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Groth Stays On At CineVegas; Plante Named Director of Programming
Trevor Groth will stay on at CineVegas as Artistic Director, while Mike Plante has been named Director of Programming at the festival, which opens this week. There was some question as to Groth’s...
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“No Impact Man” Consumes U.S. Rights
U.S. rights Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein’s documentary “No Impact Man” has been picked up by Oscilloscope Laboratories. The film, which had its world debut this year at the Sundance Film Festival,...
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“The Drummer” Beats to Film Movement
North American rights to Kenneth Bi’s “The Drummer” have been acquired by Film Movement. The Mandarin and Cantonese language film stars Jackie Chan’s son Jaycee and is about a rebellious young man...
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315 Shorts Set For Palm Springs Fest
The 2009 Palm Springs International ShortFest announced its roster of 315 films, selected from more than 2,500 worldwide entries. Now in its 15th year, ShortFest will showcase 76 World Premieres, 43...
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Sundance Lab Focuses On Middle East; Post-Soviet Society
Sundance Institute announced the selection of 12 Documentary Film Fellows representing six projects to participate in the 6th Documentary Film Edit and Story Laboratory, set to run June 21 – 28 in...
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Hula-palooza! Docs Take Center Stage at 10th Maui Film Festival
Two docs will open the 10th Maui Film Festival taking place June 17 – 21. Director Dana Brown’s “Highwater” will open at the fest’s open air Celestial Cinema, a doc showcasing the 2005 Vans Triple...
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Blaxploitation Meets Art-House: “Modus Operandi” Director Frankie Latina
Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of interviews with directors whose films are screening at the 2009 CineVegas Film Festival. “Modus Operandi” (USA, 2009) World Premiere Director: Frankie Latina...
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Owning His Film: “Easier with Practice” Director Kyle Patrick Alvarez
Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of interviews with directors whose films are screening at the 2009 CineVegas Film Festival. “Easier with Practice” (USA, 2009) Director: Kyle Patrick Alvarez...
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Low Key Sci-Fi: “Moon” Nails Genre’s Appeal
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was originally published as a “snapshot review” as part of indieWIRE’s coverage of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Sam Rockwell gets a chance to showcase his broad performative...
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Tim Burton Heads To MoMA For Five-Month Exhibition
The Museum of Modern Art will present a major exhibition exploring the full scale of filmmaker Tim Burton’s career, both as a director and concept artist for live-action and animated films, and as an...
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I Love Moon Sex With Tetro, Inc: This Weekend at the Movies
With Hollywood offering a particularly weak duo – Tony Scott’s mildly received remake of “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3” and the new addition to Eddie Murphy’s “what if?” family comedy resume – this...
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Newfest Goes “Pop Star” with Youth and Gender-bender Winners
Jan Kruger’s “Light Gradient” and Kimberly Reed’s “Prodigal Sons” were among the top jury winners Thursday night in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood, concluding the 2009 Newfest, New York LGBT Film...
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Jody & Ben Do “Vegas”
Jody Hill (right) and Ben Steinbauer at the opening night party for CineVegas following the screening of “St. John of Las Vegas.” Jody Hill is the director of “Observe and Report,” and is attending the...
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Watching Human Rights
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival Director John Biaggi (second from right) congratulates “The Reckoning” filmmakers before their sold-out opening night screening, (l-r) producer Paco de...
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Doc Filmmaking Pioneer Allan King Dies at 79
The Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) has reported the very sad news that pioneering cinéma vérité filmmaker Allan King has passed away in Toronto after a battle with brain cancer. “Allan was simply...
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“Summer” Set To Start Off Locarno
It has been announced that Marc Webb’s “(500) Days of Summer” will open the 62nd Locarno Film Festival. The film will screen on Wednesday August 5th, 2009 on the Piazza Grande in the small Swiss city....
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The Official Launch
Hi everyone and welcome to the Film Method website! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy your stay. This is a project that has taken many months to put together and I am very pleased with the...
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Comic Con Part One
July 25, 2009 Comic Con 2009 Part 1 As I sit in line at 7:00am waiting for the Lost panel, I realize that I have ample time to reflect on the past 2 days at Comic Con. Lost is why I’m here, but I’ve...
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Tales from the Con: Lost Part One
July 28, 2009 This past weekend I attended the Comic Con convention for the first time in many years. I’ve decided to devote blog space on the Film Method site to this incredible Con as a special...
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Tales from the Con: Lost Part Two
July 29, 2009 (continued) The lights dimmed and the famed image of the Lost horizon came up on the projector screen. Slowly all the Season 6 Lost characters faded onto the screen leaving a hole in the...
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