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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Roman Polanski</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/roman-polanski/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards: Odd Men Out Roman Polanski, Kenneth Branagh, David Lynch</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-awards-academy-awards-1980s-roman-polanski-kenneth-branagh/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-awards-academy-awards-1980s-roman-polanski-kenneth-branagh/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:35:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25978</guid> <description><![CDATA[Bob Hoskins, Jessica Rabbit in Robert Zemeckis' DGA- (but not Oscar-) nominated Who Framed Roger Rabbit (top); Willem Dafoe in Martin Scorsese's Oscar- (but not DGA-) nominated The Last Temptation of Christ (bottom) DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards 1970s: Odd Men Out Bob Fosse, Woody Allen, Ingmar Bergman 1980 DGA Michael Apted, Coal Miner's Daughter AMPAS Roman Polanski, Tess DGA/AMPAS Robert Redford, Ordinary People David [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-awards-academy-awards-1980s-roman-polanski-kenneth-branagh/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Roman Polanski&#039;s CARNAGE: Mixed-to-Enthusiastic Reviews at Venice 2011</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-carnage-reviews-venice-winslet-foster-waltz/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-carnage-reviews-venice-winslet-foster-waltz/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 20:35:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27671</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, Carnage Based on Yasmine Reza's play God of Carnage, Roman Polanski's Carnage is the director's first film since last year's legal fiasco engendered by the Los Angeles District Attorney's office. Carnage was screened today at the Venice Film Festival, where it was greeted by mixed-to-enthusiastic reviews. [Note: I initially had "generally mixed reviews," but that was [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-carnage-reviews-venice-winslet-foster-waltz/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Venice Film Festival 2011 Official Competition: Roman Polanski, Tomas Alfredson, George Clooney</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/venice-2011-roman-polanski-tomas-alfredson-george-clooney/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/venice-2011-roman-polanski-tomas-alfredson-george-clooney/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:00:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27470</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, The Ides of March TOMAS ALFREDSON &#8211; TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY UK, Germany, 127' Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt ANDREA ARNOLD &#8211; WUTHERING HEIGHTS UK, 128' Kaya Scodelario, Nichola Burley, Steve Evets, Oliver Milburn AMI CANAAN MANN &#8211; TEXAS KILLING FIELDS USA, 109' Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain, Chloe Grace Moretz, Jeffrey Dean Morgan GEORGE CLOONEY &#8211; THE IDES [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/venice-2011-roman-polanski-tomas-alfredson-george-clooney/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>From Roman Polanski to Madonna: Venice 2011</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-madonna-venice-2011-kate-winslet/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-madonna-venice-2011-kate-winslet/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:34:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27454</guid> <description><![CDATA[Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Christoph Waltz in Roman Polanski's Carnage What do Roman Polanski, David Cronenberg, George Clooney, Todd Solondz, Tomas Alfredson, and Madonna have in common? In addition to human genes, they'll have movies screened at the 2011 Venice Film Festival according to Variety's Nick Vivarelli. Like every film festival no matter where, Venice needs international celebrities. Unfortunately, that usually means [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-madonna-venice-2011-kate-winslet/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>David Cronenberg, Roman Polanski, Philippe Garrel: Venice 2011</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/david-cronenberg-roman-polanski-philippe-garrel-venice-2011/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/david-cronenberg-roman-polanski-philippe-garrel-venice-2011/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 01:01:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27096</guid> <description><![CDATA[Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender, A Dangerous Method Roman Polanski's Carnage, starring Oscar winners Jodie Foster, Christoph Waltz, Kate Winslet, and Oscar nominee John C. Reilly; David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method, with Michael Fassbender as Carl Jung, Viggo Mortensen as Sigmund Freud, and Keira Knightley as the woman in-between; and Aleksandr Sokurov's Faust, featuring Johannes Zeiler in the title role and veteran Hanna Schygulla, have been [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/david-cronenberg-roman-polanski-philippe-garrel-venice-2011/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Diane Lane, Christopher Walker, Roman Polanski: Oscar Veterans 2002</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/diane-lane-christopher-walker-roman-polanski-oscar/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/diane-lane-christopher-walker-roman-polanski-oscar/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:08:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26384</guid> <description><![CDATA[Diane Lane in Adrian Lyne's Unfaithful (top); Christopher Walken in Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can (middle); Roman Polanski, Adrien Brody on the set of The Pianist (bottom) Alan Alda: Oscar Veterans 