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Daniel Craig took over as James Bond 007 in Casino Royale. It was very nearly the best Bond movie of the lot...

This one? Very nearly the best Bond of the lot. Building the entire film around one card game is a masterstroke: the simplicity of the premise allows room for the Bond legend to grow. Umpteen moments of inspiration clamour for attention; Bond inventing the Vesper Martini is a personal favourite. Meanwhile, makers of blue swimming trunks must bow down before the DVD every morning - the collective 'phwoar' as Daniel Craig emerges from the sea echoed around cinemas across the world. Someone doesn’t skip the gym.

The Girl: Okay, I’ll say it - Vesper’s the best Bond girl of all. Honey Rider is a bikini, Pussy Galore a silly name; Tracy and Anya are pretty great but Vesper takes the crown. She’s...

With TV shows on the decline and facing a troubled future (and mark my words, virtual reality is a fad) indie filmmakers are now at the forefront of a new media landscape. But there are plenty of reasons to make indie films besides being on the cutting edge — let's take a look at why so many of our most talented youngsters are turning to indie film… Read More: How This Teenager Landed an Oscar-Nominated Actor to Star in His Film 1. To become your own film marketer and entrepreneur! The most exciting part about making indie films nowadays is that the actual movie is not what's most important. It's the marketing and business side that's truly essential. To quote this article on The Death of the Artist — And the Birth of the Creative Entrepreneur (The Atlantic), "we don't have to worry about the art anymore, we can just be business...

Do you have an Oscar pool going? No? You're not a compulsive gambler like half of the People staffers? That surprises us. Well, if you're not the betting type, please excuse this very important inside information we have from Facebook. The monolithic site looked at mentions of the nominated actors, actresses and films over the two weeks preceding the ceremony and shared the data with People. Below, here's who Facebook's 750 million-plus users think are going to win - or, failing that, who should win by popular vote - at the Oscars. Best Picture1. American Sniper2. Selma3. Birdman4. The Imitation Game...

Saturday afternoon, the National Society of Film Critics, "made up of many of the country’s most distinguished movie critics," announced the winners of its annual "Best of" vote. Critical darlings came out on top, with Jean-Luc Godard’s 3-D film "Goodbye to Language" prevailing in the Best Picture category. The Nsfc’s picks offer a selection of Oscar sure-things and outsider alternatives. After debuting at Cannes, "Goodbye to Language" trickled in to a few American theaters. Without any Best Foreign Language Film representation (France went with "Saint Laurent"), the film was destined for place on the fringes of the season. Leave it to Nsfc to come through for art. On top of Best Picture, Godard’s film earned love in the Director and Cinematography categories. With Patricia Arquette and J.K. Simmons picking up their 18,000th Supporting Actor wins, Timothy Spall, under-lauded for his work in "Mr. Turner," won Best Actor.

Colombian filmmaker, Ciro Guerra announced that his next film,"Embrace of the Serpent”, due out next year, will star U.S. actor Brionne Davis (“Savaged”) and Belgium’s Jan Bijvoet, the lead in Cannes Competition entry “Borgman” a really creepy dark comedy. Two other stars are non-pro actors, Nilbio Torres, from the Cubeo Vaupes people, and Antonio Bolivar, one of the last of the Ocainas. Both are from tribes living in the Amazon where this film will shoot in Mitu, San Jose del Guaviare and Puerto Inirida. As in his previous film “The Wind Journeys”, landscape will play a major role. “Embrace of the Serpent” draws inspiration from the travel journals of German ethnologist Theodor Koch-Grunberg and American Richard Evans Schultes, a celebrated pioneer researcher into indigenous peoples’ use of plants.

His "The Wind Journeys" was produced by our German friends Roman Paul and Gerhard Meixner at Razor Film Production, by Burning Blue's prolific Diana Bustamente -- who is now also heading the Carthagena Film Festival. It received some funds from Films From the South in Norway. It premiered in 2009 Cannes Un Certain Regard and was sold by Paris’ Elle Driver to 19 countries including Film Movement for North America, Madman for Australia, Eye, Film 1 and Sundance Channel for The Netherlands, Interior 13 Cine for Mexico, Cine Ojo for Argentina, Rcn CIne and Cineplex for Colombia, Camera for Denmark, Arthaus for Norway.

