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Pang Ho-Cheung’s Slasher Pic Finds a ‘Dream Home’ at IFC
IFC Midnight label has picked up helmer Pang Ho-Cheung's slasher pic, which our Hong Kong reporter mentioned was so "violent and gory ... [that] it was asked to cut a few specific scenes before opening theatrically in Hong Kong". Not to be confused with next year's Jim Sheridan's "Dream House" (which is currently re-shooting some scenes), Dream Home is going to hit VOD and... actually land in theaters sometime in 2011.
IDA 2010 Documentary Awards Noms: Sweetgrass, Steam of Life and Waste Land Among Five Noms
The International Documentary Association has announced the nominees for the 2010 IDA Documentary Awards and the voting members have a strong fivesome to choose from in: Banksy’s Exit Through The Gift Shop, Laura Poitras’ The Oath, Joonas Berghaell and Mika Hotakainen’s Steam of Life, Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor’s Sweetgrass, and Lucy Walker’s Waste Land.
23rd EFA Doc Noms: Armadillo, Nostalgia for the Light and Steam of Life
The European Film Awards have named the three documentary film candidates earlier yesterday for the aptly titled the European Documentary category. Among the trio we find the familiar pair that stretched between Cannes/TIFF with Janus Metz's award-winning Armadillo and Patricio Guzman's Nostalgia for the Light. Completing the noms is Joonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen's Steam of Life from sauna loving nation of Finland (even small apartments have a built in saunas) and the shared experience of them.
Scott Rudin Taunts Lena Dunham with ‘Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares’
Recent Gotham award nominated Lena Dunham has had a stellar 2010. 2011 is already looking to "surpass" the current year. Scott Rudin, who has his hand in developing huge projects with a certain auteur verve, demonstrates once again he remains committed to the next gen of indie filmmakers, lassoing the filmmaker/actress for the book to film adaptation.
Clip: First 8 Minutes of Alain Resnais’ Wild Grass
Today Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing Alain Resnais' Wild Grass on DVD and we've got the lush, intriguing first eight minutes of the film to share with you where Resnais regular Sabine Azema and Andre Dussollier take turns in the voiceover department essentially telling the viewer one thing, while the image sends us off into a certainly more ambiguous direction. Les Herbes Folles played incredibly well in Cannes (in 2009) and for the most part, was well received by North American critics - making the film potentially Resnais highest box office gross in a long while.