2004 Diane Lane Diane Lane was nominated as Best Actress for Adrian Lyne's psychological crime drama Unfaithful. She lost to Nicole Kidman for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in Stephen Daldry's The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/diane-lane-christopher-walker-roman-polanski-oscar/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>OF GODS AND MEN, Roman Polanski, Catherine Deneuve: César 2011 Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/of-gods-and-men-roman-polanski-catherine-deneuve-cesar-2011-nominations/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/of-gods-and-men-roman-polanski-catherine-deneuve-cesar-2011-nominations/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:19:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26078</guid> <description><![CDATA[Roman Polanski directing The Ghost Writer Best Film HEARTBREAKER produced by Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun, directed by Pascal Chaumeil OF GODS AND MEN produced by Pascal Caucheteux, Grégoire Sorlat, Etienne Comar, directed by Xavier Beauvois GAINSBOURG (VIE HÉROÏQUE) produced by Marc du Pontavice, Didier Lupfer, directed by Joann Sfar MAMMUTH produced by Jean-Pierre Guérin, Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern, directed by Benoît Delépine, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/of-gods-and-men-roman-polanski-catherine-deneuve-cesar-2011-nominations/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>French Films Down in 2010: Roman Polanski&#039;s THE GHOST WRITER a Top Hit</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-the-ghost-writer-international-box-office/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-the-ghost-writer-international-box-office/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:11:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26005</guid> <description><![CDATA[Liam Neeson in Pierre Morel's Taken (top); John Travolta, Melissa Mars, Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Morel's From Paris with Love (bottom) French productions and co-productions sold 17.9% fewer tickets abroad in 2010 when compared to 2009, according to uniFrance, which promotes French cinema around the world. French films sold an estimated 57.2m tickets internationally in 2010. Of those, 13m were sold in the United States [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-the-ghost-writer-international-box-office/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>DGA Award vs. Academy Award Winners: From John Huston to Roman Polanski</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-academy-award-winners-john-huston-roman-polanski/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-academy-award-winners-john-huston-roman-polanski/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 01:06:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25982</guid> <description><![CDATA[Catherine Zeta-Jones in Rob Marshall's Chicago (top); Adrien Brody in Roman Polanski's The Pianist (bottom) Since its inception in 1948, 51 out of 62 winners of the Directors Guild Award (DGA) have gone on to win a matching Best Director Academy Award (AMPAS). The eight exceptions are listed below. In one of those instances, the same director/film won both awards but in different years. Joseph [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dga-academy-award-winners-john-huston-roman-polanski/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Roman Polanski, Joel and Ethan Coen, Aaron Sorkin: USC Scripter Award Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-joel-and-ethan-coen-usc-scripter-nominations/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-joel-and-ethan-coen-usc-scripter-nominations/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:58:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25921</guid> <description><![CDATA[Olivia Williams, Pierce Brosnan in Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer 127 Hours, The Ghost Writer, The Social Network, True Grit, and Winter's Bone are the five movies in the running for the 2011 USC Scripter Award, given to both the writer of an adapted screenplay based on a book and to the author of the source material. The nominees are (in alphabetical order): Danny Boyle [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-joel-and-ethan-coen-usc-scripter-nominations/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE SOCIAL NETWORK Tops LA WEEKLY 2010 Critics&#039; Poll</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-social-network-la-weekly-indiewire-2010-critics-poll/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-social-network-la-weekly-indiewire-2010-critics-poll/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 02:51:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25830</guid> <description><![CDATA[Rooney Mara, Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network David Fincher's drama about the creation of Facebook, The Social Network, topped the 2010 L.A. Weekly poll of 85 American critics. It was followed by Olivier Assayas' made-for-TV miniseries Carlos (screened at theaters in the United States); Debra Granik's family drama Winter's Bone, which topped the Gotham Awards; and Roman Polanski's mystery thriller The Ghost Writer, which swept [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-social-network-la-weekly-indiewire-2010-critics-poll/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE GHOST WRITER&#039;s European Film Awards Victory: A Political Message?