All Screen articles in 2 February 2007
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FeaturesEros scores again while Pokemon trumps studio Ghibli latest in Japan
As Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II smashed a number of international records, Screen looks at the non-US international movers and shakers.
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Shine Global launches contest to fund socially aware documentaries
Non-profit US production company Shine Global has launched a contest to promote and fund the development of documentary films.From now until Mar 19 the company will solicit treatments and budgets from both established and first-time documentary film-makers whose films aim to end the exploitation and abuse of children by raising ...
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Smith brings Happyness to SPRI at international box office
The Pursuit Of Happyness ended the weekend as the number one overseas attraction in a highly successful week for Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI).The rags-to-riches drama stars Academy Award nominee Will Smith and grossed an estimated $16m to raise the tally to $71m.The result was buoyed by impressive debuts in ...
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Messengers, Because I Said So lead domestic box office
Sony releases have dominated Superbowl weekend for the last six years and Screen Gems' The Messengers extended that quirky distinction at the weekend.As the nation prepared to sit down to watch Sunday's [Feb 4] clash between the Chicago Bears and the Indianapolis Colts, the Pang Brothers' latest horror film opened ...
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Scorsese's Oscar hopes rise after DGA honour
Martin Scorsese bolstered his chances of that elusive Oscar following his first Directors Guild of America (DGA) award in Los Angeles at the weekend. Scorsese won the DGA's outstanding directorial achievement in feature film for 2006 for his gritty crime drama The Departed. The honour is a very reliable barometer ...
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Rotterdam sees strong rise in industry and public attendance
Rotterdam closed on a high with good news on visitor numbers - up to 367,000 visits to screenings, talks and events.The festival also saw a rise in international attention. More film industryrepresentatives visited Rotterdam, including, 390 film-makers and morethan 800 CineMart guests.The closing weekend included the presentation of the KPN ...
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Berlinale needs further expansion, says director
On the eve of this year's Berlinale, festival director Dieter Kosslick has suggested that the festival expand further to meet the growing demand for tickets from the general public in addition to the professional visitors.Speaking to Deutschlandradio Kultur at the weekend, Kosslick said: 'The Berlinale must become bigger because the ...
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The Signal (La Senal)
Dirs/Writers: David Bruckner, Jacob Gentry, Dan Bush. 99 minutes. U.S. 2006.A low-budget horror picture filmed in high-definition video to look ultra-realistic, The Signal has mind-numbingly brutal gore and violence that could catch on with extremist horror buffs because of its unusual structure and fast-moving nature. The picture appeared at Sundance ...
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The Ten
Dir: David Wain. USDavid Wain's The Ten, a mildly heretical iteration of Mel Brooks or Monty Python style satire, strains very hard to find shock value though it is less renegade than nasty and somewhat repugnant. Aside from two standout contributions, this scattershot effort to illustrate, in a comic vernacular, ...
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Chapter 27
Dir/Writer: Jarrett Schaefer. 100 minutes. US.Pointless and confusingly acted by a purposely hefty Jared Leto, this self-indulgent portrait of an insane Mark David Chapman in the three days before he assassinated John Lennon lacks insight or drama. Lindsay Lohan's supporting role as an excitable Lennon fan who befriends Chapman is ...
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Joshua
Dir: George Ratliff. 105 minutes. U.S. A tense, stylish and satisfyingly adult psychological thriller about the bad side of having children, George Ratliff's Joshua benefits from fine writing and acting - especially by Vera Farmiga - but is marred by a final act that lacks a revelatory climax worthy of ...
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Black Snake Moan
Craig Brewer: US: 2007Craig Brewer's third feature Black Snake Moan is about the redemption of sleaze, though it plays closer to a shotgun marriage of Baby Doll and Boxing Helena. Even more than Hustle & Flow, Brewer's new work is designed as a deliberate provocation that mixes like a Molotov ...
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Teeth
Dir/Writer: Mitchell Lichtenstein. 87 minutes. USWriter/director Mitchell Lichtenstein's, Teeth could have been just another bloody gross-out horror comedy with a gimmick - a teen virgin discovers she has a toothed vagina. But the sexuality angle, as well as the luminous presence and naturalistic performance of Jess Weixler as that girl, ...
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Rotterdam awards include first tied Tiger
Four films won VPRO Tiger Awards at this year's International Film Festival Rotterdam, including for the first time a tie.The clear winners were Love Conquers All, by Malaysian director Tan Chui Mui and The Unpolished (Die Unerzogenen) by Germany's Pia Marais.The jury, under chairman Piers Handling, Director of the ...
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De La Iglesia starts UK shoot for The Oxford Murders
The second English-language project by Spanish director Alex de la Iglesia, The Oxford Murders, has started shooting on location in London and Oxford for nine weeks. The serial killer thriller is produced by Tornasol Films, Estudios Picasso, Oxford Crimes, and La Fabrique de Films. The UK producer is Kevin Loader, ...
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Cineclick Asia picks up Berlin competitor Tuya's Marriage
Korean sales agent Cineclick Asia has announced Berlinale competition film Tuya's Marriage as the latest addition to its EFM slate. The company picked up international rights to the Chinese film excluding French-speaking territories, BeNeLux, and Indonesia - which Pretty Pictures acquired at last year's Asian Film Market. Mainland China distribution ...
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Cineplex expands live opera screenings to 34 cinemas
Canadian exhibitor Cineplex Entertainment is increasing the number of screens devoted to video presentations of the Metropolitan Opera live from New York 's Lincoln Centre. The high-definition transmissions will be delivered via satellite to 34 cinemas across Canada, up from 28. 'The first three transmissions, Mozart's Magic Flute, Bellini's I ...
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Sky To Sponsor BAFTA party after Burberry pulls out
Sky has come on board as the sponsor of the first BAFTA Film Nominees Party, replacing Burberry which has withdrawn its sponsorship. Burberry pulled out to 'avoid embroiling BAFTA and its guests in threatened disruptive behaviour as part of campaigning against Burberry following its closure of its polo shirt factory ...
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Pirate DVD sellers arrested in East London
The UK's Federation Against Copyright Theft has announced that seven people have been arrested in Hackney, East London by police working with FACT, Hackney Council and the Immigration Service. The raid was conducted at a Tesco carpark, where five men and two women, all of Chinese origin, were arrested. More ...
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Tartan plans Jobson tour and classes for A Woman In Winter
Richard Jobson, screenwriter and director of 16 Years of Alcohol and The Purifiers, is to launch his latest film A Woman In Winter, through Tartan Films, with a UK tour stretching from the film's setting, Edinburgh, to London. As well as screenings of the film, the former frontman of the ...