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Venice Days' Spotlight on Female Filmmakers: 'Womens Tales' in Conversation with Nair, Bier & Cavani

Festivals

The Venice International Film Festival's Venice Days kicks off its ninth edition with "Women's Tales," featuring four short films by young female directors: Zoe Cassavetes, Lucrecia Martel, Giada Colagrande and Massy Tadjedin.

By Sophia Savage
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August 28, 2012 12:58 PM
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Casting Watch: Portman's 'Got a Gun' for Fassbender, Farmiga's 'Psycho' Prequel at A&E, Nielson & Bell Join Trier's Nymphos

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While it would seem impossible for the actor to physically accomplish all the roles on his slate, Michael Fassbender is in negotiations to join Natalie Portman in Lynne Ramsay's "Jane Got a Gun." Portman is producing the western and will star as a woman whose outlaw husband is being chased by criminal confederates...

By Sophia Savage
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August 28, 2012 12:55 PM
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'Perched as Spirits, Not Beasts' in Another Trailer for Anderson's 'The Master'

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Another trailer for PT Anderson's "The Master" has landed, possibly the last to be released by the Weinstein Co. before the film's bow at the Venice and Toronto festivals and its limited theatrical opening September 14. The expertly paced release of...

By Sophia Savage
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August 28, 2012 9:17 AM
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Moving on from 'House of Cards,' Will Fincher Return to Salander and Play 'with Fire'?

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David Fincher's upcoming film slate has been shifting over the last week, and some are speculating that it may be moving in the direction of Lisbeth Salander. Not so fast, guys. With news that the director broke up with Egyptian beauty "Cleopatra," starring Angelina Jolie, and with Sony's confirmation that "The Girl Who Played with Fire" would not be a 2013 release (the kernel is that the sequel is in the works at all), eyes are on Fincher to return for the sequel.

By Anne Thompson and Beth Hanna
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August 27, 2012 4:28 PM
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YouTube's Original Content Sinks or Swims: Underperforming Channels Get Cut as YouTube Looks for More Winners

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YouTube is reportedly abandoning some of its less successful original content channels, while simultaneously launching new channels that fall in line with the company's content initiative. What establishes the criteria for a losing channel vs. a winning channel? Logged viewership time, and total number of views.

By Beth Hanna
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August 27, 2012 4:28 PM
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Annenberg Foundation Awards Sundance Institute $1 Million Grant

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The Sundance Institute has been awarded a $1 million, three-year grant from the Annenberg Foundation, which will provide support for the Institute's year-round creative and tactical programs for independent film artists. The Annenberg's past support of the Institute, the Film Fellows Program from 2004-2011, helped support projects such as Sean Durkin's "Martha Marcy May Marlene," Dee Rees' "Pariah" and Behn Zeitlin's "Beasts of the Southern Wild."

By Beth Hanna
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August 27, 2012 4:11 PM
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New Film Fest Spot Opens as Olivier Pere Leaves Locarno for Arte France Cinema

Festivals

The game of musical chairs on the global film festival circuit continues as Olivier Père leaves his role as artistic director at the Festival del film Locarno after three years. He's moving on to become the General Director of Arte France Cinema. This means he is no longer a candidate for the New York Film Festival, which at the end of 2012 loses director Richard Pena after 25 years. The Film Society of Lincoln Center is searching for his replacement.

By Anne Thompson
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August 27, 2012 4:01 PM
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TIFF Watch: Cohen Media and Focus World Pick Up Doueiri's 'The Attack'

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Cohen Media Group and Focus World are joining forces for the North American 2013 release of Ziad Doueiri's "The Attack," a drama-thriller following an Arab surgeon who uncovers a shocking secret about his late wife, a victim of a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv. The film will be a special presentation at Toronto in September.

By Beth Hanna
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August 27, 2012 3:41 PM
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Quentin Tarantino and Richard Kelly Talk Tony Scott at Double Feature of 'True Romance' and 'Domino'

Interviews

Quentin Tarantino took time from editing "Django Unchained" Friday night to pay tribute to mentor Tony Scott at a double feature screening of "True Romance" and "Domino" arranged by Backstory's Jeff Goldsmith at the LA Film School in Hollywood. "Domino" writer Richard Kelly joined the Q & A between the two 35 mm unspoolings.

By Anne Thompson
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August 27, 2012 12:49 PM
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Trailers from Hell: John Landis Meets Groucho, Harpo & Chico 'At the Circus'

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"Groucho, Woody and... Chevy?" week kicks off at Trailers from Hell, with director John Landis introducing the Marx brothers' "At the Circus," featuring Groucho's iconic song, "Lydia the Tatooed Lady."