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ENTERTAINMENT News, Nov 13, 2011


'Breaking Dawn': Dark side of Latest 'Twilight' presented challenges for ...
Plain Dealer
What: A package deal to see the first three films back-to-back, followed by a midnight screening of "Breaking Dawn -- Part 1." Where: Cleveland's Capitol Theatre, Chagrin Cinemas in Bainbridge Town ship and the Cinemark theaters in Val ley View, ...
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Plain Dealer
TV and art films: Nov. 13-19
Reading Eagle
The film has the contemplative quality of much Japanese cinema, but Mizoguchi's clever use of offscreen space to imply violence, detailed production design and fluid, multiplane staging broaden the canvas. And the shattering, unforgettable climax ...
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Academy Honours James Earl Jones For His Contribution To Film
Contactmusic.com
James Earl Jones received an award in honour of his contribution tocinema and theatre last night (12 Nov 2011). Emotions were running high at the 3rd annual Governors Awards as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences celebrated the career of ...
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With Art Car: The Movie set to premiere Sunday, the final push (to stay awake ...
CultureMap Houston
In his latest column, he looks to the world premiere at Cinema Arts Festival Houston Sunday night at Miller Outdoor Theatre. Everything about me at this point is rough. Our movie premieres in 52 hours as I write this, many fewer by the time you read it ...
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CultureMap Houston
Cinema in a time of renditions: Nairobi hosts film festival
East African
The festival, which has been running for 22 years, will showcase human rights themedfilms from around the world, including the Kenyan television drama The Team, which follows the salvation-through-sport narrative: An ethnically diverse football team ...
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International Forum of New Cinema at KFF
indiablooms
IFNC is screening three films on each day of the festival at the MetroTheatre in Kolkata which has a history of its own but is now in a pretty dilapidated condition. Runway from Bangladesh, directed by the late Tareque Masud who recently passed away ...
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La dolce cinema
Philippine Star
And proof of this is the success of “Moviemov: Italian Cinema Now” festival at the Greenbelt 3 cinemas According to Nedy Tantoco — president of the Philippines Italian Association, one of the organizations behind the film festival — “Italy is ...
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Children's films: Bollywood wakes up
IBNLive.com
New Delhi: Once upon a time, films catering to children remained in the precincts of parallel and serious cinema in Bollywood. Over the years, the genre has undergone a seachange, with many filmmakers entwining emotional and educational themes into ...
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DIFF brings best of global cinema to UAE audiences
Khaleej Times
DUBAI - UAE audiences will be able to see the year's best films from around the world next month, as part of the 8th Dubai International Film Festival's 'Cinema of the World' showcase. The Spanish film Las Acacias, a feature directed by Pablo Giorgelli ...
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Heathcliff's journey from prison cell to film role
Telegraph.co.uk
By Ben Leach It is a role that has been played by some of the most prominent leading men in cinema, from Laurence Olivier to Ralph Fiennes. But in a new film version of Wuthering Heights, the character of Heathcliff has been transformed with the ...
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Gov't support, lots of money needed to get an Oscar nod
Inquirer.net
“Our contact at the UCLA suggested that we show the film to a group who were friends with the Oscars people in the hope that they'd give positive feedback,” Topacio said. “There was another screening in a cinema known for featuring Third World Asian ...
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The Artist – Review
Inside Pulse
In spite of those challenges, The Artist works because it succeeds at being a loving tribute to a forgotten era of cinema and told without a hint of irony. Jean Dujardin stars as silent film megastar George Valentin. He's a top-drawing matinee idol ...
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Inside Pulse
Tough terrain
The Hindu
It was going to be a risky proposition, but he went ahead and the result is Sikharam, which will be screened in the world cinema category during the 17th International Children's Film Festival of India this week in the city. What sets the film apart is ...
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The Hindu
Doc on Persian Gulf crowned best film at Cinéma Vérité festival
Tehran Times
The film, which has been recently awarded at the Iran Cinema Celebration, also won the Best Historical Documentary Award of the festival. Director Orod Attarpur and his assistant Saeid Malih received the award for research and studies conducted for the ...
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IANS Movie Review: 'Immortals' is Mortal, Often Cliched
Daijiworld.com
A man of Indian origin, Tarsem Singh Dhandwar, is one of the greatest visual artists in the world of cinema. One could make any complaints about his first two films, "The Cell" and "The Fall", but bad visual language is not one of them. ...
