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Curtis Hanson, ‘8 Mile’ Director, Dies at 71

Edit The Wrap 21 Sep 2016
A producer and screenwriter as well as a director, Hanson won an Oscar in 1997 for Best Adapted Screenplay for the neo-noir crime film “L.A ... Hanson’s other films included 1992’s “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle” and the 2000 film “Wonder Boys.” ... “Cinema” before turning to film, co-writing the H.P....

Rs 21 lakh award for new Kolkata film fest category

Edit The Times of India 21 Sep 2016
The Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), which will be held between November 11 and 18 this year, has instituted a new award ... The best film in this section will get a prize money worth Rs 21 lakh ... According to rules, the cash prize will be shared equally between the film's director and producer ... Apart from films from the US, Mexico, France, ......

‘The Magnificent Seven’ Could Be The Next Box Office Bomb

Edit Inquisitr 21 Sep 2016
The Magnificent Seven is a remake of the 1960 film of the same name, which is itself an Americanized version of Akiro Kurosawa’s iconic 1954 film Seven Samurai ... Toronto film fest opens with the remake of Magnificent Seven https.//t.co/Mmx2Y2YV85 pic.twitter.com/w0AQP13nlh ... While a $35 million opening is a respectable amount, especially for a low-budget film, Seven needs to do a lot more than win the box office....

Who does Shahid Kapoor consider as his BIGGEST critic? Find out here!

Edit Bollywood Life 21 Sep 2016
Shahid adds, “People think my dad and my sister are my biggest critics, but they are rather cool and chilled-out about the films I do. They don’t critique me.” Ask him to name the last film of his that Ishaan didn’t like, he says, “He has not liked me in many of my films and some of them are ones where I also feel I was bad ... And that in return has now become a major hindrance in beginning the shoot of the film....

Absolute Beginners

Edit Skiddle 21 Sep 2016
Scalarama, HEART and Film Fringe celebrate the 30th Anniversary of this forgotten 80s cult classic starring the late pop icon David Bowie ... As part of the Scalarama annual September celeberation of cinema we are screening the cult Bowie film Absolute Beginners at Heart, Headingley (we are also showing the Nick Cave docudrama '20,000 Days on Earth' on 2nd September)....

Toronto Film Festival: All Hail the Female Filmmakers Who Splash Us in Blood

Edit Houston Press 21 Sep 2016
The film was dismissed before it was later embraced by women as a manifesto on misogyny and the female gaze. But what’s most surprising about Harron's movie — in which prostitutes are dismembered willy-nilly like a slicked-up Frankenhooker — is that it’s one of the few big films to break through and showcase the wicked-dark sense of humor of female screenwriters ... Get the Film & TV Newsletter....

Bridget Jones courts legal history

Edit Belfast Telegraph 21 Sep 2016
Makers of the latest Bridget Jones film have created legal history by using the UK Supreme Court as a location ... "A film crew spent one weekend in the building, avoiding any ......

Watching sad films boosts endorphin levels in your brain, psychologists say

Edit The Guardian 21 Sep 2016
Traumatic films may boost pain tolerance and feelings of group bonding by increasing levels of feel-good chemicals produced by the brain, study reveals ... Tyrannosaur, Breaking the Waves and Schindler’s List might make you reach for the tissues, but psychologists say they have found a reason why traumatic films are so appealing ... produced in the brain....

Brangelina and 11 More Hollywood Pairings That Began on Set (Photos)

Edit The Wrap 21 Sep 2016
The two met while filming the spy romance “Mr ... Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall became one of the most famous couples of the Golden Era of Hollywood after they met in Bacall’s debut film, “To Have and Have Not.” The two married in 1945 and starred together in three noir films ... Though the two were married to other people, they began an affair while playing Cleopatra and Marc Antony in the film....

Charlie Sheen to star in comedy feature for Crackle network

Edit Austin American Statesman 21 Sep 2016
The film, "Mad Families," is described as a multi-generational comedy starring Sheen as a lovable man-child with a heart of gold ... Sheen will star in and executive produce a film, ""Mad Families," for the Crackle streaming network. The film is a ......

This 35mm film is actually made of Japanese washi paper

Edit Digital Trends 21 Sep 2016
"Made for centuries in Japan, this paper combines just the right physical properties with a unique aesthetic," says Film Washi, adding, "[it’s] strong, flexible, and transparent […] the ideal medium for creating a handcrafted photographic film.". The post This 35mm film is actually made of Japanese washi paper appeared first on Digital Trends. > ... ....

Dain Said’s ‘Interchange’ to Open Singapore Film Festival

Edit Variety 21 Sep 2016
“Interchange,” a noir fantasy thriller by Malaysia’s Dain Iskandar Said, will be the opening film of the Singapore International Film Festival. The film premiered last month in Locarno and traveled to Toronto. The Singapore screening on Nov. 23 will be its premiere in Asia. The SGIFF runs until Dec. 4. “’Interchange,’ combines Said’s skill for... Read more » ... ....

Connecticut police were caught on video making up charges against man who filmed them

Edit Business Insider 21 Sep 2016
The lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut, claims three Connecticut state troopers accidentally filmed themselves discussing what infractions a protester committed after confiscating his camera ... The video was filmed on Picard's camera on September 11, 2015. That night, Picard was filming the state troopers on a road where a DUI checkpoint was set up....
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