Guerra's next project "Taganga” was chosen to be in the Coproduction Forum in Los Cabos this past November. "Taganga" is about a fisherman from a small village by the Colombian coast where many foreign-owned scuba diving centers have been established. A new law requiring local fisherman to change the motors of their boats forces him to earn quick money, so he chooses to dynamite to fish. The owner of the largest scuba diving center opposes this use of explosives. When the fisherman receives a death threat if he continues the dynamiting of fish, he assumes the center's owner is behind the threat. In order to prove it, he begins a series of fateful actions.

Here is the official image of "Embrace of the Serpent"...

Critics in the UK obviously aren't immune to the charms of "Boyhood," as the film did well with the London Film Critics Circle. Now the Dublin Film Critics Circle has named it the year's best across the channel. The group also revealed its long lists throughout the categories, giving you some insight into which films were in the running. (Personal shout-out to my friends who made the documentary "Showrunners," which got a little love on the documentary list.) Check out the full list of winners below and watch it all unfold at The Circuit. Top 10 Films 1. "Boyhood" 2. "Under the Skin" 3. "Ida" 4. "The Lego Movie" 5. "12 Years a Slave" 6. "The Grand Budapest Hotel" 7. "Two Days, One Night" 8. (Tie) "Her,""Leviathan" 9. "The Wolf of Wall Street" 10. (Tie) "Blue Ruin" and "The Lunch Box" Best Director 1. Richard Linklater, "Boyhood" 2. Jonathan Glazer, "Under the Skin" 3. Pawel Pawlikowski, "Ida" 4. Spike Jonze, "Her" 5. Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel" 6. Andrey Zvyagintsev,...

Though Circuit underdogs "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and "Inherent Vice" came close to the top prize, the Toronto Film Critics Association followed suit on Tuesday when it named Richard Linklater’s "Boyhood" as the best film of 2014. Collectively, the group called it "a cinematic masterpiece that evokes beauty in life and the inevitable passage of time," adding an honor to Linklater for his "singular achievement." Additional Tfca awards include another Best Actor win for Tom Hardy in "Locke" and a much-needed nod to Isao Takahata’s stunning animated drama "The Tale of the Princess Kaguya." Along with its award winners, Tfca named Denis Villeneuve’s "Enemy," Michael Dowse’s "The F Word," and Xavier Dolan’s "Mommy" as its three finalists for the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award. “In an exceptional year for Canadian cinema, we’ve chosen three boldly directed films that are so dissimilar it’s almost hard...

  Open Content Film 1. An open content film is much like an independent film, but it is produced through open collaborations; its source material is available under a license which is permissive enough to allow other parties to create fan fiction or derivative works, than a traditional copyright. Like independent filmmaking, open source filmmaking takes [...]

Continue reading: Film Term of the Week: Open Content Film...

Monday morning, the Dallas-Fort Worth film critics declared themselves major "Birdman" fans. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s backstage spectacle took the top spot on the Dfw critics association’s 2014 best pictures list, as well as collecting awards for Best Actor (Michael Keaton), Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Director. In a nice surprise, Dfwca honored Reese Witherspoon with Best Actress, a prize she’s been continuously in the mix for with other group awards, but has rarely picked up. See the full list of winners below (and check out all of the regional film critics nominations and winners at The Circuit) Best Picture 1. "Birdman" 2. "Boyhood" 3. "The Imitation Game" 4. "The Theory of Everything" 5. "The Grand Budapest Hotel" 6. "Whiplash" 7. "Gone Girl" 8. "Selma" 9. "Wild" 10. "Nightcrawler" Best Actor 1. Michael Keaton, "Birdman" 2. Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything" 3. Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game" 4. Jake Gyllenhaal, "Nightcrawler" 5. Timothy Spall, "Mr. Turner" Best Actress 1. Reese Witherspoon, "Wild" 2. Julianne Moore,...

What:

This edition of IndiEarth OnScreen will celebrate Indian cinema, folk music & post-modern mural art movement in urban landscapes. A biographical film on Sohrab Modi, a documentary on folk music in Bengal and a film on an urban art festival in Delhi will be screened.

