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Movie Review | 'The Headless Woman': What It Hurts to Remember Becomes Convenient to Forget
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:04:06 GMT

A full appreciation of Lucrecia Martel’s elegant, rain-soaked film, “The Headless Woman,” requires the concentration and eye for detail of a forensic detective. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=7e6b1e834d9518e8f6ccf1c49b59c3ea&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=7e6b1e834d9518e8f6ccf1c49b59c3ea&p=1"/></a>

Film Executive to Lead Academy That Bestows Oscars
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:24:35 GMT

Tom Sherak, a veteran film executive who was long associated with 20th Century Fox, was named president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=3b40a2e3551a7ec4fead51af6539c3e3&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=3b40a2e3551a7ec4fead51af6539c3e3&p=1"/></a>

An Action Star Moves to the Lead
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:44:04 GMT

Over the past 26 years, the martial arts actor Donnie Yen has built up a dedicated following. But it is only now, at 46, that he is entering "leading man" territory, previously dominated by Jet Li and Jackie Chan. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=a9692bc8abc41d3b35f89a9c18ba8b15&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=a9692bc8abc41d3b35f89a9c18ba8b15&p=1"/></a>

Maestro Still Runs the Show, Grandly
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:46:15 GMT

Few Italians since Fellini have had such an impact in the United States as Franco Zeffirelli. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=2cdbd760e304a68feba818eec8c486d4&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=2cdbd760e304a68feba818eec8c486d4&p=1"/></a>

John Quade, Character Actor, Dies at 71
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:04:44 GMT

Mr. Quade played the heavy in some Clint Eastwood movies and was the sheriff in the television mini-series “Roots.” <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=35ab2bdc22f717ec998699f26d37f487&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=35ab2bdc22f717ec998699f26d37f487&p=1"/></a>

DreamWorks Wins Financing for Its Films
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:59:15 GMT

After 14 months of negotiations with a few companies, several banks came through with $325 million to back a projected schedule of about six films annually. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=76c17606119c6b47d972cbcc20ff9af0&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=76c17606119c6b47d972cbcc20ff9af0&p=1"/></a>

‘District 9’ Is No. 1 at the Weekend Box Office
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:59:03 GMT

The low-budget alien movie “District 9” was No. 1 at the weekend box office with an estimated $37 million in ticket sales. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=cc4ab622cf9e12b0e4d6f83d502b8168&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=cc4ab622cf9e12b0e4d6f83d502b8168&p=1"/></a>

Weinsteins Struggle to Regain Their Touch
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:03:25 GMT

Four years after Disney bought the Weinsteins out of Miramax, the brothers are under serious stress. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=19169e8f34aaa96561668c4c82a27740&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=19169e8f34aaa96561668c4c82a27740&p=1"/></a>

‘Inglourious’ Actor Tastes the Glory
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:15:28 GMT

In “Inglourious Basterds,” Christoph Waltz plays one multifaceted cartoon villain: a hyper-articulate polyglot whose verbal dexterity is his scariest weapon. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=7d456b1b47967820886041f6c9034fcd&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=7d456b1b47967820886041f6c9034fcd&p=1"/></a>

They Seem to Find the Happiness They Seek
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:09:08 GMT

Through a series of films, the dancing couple Astaire and Rogers came to epitomize glamour and love on screen. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=7f61db31ca10986af7f7e720827a3ee2&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=7f61db31ca10986af7f7e720827a3ee2&p=1"/></a>

After the Troubles, Telling Different Stories
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:23:45 GMT

At 17, a member of the Ulster Volunteer Force murdered a Catholic Republican. “Five Minutes of Heaven” imagines the killer meeting his victim’s brother. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=ab12189a49ef5535d8b70b9031ee63fd&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=ab12189a49ef5535d8b70b9031ee63fd&p=1"/></a>

Familial Loss and Proustian Tempura
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:44:36 GMT

The films of Hirokazu Kore-eda are less about death and dying than about life lived in the shadow of death. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=2c83d75835f8e495e41563010048d453&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=2c83d75835f8e495e41563010048d453&p=1"/></a>

A Match That Burned the Germans
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:42:37 GMT

“The Baader Meinhof Complex” dramatizes the violent story of the ’70s Red Army Faction. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=46fc1d074be7035fd8485497b9478e68&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=46fc1d074be7035fd8485497b9478e68&p=1"/></a>

DVDs: Mothra Lives! Beware, New Kirk City!
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:27:27 GMT

Ishiro Honda’s films retain a charm and earnestness that few digital age monster movies can approach. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=96e83f662c186ca8f28a1f812716926a&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=96e83f662c186ca8f28a1f812716926a&p=1"/></a>

