NEW YORK — First-time writer/director Meera Menon (“Farah Goes Bang”) took home the inaugural Nora Ephron Prize at the 12th annual Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday. Menon was selected out of eight 2013 TFF filmmakers to receive a cash prize of $25,000 for work and talent that embody the spirit and vision of Ephron. “We’re [...]
CULVER CITY, Calif. — A few months before the bones of Richard III were discovered below a parking lot in Leicester, England, the infamous British monarch was the focal point of a very different type of reclamation project halfway around the world in Culver City, California. There, Colorworks, Sony Pictures’ digital intermediate facility, applied the [...]
NEW YORK — Focus Features has picked up the domestic and Latin American distribution rights to Jean-Marc Vallée’s ”Dallas Buyers Club,” Focus CEO James Schamus and Focus president Andrew Karpen said Tuesday. currently in post-production, has been acquired by Focus Features for domestic theatrical release in the second half of 2013. The company has also acquired [...]
LOS ANGELES -– Animation buffs, movie fans, and memorabilia collectors will all have the chance to own unique hand-crafted materials from Academy Award nominee, “ParaNorman.” The internet auction is coordinated through Profiles in History, the world’s largest auctioneer of original Hollywood Memorabilia, and will begin on Friday, February 22 and will end Monday, March 4. [...]
The Online Film Critics Society has announced the winners of its 16th annual movie awards. The winners in each category are listed below: Best Picture “Argo” Best Director Paul Thomas Anderson (“The Master”) Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis (“Lincoln”) Best Actress Jessica Chastain (“Zero Dark Thirty”) Best Supporting Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman (“The Master”) Best Supporting [...]
The 2012 Beneath the Earth Film Festival kicked off with an international selection of independent films Thursday. This year’s official selection, which includes films from the US, Taiwan, Germany and London, consists of five dramatic shorts, one dramatic feature and one documentary short. Head film critic for The Moving Arts, Eric Armstrong, was selected as one [...]
Burbank, CA – The Walt Disney Company agreed Tuesday to acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. in a stock and cash transaction. Lucasfilm is 100 percent owned by Chairman and founder, George Lucas. Under the terms of the agreement and based on the closing price of Disney stock on Oct. 26, the transaction value is $4.05 billion, with [...]
UNIVERSAL CITY, CA, October 8, 2012—Universal Pictures and Focus Features today announced that Kelly Marcel will write the screenplay to the highly anticipated film adaptation of “Fifty Shades of Grey.” Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti will produce the film based on E L James’ #1 Bestselling book, alongside James. The announcement was made by [...]
Over the weekend of the 9th-10th June, the BFI is honouring Shyam Benegal, one of India’s leading directors. Considered one of the founders of India’s ‘New Wave’, Benegal began his film career in the 1970s. From then to this day, his work has successfully trod the line between Bollywood and art cinema. The Benegal weekend [...]
“The Tree of Life”, Terrence Malick’s exploration of suburban family life in the 1950′s, received seven nominations for the 15th Annual Online Film Critics Society awards. The film was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director (Malick), Best Supporting Actor (Brad Pitt), Best Supporting Actress (Jessica Chastain), Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing and Best Cinematography. Joining [...]
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