All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 643
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NewsNew Directors/New Films line-up announced
Marielle Heller’s Berlin Generation 14plus grand prix winner The Diary Of A Teenage Girl will open the 44th instalment of the New York-based festival, set to run from March 18-29.
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NewsVSC to release Road Hard in Canada
Video Services Corp has acquired from FilmBuff exclusive rights to Adam Carolla’s upcoming comedy.
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NewsPrime Time to kick off in Ottawa
The Canadian Media Production Association’s conference will explore the changing face of the entertainment business when it runs from March 4-6.
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NewsOscars 2015: Birdman wins best film, director
A memorable 87th annual Academy Awards for Fox Searchlight saw Birdman claim best film, director and two other statuettes to tie with The Grand Budapest Hotel’s four-strong haul.
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CommentOscars 2015: As it happened
Jeremy Kay’s live blog of the 87th Academy Awards from Los Angeles.
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CommentOscars 2015: analysis
If the 87th annual Academy Awards ceremony was devoid of the kind of shocks that fuel a week’s worth of water cooler conversations, it was not lacking in a creeping tide of subversion.
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NewsOscar nominees feel box office bump
American Sniper received the most dramatic box office ‘bump’ of all eight best film Oscar nominees following the Academy Award nominations.
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FeaturesGREAT British Film Reception
The GREAT and the good turned out for a reception at the London West Hollywood on Friday February 20 in honour of this year’s UK Oscar nominees.
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NewsFifty Shades stays top over Oscar weekend
FEBRUARY 23 UPDATE: Fifty Shades Of Grey dropped 74% in its second session as a confirmed $22.3m was still enough to stay top through Universal and Focus Features.
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NewsFifty Shades Of Grey crosses $400m global
FEBRUARY 23 UPDATE: Universal’s Fifty Shades Of Grey reached a confirmed $405.1m worldwide and closed out the weekend as the leading film at the global box office for the second consecutive session.
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NewsBirdman, Boyhood rule Indie Spirits
The two awards season front-runners kept the race interesting through the final weekend as Birdman took best film and Boyhood’s Richard Linklater best director at the 30th Independent Spirit Awards.
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NewsSnowden drama begins shoot
Oliver Stone has begun principal photography in Munich on the Pathé Films drama about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
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NewsRandom Media picks up two for summer
The distributor has acquired US rights to Camilla Dickinson and The Jokesters.
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NewsTerminator Genisys to get Imax treatment
Imax has struck a deal with Paramount and co-financing partner Skydance Production to remaster and release the thriller worldwide on July 1.
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NewsDistribution: Alchemy buys Meet The Patels
The recently rebranded company has bulked up its war-chest with a North American rights deal for Geeta V Patel and Ravi V Patel’s true-life rom-com. Separately, Gravitas has acquired Man From Reno.
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NewsSFFS unveil doc fund finallists
The San Francisco Film Society has announced the 11 contenders for its $75,000-plus 2015 SFFS Documentary Film Fund supporting feature documentaries in post-production.
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NewsHollywood lines up Catan adaptation
Producer Gail Katz, whose credits include Pawn Sacrifice and The Perfect Storm, has acquired film and TV rights to the modern classic board game The Settlers Of Catan.
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NewsFox Searchlight buys A Bigger Splash
The distributor has closed a deal with StudioCanal for US rights to Luca Guadagnino’s thriller and follow-up to I Am Love.
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NewsWarner Bros boosts Machinima stake
Warner Bros has led a $24m round of financing in the online gaming and content titan.