Movie Review | 'Ponyo': Forces of Nature, Including Children
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:29:22 GMT

“Ponyo,” the latest masterwork from Hayao Miyazaki, places emphasis on the natural world, its tumults and fragility. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=0221dd7e55f679a6b2c8cbd1987752f5&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=0221dd7e55f679a6b2c8cbd1987752f5&p=1"/></a>

Movie Review | 'District 9': A Harsh Hello for Visitors From Space
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:38:31 GMT

This smart, swift film takes the axiomatic question of the U.F.O. genre — what are they going to do to us? — and inverts it. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=9a0a60f2937736fa849f49748c95ddfa&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=9a0a60f2937736fa849f49748c95ddfa&p=1"/></a>

Movie Review | 'The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard': Stimulus Package: Crass for Clunkers
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:26:03 GMT

“The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard” is a grubby-looking comedy about the art of the sale. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=7517752c0461eb66185e72fca7260ce0&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=7517752c0461eb66185e72fca7260ce0&p=1"/></a>

Movie Review | 'Taxidermia': A Speed-Eating Course on the Bestial Appetites of Humanity
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:29:56 GMT

“Taxidermia” produces nightmarish horror and formal beauty in a surreal, Central European blend. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=539427f00620fcde5659f5c1052c1a4b&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=539427f00620fcde5659f5c1052c1a4b&p=1"/></a>

Movie Review | 'It Might Get Loud': Guys With Guitars, Trading Riffs and Metaphysical Musings
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:20:01 GMT

“It Might Get Loud” is a group portrait of three musicians and a free-form historical and philosophical essay on the instrument that unites them. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=53ad8848b6de81d1896becb57851b315&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=53ad8848b6de81d1896becb57851b315&p=1"/></a>

Movie Review | 'The Time Traveler’s Wife': So Sorry, I Lost My Clothes Years Ago
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:39:00 GMT

“The Time Traveler’s Wife” is an often ridiculous, awkward, unsatisfying and dour melodramatic adaptation of the novel. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=27fa51bece165d38553409cc74c1ac51&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=27fa51bece165d38553409cc74c1ac51&p=1"/></a>

Movie Review | 'I’m Gonna Explode': Fugitives Up on the Roof Then Out on the Road
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:37:39 GMT

The small, sometimes confusing movie is a knowing homage to Jean-Luc Godard. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=0d444005c33e9805168273e9da8da8ca&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=0d444005c33e9805168273e9da8da8ca&p=1"/></a>

Movie Review | 'Spread': A Couple of Hustlers, Hustling Into Love
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:19:08 GMT

Ashton Kutcher exudes a goofy, rakish charm in “Spread,” but the movie doesn’t attach to him a coherent story. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=eee89261765c27df3eb7e0a7660b18e1&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=eee89261765c27df3eb7e0a7660b18e1&p=1"/></a>

Movie Review | 'Cloud 9': In Their Twilight Years, Like Moths to a Flame
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:33:04 GMT

“Cloud 9” is a whistling-past-the-graveyard tale of two elderly Berliners taking a last chance at love. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=91cc0920e76b5e9503efbebe22b116f0&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=91cc0920e76b5e9503efbebe22b116f0&p=1"/></a>

Movie Review | 'Bandslam': Sung Heroes
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:02:14 GMT

“Bandslam” may not entirely break new teen-movie ground, but it does offer intriguing glimpses of performers ready to bolt from the Disney stable. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=7a8e8413acf0befaadd7a52ec4a456b6&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=7a8e8413acf0befaadd7a52ec4a456b6&p=1"/></a>

Movie Review | 'My Führer': Some Unexpected Behavior Therapy for the Not-So-Great Dictator
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:22:11 GMT

A failure of nerve sinks Dani Levy’s film “My Führer: The Truly Truest Truth About Adolf Hitler.” <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=0525a983cedd7b8f4601db4c41adf5c1&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=0525a983cedd7b8f4601db4c41adf5c1&p=1"/></a>

Movie Review | 'Earth Days': Planetary Reflections
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:19:33 GMT

“Earth Days” is a sedate chronicle of the highs and lows of the environmental movement. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=314d5f067cb05a2797a493facabd342b&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=314d5f067cb05a2797a493facabd342b&p=1"/></a>

Movie Review | 'Grace': Bringing Up Dead Baby
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:16:25 GMT

The horror film “Grace” plays with ideas of mother love, obsessive child rearing and liberal spinelessness. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=cab8fc758d818eaeeac1d1ab6c7af135&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=cab8fc758d818eaeeac1d1ab6c7af135&p=1"/></a>

