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"Pretty Persuasion" director Marcos Siega and wife Lisa Siega entering Manhattan night spot Plus following the New York premiere of his film, hosted by the Gen Art Film Festival Tuesday night in hot steamy New York. The screening, which took place at Chelsea West, had its fair share of photographers who lined up to snap pics of Evan Rachel Wood and Elisabeth Harnois, who star in the film, as well as "Entourage" star Adrian Grenier (and most likely others were there too). The party was pretty good. Nice air conditioning, good-sized crowd, but room for maneuvering, mini-burgers and Twinkies (Twinkies also star in the film), hot waitresses dressed as private school girls serving, and good music. Nice job Gen Art. Samuel Goldwyn Films and Roadside Attractions open the film Friday, August 12 in New York and Los Angeles.

Pictured Wednesday at the Grand Classics event in Manhattan, which featured a screening of Ken Loach’s 1969 film, "Kes" are Katrina Pavlos (co-founder Grand Classics), Rebecca Miller and Daniel Day Lewis (hosts of the evening), and Vanessa Wingate (co-founder of Grand Classics). Benefitting American Film Institute, Grand Classics this week sponsored by The Week, Hugo Boss, and Stoli Vodka, presents events in NY, London, and LA.
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"The Dying Gaul" director Craig Lucas had the Outfest audience rolling as he introduced his film Monday night at downtown Los Angeles' historic Orpheum Theater, saying that he's single and is "accepting applications" for a boyfriend from the stage. The huge crowd seemed to enjoy the film, sure to spark some debate among cinephiles, starring Campbell Scott, Peter Sarsgaard, and a stunning Patricia Clarkson, which will apparently be released by Strand Releasing this fall (the Strand logo running before the film indicated they must be the distributors). Afterward, the crowd fought for cocktails and some cake inside the beautiful facility. Pictured are Lucas (right) getting a little hug from one of the producers of the film, George Van Buskirk.

The premiere for Palm Pictures' "Cronicas" Tuesday night pretty much ruled. We've never really been to the Angelika Film Center in downtown Manhattan for an actual film premiere (in fact, we were talking about how we thought what a cool place it was when we first saw a movie there -- "Orlando" -- back in the day) but there it was, and maybe we have to admit we're a bit more jaded now?
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Sony Classics co-pres Michael Barker (left) and Film Society lead programmer Richard Peña (right) with Asian auteur Wong Kar Wai, Wednesday night at Lincoln Center. Film Comment hosted a special screening of WKW's latest, "2046," followed by a Q & A with the elusive director.

[Photo and text by Eugene Hernandez/indieWIRE]

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Picturehouse hosted a screening and party for the New York theatrical premiere of Don Argott's documentary, "Rock School" Wednesday night in the East Village. The doc centers on Paul Green, who runs a rock-n-roll school for kids between child-age and 17 (or thereabouts). Anyone who's ever sung in the shower imagining themselves as a rock star should see this movie! The kid with a red mohawk pictured here is the poster-child for the movie. He appeared on stage with Marky Ramone -- Yes, of the Ramones -- sporting his T-shirt that says, "My Other Ride is Your Mother." We laughed hysterically over that one. Marky Ramone played Ramones favorite, "I Want to be Sedated" with students of Paul Green's School of Rock at the after-party at CBGBs.

Campbell Scott will be honored at the 6th annual Young Friends of Film Honors on June 28 at 8 p.m. at the Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center in New York City. The gala evening will include a screening of Scott’s newest film, “The Dying Gaul,” directed by Craig Lucas. Peter Sarsgaard, Patricia Clarkson, Isabella Rossellini and Mary Louise Parker are expected to attend. For more information, go to the Film Society of Lincoln Center website.

At Oceana in Manhattan Thursday night, Sony Pictures Classics co-president Michael Barker welcomed "Kung Fu Hustle" writer/director/star Stephen Chow. The crowd-pleasing new movie will be a major release for Sony Classics, expanding to some 2,000 screens on April 22nd, with the company putting up $12 million in P & A for the release.
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On Tuesday Night at the West Bank Cafe on 42nd St. in Manhattan, Docurama, IFC and InDigEnt noshed rocket shrimp and the mini cheeseburgers, celebrating the DVD release of Eric Bogosian's "Wake Up and Smell The Coffee". Bogosian, pictured here (center) with Ellen Capon from Docurama and the film's director Michael Rauch, performed for about an hour at the event.
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Filmmaker Ondi Timoner (right), pictured here with Joel Gion (formerly of The Brian Jonestown Massacre), toasts the opening of her new doc "DIG!" at Monday night's party at 6's & 8's on Chrystie St. on Manhattan's Lower East Side. The film, winner of the Documentary Grand Jury Prize at Sundance this year, hits theaters tomorrow and we'll have a profile of Ondi in Monday's edition of indieWIRE.
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Last night at the Angelika Film Center in New York, Sundance Channel toasted Curtiss Clayton's "Rick," opening in NYC tonight and debuting on a Sundance Channel Home Entertainment DVD on November 9th. Pictured (left to right) are:
Mike Haney, Vice President of Sundance Channel Home Entertainment, the film's Dylan Baker, director Curtiss Clayton, and the film's Bill Pullman.
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