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Trailer For Short Film "Paris Peripherique"

By Sergio
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September 7, 2011 4:28 AM
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Paris Peripherique is a new short film which made its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner this year and will make it's U.S. premiere at the Harlem International Film Festival starting today through September 11

By Sergio
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September 7, 2011 3:50 AM
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In case you haven't heard of the 2007 documentary America The Beautiful, conceived and directed by filmmaker Darryl Roberts , it just happens that it's one of the most financially successful, self distributed documentaries in recent years.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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September 7, 2011 2:16 AM
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Morocco has selected actor/director Roschdy Zem's drama/thriller Omar m'a tuer (aka Omar Killed Me) as its entry for consideration in the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar category.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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September 7, 2011 2:15 AM
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Word on the street (from articles I read on both Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter) this morning are that, thanks to it explicit depictions of the symptoms of sexual addiction - including "male and female full-frontal nudity, graphic depictions of straight/gay/threeway sex, masturbation, urination and a gruesome suicide attempt," as THR puts it, Steve McQueen's sophomore feature directorial effort Shame, which stars Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan and Nicole Beharie, is guaranteed an "NC-17" rating here in the USA.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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September 7, 2011 1:56 AM
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This time it's on the new CBS medical drama series (yes, another one of those) titled A Gifted Man. Although he won't be the series' star; rather Mr Eriq La Salle will take on a recurring role as a neuropsychiatrist.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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September 6, 2011 12:21 PM
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We totally missed this one in our highlighting of titles screening at the Toronto International Film Festival as well as the Venice Film Festival (it's at both festivals); one of a handful of films that explore some angle of the African immigrant's experience in Europe, to put it broadly. And if the below clip (the film's opening sequence), along with the film's synopsis are of any indication, this is one that's primed for controversy.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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September 6, 2011 11:22 AM
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Speaking with MTV this past weekend at Rock The Bells... (aka Yasiin):

By Vanessa Martinez
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September 6, 2011 11:21 AM
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Premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11th, Lucky, is a South African film written and directed by Avie Luthra. The drama centers about a 10-year old AIDS orphan boy named Lucky who leaves his Zulu Village after losing his mother, and finds refuge with an elderly Indian woman.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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September 6, 2011 10:39 AM
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Last update on this flick was in May; at the time, there wasn't a slotted release date for it. Now there is... at least for those in the USA and the UK.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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September 6, 2011 9:56 AM
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Recall my post from mid-August on Chris Tucker's frustrations with the industry, given the lack of *interesting* roles being offered to him which he used to explain his absence from theater screens since 2007...

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