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European Film Panorama returns with new challenges and films
Daily News Egypt
Misr International Films is gearing for the fourth edition of its annual European film fest, held from Nov. 23-29, at Galaxy Cinema in Manial and Stars Cinema in CityStars, Nasr City. Boasting an impressive line-up that includes Michel Hazanavicius' ...
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Movie Review: J. Edgar
Examiner.com
... to “Changeling,” prevents it from ever becoming a bad movie. However, becoming a boring movie is another story altogether. “J. Edgar” (R – 137 minutes) is now playing atmovie theaters throughout the Valley. Visit FirstLook.com for specific showtimes.
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Can the Film Industry learn from Modern Warfare 3?
Film Industry Network (blog)
... of any entertainment product. The question is can the film industry learn from the success of the gaming industry? The gaming industry has crossed over to cinema turning towards 'Hollywood' style marketing campaigns to promote new game releases. ...
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Film Industry Network (blog)
Beautiful faces of Italian cinema light up Manila
Inquirer.net
The highly successful MovieMov (Italian Film Festival) ended with a bang yesterday (Sunday), capped by a special press interview at the Peninsula Manila attended by luminaries from Italian cinema who had flown in from Rome just for the occasion. ...
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Inquirer.net
Weekend: Your guide to entertainment in Northeast Pennsylvania
Scranton Times-Tribune
AMERICAN TEACHER: documentary screening, today, 7 pm, Comerford Theater, Marywood University, free. 371-7178. SUNDAY NIGHT CINEMA: film screenings and discussion, Sundays through Nov. 20, 7 pm, Wayne County Chamber of Commerce, 32 Commercial St., ...
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Local filmmaker gets a Cinema Arts Festival moment — with mom riding shotgun
CultureMap Houston
That doesn't have anything to do with the actual plot of the movie. "But there are times when you're ready to tell a story — and that's when you need to tell it.” (Robbie Pickering's Natural Selection will be screened by Cinema Arts Festival Houston ...
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'RA.One' box office obsession: The danger of reducing movies to money
Bollywood Life
Slowly, the more personal, director-driven cinema of the early 1970s was replaced by the blockbuster film. Jaws, in the words of a Public Broadcasting Service headline, became the monster that ate Hollywood. In the last few years, Bollywood has also ...
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Enhanced films sections at IFFI
indiablooms
Panaji, Nov 13 (IBNS) The forthcoming International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2011 will feature 3D movies, Director Shankar Mohan said, bringing global trends to India while showcasing varieties of domestic cinema. The festival for the first time ...
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Remembering those who served on Veterans Day
San Francisco Examiner
[11 am and 1:30 pm; meet at Precita Eyes Mural Arts and Visitors Center, 2981 24th St., SF] Italian films: The San Francisco Film Society's 2011 New Italian Cinema Festival begins. Today's films include “Our Life,” directed by fest honoree Daniele ...
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San Francisco Examiner
Kung Fu Fighting: The 10 Best Martial-Arts Movies
Paste Magazine (blog)
Unlike one-hit wonder Carl Douglas from whom I'm borrowing this list title, great martial arts movie stars and fight choreographers (particularly those from the fertile film-ground of Hong Kong) have contributed a lot to Western cinema. ...
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Asheville Cinema Festival organizers looking ahead to 2012
Asheville Citizen-Times
"Patriot Guard Riders" won the best documentary feature jury award at the AshevilleCinema Festival. More than three dozen of the riders rode to Asheville CommunityTheatre for the festival and 61 of them attended the event. / Special to the Cinema ...
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Streaming Movie Club: X-Men: First Class
TheSixthAxis
On the film page I set it to an SD rental, a simple enough task thanks to the brilliant interface, and was on my way to movie watching land. I not only missed the filmversion of First Class when it was showing at the cinema, but I also missed the ...
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'Being Elmo' tells story of the man behind the Muppet
The Boston Globe
While their film screened for a packed, enthusiastic house on opening night of the Independent Film Festival at the Somerville Theatre, the trio relaxed in a modern office space two floors above. Clash, sprawled in an overstuffed armchair and looking ...
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The Boston Globe
Commercial screenings of 'Rang Rasiya' cancelled
IBNLive.com
The state-sponsored festival organisers had earlier declared three screenings of the film, two of which were commercial shows at private cinema halls. However, the screening at state government auditorium Nandan scheduled for Tuesday will be held as ...
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Portland Humanist Film Festival: Advancing a culture of free thought
Examiner.com
... the Humanist philosophy, the Portland Humanist Film Festival offers a meaningful dialogue for those who are curious about Humanism and its societal impact. The Portland Humanist Film Festival is happening at Cinema 21 Theatre in Portland, Oregon.