Movie Review | 'Captain Abu Raed': A Janitor’s Flights of Fancy
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:52:14 GMT

The hat makes the man in the Jordanian film “Captain Abu Raed,” though that whimsical notion is only a starting point for this efficiently told tale. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=d5809d545560931cc8296fd9297d5f30&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=d5809d545560931cc8296fd9297d5f30&p=1"/></a>

Movie Review | 'Yasukuni': Entwined at a Japanese Shrine, the Nobility and Horrific Brutality of War
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:28:22 GMT

“Yasukuni” addresses a passionately contested snarl of issues with a calm, nuanced ethical curiosity. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=a5400f1ab338bc8b5652757ef1a1b208&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=a5400f1ab338bc8b5652757ef1a1b208&p=1"/></a>

Film Series and Movie Listings
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:55:58 GMT

MOVIES. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=565ab3e5769ba3a5e77782c933122daa&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=565ab3e5769ba3a5e77782c933122daa&p=1"/></a>

Arts, Briefly: ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Embarks on Adventure
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:29:47 GMT

“Battlestar Galactica,” the thinking person’s science fiction saga, is about to be remade yet again, this time as a big-budget Hollywood feature to be directed by Bryan Singer. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=b3484e387758f2ae1aab9115c2a59c3f&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=b3484e387758f2ae1aab9115c2a59c3f&p=1"/></a>

Independent Filmmakers Distribute on Their Own
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:02:08 GMT

Instead of waiting to be discovered, aspiring filmmakers are paying for their own marketing and distribution. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=77f8a05df443558fe3ce5040ea4edf38&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=77f8a05df443558fe3ce5040ea4edf38&p=1"/></a>

Dispute Over a Script Seminar for Muslim Students
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:36:55 GMT

The Writers Guild of America, West is at odds with the Council on American-Islamic Relations over an open invitation to a seminar for Muslim college students. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=b1ebe98af2511cd89c58cbec26fb7c9e&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=b1ebe98af2511cd89c58cbec26fb7c9e&p=1"/></a>

Advertising: Bloomingdale’s Takes a Cue From Hollywood Glamour
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:36:38 GMT

“Lights, Camera, Fashion,” the retailer’s campaign saluting the movie industry, features classic and independent films and free movie tickets and DVDs. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=56a43c9d6d1da2de85439326e4818124&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=56a43c9d6d1da2de85439326e4818124&p=1"/></a>

Lego Rejects a Bit Part in a Spinal Tap DVD
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:15:10 GMT

A teenager’s amateur video starring Lego figures raised copyright questions when it came to appearing in a DVD. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=ca10c34927bf969f890773a4438d98de&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=ca10c34927bf969f890773a4438d98de&p=1"/></a>

Open Wide: Spoon-Fed Cinema
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:58:09 GMT

Yes, it’s summer. But Hollywood’s current focus on eye candy suggests limited visions ahead. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=7eb5113418b24515323b5672261471e2&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=7eb5113418b24515323b5672261471e2&p=1"/></a>

ArtsBeat: Squeals! The 'Twilight Saga: New Moon' Teaser Trailer Is Here!
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:28:27 GMT

In answer to the Zen koan, "What is the shortest amount of footage that a movie studio can release and still call a teaser trailer?", Summit Entertainment has sent us this. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=b98222397cdc498e9f26906f40f475d0&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=b98222397cdc498e9f26906f40f475d0&p=1"/></a>

ArtsBeat: Documentary About John Hughes Finds Distributor
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:44:26 GMT

After weeks of searching for John Hughes and then trying to sell a documentary about that search, the film’s director found a distributor for his movie. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=e7838c07e4a1d000c4c702098471333d&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=e7838c07e4a1d000c4c702098471333d&p=1"/></a>

Film Festival in the Cross Hairs
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:20:01 GMT

The depiction of a Uighur leader in a film shown in Australia has stirred anger in China. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=37d9e732109b536a5a9c04af58bd5808&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=37d9e732109b536a5a9c04af58bd5808&p=1"/></a>

Arts, Briefly: ‘G.I. Joe’ Is No. 1 at the Box Office
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:06:31 GMT

“G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” sold an estimated $56.2 million in tickets at North American theaters for a No. 1 opening, according to box office tracking services. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=980b485c3d5a5f824484ddc11e6079a1&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=980b485c3d5a5f824484ddc11e6079a1&p=1"/></a>

Arts, Briefly: The Hornet’s New Kato
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:07:26 GMT

