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Lorber Films Find ‘Nobody’s Perfect’
Newly reconfigured, rebranded Lorber Films are hoping to join the Oscar pool with what on paper sounds like a throat-clearing type of doc film, but this uses a Calender Girls-ish premise to discuss human body deformity. Winner of 2009 Lola (German Film Award) for Best Documentary, Niko von Glasow's Nobody's Perfect will receive a December release.
IFC Has Faith in Dumont’s ‘Hadewijch’
If my last public screening at TIFF was any indication, Bruno Dumont's FIPRESCI prize-winning film will be a difficult, less obvious film to market. I'm somewhat surprised that out of all the films that have remained unbought from Toronto, that it's Hadewijch that has found a home.
Jay DiPietro’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, we ask the filmmaker the incredibly arduous task of identifying their top ten list of all time favorite films. This month we profile Jay DiPietro, helmer behind Peter & Vandy which receives its theatrical release via Strand Releasing on October.9th.
Tracking Shot October 2009: The Social Network, The No Game, Cedar Rapids
At the beginning of every month, IONCINEMA.com's "Tracking Shot" features a half of a dozen or so projects that are moments away from lensing and that we feel are worth signaling out. This October (2009), we are keeping tabs on....
Josh Brolin to Eliminate Mexican ‘Cartel’
Ghosts of Cité Soleil's Asger Leth can count his lucky charms. He has had the fortune of having only one directing nod to his credit with the docu film and landing a major Hollywood production, but has managed to grab a top tier acting talent, not once - but twice.
