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		<title>MUNICH Review Pt.3 &#8211; Daniel Craig, Marie-Josée Croze, Mathieu Kassovitz</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/politics/munich-review-marie-josee-croze/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mathieu Kassovitz, Eric Bana in Steven Spielberg’s Munich MUNICH Review: Part II A seriously miscast Eric Bana doesn’t help matters any. Bana may look great with his shirt off, but he fails to convey both Avner’s dedication to the fight and his ever-multiplying inner demons. While hunting his targets, the actor seems as hapless as Inspector Clouseau, and each time he gets to kill someone, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AVATAR: The China Ban Controversy</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/politics/avatar-china-controversy-445/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/politics/avatar-china-controversy-445/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese government officials have denied reports that the State is in any way responsible for pulling Avatar out of hundreds of theaters showing the 2D version of James Cameron’s sci-fi epic starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, and Sigourney Weaver. A deputy director of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has asserted that the film was being dropped by the exhibitors themselves because their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>George Clooney, MTV to Stage Haiti Earthquake Telethon</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/politics/george-clooney-mtv-haiti-earthquake-telethon-894/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Evil, sinful, unAmerican, liberal Hollywood, in the form of Academy Award winner George Clooney, is working with MTV Networks to stage a telethon to help victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti that has left an estimated 50,000 people dead. The telethon is scheduled to be broadcast on ABC, NBC, HBO, CNN and all MTV channels worldwide at 5-8 p.m. PT on Jan. 22. It’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AVATAR, the Vatican, and Neo-Paganism</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/politics/avatar-pagan-pope-vatican-controversy-456/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/politics/avatar-pagan-pope-vatican-controversy-456/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alessandro Moretti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sam Worthington, Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver, Joel David Moore in Avatar (Mark Fellman / 20th Century Fox) Right-wingers criticize it for its anti-militaristic and anti-imperialism stance. The politically correct accuse it of being racist. Anti-smokers cry foul because of a chain-smoking character. And now comes the Vatican media accusing it of promoting paganism and nature worship. Really, you can’t please everyone, but this? In addition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AVATAR Racist?</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/politics/avatar-racist-113/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alessandro Moretti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before and After: Sam Worthington in Avatar; Zoe Saldana is his fellow Na&#8217;vi In James Cameron’s Avatar, a white human is turned into a blue Na&#8217;vi, the inhabitants of a far-off moon. He eventually turns against the human invaders, becoming the leader of the Na&#8217;vi in their fight to preserve their way of life. Some people are pissed off because the human is Sam Worthington, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Penélope Cruz, Bernardo Bertolucci, Gael García Bernal Sign Polanski Petition</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/politics/penelope-cruz-bertolucci-bernal-polanski-petition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/politics/penelope-cruz-bertolucci-bernal-polanski-petition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Actor Gael García Bernal, Academy Award-winning actress Penélope Cruz, veteran director Mario Monicelli, veteran screenwriter Lorenzo Semple Jr, and Academy Award-winning filmmakers Bernardo Bertolucci and Ethan Coen are a few of the latest additions to the list of signatories demanding freedom for filmmaker Roman Polanski, currently being held by Swiss authorities. Among the other new signatories of the petition organized by France’s Société des Auteurs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Isabelle Huppert, Isabelle Adjani, Mike Nichols Sign Another &#8220;Free Polanski&#8221; Petition</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/politics/adjani-huppert-rushdie-roman-polanski-petition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Actors Louis Garrel, Isabelle Adjani, Elsa Zylberstein, and Isabelle Huppert; filmmakers Danièle Thompson, Steven Soderbergh, Neil Jordan, Sam Mendes, Taylor Hackford, and Mike Nichols; formerly persecuted writer Salman Rushdie; author Milan Kundera; and stylist Diane von Furstenberg are among those who have signed another petition demanding freedom for 76-year-old filmmaker Roman Polanski, currently being held at a Swiss prison while awaiting word from local authorities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Petition for Roman Polanski Signatories</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/politics/petition-for-roman-polanski-signatories/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/politics/petition-for-roman-polanski-signatories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[List of individuals who have signed (as of Oct. 7) the &#8220;Free Roman Polanski&#8221; petition organized by the Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (SACD): Michael A. Russ Erika Abrams, Fatih Akin, Yves Alberty, Stephane Allagnon, Woody Allen, Pedro Almodovar, Gianni Amelio, Greta Amend, Wess Anderson, Michel Andrieu, Roger Andrieux, Pascale Angelini, Yannick Angelloznicoud Jean-Jacques Annaud, Tomas Arana, Frédéric Aranzueque-Arrieta, Alexandre Arcady, Fanny Ardant, Asia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Betsy Blair</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/betsy-blair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/betsy-blair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Betsy Blair, best known for her Academy Award-nominated performance as Ernest Borgnine’s love interest in the 1955 Oscar- and Palme d&#8217;Or-winning drama Marty, and for her marriage to Gene Kelly, died of cancer on March 13 in London. Blair, who was 85, had been a London resident for many years. Born Elizabeth Winifred Boger on Dec. 11, 1923, in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, the former [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DAYS OF &#8217;36 Theo Angelopoulos</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/days-of-36-d-theo-angelopoulos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/days-of-36-d-theo-angelopoulos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meres tou &#8217;36 / Days of &#8217;36 (1972) Direction: Theo Angelopoulos Screenplay: Theo Angelopoulos, Petros Markaris, Thanassis Valtinos and Stratis Karras Cast: Giorgos Kiritsis, Christoforos Chimaras, Takis Doukakos, Kostas Pavlou, Petros Zarkadis, Christophoros Nezer &#160; &#160; By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: Greek film director Theo Angelopoulos&#8216; 1972 effort Meres Tou &#8217;36 / Days of &#8217;36, winner of the International Film Critics Association award at the [...]]]></description>
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