Award-winning Iraq War-themed drama gets US distribution + veteran Oscar winner has been hospitalized + Antarctica is getting its very first movie theater.
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An animated Pixar hit, a costly motion-capture fantasy and an ‘end of the world’ disaster flick are among eligible entries for next year’s Academy Awards.
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Potential Oscar contenders include weeping camel, Howard Zinn and slain Civil Rights activist. But polemical Iraq War features have been thoroughly bypassed.
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Foreign Language Film Oscar get entries from 49 countries, but 2 internationally acclaimed Gael García Bernal movies have ended up as Academy Award orphans.
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Iraq War documentary co-directed by David O. Russell has landed U.S. distribution despite Warner Bros. turndown due to ‘political propaganda’ fears.
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War-related movies were the clear favorites at the San Sebastian Film Festival, where Lifetime Achievement honors went to Woody Allen and Annette Bening.
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A trio of French film stars are among the celebrities offering support for hostages being held in Iraq + an Iranian director has been hospitalized after Moral Police arrest.
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The new Claude Lelouch film is a critical and box office bomb. The director is resorting to radical measures, but fellow veteran Philippe de Broca thinks that’s a bad idea.
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Venice Festival: The Golden Lion victory of Mike Leigh’s abortion drama at the snafu-plagued Biennale has angered Italian nativists rooting for local father-son tale.
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This year’s Toronto Fest has had its share of controversies, including those surrounding documentaries about animal abuse and White House contender John Kerry.
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The Adolf Hitler movie debate revolves around the question of whether the most hated modern political leader should be portrayed as a complex human being.
The 9 quotes include Pedro Almodóvar vs the Catholic Church’s anti-gay stance and Gael García Bernal revealing his ‘inner transvestite.’
Is Titanic and The Aviator star Leonardo DiCaprio going to play a 1930s gangster or an FBI agent in Michael Mann’s planned crime drama?
Mel Gibson’s contentious Jesus movie The Passion of the Christ has become a top DVD seller in the U.S. Jim Caviezel and Monica Bellucci star.
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