed

Spike Lee Takes On WWII: 'Miracle at St.Anna' Trailer

Sutherland & Aja Make Horror Funny in 'Mirrors' Trailer

Magnolia Hits 'Humboldt', Does Not Pass Left

Apatow's People Aren't Just Any People, They're 'Funny People'

Assassin Pics Officially in the 'Red'

I Spy Clooney in 'Tourist'

Tykwer/Weingartner/Akin Find Bank in Hamburg

Sexual and Intellectual Stimulation: Elegy Trailer

It's the 'Apocalypse' for Rogen and Baruchel

The Weinsteins get a 'Life'

Corrente Gets 'Prince' Platt, Rhode Island Gets a Movie

DVD Review: Lars and the Real Girl

Akin Cooks Up Some Laughs in the 'Kitchen'

Egoyan 'Wonders' About Love and Technology

Wang Finds a '920 Sacramento' address for Sienna Miller & Annette Bening

'Forest' Spies Director Tucker

Details on Honoré's 'La Belle Personne'

Stiller and Witherspoon Fly Aboard New Crowe Project

When Religion meets Ridiculousness = The Religulous Trailer

Jordan gets Fishy with Bachleda and Farrell for 'Ondine'

'Ghost in the Shell' Goes Redux

Lemon of the Week: Weak Economy Hits Hollywood, Impacts Indies

Orange of the Week: 'I'm F***ing' No More

Weekend Box Office Report: June 6 to 8: You Don't Mess with the Panda

Eye Candy of the Week: Martin Hynes

Win: MONGOL poster one-sheet signed by the director Sergei Bodrov

IFC is Just Desserts for “Dog Eat Dog”

'8' is Enough for Van Sant, Nair, Campion, Bernal et al.

Knightley in talks for 'Fair Lady'

'Pettigrew' Director Set to Thrill with 'Tourist'

Diane Kruger Will 'Run' with Dermot Mulroney

Kim Takes English Debut to the "Max"

Screen Media 'Bustin' into Norton Narrated Surfer Doc

No More Doggie Business, Zegers is Ready to 'Rock' You

Gosling joins Gillespie's 'Club'

You and I: What Happened to Roland Joffe?

Icon Finds Loach's 'Eric'

Cassavetes sisters join the Hughes bros. and Caouette on Four Sketch project

Controversy for Controversy: De Palma opts in for 'Stranglers'

Emmy Rossum Accepts "Dare" to go Indie

Dub-ya: A Tragedy of Words to be Played out on the Big Screen

DVD Review: The 11th Hour

Interview: Nina Davenport (Operation Filmmaker)

Bowing out with a Money Maker? Picturehouse sets 'The Women' in Motion

WB sets Abu-Assad for 'Eleven Minutes'

Weinstein's keep Bustillo and Maury on board Another Horror Franchise

Weekend Box Office Report: May 30 to June 1: Sex and the Indy

April

Miramax's 'Debt': Much of The Same?

Killer to Get a Little Chiller with 'Gilly'

Exclusive 1st Look: Brick Lane Poster One Sheet

Belated and Deflated: Cannes confirms Opener and Closer

'Prayers' Answered for Magnolia

Noyce in talks to make 'Money'

Magnolia Turning 'Red'

Getting 'Robbed' before Cannes

Coens head to Venice for a 'Reading'

Interview: Jeremy Podeswa (Fugitive Pieces)

Weekend Box Office Report: April 25-27: Babies Over Bongs

It’s Back to School for Haneke

Tribeca 08' Interview: Bill Plympton (Idiots and Angels)

Warner Independent gives 'Arsonist' some gas

Interview: Errol Morris (Standard Operating Procedure)

Interview: Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze)

Cannes 08: Director's Fortnight Line Up filled with French fair

Rumors Confirmed, del Toro to Direct 'Hobbit'

Cannes 08: International Critics' Week Line Up

IFC takes critically acclaimed French film with a 'Grain' of salt

Tribeca 2008: An Insider's Report

With Bezucha in, Who's Too Cool to Play 'Train'?