</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-ghost-writers-european-film-awards-victory-political-message/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-ghost-writers-european-film-awards-victory-political-message/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010 02:02:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25640</guid> <description><![CDATA[Roman Polanski on screen: European Film Awards 2010 (top); Pierce Brosnan as a Tony Blair-like former British prime minister in The Ghost Writer (bottom) Roman Polanski's THE GHOST WRITER Sweeps European Film Awards 2010 Roman Polanski may be a wanted man in the United States, but as far as the European Film Academy is concerned Polanski is the director of the acclaimed mystery thriller The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-ghost-writers-european-film-awards-victory-political-message/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Roman Polanski&#039;s THE GHOST WRITER Sweeps European Film Awards 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-the-ghost-writer-european-film-awards-2010/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-the-ghost-writer-european-film-awards-2010/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:31:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25638</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ewan McGregor in Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer The European Film Academy announced the 2010 European Film Award winners at a ceremony held this evening in Tallinn, Estonia. Not too surprisingly, The Ghost Writer was chosen as the Best European Film of 2010. The mystery drama starring Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, and Kim Cattrall, also earned European Film Awards for director Roman Polanski, actor McGregor, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-the-ghost-writer-european-film-awards-2010/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Roman Polanski&#039;s THE PIANIST Victim-Hero Accused of Gestapo Ties in New Book</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-the-pianist-accused-gestapo-ties-new-book/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-the-pianist-accused-gestapo-ties-new-book/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:25:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25581</guid> <description><![CDATA[Adrien Brody as Wladyslaw Szpilman in Roman Polanski's The Pianist The story of Polish-Jewish musician Wladyslaw Szpilman, who survived World War II against all odds, Roman Polanski's The Pianist (2002) was sold as a motion picture about the &#34;triumph of the human spirit.&#34; For those who believe that human survival instinct is somehow &#34;spiritual&#34; &#8212; I'm assuming most people do; I'm not one of them [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-the-pianist-accused-gestapo-ties-new-book/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>European Film Awards 2010 Nominations: Roman Polanski, Lesley Manville, Elio Germano</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/european-film-awards-2010-roman-polanski-lesley-manville-elio-germano/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/european-film-awards-2010-roman-polanski-lesley-manville-elio-germano/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 00:54:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25476</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ewan McGregor in Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer (top); Samuel Maoz's Lebanon (upper middle); Sibel Kekilli in Feo Aladag's When We Leave (lower middle); Elio Germano in Daniele Luchetti's Our Life (bottom) At the 2010 Seville European Film Festival, the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced the nominations for this year's European Film Awards. Among the nominees are Semih Kaplanoglu's Berlin Film Festival winner [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/european-film-awards-2010-roman-polanski-lesley-manville-elio-germano/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Roman Polanski&#039;s THE GHOST WRITER, Jean Luc-Godard&#039;s FILM SOCIALISM: 2010 European Film Award Semi-Finalists</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanskis-the-ghost-writer-jean-luc-godards-film-socialism-2010-european-film-award-semi-finalists/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanskis-the-ghost-writer-jean-luc-godards-film-socialism-2010-european-film-award-semi-finalists/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:06:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25129</guid> <description><![CDATA[Mathias Domahidy in Jean-Luc Godard's Film Socialisme (top); Aaron Johnson, Anne-Marie Duff in Sam Taylor Wood's Nowhere Boy (upper middle); Ewan McGregor in Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer (lower middle); Semih Kaplanoglu's Honey (bottom) Jean-Luc Godard's mind-boggling Film Socialisme, Semih Kaplanoglu's Berlin Film Festival winner Bal / Honey, Roman Polanski's thriller The Ghost Writer, Samuel Maoz's 2009 Venice Film Festival winner Lebanon, Ferzan Ozpetek's (gay) [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanskis-the-ghost-writer-jean-luc-godards-film-socialism-2010-european-film-award-semi-finalists/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Roman Polanski to Direct Yasmina Reza’s GOD OF CARNAGE</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-god-of-carnage-yasmina-reza/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-god-of-carnage-yasmina-reza/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:38:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24818</guid> <description><![CDATA[Roman Polanski's next film project will be a film adaptation of Yasmina Reza's 2006 play God of Carnage, winner of the 2009 Tony Award for best play. Reza, whose brilliant play Art was a hit both on Broadway and on London's West End, had been working with Polanski on the God of Carnage screenplay &#8212; with the action transferred to Brooklyn &#8212; while the recently [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-god-of-carnage-yasmina-reza/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Samantha Geimer re: Roman Polanski: &quot;Enough Is Enough&quot;</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/samantha-geimer-roman-polanski/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/samantha-geimer-roman-polanski/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:22:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24807</guid> <description><![CDATA[Roman Polanski is free to go where