All Screen articles in 29 July 2005 – Page 3

  • News

    Six composers line up for Sundance Composers Lab this week

    2005-07-26T00:00:00Z

    The Sundance Institute has announced the six musicians chosen forthe 8th Annual Sundance Institute Composers Lab, which runs from Jul 26-Aug 11.This year's Composers Lab Fellows are Don Byron, Barbara Cohen,Marco d'Ambrosio, Andrea Kapsalis, Ljova (Lev Zhurbin), and Gyan Riley.Over the course of the intensive two-week lab Fellows willparticipate in ...

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    Rittman promoted to vice president for Asia-Pacific at MPAA

    2005-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Frank S Rittmanhas been named vice president, regional legal counsel, Asia-Pacific and deputyregional director, Asia-Pacific, at the Motion Picture Association of America(MPAA).Rittman will serve as the MPAA's regional spokesman on legalissues and will manage legal aspects of the organisation's regional operations,encompassing free trade agreements, "fair use" legislation, and anti-piracy andcommercial ...

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    Venice unveils Secret History of Asian Cinema sidebar

    2005-07-26T00:00:00Z

    The Biennale has unveiled the line-up of its SecretHistory of Asian Cinema sidebar, which was curated by Venice Film Festivaldirector Marco Mueller.The sidebar,which is dedicated to 'forgotten' restored classic Chinese films andJapanese genre pictures, includes ten restored Chinese films spanning from the1930s to the counter-revolution in 1949, as well as ...

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    Aishwarya Rai enlists in De Laurentiis' Last Legion

    2005-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Aishwarya Rai has joined thecast of Dino De Laurentiis' The Last Legion, which begins filming inTunisia on August 5. The Bollywood star joins previously confirmed leads ColinFirth and Sir Ben Kingsley. Directed by Doug Lefler, TheLast Legion is a Dino De Laurentiis presentation produced by Martha DeLaurentiis and Raffaella De ...

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    Madagascar wins international weekend with $24.6m take

    2005-07-26T00:00:00Z

    At the final reckoning, DreamWorks' Madagascar did in fact rule the roost at the weekendinternational box office second consecutive weekend, as revised results fromUIP reveal it grossed an estimated $24.6m.The animated family title, which currently stands at more than$190m, was far ahead of Fox International's Fantastic Four which took $20.3m ...

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    Venice Directors' Fortnight unveils 12 strong line-up

    2005-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Twelve films from around theworld will screen in the Directors' Fortnight sidebar of the Venice FilmFestival, including Christopher Boe's Allegro, Ticket to Jerusalemdirector Rashid Masharawi's Waiting (Attente), and Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallee's C.R.A.Z.Y.The secondedition of Venice Days, an independent sidebar run by Giorgio Gosetti, willfocus on "memory and cultural diversity." ...

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    String of international projects gear up for China shoots

    2005-07-25T21:59:00Z

    IfChina wasn't such a big place, the film crews would be tripping over each otherthis summer. Several international productions are gearing up to shoot in thecountry which, following a temporary Sars-induced blip, has once again become ahot production base. On August 15, The Painted Veil, which John Curran isdirecting for ...

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    Venice festival shapes up as star magnet

    2005-07-25T04:00:00Z

    The Venice Film Festival (Aug 31-Sept 10) is once againshaping up as a glamorous magnet for A-list stars. However, visitors to theLido this year can expect a rather more streamlined and manageable event sinceartistic director Marco Mueller has reduced the number of pictures on the Lidoby a hefty 30% in ...

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    Emmerich, VIP project wins FFF Bayern backing

    2005-07-25T04:00:00Z

    MarcoKreuzpaintner's first English language feature Welcome To America is one of 34 projects to receive atotal of Euros 5m in the latest round of funding by the Bavarian Film &Television Fund (FFF Bayern).Welcome ToAmerica is one of thefirst productions from the Reelmachine outfit formed at the end of 2004 byRoland ...