When:

Date: 12th June

Time: 8 pm

Where:

The Hive,

50-a, Huma Mansion, Next to Ahmed Bakery, Chuim Village, Khar west, Mumbai – 400052

The Humming Tree

#949, 3rd Floor and Rooftop, 12th Main, Indiranagar, Bangalore – 560038

Alliance Française of Madras

No.24, College Road, Chennai 600 006

About the event:

Film 1

Sohrab Modi

Filmmaker: Director: Yash Chaudhary

Year: 1989

Duration: 40 min

Genre: Biography

A biographical film on the veteran actor, producer, director Sohrab Modi, vividly protraying his contributions to the field of cinema and theatre.Interviews with the thespian intercut with clippings from his films are included in this film.

Film 2

Folk Songs of Bengal

Filmmaker: Nripen Ganguli

Duration: 27 min

Genre:...

For a number of years Bombay Sapphire have championed the work of independent film makers with its Imagination Series film competition. Headed up by Oscar-winner Geoffrey Fletcher the competition had its greatest success at this year’s BAFTA awards when James W. Griffiths and Sophie Venner won the Best Short Film award for their stunning Room 8 (which you can, and should, see here).

This week the winning directors converged on the Tribeca Film Festival for an event celebrating the last round of winning entrants and their films. We had the chance to speak with the directors about their influences and their journey to the final film with the Imagination Series.

Film 1: Reflections

Director: Anthony Khaseria

Synopsis: A beautiful couple in beautiful surroundings – it should have been the start of the ultimate love story. But a romantic meal turns dark and fantastical when they discover a hidden mirror which shows their true reflection.

It may have been largely shut out of the Academy Awards, but the Coen Brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis" got at least one more Best Picture honor to round out its awards season, as the International Cinephile Society today named it the best of 2013. The group of over 80 film journalists, academics and industry professionals -- of which yours truly is a member -- also handed the film wins for Best Original Screenplay, Best Ensemble and Best Actor for Oscar Isaac, who tied with "The Wolf of Wall Street" star Leonardo DiCaprio. Also taking a quartet of awards was "Blue is the Warmest Color," which won for Best Foreign Language Film, Actress, Supporting Actress and Adapted Screenplay, and finished second to "Davis" in the Best Picture vote. Interestingly, Alfonso Cuaron took yet another Best Director win (alongside ones for cinematography and editing), though "Gravity" only placed seventh in the Best Picture vote.

’12 Years a Slave’: 2013 movie about slavery in the American South is Best Film of the year for some U.S. critics’ groups (photo: Chiwetel Ejiofor in ’12 Years a Slave’) Directed by Steve McQueen and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave remains one of the favorites — perhaps the favorite 2013 release — among U.S.-based critics’ groups. Below is the list of winners from four of those: the Austin Film Critics Association, the Southeastern Film Critics Association, the Florida Film Critics Circle, and the Las Vegas Film Critics Society. Their winners were announced within the last week or so. McQueen’s slavery drama was the top choice of three of the aforementioned groups. The one exception was the Austin Film Critics, who went for Spike Jonze’s Her, in which Joaquin Phoenix falls in love with a computer with Scarlett Johansson’s voice. In the acting categories, 12 Years a Slave‘s...

Film Movement has picked up North American rights to Sam Hoare’s debut Having You from High Point Films and TV.

Romola Garai, Anna Friel and Andrew Buchan star in the story of a man who discovers he has a seven year-old son from a long forgotten one-night stand.

Producers are Lucan Toh, Oliver Roskill and Emily Leo for Wigwam Films.

Other deals so far clinched include Chellomedia for Film 1 in The Netherlands, HBO for Eastern Europe, Viasat Film for TV1000 in Scandinavia, while BBC Australia and Rialto Films have picked up Australia and New Zealand respectively.

Matchbox took UK DVD rights following BSkyB and BBC for pay and free TV.

Exclusive: High Point inks multiple TV deals on Sam Hoare’s Having You.

Carey Fitzgerald’s High Point Media Group has racked up a number of TV deals on Sam Hoare’s debut feature Having You, starring Anna Friel, Romola Garai and Andrew Buchan.

In the UK, pay TV and free TV deals have closed with BSkyB and the BBC, respectively.