he wishes in Switzerland (and in France, Poland and several other countries). Samantha Geimer wishes him to be free to go where he pleases. As Samantha Gailey, Geimer testified in a Grand Jury hearing in the late '70s that Polanski drugged and raped her at Jack Nicholson's Hollywood Hills house in 1977. But now she has called on [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/samantha-geimer-roman-polanski/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Roman Polanski and WANTED AND DESIRED</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-wanted-and-desired-the-ghost-writer/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-wanted-and-desired-the-ghost-writer/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:06:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24796</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ewan McGregor in Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer Roman Polanski Set Free A French-Polish national, Roman Polanski has been living in France &#8212; which doesn't extradite its citizens &#8212; since the late '70s. He has also visited Switzerland numerous times in the last three decades, unmolested by either Swiss or American authorities, and even bought a house there several years ago. Some have asserted that [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-wanted-and-desired-the-ghost-writer/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Roman Polanski Set Free</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-free-swiss/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-free-swiss/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:05:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24795</guid> <description><![CDATA[Roman Polanski, 76, will not be extradited to the United States following a decision by the Swiss Justice Ministry. In September 2009, Polanski &#8212; among whose efforts are Knife in the Water, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, Tess, and The Pianist &#8212; was arrested upon arrival in Zurich, where he was to receive a career honor at the Zurich Film Festival. He was wanted in the US [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-free-swiss/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Roman Polanski&#039;s THE GHOST WRITER Blu-ray/DVD: Pierce Brosnan, Ewan McGregor</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-the-ghost-writer-dvd-brosnan-mcgregor/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-the-ghost-writer-dvd-brosnan-mcgregor/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:10:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24497</guid> <description><![CDATA[Pierce Brosnan, Ewan McGregor in Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer Roman Polanski's political thriller The Ghost Writer will be Summit Entertainment's first single-disc, Blu-ray/DVD Combo release. Starring Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall, Olivia Williams, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Hutton and Eli Wallach, the critically acclaimed The Ghost Writer, winner of the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 2010 Berlin Film Festival, will be available [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-the-ghost-writer-dvd-brosnan-mcgregor/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar-Nominated Cinematographer William A. Fraker Dies</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/william-a-fraker-dies-cinematographer/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/william-a-fraker-dies-cinematographer/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:40:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24409</guid> <description><![CDATA[Mia Farrow in Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby William A. Fraker, the Academy Award-nominated cinematographer of Richard Brooks' Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), Warren Beatty and Buck Henry's Heaven Can Wait (1978), and John Badham's WarGames (1983), died on May 31. Fraker was 86. Among Fraker's other credits &#8212; the best of which were usually dark psychological dramas &#8212; are Curtis Harrington's thriller Games (1967), Roman [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/william-a-fraker-dies-cinematographer/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Roman Polanski&#039;s Statement</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-statement/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-statement/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 00:33:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24096</guid> <description><![CDATA[Roman Polanski Issues Statement Roman Polanski's statement can be read in its entirety below: Throughout my seven months since September 26, 2009, the date of my arrest at Zurich Airport, where I had landed with a view to receiving a lifetime award for my work from the representative of the Swiss Minister of Culture, I have refrained from making any public statements and have requested [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-statement/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Roman Polanski Issues Statement Accusing Los Angeles D.A.