The Taiwanese pop singer Jay Chou will be playing Kato to Seth Rogen’s Green Hornet in Columbia Pictures’ adaptation of the 1930s radio series. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=5d8be718aef12a9497d62e7148915210&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=5d8be718aef12a9497d62e7148915210&p=1"/></a>

Novice Director, a Veteran of Comedy
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:39:00 GMT

A filmmaker brings a stand-up philosophy — minimum quiet, maximum jokes — to his new film. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=7f567bcc13509b8771d033058000155f&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=7f567bcc13509b8771d033058000155f&p=1"/></a>

Away, Gabriella! Now She’s the Emo Girl
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:40:14 GMT

“Bandslam,” Vanessa Hudgens insists, is not just another “High School Musical.” <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=20481e21e78716008e86f2f4cc826249&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=20481e21e78716008e86f2f4cc826249&p=1"/></a>

An Appraisal: The John Hughes Touch
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:35:04 GMT

With a blend of teasing and sympathy, Mr. Hughes crystallized the attitudes of 1980s adolescence. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=320d16d095cccc39ea09cf0e61172645&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=320d16d095cccc39ea09cf0e61172645&p=1"/></a>

No Joke: Bobcat Goldthwait, Auteur
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:57:33 GMT

Bobcat Goldthwait would rather be known as the writer and director of a few quirky, brutally honest independent films. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=21bd6905d2b8e89fb548d28066040a1f&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=21bd6905d2b8e89fb548d28066040a1f&p=1"/></a>

Three Schools of Rock, One Shared Passion
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:02:32 GMT

“It Might Get Loud” tracks the guitar’s practical mystique and the communion that three musicians have found with their instruments. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=fd98bb01e29fb2ef6a6adac9612c7f14&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=fd98bb01e29fb2ef6a6adac9612c7f14&p=1"/></a>

DVDs: Grindhouse at Your House
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:08:15 GMT

Troma has issued a double-disc edition of “Combat Shock” in honor of the film’s (almost) 25th anniversary. <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=4fe82e918cdda16cbf1ac568fc3a24d5&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=4fe82e918cdda16cbf1ac568fc3a24d5&p=1"/></a>

Fox Overhauls the Leadership of Its Entertainment Divisions
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:24:05 GMT

Riding a wave of successful films as the president of Fox Searchlight Pictures, Peter Rice will become the top entertainment executive.

Carpetbagger: Soderbergh and Bana at TriBeCa Festival
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:23:08 GMT

New films from Steven Soderbergh, Eric Bana and Cheryl Hines join the lineup at the coming TriBeCa Film Festival.

William Morris and Endeavor Explore a Merger
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:50:26 GMT

The merger of the two talent agencies would challenge the leadership position of Creative Artists Agency.

Tullio Pinelli, Screenwriter for Fellini, Dies at 100
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:33:52 GMT

Mr. Pinelli’s prolific screenwriting career included a long partnership with the director Federico Fellini, with whom he wrote “I Vitelloni,” “La Strada,” “La Dolce Vita” and “8 ½.”

Arts, Briefly: Sundance Festival Chooses New Director
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:30:47 GMT

The Sundance Film Festival has found its new director.

Arts, Briefly: Ruling Against Novelist in ‘Sahara’ Movie Case
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:20:41 GMT

A judge has ruled that the novelist Clive Cussler must pay $13.9 million in legal fees to the production company that made the film “Sahara.”

Carpetbagger: And the DVD Goes To…
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:53:14 GMT

A large number of the Times’s critics’ picks release on DVD this week.

Film Society Chooses Executive Director
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:12:24 GMT

Mara Manus, the Public Theater’s top financial executive, is taking the helm as the Film Society undergoes a $38 million expansion.

Front Row: We’re Off to See the Ruby Slippers
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:49:31 GMT

Betsey Johnson and 20 other designers are recreating Dorothy’s glittering ruby slippers to commemorate the 70th anniversary of “The Wizard of Oz” next year to benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

Arts, Briefly: Cannes Winner to Open New York Film Festival
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:36:11 GMT

The 46th New York Film Festival will open with the North American premiere of “The Class” (“Entre les Murs”).

Charles H. Joffe, Movie Producer, Is Dead at 78
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:46:29 GMT

Mr. Joffe was a co-producer of Woody Allen’s movies and the business expert in the talent agency that managed the careers of a host of high-profile comedians.

Paramount Drops Out of Plan to Raise $450 Million for Films
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:02:21 GMT

Paramount Pictures said it had pulled out of a planned film finance deal that was meant to raise as much as $450 million.

