All Screen articles in 25 March 2010
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Small is beautiful
It’s inconceivable that even 10 years ago, an actress of the calibre of Kate Winslet and a film-maker as world-class as Todd Haynes would be working together in television. But that is exactly what the two cinema luminaries are doing in a five-hour mini-series of James M Cain’s 1941 Mildred ...
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Cool eye on a warm reception
Kicking off a new monthly column, Screen’s chief critic reports from the Hong Kong International Film Festival ― and finds that watching films with local audiences is not the best way to assess a title’s international appeal.
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DVD sales in UK up 31% in first quarter of 2010
The British Video Association says the first quarter of 2010 was strong for the UK home entertainment market, up 31% compared to last year.
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GMX platform signs up a further 40 companies at MIPTV
B2B video marketplace Global Media Exchange (GMX), part of the Ascent Media Group, has signed up a further 40 new companies for its service here at MIPTV in Cannes.
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Planet Green takes on 14, including The Garden, Collapse
US cable channel Planet Green has picked up 14 series, specials and feature films for its 2010 slate.
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IMAX to open first Croatian site in December 2010
IMAX has struck a deal with Blitz-Cinestar to build a new stand-alone IMAX theatre as part of the new Cinestar Arena Commercial 10-screen multiplex in Zagreb, Croatia.
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RTL strikes Dutch TV deal with E1 Entertainment Benelux
E1 Entertainment Benelux and RTL Netherlands have struck a multi-year film deal. The RTL channels get the Dutch TV rights to films such as Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past, 17 Again, Fame and Disaster Movie.
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Cannes Competition critical reaction
Safe selection of established auteurs; Love for Brits over Americans
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Betting on the box office?
This week, a US Commission will vote on whether a film’s projected box office takings should be traded on a futures exchange. Jeremy Kay looks at the implications.
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Beckinsale, Del Toro to join Tim Burton on Cannes jury
Actress Giovanna Mezzogiorno and writer-director Emmanuel Carrere also confirmed.
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Cannes unveils 18 films in Un Certain Regard section
The 2010 Cannes Un Certain Regard line-up features Hideo Nakata’s Chatroom and Jean-Luc Godard’s Film Socialism.
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Cannes Competition line-up unveiled
Screen brings you the 2010 Cannes Competition line-up, which includes Mike Leigh’s Another Year and Mathieu Amalric’s Tournee.
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Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, screenwriters, Clash Of The Titans
The writing team behind Clash Of The Titans talk about how their childhood love of the original informed the remake.
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John Rabe arrives in the UK, Soul Kitchen warms up Spain
ScreenDaily takes a look at the local and independent openings in key markets this week.
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Second ScreenLit festival to honour Armando Iannucci
Other special guests to include Chris Morris and Rob Brydon.
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EM Media backs 9 new projects, including Paddy Considine's Tyrannosaur
Other media projects backed with support of emda include Jim Loach’s Oranges and Sunshine.
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De Lane Lea opens new division for low-budget films, TV
The outfit is due to reopen in April following a major refit which includes six new sound stages.
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International Box Office Review 2009
ScreenDaily’s review of the top 11 international territories at the box office over 2009.