</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-issues-statement/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-issues-statement/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 00:32:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24097</guid> <description><![CDATA[Roman Polanski, 76, the Oscar-winning director currently under house arrest in Switzerland, has issued a statement circulated by his friend Bernard-Henri Lévy, publisher of the French film magazine La Règle du Jeu. In his statement, Polanski accuses Los Angeles district attorney Steve Cooley, currently &#34;campaigning for election,&#34; of seeking publicity at his expense. [Roman Polanski's full statement.] Polanski adds that he has spent time in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roman-polanski-issues-statement/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>HOT TUB TIME MACHINE, THE BOUNTY HUNTER, AVATAR: Box Office</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/the-bounty-hunter-avatar-box-office/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/the-bounty-hunter-avatar-box-office/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:15:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23875</guid> <description><![CDATA[Gerard Butler, Jennifer Aniston The Bounty Hunter (top); Amy Ryan, Matt Damon Green Zone (middle); Pierce Brosnan, Ewan McGregor in Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer (bottom) Tyler Perry’s HOW DID I GET MARRIED TOO Beats Expecations: Box Office This Easter Weekend, Hot Tub Time Machine was down three slots to #6 with an estimated $8 million as per Box Office Mojo. The John Cusack comedy [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/the-bounty-hunter-avatar-box-office/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE GHOST WRITER Holding On; Robert Pattinson&#039;s REMEMBER ME Surpasses Production Costs</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/remember-me-robert-pattinson-the-ghost-writer/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/remember-me-robert-pattinson-the-ghost-writer/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:16:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23786</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jay Baruchel, T. J. Miller in She's Out of My League (top); Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington in James Cameron's Avatar (middle); Emilie de Ravin, Robert Pattinson Remember Me (bottom) HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Does Okay; DIARY OF A WIMPY KID in the Black: Box Office At #6, Jay Baruchel’s She’s Out of My League drew $3.526 million, a mid-level 39.2% drop from last week. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/remember-me-robert-pattinson-the-ghost-writer/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>12</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Roman Polanski&#039;s THE GHOST WRITER Box Office: Success and Disappointment</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/the-ghost-writer-box-office-roman-polanski/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/the-ghost-writer-box-office-roman-polanski/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:56:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23514</guid> <description><![CDATA[Pierce Brosnan in The Ghost Writer Roman Polanski's thriller The Ghost Writer, winner of the Best Director Silver Bear at this year's Berlin Film Festival, earned an estimated $2.1 million at the North American box office this weekend. Playing at 819 theaters &#8212; 595 more than last weekend &#8212; at the start of its fifth week, The Ghost Writer soared in terms of revenues, but [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/the-ghost-writer-box-office-roman-polanski/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Box Office: Roman Polanski&#039;s THE GHOST WRITER, Oscar-Nominated THE SECRET OF KELLS</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/the-ghost-writer-the-secret-of-kells/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/the-ghost-writer-the-secret-of-kells/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:10:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23308</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ewan McGregor in Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer (top); Tomm Moore's The Secret of Kells (bottom) This weekend at the North American box office, a major blockbuster &#8212; that's Alice in Wonderland &#8212; had the highest per screen average among the top 40 or so hits found at Box Office Mojo. The closest to the $16,631 average achieved by Tim Burton's fantasy adventure was the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/the-ghost-writer-the-secret-of-kells/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Box Office: Kristen Stewart&#039;s THE YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF Disappoints</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/kristen-stewart-the-yellow-handkerchief-disappoints-567/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/kristen-stewart-the-yellow-handkerchief-disappoints-567/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:50:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22683</guid> <description><![CDATA[Kristen Stewart in The Yellow Handkerchief (top); Pierce Brosnan, Ewan McGregor in The Ghost Writer (bottom) Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island and James Cameron's Avatar battled it out for the top spot at the North American on Wednesday (March 3), but the highest per-screen grosser by far among the films found on the Box Office Mojo chart was Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer. The widely acclaimed [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/kristen-stewart-the-yellow-handkerchief-disappoints-567/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Box Office: Polanski&#039;s THE GHOST WRITER, A PROPHET; MY NAME IS KHAN Breaks Khan Record</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-ghost-writer-a-prophet-polanski-audiard-77771/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-ghost-writer-a-prophet-polanski-audiard-77771/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:46:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22487</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ewan McGregor in The Ghost Writer (top); Hichem Jacoubi, Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (bottom) Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island grossed (or rather, is grossing) millions this weekend. The same goes for Cop Out, The Crazies, Avatar and its $700 million, Percy Jackson &#38; the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, and Valentine's Day. But forget those Hollywood flicks for a moment. In fact, if you look at [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-ghost-writer-a-prophet-polanski-audiard-77771/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Box