Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the The Independent Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, announced nominations for the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards this morning. Anthony Mackie and Kate Beckinsale served as presenters. Nominees for Best Feature include 50/50, Beginners, Drive, Take Shelter and The Artist. via movieweb.com
The 2011 NYFCCA winners were announced via Twitter today (@NYFCC2011) and are listed here courtesy of flavorwire.com. . New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2011: Best First Feature: Margin Call Best Nonfiction Film: Cave of Forgotten Dreams Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain, for Tree of Life, The Help, and Take Shelter Best Supporting Actor: Albert Brooks for Drive Best Actress: Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady Best Actor: Brad Pitt for Moneyball and Tree of Life Best Foreign Language Film: A Separation...
via tomwaits.com The Monster of Nix is nearing completion. The 30-minute short directed by the Dutch artist and filmmaker Rosto is about a troubled boy who fights a destructive monster who threatens the village of Nix. Waits will voice the character Virgil, a giant pitch-black swallow. >> Read more.
via youtube.com The Incident at Tower 37 is a ten-minute HD animated film, written and directed by Chris Perry and produced within the collaborative animation curriculum at Hampshire College. Tower 37 siphons every drop of water from a once-pristine lake, that is, until the station's steward realizes that it is slowly destroying an entire ecosystem. Read more about Tower 37 on the bitfilms blog
The Hobbit is happening! When it was announced last month that cameras would begin rolling on the highly anticipated two-part Lord of the Rings prequel on March 21, naturally, there was a lot of "We...
Bob Iger, Disney CEO, has said this week that the DVD market is not healthy, but also "not dead yet." Speaking to Charlie Rose, the CEO explained Disney is looking at all distribution channels but...
Client: AURI Footwear JANUARY, 2011 -- We shot 'Agent A' in 3 days in and around Beverly Hills, Malibu, and a secret underground bunker outside of Camarillo, California. It's my first fashion project...
Megamind (2010) © DreamWorks Animation/Paramount Pictures Animated Ambiguity, Featuring a Big Head By STEPHEN HOLDEN [EXCERPT] Michael Jackson’s “Bad,” blasted near the end of “Megamind,” the witty 3-D animated deconstruction of superhero movies from DreamWorks Animation, encapsulates the paradoxes of a story in which evil morphs into good and vice versa. There was always something innately silly in Jackson’s wispy-voiced, childlike affectation of macho ferocity. My first reaction to a singer whose clout...
Here is the clip, "Quorra Saves Sam." "TRON: Legacy is shaping up to be one of the biggest film releases this holiday season," writes Mashable's Christina Warren, "and Disney isn’t missing any opportunity to connect with fans online and off." Read more about Disney's concentrated push for connecting with the "TRON: Legacy" audience at mashable.com.
Cast, Film Festivals, John Alan Simon, Philip K. Dick, Publicity RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH is an indie film based a novel by Philip K. Dick (Blade Runner, Minority Report, Scanner Darkly). Writer/Director/Producer is John Alan Simon. Co-Producer is Elizabeth Karr. Fantastic Planet, Sydney - Nov 4 The film recently screened at Gotham Screen International Film Festival 2010 in New York City. Please visit the website and follow @rfamovie and @elizabethkarr on Twitter for more information. ReviewsThe American...
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