IFC cozying up to 'Strangers'

Latin Wave Hits Cannes

Asia Major in the Eyes of Cannes

Lee, Schamus Get Groovy with 'Taking Woodstock'

2008 Un Certain Regard Selections: Strong Batch of Contempo Auteurs make up Slate

2008 Cannes Selections Announced: Soderbergh to show four hour Che film

NY Comic Con 2008 Recap

Madsen Moving Up and Up, Boards 'Amelia'

Everywhere a Star, Star: Sam Mendes' cast additions for 'This Must Be the Place'

Not Another 'Teen' Documentary

Techine Back On Track

Weekend Box Office Report: April 18-20: Chan & Li Kick Pacino's Ass!

Interview: Ellen Spiro (co-director for Body of War)

Soderbergh's Che films headed to Venice and Vicky headed to Spain

IFC world for the Material Girl

More Post Sundance shopping: Freestyle spins the 'Bottle'

Ridley Scott is a Diverse 'Kind'

What Just Happened? Sundance left-overs to close Cannes?

Rudin launches preemptive strike with Roth’s 'Indignation'

Parenting by the Beach: Surfwise being prepped for May release

Thurman plans for 'Motherhood'

Gere Flying at His 'Finest'

Pitt, Chastain climb 'Tree of Life'

Vivendi Ent. and Palm Pictures team for star-studded 'New York' anthology

DVD Review: Romeo and Juliet Get Married

DVD Review: Day of the Dead (2007)

The 'Antichrist' Cometh...to Germany

Moore 'Happy' to Board Two Indie Projects

Sexton to do 'Time' for the 'Crime'

All the 'Glory' for Scott Rudin

Weekend Box Office Report: April 11-13: The Box Office Goes to the Prom

Thinkfilm makes a break for it and picks up 'The Escapist'

With more green, Producers offer 'Giallo' to Brody

Portman nabs the 'Heights'

Cannes 2008: Main Competition Predictions

How the Weinsteins are making a muck with talents Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury

Jarecki's Debut Feature: "All Good Things", Indeed

More On Board To Show Love for 'New York'

World Cinema Report: Brazil

7/7: This Week in Film 04.10 - 04.16

Cherkis's spec one more in the Rudin & Miramax pipeline

WIP & Tobey Maguire find Mr.Right with 'Mr.Real'

Two Indie Queens Join Forces for 'Divorce Ranch'

Interview: Céline Sciamma (Water Lilies)

Everybody's Set for 'Everybody's Fine'

Interview: The Cast of Tom McCarthy's The Visitor

DVD Review: I Am Legend (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition)

The New Indie Queen: Toni Collette joins Mendes' comedy

Two docu titles worth considering from the Full Frame Documentary Film Fest

Interview: Tom McCarthy (The Visitor)

Weekend Box Office Report: April 4-6: 21 beats the house of Clooney

Poster 1st Look for Harmony Korine's Mister Lonely

August bout in April: Pineapple Express vs. Tropic Thunder

Kidman and Dench make it five and soon to be 'Nine'

Oscars 2009: Predictions for Best Picture

Review: Shine a Light

Review: My Blueberry Nights

Oscars 2009: Predictions for Best Director

Cannes' Director's Fortnight going Global

Palm Pictures jazzed up by Anita O'Day docu

Oscars 2009: Predictions for Best Adapted Screenplay

7/7: This Week in Film 04.03 - 04.09

Celluloid Dreams feel the 'Betrayal'

Oscars 2009: Predictions for Best Original Screenplay

Celluloid Dreams Weds with Kormákur’s latest comedy

Schneider and Fox become a 'Star' for Campion

First Look places 'August' one month before

Senator to 'Splice' Vincenzo Natali's sci fi film among three territories

Oscars 2009: Predictions for Best Actress

Kapur off on another 'Lark' experience

Hillcoat to get feet wet with studio project 'Wettest County in the World'

March

Lou Ye and Lee Isaac Chung among the 15 chosen for Cannes' 2008 Atelier

Interview: Jeff Nichols (Shotgun Stories)

Oscars 2009: Predictions for Best Actor

Review: 21

Oscars 2009: Predictions for Best Supporting Actor

Lionsgate is obsessed over Einstein

Wadlow and Summit commemorate relationship with 'The Tomb'

One doc you don't want to judge by its name: Bra Boys

Review: My Brother Is An Only Child (Mio fratello e figlio unico)

Twin Poster release for Standard Operating Procedure

Arts Alliance bust their 'Chops'

Reygadas' latest doesn't remain 'Silent' at 50th Ariel Awards

7/7: This Week in Film 03.27 - 04.02

With 'Lemon', IFC plans to make ...