Office: SHUTTER ISLAND #1, AVATAR #2 on Wednesday</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/shutter-island-dicaprio-scorsese-avatar-cameron-71712/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/shutter-island-dicaprio-scorsese-avatar-cameron-71712/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:51:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22350</guid> <description><![CDATA[Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island, starring Leonardo DiCaprio (above) and Mark Ruffalo, was once again the #1 movie at the North American box office on Wednesday (Feb. 24), according to figures provided by Box Office Mojo. Scorsese’s dark thriller grossed $2.638 million, a 16.2 percent drop from Tuesday. James Cameron’s sci-fi adventure Avatar, starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, and Sigourney Weaver, was #2 with $1.20 million, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/shutter-island-dicaprio-scorsese-avatar-cameron-71712/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Box Office: SHUTTER ISLAND Tops, AVATAR #2, VALENTINE&#039;S DAY #3, THE WOLFMAN #4</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/shutter-island-avatar-the-wolfman-55667/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/shutter-island-avatar-the-wolfman-55667/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:02:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22301</guid> <description><![CDATA[Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo, remained the #1 movie at the North American box office on Tuesday (Feb. 23), according to figures found at Box Office Mojo. Scorsese's crime thriller grossed $3.149 million, a small 5.7 percent drop from Monday. James Cameron’s Avatar was #2 with $1.26 million, a minuscule 1 percent drop from the previous day. Following right behind [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/shutter-island-avatar-the-wolfman-55667/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Box Office: SHUTTER ISLAND #1 Monday; AVATAR #2</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/shutter-island-avatar-the-ghost-writer-44999/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/shutter-island-avatar-the-ghost-writer-44999/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:18:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22280</guid> <description><![CDATA[Mark Ruffalo, Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island (top); Ewan McGregor in Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer (bottom) Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, remained the #1 movie in at the North American box office on Monday (Feb. 22), according to Box Office Mojo. The crime thriller grossed a solid $3.33 million for a total of $44.4 million after four days. As previously [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/shutter-island-avatar-the-ghost-writer-44999/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Box Office: Roman Polanski Controversy</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/roman-polanski-box-office-716265/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/roman-polanski-box-office-716265/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:37:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22271</guid> <description><![CDATA[Controversy sells. At least sometimes it does. Roman Polanski (above, lower photo), under house arrest in Switzerland while fighting extradition to the United States on charges of having had sexual intercourse with a minor in the late 1970s, was named Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival for The Ghost Writer, starring Ewan McGregor (above, top photo), Pierce Brosnan, and Kim Cattrall. This weekend, the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/roman-polanski-box-office-716265/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SHUTTER ISLAND Box Office: #1; VALENTINE&#039;S DAY #2; AVATAR #3</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/shutter-island-box-office-opening-weekend-44876/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/shutter-island-box-office-opening-weekend-44876/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:43:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22253</guid> <description><![CDATA[Martin Scorsese’s atmospheric thriller Shutter Island, starring Leonardo DiCaprio (above), was a bigger hit than some had expected, grossing an estimated $40.2 million at the North American box office this weekend, according to Box Office Mojo. The crime thriller with supernatural elements scored an excellent $13,440 per screen average at 2,991 theaters. Shutter Island is expected to become the highest-grossing Scorsese-DiCaprio effort. Their previous collaborations [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/shutter-island-box-office-opening-weekend-44876/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Roman Polanski Named Best Director at Berlin Film Festival</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/roman-polanski-best-director-berlin-32190/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/roman-polanski-best-director-berlin-32190/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:39:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Arthur Leander</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22167</guid> <description><![CDATA[Roman Polanski, in the news since his arrest in Switzerland last September and currently fighting extradition to the United States, received the Silver Bear for Best Director for the political thriller The Ghost Writer. In The Ghost Writer, Ewan McGregor has the title role, becoming involved with a former British prime minister (Pierce Brosnan, above, based on Tony Blair), who has more than a few [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/roman-polanski-best-director-berlin-32190/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Berlin 2010: Film Line-Up