Additional sales are toViasat (Scandinavia), HBO (Central Europe), Film 1 (Netherlands), Rialto Film Channel (New Zealand) and BBC Australia.

Producers on the contemporary relationship drama are Lucan Toh, Oliver Roskill and Emily Leo for WigWam Films.

The first National Students’ Film Festival and awards concluded yesterday in Pune. Here is the complete list of winners:-

1 Best Art &Production Design

Amour V

Rishi Kumar, Devika Gharge & Taseer Shaikh, Nid Ahendabad

2 Best Editing(Non- Fiction)

Panchaboot

Charitra Guptraj, Srfti Kolkata

3 Best Editing( Fiction)

Between the Rains

Rashmima Datta, Srfti Kolkata

4 Best Sound design & Audiography (Non- Fiction)

Panchaboot

Iman Chakraborty, Srfti Kolkata

5 Best Sound design & Audiography ( Fiction)

Doyam

Atanu Mukherjee, Srfti Kolkata

6 Best Cinematography (Non- Fiction)

The Donkey Fair

Amit Kumar, Ftii Pune

7 Best Cinematography (Fiction)

Skylab is Falling

Karthik Muthukumar, Lv Prasad Film & Television Academy Chennai

8 Best Script (Non- Fiction)

Bharatmata Ki Jai

Amol Ranjan, Anurag Mazumdar, Arpita Chakravarty, Avadoot Khanolkar, Shewta Radhakrishnan, Tisc Mumbai

9 Best Script (Fiction)

Pola

Kinshuk Surjan, Shristi School of Technology & Art design, Bangalore

10 Best Script (Fiction)

Daak Nouka

Rohitaswa Mukherjee, Srfti Kolkata

11 Special Mention (Non- Fiction)

Autum of Life

Prantik Vivek Deshmukh, St.

Finally, after another Friday off we are back to our regular schedule and a Tuesday podcast is ready for your ears. Today we review G.I. Joe: Retaliation and The Host as well as discuss the new DVD and Blu-rays hitting shelves, look at the best and worst movies of 2013 so far, take your questions and voice mails and play a few games along the way. It's 104 minutes of goodness so I hope you're ready. I want to remind you that you can call in and leave us your comments, thoughts, questions, etc. directly on our Google Voice account, which you can call and leave a message for us at (925) 526-5763, which may be even easier to remember at (925) 5-bnl-pod. Just call, leave us a voice mail and we'll add those to the show and respond directly. An alternative to that option is a new way of leaving us a voicemail directly from your computer.

It’s Monday, so we all know what that means! Yes, it’s time for another rundown of DVDs and Blu-ray’s hitting stores online and offline this week. It’s a very light week this week, so let us breakdown the new releases and highlight what you should – and shouldn’t – be buying from today, December 24th 2012.

Pick Of The Week

The Day (DVD)

Robert Rodriguez’s prodigiously talented protégé Douglas Aarniokoski directs The Day, a relentless and visceral action horror, in the vein of Mad Max, Assault On Precinct 13 and From Dusk Till Dawn. Open war against humanity rages. Five survivors – lost and on the run. The pursuit is relentless, the bullets are dwindling and the battle is everywhere. The Day has come. The Day Review

And the rest…

The Watch (DVD/Blu-ray)

The kings of comedy unite in this hilarious tale of middle suburban America where...

Spend your first Festival Friday checking out these free events and panels! Oh, and some more films, of course, including the invasion of The Goonies to the Tribeca Drive-In! (It's free, so bring the kiddoes.) Tribeca Talks: Pen to Paper - Biography on Film 1:00 Pm: Barnes and Noble Union Square Price: Free Join us as Tff filmmakers Ramona S. Diaz (Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey), Petter Ringbom (The Russian Winter), Andreas Koefoed (Ballroom Dancer), and Daniel A. Miller (Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie), and more discuss the unique ways in which they explored the life of a real individual and shaped that person's story into a film. Moderated by Basil Tsiokos, documentary consultant and Sundance Film Festival programming associate. Tribeca Talks Industry: Film and Brands 2:30 Pm: Sva Theater Price: Free Join producer and director Brett Ratner, American Express' Vice President of Global Media, Sponsorship and Experiential Marketing Rich Lehrfeld,...

