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A Film Within a Film
9/2/2010 3:21:03 PM
The Portuguese director Miguel Gomes and a producer sit at a table discussing the characters Mr. Gomes has written, but not cast, for “Our Beloved Month of August,” the film they are making and in which, at the moment, they are playing themselves.
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Camden International Film Festival Announces Full Schedule
9/2/2010 2:25:38 PM
Boston - Camden, Maine – The Camden International Film Festival has announced its full slate of films for the 2010 program, presenting 46 films representing the highest standards in documentary filmmaking from around the world.
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Apple and TV networks clash over 99 cent rentals
9/2/2010 11:16:43 AM
Reuters - Apple Inc introduced a new version of Apple TV on Wednesday with shows from just two networks, underscoring its struggles to win over a media industry worried about losing control over the pricing of its programs.
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Film based on Japanese novel debuts in Venice
9/2/2010 5:37:47 AM
Vietnamese-French director Tran Anh Hung crossed cultural and linguistic borders to direct his latest film, "Norwegian Wood," based on the cult coming-of-age Japanese novel.
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Fest brings home film, TV, theater
9/2/2010 4:23:50 AM
The fifth-annual TriMedia Film Festival will feature a lineup of more than 75 independent short and feature films, documentaries, original theater performances and television specials and pilots.
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Apple TV a first step for more ambitious plans?
9/2/2010 4:10:19 AM
Reuters - Critics hoping for more from Apple Inc's Web-to-TV plans -- a device, say, that would revolutionize living room entertainment the way the iPad changed tablet computing -- may just need to wait a bit longer.
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Film, live music by Califone a perfect fit
9/1/2010 9:25:19 PM
Director Tim Rutili stressed that -- like all art -- the meaning of his feature-length film debut, "All My Friends Are Funeral Singers," should be left open to the imagination of the viewer. The independent film had its area premiere on Saturday night, screened under the stars as part of MASS MoCA's popular "Film with Live Music" series of performances. The live sound track to the movie ...
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Picturesque falls transformed into movie set
9/1/2010 2:11:21 PM
Members of an independent film crew relax on the rocky outcropping above Fawn’s Leap in Tannersville. They were filming a scene for an upcoming feature that has been primarily shot in Sullivan County. The producers, who did not reveal the film’s title, chose Greene County to take advantage of the picturesque falls along the Kaaterskill Creek situated in the Palenville Clove. A staffer said the ...
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Itron and Cisco to develop networking platform for grids
9/1/2010 12:34:50 PM
Reuters - Cisco said it would join hands with power meter maker Itron Inc to develop a communication platform for smart grids, in a move seen as the networking giant's first investment in this lucrative market.
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Former SAG negotiator Ken Orsatti dies
9/1/2010 11:37:05 AM
Ken Orsatti, who as SAG's chief negotiator with the studios for almost two decades led members to record-setting earnings and a dramatic expansion of the union's contracts, died Aug. 31 of pulmonary disease at West Hills hospital in West Hills, Calif. He was 78.
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Nomadic Tendencies Film Festival highlights about 140 independent works
9/1/2010 10:11:56 AM
Steve Persall, Times Film Critic Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Nomadic Tendencies Film Festival — This 10-day collection of exceedingly independent films lives up to its name. An off-shoot of the Strasbourg International Film Festival, Nomadic Tendencies has bounced around Tampa Bay theaters for months drumming up interest in this final splash at six — count 'em — six Pinellas County venues. Movies ...
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Woodstock Film Festival to feature 60 premieres
9/1/2010 12:08:21 AM
THIS YEAR’S Woodstock Film Festival will have the largest number of premieres and attending filmmakers in the event’s 11-year history, Executive Director Meira Blaustein said on Tuesday.
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SAG Health Plan Increases Eligibility Minimums
8/31/2010 11:39:19 PM
Changes to the Screen Actors Guild health plan have been announced, and more are on the way. In an online notice this week, the trustees of the SAG health plan announced that they intend to raise the plan's minimum eligibility requirements.
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Picturesque falls transformed into movie set
8/31/2010 11:26:35 PM
Members of an independent film crew relax on the rocky outcropping above Fawn’s Leap in Tannersville. They were filming a scene for an upcoming feature that has been primarily shot in Sullivan County. The producers, who did not reveal the film’s title, chose Greene County to take advantage of the picturesque falls along the Kaaterskill Creek situated in the Palenville Clove. A staffer said the ...
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Wah Do Dem | Film review
8/31/2010 7:05:32 PM
In a modest American independent film, Brooklyn slacker Max goes alone to the Caribbean after he's won a holiday for two on a cruise liner and his girlfriend has jilted him. The largely middle-aged passengers are a dull crowd, the few young people around prove poor company and on a brief visit ashore in Jamaica he's robbed of all he possesses bar his shorts. He then misses his boat and is forced ...
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9/11 musical film to open Friday in New York
8/31/2010 4:20:40 PM
"Clear Blue Tuesday," a musical film about love and overcoming tragedy in New York City after attacks of September 11, 2001, opens this weekend, its producers said Tuesday.
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Icahn ups Lions Gate bid, values studio at $1 billion
8/31/2010 3:14:59 PM
Reuters - Investor Carl Icahn increased his bid to buy Lions Gate Entertainment Corp on Tuesday to $7.50 per share, valuing the company at $1 billion and sending shares up more than 12 percent.
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Tribune board sets panel to oversee bankruptcy
8/31/2010 1:44:15 PM
Reuters - Tribune Co's board has formed a special committee to oversee the media company's bankruptcy, which unraveled this month following an investigation into its 2007 leveraged buyout.
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NC film festival returns to original college home
8/31/2010 11:56:03 AM
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - A documentary film festival that will show nearly 100 films is returning to its original home in North Carolina. The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is once again part of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University in Durham.
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