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The Gotham Award winners are as follows: Birdman (Best Feature), Citizenfour (Best Doc), A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night‘s Ana Lily Amirpour (Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award), Michael Keaton for Birdman (Best Actor), Julianne Moore for Still Alice (Best Actress), Tessa Thompson for Dear White People (Breakthrough Actor).
Guillermo del Toro speaks out about the censorship of Ken Russell‘s controversial The Devils (via THR):
“There are powers that be at Warner Bros. that refuse to allow the movie to be seen. The movie has been seen very little. It can only be shown in its entirety in England if it’s booked as an educational experience. It’s not an accident. It’s not because of lack of demand. It’s a true act of censorship. It’s extremely blatant.”
Following the events in Ferguson, Amy Berg and Nate Parker have launched a crowdfunding campaign on a documentary surrounding the black male crisis.
Watch a rare trailer for 2001: A Space Odyssey featuring test footage from Douglas Trumbull:
The Berlin International Film Festival has revealed the ten titles that will make up its homage to Wim Wenders, Screen Daily reports.
Wong Kar-wai wants to work with Bollywood stars (via THR):
“I think there is loads of talent in Bollywood and I am a big fan of Bollywood films. Bollywood films are full of fun. If time allows me or if any projects are there I would like to work with people like Shah Rukh Khan or Aamir Khan. I feel working with them would be very nice.”
The history of French cinema, courtesy of Shortlist:
