Fatih Akin’s ‘Soul Kitchen’ Trailer
After Head-On and Edge of Heaven, Fatih Akin is easily one of my favorite working directors. His next film is more of a departure, an uplifting comedy about...
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Abbas Kiarostami’s ‘Certified Copy’ Trailer Starring Juliette Binoche
One of the few big Cannes hits this year was Abbas Kiarostami's Certified Copy. The drama stars Juliette Binoche (who won the best actress award at Cannes) ...
Paramount and Michael Bay Team For Low-Budget Alien Invasion Project
For those that want to break into the industry, start PA'ing. Bobby Glickert did just very that on Michael Bay's first Transformers film. Now, after recentl...
Toronto International Film Festival Announces Over 50 Premieres
The Toronto International Film Festival will be celebrating its 35th year this September and it has announced today the first batch of big premieres. Some highlights include Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan, Robert Redford's The Conspirator, John Madden's The Debt [..]...
‘Priest’ Trailer Religiously Fun
For a smaller budget B-movie Legion delivered a good amount of laughs and action. Now Scott Stewart is back with Priest, a Tokyopop adaptation of Hyung Min-...
Rihanna Will Sink Peter Berg’s ‘Battleship’
Pop star Rihanna has joined Alexander Skarsgard and Taylor Kitsch in Peter Berg's Battleship for her feature film debut, Variety reports. (more…)...
Sam Worthington ‘On The Ledge’ For Asger Leth
It was a shame when Danish director Asger Leth's first studio feature fell apart just five weeks before production this year. Cartel was an action thriller ...
Zack Snyder’s ‘Sucker Punch’ Teaser Trailer + Screencaps
Footage was shown at Comic-Con this past weekend to excellent response (check out our write-up) and now Apple has the premiere of Watchmen and 300 director Zack Snyder's Sucker Punch teaser trailer. ...
Mark Romanek’s ‘Never Let Me Go’ Poster
Fox Searchlight has premiered the first poster for One Hour Photo director Mark Romanek's upcoming drama Never Let Me Go. One of the first big Oscar contend...
Terry Gilliam Directing Arcade Fire MSG Concert Streaming Live On YouTube
Win Butler got the director of his favorite film (Brazil) to direct his very own concert. Famous documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker did it earlier this year with The National, now Terry Gilliam has his turn. ...
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