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Likely Story Chooses a Graphic Novel that is ‘Too Cool to be Forgotten’
Known for having great taste in film and for producing Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Thumbsucker, Synecdoche, New York, and Nicole Holofcener's three last works, Anthony Bregman's Likely Story has optioned the rights to Top Shelf Productions' Alex Robinson's graphic-novel "Too Cool To Be Forgotten."
Growing Pains for Weber’s Senator U.S.
The turbulent economy seems to be the go to excuse these days for bad management. The Weinsteins who were reportedly having difficulty finding coin to release their 2009 slate, will eventually pull out of their tight spot and so will Marco Webber and his Senator U.S. label, which until now has managed to only release The Informers - a title that got raped by Sundance critics three months before its release.
Sicily Visits Venice: Tornatore’s Baaria to Open 66th Venice Film Festival
Giuseppe Tornatore's Baaria - La porta del vento receives the opening sweet spot and also gets to compete in the 66th edition of the Venice Film Festival.
An Artist’s Hunger: McQueen displays Giardini at the Venice Biennale
As regular readers would know, I've been raving about Steve McQueen's debut film since the moment it set foot in Cannes. Hunger was aesthetically superior to anything I had seen that year and was provactively honest in its depiction of the events that it was based on. McQueen crafted a masterwork with Hunger - which was highly praised because of the camerawork, the film's perfect pitch and the pacing. So the obvious next question was: what would his next work be?
