
FESTIVALS
- San Francisco International Film Festival 54 Opening Night: Beginners, With a Late McGregor.
- Cannes Goes Bollywood with Musical Compilation The Greatest Love Story Ever Told.
- Cannes Adds Fortnight, Shorts, Critics Week Lineups, More Films Directed by Women.
- Pedro Almodovar’s The Skin I Live In: Horror Thriller Images Before Cannes Premiere.
TV/EMMYS
- Truth vs. Fiction in HBO’s Drama Cinema Verite; Diane Lane, Alan Raymond, Kevin Loud Talk.
- Emmy Watch: Last Chance To Board Friday Night Lights Fifth Final Season.
Video Review Shows Go Young: Ebert Presents and ComingSoon’s FilmPulse
TV Review: http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/2011/04/21/tv_review_upstairs_downstairs_redux/">Upstairs, Downstairs Redux.
BOX OFFICE & PRODUCTION
- Jeremy Renner Offered Lead in Tony Gilroy’s Bourne Continuation: Not as Bourne, Folks.
- Gordon-Levitt, Cotillard Confirmed for The Dark Knight Rises.
- The Great Gatsby Cast So Far: DiCaprio, Maguire, Mulligan Confirmed, Afflect Out, Fisher In.
- Summer Preview: X-Men: First Class Boasts Stellar Cast; Photo Gallery.
- EXCLUSIVE Clip: Werner Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams in 3-D.
- Red Flag Acquires AIDS Doc We Were Here for September Release in North America.
- Mark Cuban Puts Landmark Theaters, Magnolia on the Block.
- Director Craig Gillespie Talks Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: “Strong Female Characters, Action, Witty, Gothic”.
- X-Men: First Class: A Critique of Lawrence’s Mystique; New International Trailer.
INTERVIEWS
- Meek’s Cutoff: Professor Kelly Reichardt’s Filmmaking 101 Primer.
TIM HETHERINGTON
- Restrepo Documentarian Tim Hetherington Confirmed Killed in Libya; Honoring Tim Hetherington & Chris Hondros: Their Work, Coverage, Restrepo Clips; Sebastian Junger’s Tribute to Tim Hetherington, Video Diary.
PLUS
- A Curation of Nicolas Cage Debacles, Difficulties & Dinosaur Skulls.
- Pulitzer Prizes Go To Jennifer Egan, Bruce Norris, Eric Foner, Ron Chernow, Kay Ryan.
- Tina Fey Bossypants Excerpts: The Mother’s Prayer for Its Daughter.
- Legend Watch: Onassis Biopic, Bridges Wisdom & Music, Hoffman’s HBO Luck.
- Time 100 for 2011: Colfer, Damon, Hastings, Zuckerberg, Poehler, Oprah, Wahlberg, Rudin, Lively.
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