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Immersed in Movies: VFX Vet Dean Wright Talks Directing Mexico Period Drama 'For Greater Glory'

Features

Dean Wright is the latest VFXer to cross over into directing with "For Greater Glory" (opening tomorrow in limited release), following in the footsteps of James Cameron, Peter Jackson, and Andrew Adamson...

By Bill Desowitz
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May 31, 2012 7:32 PM
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Robert Iger Picks Ex-Warners Chief Alan Horn to Run Disney Studio; Sharp Choice

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This time Disney got it right. In the wake of Disney chairman Bob Iger's failed experiment in promoting from within, placing at the studio helm Disney Channel exec Rich Ross, who faced a learning curve in motion pictures and took the fall for $200-million write-off "John Carter," Iger has put ex-Warner Bros. president Alan Horn in charge.

By Anne Thompson
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May 31, 2012 6:32 PM
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Review & Round-Up: 'Snow White and The Huntsman' Wants To Be Everything It's Not

Reviews

"Snow White and the Huntsman" made a brave choice with first-time feature director Rupert Sanders, and the result is a muddled riff that wants to be "Lord of the Rings," "Braveheart," Robin Hood," "Willow" and "Alice in Wonderland" all at once. Universal beat the fairytale-revival ‪piñata‬ and this is what came out...

By Sophia Savage
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May 31, 2012 4:15 PM
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Trailer Watch: 'Bourne Legacy' Plot Thickens with Renner as Aaron Cross

Video

You hear Jason Bourne's name a lot in the new trailer for "The Bourne Legacy," but make no mistake, "Bourne" was just the beginning and Aaron Cross -- our man Jeremy Renner -- is also an emotionally unavailable badass assassin.

By Sophia Savage
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May 31, 2012 2:29 PM
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Sundance Selects Picks Up Mulloy's Cuban-Set Tribeca Winner 'Una Noche'

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Lucy Mulloy's "Una Noche" has gone to Sundance Selects for North American distribution. The film debuted at Berlin, then Tribeca where it won Best New Narrative Director, Best Cinematography in a Narrative Feature and Best Actor in a Narrative Feature for stars Dariel Arrechada and Javier Nuñez Florian. The film follows three Cuban teens (Anailin de la Rua de la Torre also stars) over the course of a day, highlighting the contrast between their poverty-stricken lives and tourists who visit.

By Sophia Savage
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May 31, 2012 2:28 PM
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Actors' Emmy Race Competition Stiffen: Lead & Supporting Categories Combined

Awards

The primetime Emmy Awards have amended their longform acting category to combine both lead and supporting performances into one category. Instead of five nominations each for both lead and supporting roles in the actors' and actress' competitions, a total of six men and six women will be singled out for their work in a TV miniseries. This change will not effect this year's contenders, but will go into effect in 2013.

By Sophia Savage
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May 31, 2012 1:46 PM
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DreamWorks Pares Exec Ranks, Makes Sourian Producer, Bario Single Production Chief

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As DreamWorks Studios streamlines into a smaller entity, it has no room for two top-level expensive production presidents. Thus the Reliance-backed company, which is run by Steven Spielberg and Stacy Snider, and distributes through Disney, has given Mark Sourian a first-look production deal.

By Anne Thompson
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May 30, 2012 7:13 PM
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Columbia Film Festival Comes to Los Angeles with Grad Shorts

Festivals

The Columbia University School of the Arts Film Program is taking its show on the road and bringing its film festival to Los Angeles. The LA version will feature industry networking events, panels, parties, and screenings of the graduate film program’s student work.

By Maggie Lange
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May 30, 2012 6:36 PM
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100 Ideas That Changed Film: Magic Lanterns to Feminist Film Theory

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One of our favorite internet diversions Brain Pickings published a post on the 100 ideas that changed film - from slapstick humor (#21), queer cinema (#97), censorship (#48), to the kinetoscope (#3). The post is derived from film reviewer David Parkinson's book 100 Ideas That Changed Cinema.