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CommentTearjerker trailer of the week
Getting weepy in advance of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.
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CommentReykjavik rocks for opening weekend
Sigur Ros film opens RIFF, and the Romanians get the party started at new local hotspot KEX.
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CommentFull of Drive
At this year’s Cambridge Film Festival, director Nicolas Winding Refn talks fairy tales, pretty women and some risky business.
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CommentWhy the US studios are struggling with Asian production
The news that Disney has followed Warner Bros and Paramount in closing down local-language production or acquisition units highlights the difficulties the US studios face in this area, particularly in Asia where a very different filmmaking culture exists.
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CommentAnother hot trailer for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
More plot, and more girl-on-girl action.
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CommentRelentless shorts
Vertigo’s Allan Niblo combines his passion for extreme sports with his skill for film-making to judge Relentless Energy Drink’s short film competition, now in its second year.
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CommentOdeon Swiss Cottage gets a makeover
Cinema goers of North London can breathe a sigh of relief - the Odeon Swiss Cottage has now reopened after a sparkling £3m refurbishment.
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CommentToronto download #1: The Descendants, Albert Nobbs
Now that the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is over (just), distributors everywhere can take a deep breath and gauge which world premieres from TIFF will play a major role in the awards season.
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CommentWorld's biggest lightsaber...
London’s BT Tower becomes handle of world’s largest lightsaber
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CommentAll Aboard the Elstree Express
The new “Elstree Studios” named train is likely to set the pulses of trainspotter movie buffs racing.
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CommentWeinstein vs Bachmann: Round 1, Butter up
At the Toronto premiere of TWC comedy Butter, Harvey Weinstein invited potential Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann to join him for “some verbal ping-pong on gay rights and women’s rights.”
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CommentLovers of TIFF
The world’s top buyers and sellers descended onto Toronto last week for an annual event which is looking increasingly like a major film market as well as a festival.
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CommentGodfather of grunge
Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, on writing the lead track for Machine Gun Preacher and making an appearance in Cameron Crowe’s Pearl Jam Twenty.
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CommentAnd the golden tan goes to…
Never mind Cannes, Venice or Locarno, a DIY festival does not require VIP passes and saves a holidaying reviewer from withdrawal symptoms
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CommentI will have my vengeance...
Gladiator writer William Nicholson reveals the truth about the film’s most famous quote at the opening night of the BAFTA and BFI Screenwriters’ Lecture Series.
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CommentAronofksy talks Venice jury decisions, and praises Fassbender's orgasm scene
At the Venice Film Festival winner’s news conference at the close of the 68th edition, Jury president Daren Aronofsky said, “We tried to find appropriate awards for every film and wanted to award as many films as we could.”
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CommentScreen's Toronto intern braves the red carpet to talk to Ryan Gosling
Screen sends Regan Reid, our TIFF intern, into the red-carpet mayhem for the Toronto premiere of Drive. She gets a meaningful half-minute with Ryan Gosling.
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CommentSalmon Fishing in Toronto
Stars get a raptuous reception at Toronto premiere of the film that Lasse Hallstrom says is about “trying to believe in the impossible.”
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CommentCelebrating Trishna and 360
My favourite party* of Toronto so far was the classy soiree at Brassaii last night combining celebrations for Fernando Meirelles’ 360 and Michael Winterbottom’s Trishna.
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CommentAnd the BoB goes to...
Screen took its place on Film London’s Best of Borough Awards jury this year with a sense of pride