Kirsten Dunst, Alexander Skarsgård, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Melancholia Melancholia, A Separation Screenplay, Jeannie Berlin: National Society of Film Critics' Surprises Best Picture 1. Melancholia – 29 (Lars von Trier) 2. The Tree of Life – 28 (Terrence Malick) 3. A Separation – 20 (Asghar Farhadi) Best Foreign Language Film 1. A Separation – 67 (Asghar Farhadi) 2. Mysteries of Lisbon – 28 (Raoul Ruiz) 3. Le Havre – 22 (Aki Kaurismäki) Best Director 1. Terrence Malick – 31 (The Tree of Life) 2. Martin Scorsese – 29 (Hugo) 3. Lars von Trier – 23 (Melancholia) Best Actor 1. Brad Pitt – 35 (Moneyball, The Tree of Life) 2. Gary Oldman – 22 (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) 3. Jean Dujardin – 19 (The Artist) Best Actress 1. Kirsten Dunst – 39 (Melancholia) 2. Yun Jung-hee – 25 (Poetry) 3. Meryl Streep – 20 (The Iron Lady) Best Supporting Actor 1. Albert Brooks – 38 (Drive) 2. Christopher Plummer – 24 (Beginners) 3. Patton Oswalt – 19 (Young Adult) Best Supporting Actress 1. Jessica Chastain – 30 (The Tree of Life, Take Shelter, The Help) 2. Jeannie Berlin – 19 (Margaret) 3. Shailene Woodley – 17 (The Descendants) Best Nonfiction 1. Cave of Forgotten Dreams – 35 (Werner Herzog) 2. The Interrupters – 26 (Steve James) 3. Into the Abyss...

Alright, folks... the votes have been cast and the results have been tallied. It's time to find out what you guys thought were the best movies of 2011! We nominated five movies in a number of different categories (while attempting to keep each category relatively balanced) and then we turned it over to you. We ended up with a few tight battles (ie. Best Action Movie, Best Foreign Film) and a few other categories that weren't even close (Best Animated Film, Best Thriller). Either way, it's always fun to find out just how in sync we are with the tastes of our readers. So without any further ado, check out the full results of the 2011 Film Junk Readers Choice Awards after the jump. Best Comedy 1. Bridesmaids -- 34% 2. 50/50 -- 19% 3. Crazy Stupid Love -- 17% 4. The Trip -- 16% 5. The Muppets -- 13% Best Horror Movie 1. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil -- 28% 2. Insidious -- 23% 3. Paranormal Activity 3...

According to director Jose Padilha it is. Padila was first brought aboard the MGM remake of Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop when Darren Aronofsky became disassociated with the project. Padilha spoke earlier with Film 1, revealing why it is important to remake this classic film from 1987. "I love the sharpness and political tone of RoboCop , and I think that such a film is now urgently needed. But I will not repeat what Verhoeven has done so clearly…...

I really don’t care who ends up directing the “Robocop” remake — I’m automatically opposed to the production. I know that sounds extreme, but, hey, I’m a fanboy. It’s what we do. Paul Verhoeven’s action-packed satire is one of my all-time favorite films, and the idea that someone wants to retool the material instantly boils my blood. That having been said, I’m still curious to how this production unfolds, so I’ll end up following it despite my somewhat misguided ire. Director Jose Padiha recently spoke with the Dutch website Film 1, where he revealed his plans for the project. Here’s a translation of the conversation, courtesy of Joblo.com: I love the sharpness and political tone of RoboCop, and I think that such a film is now urgently needed. But I will not repeat what Verhoeven has done so clearly and strongly. Instead...

'Elite Squad' director, José Padilha is the man to bring 'RoboCop' to a new generation. As Variety reports, his most recent film, 'Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within' will be up for an Oscar in the foreign language category. The film has been very well received, earning over $61 million in Brazil, and holding a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. With an action film of his fairing so well, the reason for Padilha landing the 'RoboCop' gig is becoming more and more apparent. The director recently spoke with foreign website, Film 1 about his vision for bringing the venerable sci-fi to a new generation. The translated text reads: "I love the sharpness and political tone of RoboCop , and I think that such a film is now urgently needed. But I will not repeat what [Paul] Verhoeven has done so clearly and strongly. Instead I try to make...

