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    Appaloosa

    2008-09-06T02:30:00Z

    Dir: Ed Harris. USA. 2008. 114 mins.Ed Harris’s first film as a director since his Oscar-winning Pollock in 2000 is a gentle, warmly human and quietly compelling western with a wry sense of humour and some engaging performances from a group of fine actors. A bizarre ...

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    Toronto reviews

    2008-09-04T14:37:00Z

    Gala PresentationsBurn After Reading (Joel and Ethan Coen)Dean Spanley (Toa Fraser)The Duchess (Saul Dibb)Fifty Dead Men Walking (Kari Skogland)La Fille De Monaco (Anne Fontaine)The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (Jodie Markell)Nothing But The Truth (Rod Lurie)One Week (Michael McGowan)The Other Man (Richard Eyre)Passchendaele (Paul Gross)Pride And Glory (Gavin O'Connor)Rachel Getting ...

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    New films from Demme, Eyre get gala screenings at Toronto

    2008-07-17T22:35:00Z

    Programmers at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) have boosted the line-up with gala presentations of Jonathan Demme's Rachel Getting Married and Richard Eyre's The Other Man.Rachel Getting Married gets its North American premiere and stars Anne Hathaway as a sharp-witted drama queen who returns to the family homestead for ...

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    EEAP's Cannes buys include Saw III and My Blueberry Nights

    2006-05-30T12:23:00Z

    Berlin-based EasternEuropean Acquisition Pool (EEAP) went on a shopping spree at last week's CannesFilm Market, picking up titles from Lionsgate, 2929Entertainment, Studio Canaland Darclight for East European territories.After having a huge successreleasing Saw II earlier this year inPoland, the Baltic states, ex-Yugoslavia and CIS, EEAP sealed a deal with Lionsgate ...

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    Canada's Alliance gets New Line reprieve into 2009

    2008-09-02T18:18:00Z

    Alliance Films and New Line Cinema have extended their output deal into 2009. The extension, rumoured over past weeks, will add at least eight titles to Alliance's Canadian releasing schedule, including the much-anticipated The Time Traveller's Wife from director Robert Schwentke and starring Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana as well ...

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    Deauville competition includes Snow Angels, Towelhead

    2008-07-22T10:30:00Z

    The line up for the 34th Deauville Festival of American Film includes the first directorial effort from American Beauty writer Alan Ball, Towelhead. Also on deck for the competition are David Gordon Green's Snow Angels and Tom McCarthy's critically acclaimed The Visitor. In total, the competition includes 11 films, five ...

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    Beverly Hills Chihuahua leads domestic box office pack

    2008-10-05T23:12:00Z

    Disney's Beverly Hills Chihuahua was leader of the pack over a fiercely competitive weekend at the North American box office.Grossing an estimated $29m, the talking-dog family comedy was one of three new wide releases to make it into the top ten. Three other wide openers, meanwhile, failed to live up ...

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    Rome includes 12 world premieres in 20-film competition

    2008-10-01T16:04:00Z

    The third edition of the International Rome Film Festival has announced the line-up for the upcoming edition that runs October 22-31.The edition is shaping up to be a showcase of European talents and directors.The official competition has 12 world premiere titles, six of which are Italian.There are also five world ...

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    In Focus - Cannes film festival - Palme Reading

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Official selection berths seem set for Ari Folman's animated documentary Waltz With Bashir from Israel; Wong Kar Wai's revision of his 1994 martial arts classic Ashes Of Time - Redux; and Courtney Hunt's Sundance prizewinner Frozen River.Also tipped from Sundance are Barry Levinson's What Just Happened' featuring Robert De Niro, ...

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    High School Musical ready to rock international marketplace

    2008-10-23T21:12:00Z

    Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International (WDSMPI) will seek to mobilise the tweens this weekend as Disney Channel's smash High School Musical brand makes its first foray into theatres in the form of High School Musical 3: Senior Year.Zac Efron and his posse of all-singing, all-dancing friends step into more ...