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Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace May Marry for 'Child 44'

News

Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace are in negotiations for "Child 44," set up at Ridley Scott's Scott Free banner and to be directed by Daniel Espinosa. The script, penned by Richard Price from Tom Rob Smith's novel, is a thriller set in the 1950s centering on a member of the Soviet police...

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January 31, 2013 4:20 PM
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Watch: Behind-the-Scenes Look at 'Game of Thrones' Season 3

Television

This "Game of Thrones" behind-the-scenes footage shows the cool conditions the cast endured shooting Season 3...

By Sophia Savage
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January 31, 2013 4:05 PM
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Sundance: 'It Felt Like Love' Review and Roundup

Festivals

One of the much-vaunted Sundance slate of movies directed by women, "It Felt Like Love" marks yet another micro-budget hand-held look at an adolescent's coming of age. This one is well-shot in HD by director Eliza Hittman, a Cal Arts grad making her feature debut after screening her short "Untitled" at Sundance, with help from D.P. Sean Porter and rookie teen actress Gina Piersanti, who has a future.

By Anne Thompson
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January 31, 2013 3:47 PM
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Academy Celebrates Oscar Week with Special Public Events

Awards

The Academy will celebrate the week leading up to the Oscars with five public events celebrating this year's nominees. The events are as follows:

By Sophia Savage
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January 31, 2013 3:05 PM
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SXSW 2013 Announces Lineup: World Premieres of 'Short Term 12,' 'We Always Lie to Strangers'; Fest Favorites 'Upstream Color,' 'Before Midnight' and 'Don Jon's Addiction'

Festivals

The SXSW Film Festival, March 8-16, is celebrating 20 years with a slew of films honoring the meeting point of culture and creativity--among them 109 features announced below. Among the features playing the Austin, Texas fest are 69 world premieres, 14 North American premieres and five US premieres. Additional titles in the Midnighters and Short Film program will be announced February 6, along with the complete panel lineup

By Sophia Savage
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January 31, 2013 3:00 PM
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Oscar Watch: West Bank Man with '5 Broken Cameras' UPDATED

Reviews

"I film to heal," says Emad Burnat, a Palestinian filmmaker and activist living in the West Bank, towards the end of "5 Broken Cameras," the disturbing and intricately layered documentary composed predominantly of Burnat's footage, which he crafted into a film along with Israeli director Guy Davidi. To forget, Burnat says, is to allow the wounds to fester in some hidden place; it is memory—and documentation—that are necessary to experience true recovery.

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January 31, 2013 2:52 PM
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Lena Dunham Talks Success, Image Misconception, Franco, Fey and Poehler in New EW

News

In the new issue of Entertainment Weekly (on newsstands February 1), "Girls" creator and recent Golden Globe winner Lena Dunham talks her surprise meteoric rise, the misconception that she comes from a rich family, James Franco as a TV critic, Globes hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and more.

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January 31, 2013 2:32 PM
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MVPs of the Movies: Tom Hanks, Harrison Ford, Eddie Murphy and Robin Williams Top the List

Box Office

What does it take to be one of the most valuable actors of all time? 24/7 Wall St. considered this and ranked almost 700 leading actors. They found that in order to top the list, an actor needed to have starred in not just one but several high-grossing franchises

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January 31, 2013 2:22 PM
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Oscar Watch: 'The Gatekeepers' Pops the Lid Off the Israeli/Arab Conflict, Dror Moreh Q & A (VIDEO)

Interviews

Things aren't getting any easier in the Middle East. Filmmaker Dror Moreh decided to look at the Israeli/Palestine conflict from another angle. He went to the six living men who have run Shin Bet, Israel's Secret Service, from 1980 through 2011. Backed by Israel, France, Germany and Belgium, "The Gatekeepers" was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics and has been a hit on the festival circuit.

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January 31, 2013 1:57 PM
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Create and Win Your Own Ultimate Movie Party with Alamo Drafthouse's New Contest

News

Alamo Drafthouse is launching its latest contest, "Win Your Own Ultimate Movie Party," looking for patrons to submit their ideas for the most creative movie party that can be thrown at their local Drafthouse theater.