After three features films and a Canadian series, you could argue whether the world needs another Robocop right now. Paul Verhoeven's film was certainly an aggressive and honest product of its time, but really? A remake? Director Jose Padilha feels the time to strike is now. He's the guy MGM brought aboard the redo after Darren Aronofsky bowed out and based on Padilha's comments in a recent interview with Film 1, it seems he's putting a lot more thought and care into development than one might think. He tells Film 1 (translation courtesy of the /Film gents), "I love the sharpness and political tone of RoboCop , and I think that such a film is now urgently needed. But I will not repeat what Verhoeven has done so clearly and strongly. Instead I try to make a film that...

Back to its roots, Masala! Mehndi! Masti! (M!M!M!) is going to stage its aMMMazing Free annual festival from Aug 19-21 at the Harbourfront Centre where 10 years ago, at the dawn of the new millennium in 2001, it burst onto the Toronto arts and culture scene to forever leave an incredible and indelible mark. For its film segment this year, M!M!Movies! featured personality will be none other than Bollywood.s new wunderkind, Abhay Deol. Fresh from his latest superhit .Zindagi na milegi dobara. that has received rave reviews worldwide, Abhay is now definitely a force to be reckoned with. Abhay hails from the legendary Bollywood family of the Deols and is superstar Dharmendra.s nephew, son of his younger brother, Ajit Deol. From being nominated for best male debut actor in 2005 in his first film- Socha Na Tha, Abhay has come a long way in 6 years. His second...

It is 8.30am on a Saturday morning. Normally at this time on a Saturday I’d be in the catatonic state that customarily precedes a hangover. But not today. Today I am fresh-faced and awake, for today I am embarking on the Stathamathon, a gruelling eight-hour marathon of ludicrously explosive action movies starring the balding Brit bruiser Jason Statham.

Since being recruited by Guy Ritchie in 1998 to lead up his debut gangster flick Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, the Stath has carved a very respectable career for himself blowing things up, shooting things with guns, and delivering one-liners in his patented mockney accent. As comedian Richard Sandling, our host for the day, correctly observed, “he is his own genre”.

The event is being organised by Lionsgate to promote the forthcoming Blitz, which will be screened alongside three other Stath classics: The Mechanic, The Expendables and audience choice Crank 2: High Voltage.

Our month-long series about working in the arts in Europe comes to an end with award-winning Polish film-maker Katarzyna Klimkiewicz

How did you get started in your job?

I knew I wanted to be a film director since I was a teenager. I never really changed my mind, although I had a few moments of despair. I was lucky to have that certainty about what I wanted to do in my life.

Is there such a thing as Polish film?

I think there is, but it has been lost for the last 20 years. The strength of Polish cinema has always been its confidence in the audience's ability to read images. Nowadays film-makers in Poland have lost this confidence, and they feel they have to explain everything in dialogue, so the films have lost their magic.

How are the arts funded in your country? Does it work?

Film in Poland is...

Via Nowness comes Film 1, a short by Martin de Thurah for designer Johan Lindeberg. De Thurah is best known for his Fever Ray and James Blake music videos, and his latest stars Iva Gocheva, Bogdan Kwiatkowski and Kate Lyn Sheil. It’s shot by Kaspar Tuxen, one of Filmmaker‘s 2010 “25 New Faces.” From the site:

Today’s digital premiere of Martin de Thurah’s Film I spotlights Johan Lindeberg’s new Blk Dnm line and takes cues from the designer’s personal life. “I went through a recent break-up and wanted to use my own dynamic to inspire the film,” Lindeberg says. “I am fascinated by the way in which fashion both provokes and reflects the human narratives around it.” The Swedish fashion designer looked to De Thurah, whose surreal music videos for the likes of Fever Ray and James Blake he cites as an ongoing source of inspiration,...

Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network National Society of Film Critics Winners: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Jesse Eisenberg, Geoffrey Rush, Olivia Wiliams Best Picture 1. The Social Network 61 2. Carlos 28 3. Winter’s Bone 18 Best Foreign-language Film 1. Carlos 31 2. A Prophet 22 3. White Material 16 Best Director 1. David Fincher 66 – The Social Network 2. Olivier Assayas 36 – Carlos 3. Roman Polanski 29 – The Ghost Writer Best Actor 1. Jesse Eisenberg 30 – The Social Network 2. Colin Firth 29 – The King’s Speech 2. Edgar Ramirez 29 – Carlos Best Actress 1. Giovanna Mezzogiorno 33 – Vincere 2. Annette Bening 28 – The Kids Are All Right 3. Lesley Manville 27 – Another Year Best Actor In A Supporting Role 1. Geoffrey Rush 33 – The King’s Speech 2. Christian Bale 32 – The Fighter 3. Jeremy Renner 30 – The Town Best Actress In A [...]...

Universal Pictures International has climbed on board Detlev Buck's upcoming project called "Rubbeldikatz" starring Matthias Schweighoefer ("Friendship"). Based on a screenplay by Anika Decker ("Rabbit Without Ears"), the comedy (also known as "Woman in Love") follows an unsuccessful actor whose life takes a dramatic turn after he is mistakenly cast as a woman in a big Hollywood flick. Alexandra Maria Lara ("Farewell") co-stars in the Film 1, Boje Buck and Universal co-production. Also starring is Buck as well as Max von Thun, Maximilian Brueckner and Denis Moschitto. Variety reports that Christian Grass, Universal's president of international production and acquisitions co-produces with Henning Ferber and Marcus Welke of Film 1...

Universal Pictures International has climbed on board Detlev Buck's upcoming project called "Rubbeldikatz" starring Matthias Schweighoefer ("Friendship"). Based on a screenplay by Anika Decker ("Rabbit Without Ears"), the comedy (also known as "Woman in Love") follows an unsuccessful actor whose life takes a dramatic turn after he is mistakenly cast as a woman in a big Hollywood flick. Alexandra Maria Lara ("Farewell") co-stars in the Film 1, Boje Buck and Universal co-production. Also starring is Buck as well as Max von Thun, Maximilian Brueckner and Denis Moschitto. Variety reports that Christian Grass, Universal's president of international production and acquisitions co-produces with Henning Ferber and Marcus Welke of Film 1...

With so many disappointments this summer, it's easy to forget that we'll finally get to see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, and that we'll finally start hearing more about the final chapter as it makes its way to the big screen.

But of course, the biggest question about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows still centers on where they'll make the split between Film 1 and Film 2. Director David Yates dropped a hint to the La Times, and if you haven't read the book, here be spoilers:

"We're here in the forest, we've just finished the scene where Harry, Hermione and Ron are captured by the Snatchers after being chased through the woods. The Snatchers are brutal and scary but they aren't the most intelligent of creatures.They're trying to figure out exactly who it is they've caught ... Things can change when you edit, of course, but the...

• With the amount of positive buzz that Jacques Audiard’s “A Prophet” is receiving, Sony Pictures Classics can do no wrong in their eventual release of what should be the tent-pole art-house film of the fall/winter sched. A critic's poll at IndieWIRE (in which we participated in) confirms that Audiard's latest is a standout film the most mentions/points in all four major categories: Best Film, Director, Screenplay & Acting Performance. A Prophet beat out Lars von Trier's Antichrist and another favorite of mine, Police, Adjective and The White Ribbon for Best Film. Paradoxically, winner for Best Director at the festival (Brillante Mendoza) was the top vote getter for Worst Film. I'm glad to see that despite a mostly negative reaction from the masses that the roundup of critics found that the top three Best Directors include von Trier and his deft cinematic prose in the Dafoe/Gainsbourg

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I’ve been hearing some mixed things about John Dowdle's Quarantine recently, but I can’t help but be curious how he pulls of this remake of Rec (review), one of the most-loved horror films in recent years.

Sony has plans to release Quarantine on October 17th, and over the weekend the first poster art for it showed up at Cinema Expo in Amsterdam. Film 1 got a good snap of it, which you can see on your right. Not sure how I feel about it, really; I mean there’s no way they could get away with something as simplistic as the Rec poster was, but did they have to have so much damn explanation on the poster itself?

Ah, I’m just being picky. Jennifer Carpenter screaming is what sells this poster, we all know that. Audiences want to see women in peril, right? Right!? Especially when...