Oscars 2009: Predictions for Best Supporting Actress

Gilles Jacob's picks for 08' edition of the Cannes Résidence

Looking outside the Frame: what Errol Morris and Michael Haneke might have in common

Man behind the Myth: Killer Films options novel on Castro & co.

Death to Film School: 2007 Youtube award winners

DVD Review: Michael Clayton

Oscars 2009: Predictions for Best Cinematography

Slush, snow, and solitude: New York Times does Sundance

Trio will be 'Nailed' by David O. Russell

Brewer becomes a 'Gang Leader for a Day'

Oscars 2009: Predictions for Best Documentary Film

Barmak's Opium War: Readied for Cannes

Weekend Box Office Report: March 21-23: Horton Tramples Madea

Chapter 27's Bloated Poster One sheet

Malta Monday: Amenábar begins filming Agora

Chris Cooper and Robin Wright Penn in Love with 'New York'

Upping the ante: Beastie Boy makes his own Hoop Dreams

Paramount Vantage team with Summer of Tears comedy troupe

7/7: This Week in Film 03.20 - 03.26

Why so Serious? Participant teams with Tapestry Films on comedy project

The New Breed: Manda Bala takes 3 in Cinema Eye's inaugural documentary awards

Hearts of Darkness x Apocalypse Now = Tropic Thunder

Theron asking for a 'Sympathy' vote

Second chance to make a first impression: Film Movement heimlichs 'Choking Man'

Truly Madly Deeply and Sadly: R.I.P: Anthony Minghella

DVD Review: In the Valley of Elah

Interview: Michael Haneke (Funny Games U.S.)

Tribeca fills Spotlight section with offerings from the Weinsteins, Magnolia and IFC

Miramax and Rudin prep for a 'Lush' book to film adaptation

Weekend Box Office Report: March 14-16: Horton hears some ka-ching, ka-ching

Review: Sleepwalking

WIP add another Perrotta adventure to the 'Wish' list

Tribeca 2008: Discovery and Midnight sections

Signed, Sealed and to be Delivered: Tarsem's The Fall

Paris popular destination for Samuel Goldwyn

Tribeca announces line up for 7th edition

Rogue's 'Sacrilege' use of Neil Marshall

Three pact for a take on 'Wonderland'

Several 'Days' later, Film Movement picks up Silvio Soldini's drama

DVD Review: 30 Days of Night

The 2005 Blacklist Update - Where are they Now?

Doomsday (Test Screening Review!)

IFC makes 'Weekend' purchase at SXSW

Interview: Donnie Yen (Flashpoint)

Weekend Box Office Report: March 7-9

Gallo to topline Coppola's Tetro

Interview: Blake Nelson (author of Paranoid Park)

Interview: Stephen Chow (CJ7)

Review: Paranoid Park

Gordon Green goes Satanic: remaking Suspiria!

B.I.G shoes to fill: Searchlight finds their Tupac, Sean Combs & Notorious

Foot Fist Way duo on Skateboarding

Jaime Rosales taking a 'Shot' at Cannes again

Live from Tribeca its SNL: Studio laugher Baby Mama to open festival

Will Warner Independent swallow Picturehouse Films?

ThinkFilm preserves Sundance's Momma's Man

IFC proposes 'Fear' campaign

1st Look: Poster for Giuseppe Tornatore's The Unknown

1st Look: Poster for Daniele Luchetti's My Brother Is An Only Child

Bona Fide and WIP to make 'Beautiful Children'

Sundance lab 'Lymelife' finally sees the limelight

Genies: Lucky seven for Sarah Polley's Away From Her and Cronenberg's Eastern Promises

World Cinema Report: Brazil

DVD Review: Justice League New Frontier

Doing nonfiction right - Cinema Eye’s inaugural noms in docu-excellence

This Week's Eye Candy: Meirelles' Nike spot

Weekend Box Office Report: February 29-March 2: Semi-Pro is semi-successful

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