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Dallas Buyer’s Club Back in Business with Jean-Marc Valleé and McConaughey
The on-and-off saga of The Dallas Buyer’s Club seems to finally have found some solid ground. 24 Frames is reporting that A-lister Matthew McConaughey is now attached to star in the movie and will be directed by C.R.A.Z.Y. and The Young Victoria helmer Jean-Marc Valleé.
31st Annual Genie Awards: Incendies Sets Genies Ablaze
While Denis Villeneuve's Incendies lost out in its Best Foreign Picture bid, but in what constitutes a nice consolation prize, the film picked up a total of eight awards, including Best Motion Picture, Achievement in Direction, Adapted Screenplay (both going to Villeneuve), and Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role which goes to versatile thesp Lubna Azabal at the Canadian Oscars otherwise known as The Genie Awards.
SPC Likes the ‘Beats’ From A Tribe Called Quest Doc
After the Sundance pick-up of POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, Sony Pictures Classics have nabbed their second documentary film from Park City in Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest.
2011 Cannes L’Atelier: Daniel and Diego Vega, David Verbeek and Alvaro Brechner Among 15 Selected
Peruvian brothers Daniel and Diego Vega who blasted on the international scene with Octubre (they'll be at New Directors/New Films next) will be returning to Cannes for their second trip in a row as part of the 2011's L’Atelier -- the Cannes initiative where the participants complete financing packages for their films.
Film in Pictures: Lou Ye’s Love and Bruises
I'm already salivating at the prospects for the upcoming Cannes edition (here are some predictions) and this includes one title in particular from a 6th Generation auteur that I'm not necessarily a fan of but it helps that one part of the two actor combo toplining the film is Tahar Rahim - who'll be making his big return to the place where he was christened as the next best thing from Jacques Audiard's A Prophet.