Announced</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/berlin-2010-film-line-up-812/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/berlin-2010-film-line-up-812/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:52:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Arthur Leander</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21508</guid> <description><![CDATA[Kim Cattrall, Ewan McGregor in The Ghost Writer The complete official program for the 2010 Berlin Film Festival, which runs Feb. 11-21, has been announced. Twenty-six films will be screened, of which twenty will be vying for the Golden Bear. The other six entries will be screened out of competition. Among the films in competition, Roman Polanski's mystery thriller The Ghost Writer has attracted the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/berlin-2010-film-line-up-812/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Martin Scorsese&#039;s SHUTTER ISLAND with Leonardo DiCaprio at Berlin 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/martin-scorsese-shutter-island-leonardo-dicaprio-876/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/martin-scorsese-shutter-island-leonardo-dicaprio-876/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:17:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edwige Andersson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19678</guid> <description><![CDATA[Leonardo DiCaprio in Shutter Island The 60th Berlin Film Festival has announced the first seven titles for its Golden Bear Competition line-up. As per the film festival's press release, this initial group is &#34;characterized by up-and-coming young directors, stars and masters of filmmaking like Martin Scorsese and Roman Polanski.&#34; Scorsese's out-of-competition entry, Shutter Island, stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/martin-scorsese-shutter-island-leonardo-dicaprio-876/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Roman Polanski&#039;s THE GHOST WRITER to Premiere at Berlin 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/roman-polanski-the-ghost-writer-berlin-9894/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/roman-polanski-the-ghost-writer-berlin-9894/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:20:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edwige Andersson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19676</guid> <description><![CDATA[According to The Guardian, Roman Polanski's latest effort, The Ghost Writer, will have its premiere in competition at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival, which takes place February 11-21. Based on the International Thriller Writers' Award-winning novel The Ghost by Robert Harris (who also penned the screenplay), The Ghost Writer was shot at Studio Babelsberg outside Berlin and was finished by Polanski while in prison [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/roman-polanski-the-ghost-writer-berlin-9894/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MANON, ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AN DESIRED Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/manon-roman-polanski-wanted-an-desired/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/manon-roman-polanski-wanted-an-desired/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:21:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16886</guid> <description><![CDATA[This evening, UCLA's James Bridges Theater will be screening Henri-Georges Clouzot's (right) modernized version of Manon (1949) at 5 p.m., and, at 7:30 p.m., Marina Zenovich's now much-discussed documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008), about the circus surrounding the legal (and at times apparently illegal) maneuverings throughout Roman Polanski's trial for having sex with a minor in the late 1970s. Admission is free. I'm [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/manon-roman-polanski-wanted-an-desired/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><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> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16874</guid> <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> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/politics/penelope-cruz-bertolucci-bernal-polanski-petition/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Isabelle Huppert, Isabelle Adjani, Mike Nichols Sign Another &quot;Free Polanski&quot; Petition</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/politics/adjani-huppert-rushdie-roman-polanski-petition/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/politics/adjani-huppert-rushdie-roman-polanski-petition/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:19:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16856</guid> <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> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/politics/adjani-huppert-rushdie-roman-polanski-petition/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>22</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, David Lynch Sign Roman Polanski Petition</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/allen-lynch-scorsese-roman-polanski-petition/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/allen-lynch-scorsese-roman-polanski-petition/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:41:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16848</guid> <description><![CDATA[Woody Allen, David Lynch, Martin Scorsese, Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, and Terry Gilliam have added their names to the petition, organized by France's Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (SACD), demanding the release of Palme d'Or and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski, currently in the custody of Swiss authorities. In 1978, Polanski pleaded guilty to a charge of statutory rape (sex with a minor) of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/allen-lynch-scorsese-roman-polanski-petition/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><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> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16832</guid> <description><![CDATA[List