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Movie Review
Welcome To Nollywood
On DVD
Aug 31, 2010
Every week, approximately fifty new feature film productions are released to the public in Lagos, Nigeria. Most films are made with a budget between $5,000 and $15,000. There are no theaters and no DVD players available to the majority of the public. All films go direct to VHS and VCD format. Despite these micro budgets, currently the industry generates over $280 million (USD) for the Nigerian economy each year.
"Nollywood" is now considered the third largest film industry in the world today. Some estimates state that industry is in-fact larger per capita than Hollywood. In Welcome To Nollywood ...
Movie Review
Going The Distance
In Theaters
Aug 30, 2010
Moviegoers are accustomed to treating the month of August with little more than a shrug. You see, August is caught in that cinematic purgatory between the summer box office fluff and the Oscar fare of the fall season. This is why we have forgettable movies like The Expendables or the incredulous re-release of Avatar wedged into August. Nanette Burstein’s Going The Distance is the rare case of a late summer release that both entertains and doesn’t completely dumb down your sentiments. A real sleeper hit if there ever could be one this time of the year.
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Industry News
Godard To Receive An Honorary Oscar--And Likely To Skip The Event
Aug 26, 2010
When legendary French director Jean-Luc Godard (Band of Outsiders) ended up skipping this year's Cannes Film Festival, he faxed the following statements to the fest's reps:
"Due to problems the Greeks would be familiar with, I unfortunately cannot be at your disposal in Cannes. I'd walk to the ends of the earth for the festival... But alas I will not be taking a single step further."
Now it's looking like Godard may skip another major event: next year's Academy Awards ceremony. After the Academy announced that Godard was chosen to receive an Honorary Oscar, the problem of actually getting in touch with him quickly surfaced. The Independent now has the latest on this developing story:
"..After two days of frantic effort, the Academy has failed to track down Godard to inform him of his good fortune. Letters, faxes and calls have all gone unanswered, and they now suspect that the reclusive film-maker may be deliberately ignoring them.
"We've been attempting to reach him since 7 o'clock on Tuesday evening and we have as yet had no confirmation," Bruce Davis, the Academy's executive director, told Hollywood Reporter. "We have tried by telephone, by fax, and by emails to various friends and associates. We have even sent him a formal letter by FedEx."
Today, he does not have an agent to handle inquiries from organisations like the Academy, so the process of contacting him sometimes resembles a French farce. His phone number is a closely guarded secret, and he is impossible to reach via email, since he still does almost all of his work on a typewriter and refuses to use the internet as a matter of principle."
In the end, can you cinephiles actually picture Godard attending Tinseltown's glamorous ceremony?
Industry News
46th Chicago Int'l Film Festival Announces Its First Titles!
Aug 26, 2010
indieWIRE has the twenty confirmed titles to play at this year's Chicago International Film Festival! Some standout films include: Stone from director John Curran (USA), Tamara Drewe from director Stephen Frears (UK), Louder than a Bomb from directors Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel (USA), Big Tits Zombie from director Takao Nakano (Japan) and Polish Bar from director Ben Berkowitz (USA).
For more info on the Chicago Film Festival, please visit chicagofilmfestival.com
Movie Review
Centurion
In Theaters
Aug 25, 2010
Neil Marshall’s Centurion is a bloody and brutal cinematic retaliation against the green screen finesse of Zack Snyder’s popular sword n’ sandals epic 300. Marshall, who made the impressive, claustrophobic thriller The Descent just a few years ago, trades in the CGI landscapes of 300 for the tough and cold terrains of its unforgiving European wilderness; the result is a movie that looks very distinct and sometimes feels very exciting. However, when it’s not sweeping us with its magnificent vistas or its visceral combat sections, it falls into the similar trappings of other mediocre historical epics: hokey ...
Industry News
Can "Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" Be The Next Best Actress Oscar Winner?
Aug 24, 2010
Deadline Hollywood has a cool, early Oscar scoop: Noomi Rapace, of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo fame, could already be next March's early front-runner for Best Actress!
"I've now confirmed that she is eligible. Because Music Box Films released director Niels Arden Oplev's Dragon Tattoo version in a Los Angeles County theater for a qualifying run this past March, thus making Rapace's performance eligible. I've learned that Music Box Films is about to hire an Oscar publicist, probably Melody Korenbrot, to promote Noomi for a Best Actress nomination. That's right, Best Actress. She's already won the Swedish equivalency of that for the film. Her new agents at UTA and managers at Magnolia are comparing her to Marion Cotillard, who appeared in a small foreign film, came out of nowhere to be nominated and then win the Best Actress Academy Award, then landed big roles in major studio tentpoles. "You can have that same journey. You speak English better than she does," she's been told."
This comes as an interesting development for the breakout Swedish franchise, considering that Rooney Mara (The Social Network) was just cast for the same role in the upcoming American version of the same title.
Industry News
Poster For Julie Taymor's "The Tempest" Unveiled!
Aug 20, 2010
Ain't It Cool News posted the awesome theatrical poster for director Julie Taymor's upcoming film, The Tempest. Taymor, known for such visually rich films like Across The Universe and Titus, is set to premiere The Tempest as the centerpiece selection for this year's New York Film Festival.
Oh and did we mention that the film is based on William Shakespeare's play?
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Le Arcs European Film Festival Will Make Dedication To Danish Cinema
Les Arcs, Savoie, France
December 11th - 18th 2010, Les Arcs European Film Festival will make a grand dedication to Denmark in order to honour the richness and creativity of Danish cinema. Danish cinema ought not be reduced only to the work of the emblematic director, Lars von Trier. This year's festival offers the discovery of other great actors, directors ...
