Blake Edwards Movies: The Pink Panther filmmaker at his best directing not slapstick but more refined comedies and surprisingly effective serious dramas.
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Annie Awards: DreamWorks Animation vs. Pixar-Disney controversy. Have Animation Academy been giving DW movies an unfair edge?
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Filippo Timi and Giovanna Mezzogiorno in Marco Bellocchio’s Vincere. The Social Network, director David Fincher and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s retelling of the founding of Facebook, was voted the Best Film…
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The Ghost Writer Sweeps European Film Awards: Academy choice of Roman Polanski thriller inspired by accused war criminal Tony Blair a political message?
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Sean Connery in From Russia with Love. The American Cinematheque’s Egyptian Theatre will present six features (and several shorts) made in the dye-transfer Technicolor process (a.k.a. I.B. or “imbibition”), beginning…
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Hollywood Je T’Aime, directed by Jason Bushman. Writer-director Jason Bushman’s feature-film debut, Hollywood, je t’aime was recently screened at the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival. The tale of a Frenchman…
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In Emmanuel Mouret’s quietly observant Un baiser s’il vous plaît / Shall We Kiss? (literally, “A Kiss, If You Please”), which opens today in Los Angeles, a young, good-looking couple,…
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A Jacques Tati-inspired animated feature has been named the Genie Awards’ Best Film - its only win. Roy Dupuis and Pascale Bussières topped the acting categories.
Louis Delluc Prize for Violent Prison Drama + Sugar Surprise at AFI Awards while James Cameron futuristic adventure is surprising Best Picture in New York.
Jerry Lewis: Comedian gets Academy Honor + becomes enmeshed in Gay Slur and Other Controversies also involving women and people with muscular dystrophy.