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2010 Oscar Noms: Apologies to Michael Stuhlbarg, Bright Star, Fantastic Mr.Fox and Tilda
The noms are in folks (see full list below) and apart from the love that The Blind Side has received (the backlash has officially began around 9 eastern this morning), there are very little surprises -- which only means status quo on films and people that officially received the cold shoulder months ago.
Phase 4 Grab ‘Freebie’ from Sundance
The most promising item from Sundance's NEXT section in terms of commercial prospects has been picked up for distribution by the Phase 4 Films folks with a perfectly fitted Summer release in the works. Katie Aselton's The Freebie, a no budget indie film that shot in eleven days has Dax Shepard in the co-lead.
Tracking Shot February 2010: Bel Ami, For Ellen, I’m with Cancer and Win Win
This February we are keeping tabs on So Yong Kim, Tom McCarthy and Dito Montiel who are all filming their third films which happen to all be set in the state of New York. Outside of the U.S, I'm with Cancer sets up shop in Vancouver, Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod will lense the adaptation of Guy De Maupassant's classic novel's Bel Ami which will film in Budapest, and finally Ana Katz will film Los Marziano in her native Argentina.
Zeina Durra’s Top Ten Films of All Time
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile (read here), we ask the filmmaker the incredibly arduous task of identifying their top ten list of all time favorite films. This month we profiled Zeina Durra who saw her debut feature The Imperialists are still Alive! receive its world premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. She gave us her top ten as of January 2010.
2010 Sundance Day 4: Katie Aselton’s The Freebie
The Freebie, like many films in the low-fi, no budget section works with a premise and milks it for all it's worth. It relates to a couple giving each other a free "pass", in this case the opportunity to break away from monotony of a long term relationship for one night only - a propositional concept not unlike what we saw with Humpday.