Out of Control
Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 01:08:21 GMT

An oral biography of the comedian Chris Farley.

‘Sex and the City’ Leads Weekend Box Office
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:45:32 GMT

The film has earned an estimated $55.7 million since Thursday, making it an unconventional summer hit.

Fire Destroys Parts of a Popular Movie Lot in California
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:13:36 GMT

A fire at NBC Universal’s studio lot in Universal City, Calif., destroyed a vault full of movie and television images and parts of the popular studio tour. At least six firefighters were injured.

The Media Equation: Slumber Parties Go Digital
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:23:46 GMT

In the gender wars, men generally win the race to the bottom. This past week though, women were the ones who seemed completely preoccupied by the reproductive act.

Financier in Hollywood Strikes Deal in D.W.I.
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:04:48 GMT

Ryan Kavanaugh pleaded no contest to, and was convicted of, one count of driving under the influence of alcohol, while more serious charges were dropped.

Film: That License to Kill Is Unexpired
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 17:34:44 GMT

Ian Fleming, had he lived, would have celebrated his 100th birthday on Wednesday. James Bond, his greatest invention, is ageless and immortal.

Film: Beauty, Brutality and Three Tough Mothers
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:54:46 GMT

Dario Argento’s latest danse macabre, “Mother of Tears,” starring his daughter Asia, is now on DVD.

Fashion Review: 10 Years Later, Carrie Coordinated
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:53:28 GMT

Fashion has been a regular character defining trait throughout the “Sex and the City” series, and in the film version, the fashion is jaw-droppingly fantastic.

Disney and Pixar: The Power of the Prenup
Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:57:06 GMT

Two years in, the merger of Disney and Pixar is notable for how well the two companies have made it work.

Movie Review | 'Speed Racer': Gentlemen, Start Your Hot-Hued Engines
Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 04:21:47 GMT

“Speed Racer” sets out to honor and refresh a youthful enthusiasm from the past and winds up smothering the fun in self-conscious grandiosity.

Movie Review | 'Surfwise': A Family That Surfs to a Beat: Its Own
Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 16:13:28 GMT

“Surfwise” has a bohemian vibe and a cool sheen, but it’s an eager-to-please, pleasing commercial enterprise with a reassuring narrative arc.

Movie Review | 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead': Going for the Finger-Licking Gusto
Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 02:18:04 GMT

“Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead” is just about as perfect as a film predicated on the joys of projectile vomiting and explosive diarrhea can be.

A Night Out With Ellen Page: Just a Girl From Halifax
Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:07:53 GMT

While many actresses fantasize about wearing Valentino or Zac Posen on the red carpet, Ellen Page has a completely different idea.

A Knack for Being the Bad Boy
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 06:22:04 GMT

The British actor Ian McShane opens next week as the patriarch Max in Harold Pinter’s “Homecoming,” a man-monster of diminishing powers and, of course, many vulgarities.

Tomorrow’s Oscar Hopefuls Today
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:29:03 GMT

The “Black List” has become the kind of underground document that writers with projects in development pray will mention their script.

Under a New Watch, Miramax Still Homes in on Awards
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:49:36 GMT

Miramax may be a smaller and calmer organization under Daniel Battsek, but the studio has nonetheless remained in the thick of the awards race.

For Struggling Black College, Hopes of a Revival
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:33:37 GMT

Wiley College is suddenly feeling the glow of celebrity with the release of a film about the school’s debating team.

Critic’s Choice: Respect in a Box: Giving John Ford the Major American Artist Treatment
Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:26:30 GMT

“Ford at Fox” is a gargantuan boxed set that assembles 24 of the 50-some films John Ford made for the studio that was his most consistent home.

‘Kite Runner’ Boys Are Sent to United Arab Emirates
Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:25:49 GMT

After months of worrying and diplomatic wrangling, the movie studio that is releasing “The Kite Runner” has whisked to safety four young actors.

Off the Stripper Pole and Into the Movies
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:30:27 GMT

She no longer dances naked, but the first-time screenwriter Diablo Cody is still exposing herself.

Down South, Singing the Indie Blues
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:55:22 GMT

Twenty-seven years and 16 features after they began their mutual career, John Sayles and Maggie Renzi are still making movies.

Film on Mexico’s Disputed ’06 Election Stirs Emotions
Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:06:21 GMT

A documentary about last year’s disputed presidential election has drawn big crowds and generated controversy in Mexico.

Striking Screenwriters Dismiss New Proposals
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:35:41 GMT

The screenwriters called the proposals from producers a “a massive rollback,” and called on their members to continue their walkout.

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