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Welsh writer behind festive movie Arthur Christmas
WalesOnline
“I've always had a very pedantic mind and would often sit in the cinema or in front of theTV shouting, 'That wouldn't have happened, they wouldn't have done it like that'!” added Canton-born Baynham. “So I'd always questioned just how Christmas could ...
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'Rockstar' review
Digital Spy
... is a riveting portrait of the destruction that ensues in the face of passion and desire borne of forbidden love. A simple story, beautifully enacted, perfectly crafted, there is not much to fault in this film. Exemplary cinema by any standards.
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Film review: Paranormal Activity 3 - lights, camera, screams!
The Express Tribune
By Noman Ansari As a prequel of the other two movies this one gets audiences to scream even louder. I'd like to apologise to the couple seated next to me for my shrill, girlish screams while watching this movie in thecinema. However, in my defence, ...
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The Express Tribune
I love experimenting with clothes: Rima Kallingal
IBNLive.com
Personally, the length of my role is of no consequence as long as it plays an important part in the film. I don't look at cinema as a money-making business; for me it is all about connecting with the audience. I am proud of having played a major part ...
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IBNLive.com
Before 'Twilight,' Reaser was famous to Tulsa
Tulsa World
Its story of living off the land resonated so strongly with Circle Cinema moviegoers that it remained the Tulsa arthouse theater's most popular film for more than three years. "You know, I did know that thanks to the director telling me, and that's so ...
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Iron curtain off, films find voice
Times of India
This step towards this freedom is a huge step, not just for Taiwanese cinema but for the overall cultural development of the country," said Chen. "I can't live without you" won a Golden Peacock at the IFFI in 2009. It has also bagged the highest film ...
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TV Review: American Masters - Woody Allen: A Documentary
Blogcritics.org (blog)
To listen to his self effacing comments on his life's work, it's hard to imagine him in the role of the dynamo filmmaker who has managed to turn out a film a year for longer than many of us have spent on this earth. To hear the roster of cinema greats ...
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Drawn to the dark side
Herald Scotland
“Realism and miserablism are not good shorthand ways of thinking about Scottish filmand TV,” says Cousins. “Gregory's Girl and Local Hero defined Scottish cinema more than anything else and, before that, the markers were I Know Where I'm Going!, ...
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Local filmmaker goes long and short
Kansas City Star
There is a real sense of excitement about making a film here in the KC area,” he said. “The disadvantage is that the locations are limited here in terms of scenery. I obviously can't shoot a scene on a beach here.” Incognito Cinema Warriors XP (ICWXP) ...
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Campus Cinema Preview: Week 6
The Yorker
Over at Movie Soc, Martin Scorsese's black comedy The King of Comedy is screening, whilst at World Cinema you can catch the energetic German crime-thriller Run Lola Run Adapted by David Nicholls from his own critically acclaimed best seller, ...
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Iran's cinema enjoys int'l credit by producing 100 films a year: culture minister
Islamic Republic News Agency
In contrast to the negative propaganda against the Iranians, they are hospitable and kind. He also declared that an Iranian film week will be held in Tunisia from December 9-19. Iran's cinema enjoys int ' l credit by producing 100 films a year ...
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Islamic Republic News Agency
Book review | Biography provides fascinating look at movie reviewer Pauline Kael
Kansas City Star
Furthermore, he's shaped the book with a narrative arc that shows the peaks and valleys of Kael's career following much the same path as cinema history, coming into first bloom in the era of Jean-Luc Godard and “Bonnie and Clyde,” flourishing with ...
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Malayalam film industry continues to work despite strike
IBNLive.com
One, Tamil movies Velayudham and Ezham Arivu at many places in the state, while DYFI came out with a statement against the Exhibitors' move. Kerala Cinema Minister KB Ganesh Kumar had said yesterday government had not received any strike notice from ...
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FBR eyes pharma sector and contractors
Business Recorder
ISLAMABAD: For the first time, the Federal Board of Revenue has decided to register contractors of roads/bridges/ buildings, cinematographic filmsbusiness, artistes/cinemas/theatres and check the supply chain of pharmaceutical industry for ...
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Business Recorder
JFF15 Review: The Magic Hour
The Reel Bits
His work in theatre and film has attracted audiences in large numbers, but he remains largely unknown outside of his native Japan. JFF15 aims to change that this year, not only with his latest film A Ghost of a Chance opening the festival in grand ...
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