  • Reviews

    The Skeleton Key

    2005-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Dir: Iain Softley. US.2005. 104mins.Iain Softley'sLouisiana-set The Skeleton Key is a horror film which does not alwaysseem to know which doors it is trying to unlock. The film is at once apsychological chiller in similar vein to Amenabar's The Others, a ratheroverwrought and inadvertently comic slice of Southern Gothic, and ...

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    Innocent Voices scoops top Giffoni prize

    2005-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Mexican director LuisMandoki's Innocent Voices has scooped the top GoldenGryphon prize at the 35th Giffoni Film Festival, one of theworld's leading events dedicated to childrens' films. Innocent Voices, which is based on the true life story of co-screenwriterOscar Torres, is set in El Salvador in the 1980s against the back ...

  • Reviews

    Must Love Dogs

    2005-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Dir:Gary David Goldberg. US. 2005. 9s7mins.With itscyber-dating-driven plot and plays on modern romantic mores, Must Love Dogssets itself up as a contemporary take on the time-honoured search for love.Deep down, though, this resolutely lightweight romantic comedy is just tootradition-bound and familiar seeming to be very effective. It is only perked ...

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    Philadelphia's TLA expands, outlines UK distribution venture

    2005-07-25T00:00:00Z

    TLA Releasing is expanding operations and its staff roster, withJohn Rayser coming aboard as managing director and Andrew Chang joining asbooking agent.Rayser will oversee the company's sales team and operations and ischarged with expanding the customer base.He most recently served as regional sales manager of MGM HomeEntertainment.Executive director of sales ...

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    Story of Canadian killers gets world premiere at Montreal

    2005-07-25T00:00:00Z

    The world premiere of Karla, Joel Bender's true-life account of Canada's mostinfamous criminal couple, will take place at the Montreal World Film Festivalnext month.The story of Karla Homolkaand Paul Bernardo, who were arrested in 1993 following the kidnapping, rape andmurder of two young girls, will play in special screening on ...

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    Jarmusch's Flowers takes Cambridge prize

    2005-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Jim Jarmusch's BrokenFlowers starring Bill Murray has won the audience award at the CambridgeFilm Festival (7-17 July).The Jarmusch film nudgedStudio Ghibli's Howl's Moving Castle into second position and ThomasVinterberg's Dear Wendy into third place. The 25th Cambridge FilmFestival saw audiences of over 13,000 watch 137 feature films from 29countries, 57 ...

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    Battsek finally confirmed as new Miramax president

    2005-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Daniel Battsek was finallyconfirmed as the new president of Miramax Films today, ending speculation overone of the industry's most widely known open secrets of the year.Battsek, the highlyrespected executive vice president and managing director of distribution andproduction at BVI UK, will be based in New York and reports directly to ...

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    MPAA's Glickman welcomes new US anti-piracy czar

    2005-07-25T00:00:00Z

    MPAA chief Dan Glickman has welcomed the announcement thatPresident Bush has created a new anti-piracy czar as the high-profile waragainst counterfeit films continues."I heartily applaud the President for today's action andappreciate the Administration's commitment to fighting and winning the battleagainst intellectual property theft," Glickman said in a statement."Our industry alone ...

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    Fraser in frame for Spottiswoode's Sea in China

    2005-07-24T21:59:00Z

    Brendan Fraserhas been lined up to star in historical drama The Bitter Sea which Roger Spottiswoode is set todirect in China later this year. The US$19mproject, also known as The Children Of Huang Shi, is based on the true story of Britishjournalist George Hogg who saved a group of children ...

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    Four, Madagascar vie for international crown

    2005-07-24T00:00:00Z

    Fox International's Fantastic Four added an estimated $22.9m over theweekend for a $78.4m running total and a possible top international spot.However the weekend champion may still be DreamWorks' Madagascar, which added more than $20.3m, a resultthat will swell once full weekend results are confirmed.Key drivers for Fantastic Four were the ...