of individuals who have signed (as of Oct. 7) the "Free Roman Polanski" 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> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/politics/petition-for-roman-polanski-signatories/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>71</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Roman Polanski Petition</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/roman-polanski-petition/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/roman-polanski-petition/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:08:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16831</guid> <description><![CDATA[Veteran filmmakers Marco Bellocchio, Wim Wenders, and Claude Lelouch; Oscar winners Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, and Pedro Almodóvar; the French Film Academy; the Cannes Film Festival; and hundreds of other individuals and organizations have signed a petition demanding the release of Roman Polanski, who was arrested by Swiss police &#8212; at the behest of the American Justice Department &#8212; following his arrival at the Zurich [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/roman-polanski-petition/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>39</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Roman Polanski: Lifetime Achievement Ceremony to Proceed</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/roman-polanski-zurich-film-festival/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/roman-polanski-zurich-film-festival/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:54:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16730</guid> <description><![CDATA[[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMieQzq1snc[/youtube] The Zurich Film Festival, which runs until Oct. 4, has released the following statement following the arrest of the festival's Lifetime Achievement Award honoree Roman Polanski: &#34;The planned 'A Tribute to &#8230;' Award ceremony for film maker Roman Polanski will go ahead in his absence. Roman Polanski, one of the greatest film directors of our time would have received an award for his life's [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/roman-polanski-zurich-film-festival/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Roman Polanski Arrested</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/roman-polanski-arrested/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/roman-polanski-arrested/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:15:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16724</guid> <description><![CDATA[Roman Polanski, who won a best director Oscar for the Holocaust drama The Pianist in 2003, was arrested at the Zurich airport last night. According to reports, the 76-year-old filmmaker could face extradition to the United States for charges of having sex with a minor in the late 1970s. Polanski, who was in Switzerland to receive a lifetime achievement award at the Zurich Film Festival, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/roman-polanski-arrested/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2008: Roman Polanski, Eduardo Noriega, Gay Zombies</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/roman-polanski-eduardo-noriega-gay-zombies/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/roman-polanski-eduardo-noriega-gay-zombies/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:25:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2008-jan-21/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Variety's Justin Chang on The Great Buck Howard: &#34;A smoothly turned-out entertainment centered around an Amazing Kreskin-style mentalist comes down with an unfortunate case of the warm-and-fuzzies in The Great Buck Howard. Behind-the-curtains comedy reps an amusing showcase for John Malkovich's diva-like theatrics in the title role, but writer-director Sean McGinly's decision to frame the story as a relationship movie, as Buck's impressionable young assistant [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/roman-polanski-eduardo-noriega-gay-zombies/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Roman Polanski, Leonardo DiCaprio, Dumb Journalists: Cannes 2007</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/cannes-2007-polanski-dicaprio-and-dumb-journalists/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/cannes-2007-polanski-dicaprio-and-dumb-journalists/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 23:36:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/cannes-2007-polanski-dicaprio-and-dumb-journalists/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Liam Lacey's &#34;Cranky Polanski a centre of attention&#34; at the Toronto Globe and Mail: &#34;[Roman] Polanski's tantrum [in reaction to journalists asking stupid questions] was the big awkward moment at an event [a q&#38;a with about thirty directors who contributed to the omnibus film Chacun son cinéma / To Each His Own Cinema] that was otherwise a graceful tribute to international cinema. Among the participants [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/cannes-2007-polanski-dicaprio-and-dumb-journalists/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar Answers #3, 4, 5</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-answers-3-4-5/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-answers-3-4-5/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:48:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17345</guid> <description><![CDATA[Oscar Answer No. 3 John Huston (right), from Moulin Rouge (1952) to Prizzi's Honor (1985), a total of 33 years. In 1952, Huston lost the Oscar to John Ford for The Quiet Man, and in 1985 to Sydney Pollack for Out of Africa. Huston, however, did win for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). Roman Polanski comes in second, from Tess (1980) to The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-answers-3-4-5/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
