All United States articles – Page 1025
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FeaturesDamien Chazelle, Whiplash
Jeremy Kay speaks to the Harvard graduate about the feature version of his prize-winning 2013 short.
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NewsLone Survivor secures US pinnacle
Peter Berg’s war film starring Mark Wahlberg and Taylor Kitsch climbed 37 places to number one after expanding in its second weekend through Universal and grossing an excellent $39m.
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NewsBroken Circle Breakdown triumphs in Palm Springs
UPDATED JAN 12: Lakshmi wins narrative audience award; Gore Vidal: The United States Of Amnesia earns doc honours.
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FeaturesAndrea Pallaoro, Medeas
Jeremy Kay catches up with the director of the tense family drama, which on January 11 was named winner of the New Voices/New Visions award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
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NewsPowley to star in Diary
Caviar and Cold Iron Pictures will finance and produce the coming-of-age feature The Diary Of A Teenage Girl starring Bel Powley, Kristen Wiig and Alexander Skarsgard.
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NewsDistribution: Stray Dogs finds a home
The Cinema Guild has acquired US rights from Urban Distribution International to Tsai Ming Liang’s Venice grand jury prize-winner Stray Dogs
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NewsO-Scope to feast on Banquet
Oscilloscope has taken world rights to Wayne Wang’s documentary Soul Of A Banquet following a work-in-progress benefit screening in 2013 at the San Francisco Film Society.
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NewsGravity, Slave earn ACE nods
The American Cinema Editors (ACE) unveiled their nominees on January 10 ahead of the 64th annual ACE Eddie Awards show on February 7 in Los Angeles.
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NewsSlamdance to honour Nolan
The Slamdance Film Festival hierarchy announced that Christopher Nolan will receive the inaugural Slamdance Founder’s Award.
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Features12 Years A Slave: Freedom fighters
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave is a box-office hit in the US and has been attracting major awards attention, including 10 Bafta nominations. Andreas Wiseman speaks to the film-maker, star Chiwetel Ejiofor and other key members of the team about creating an unflinching film about slavery.
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NewsBerlin selects co-pro projects
New films from Peter Webber, Pernille Fischer Christensen, Oliver Schmitz, Eran Kolirin.
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NewsStalingrad to get IMAX release
Colombia Pictures is bringing Fedor Bondarchuk’s Russian smash to the US and has struck a deal with IMAX for a one-week nationwide engagement starting on February 28.
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NewsDistribution: SPC, Woody Allen reunite
The distributor has picked up Magic In The Moonlight from Gravier Productions, marking its seventh collaboration with the prolific Allen following awards contender Blue Jasmine. Separately, Lionsgate and Tribeca Film announced new acquisitions.
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NewsChef to open SXSW
The Austin event will host the world premiere of Jon Favreau’s film on March 7.
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NewsMitch Levine joins Provincetown
The film-maker and festival consultant has been hired as CEO of the Provincetown Film Society.
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NewsAubrey Plaza joins Mortdecai
The star of the upcoming Sundance world premiere Life After Beth has joined Johnny Depp and Gwyneth Paltrow on Lionsgate and Oddlot’s action comedy.
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NewsDjango Lives moves ahead
Texas-based Point Blank Pictures has secured sequel rights to Django Lives, the sequel to the Spaghetti Western Django that made an international star of Franco Nero.
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NewsArt directors unveil nominees
The Great Gatsby is among the contenders as the Art Directors Guild announced 10 categories of production design for film, television, commercials and music videos.