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FeaturesPaolo Virzi
The director and co-writer of Italy’s foreign language Oscar submission The First Beautiful Thing, talks to Jeremy Kay about shooting in his home town Livorno and going up against Avatar at the box office.
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FeaturesInternational Box Office 2010 Wrap
The combined box office of the top 50 international territories in 2010 was $17.9bn* from 14,504 titles, a staggering 10.6% increase on 2009, when 14,466 titles grossed $16bn.
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FeaturesJapan's arthouse crisis
As arthouse cinemas struggle across the globe, Screen examines the particular decline of the independent cinema business in the major market of Japan.
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FeaturesJohn Smithson
The creative director of London-based factual production company Darlow Smithson talks about working with Danny Boyle on 127 Hours.
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FeaturesThe Deep Blue Sea
British director Terence Davies is in post on his first fiction feature in 10 years.
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FeaturesThe King’s Speech reigns at the UK box office
Momentum’s awards contender The King’s Speech eased into top spot at the UK box office over the Jan 07-09 weekend.
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FeaturesIn their own words
Imaginative, perceptive and characterful screenplays provided the blueprint for this year’s best films.Jeremy Kay assesses the the leading contenders in the original screenplay category.
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FeaturesAdventure land
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the International Film Festival Rotterdam remains a major champion of indie and experimental cinema — despite a difficult climate for arts funding in the Netherlands.
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FeaturesSpreading the word
Cannes Grand Prix winner Of Gods And Men was a breakout success in 2010, earning more than $30m. Key European distributors met at Les Arcs to discuss how they helped Xavier Beauvois’ film to attract audiences.
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FeaturesThe Lars picture show
The independent landscape may be tougher than ever but Lars von Trier’s films attract financing and pre-sales — despite their unpredictability. In the first of two case studies held at Les Arcs European Film Festival (Dec 11-18) and moderated by Geoffrey Macnab, some of the director’s associates discuss his forthcoming ...
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FeaturesThe admissions bummer of 2010
Len Klady worries about ticket sales in North American multiplexes falling 7% in 2010.
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FeaturesAndrew Garfield -- actor, The Social Network
The Golden Globe nominee talks about the process of making The Social Network, and the creative freedom on the current shoot for Spider-Man.
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FeaturesEgypt's New Wave
A new wave of Egyptian filmmakers came under the spotlight at the recent Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) – writers and directors who are working outside Egypt’s major studios and tackling controversial subjects and themes.
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FeaturesBest Laid Plans
Shooting has just wrapped on David Blair’s hard hitting feature about a friendship between two men, played by Stephen Graham and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, which is being sold internationally by AV Pictures.
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FeaturesDarryl Macdonald and Helen du Toit
As the 22nd Palm Springs International Film Festival gets underway, festival director Darryl Macdonald and director of programming Helen du Toit talk to Jeremy Kay about the fest’s international scope and this year’s programming trends.
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FeaturesGulliver’s Travels dwarfs rivals at UK box office
Fox International’s Gulliver’s Travels debuted top of the UK chart, towering over its opposition on the first weekend of 2011.
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FeaturesSpecialty forces
Studios have reassessed their approach to specialty units in recent years, selling or closing down several major outfits. Anthony D’Alessandro looks at those still in business and asks how they are approaching the future.
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FeaturesRewriting history
Drama-filled real-life stories, a range of novels and other sources have been shaped into compelling screen stories by the writers running for best adapted screenplay. Jeremy Kay reports.
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FeaturesSnow business
Will Sundance 2011 (Jan 20-30) build on the momentum of last year? Festival chief John Cooper tells Jeremy Kay why he believes the line-up is impressive and how he is working with Berlin to take some titles global.