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Ventana Sur to Bow Blood Window

Leo Barraclough — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:46:17 +0000

Pushing a growing export asset for the region, Ventana Sur, Latin America’s biggest film market, will add a genre pic mart, Blood Window, to its 5th edition, which unspools in Buenos Aires Dec.3-6. Co-organized by Argentina’s Incaa film institute and the Cannes Film Market, Ventana Sur already hosts screenings and a trade fare for all... Read more »

Cannes Film Review: ‘All Is Lost’

Justin Chang — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:30:18 +0000

J.C. Chandor avoids the sophomore slump with an impressively spare, nearly dialogue-free stranded-at-sea drama starring a superb Robert Redford.

Review: “Does Someone Have to Go?”

Brian Lowry — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:00:51 +0000

Despite its popularity in basic-cable environs from Bravo to Spike, the business-makeover genre has a mixed track record on broadcast networks. Fox seeks to bring its reality brand to the format by framing its latest summer fill-in “Does Someone Have to Go?” as an ostensibly relatable speculative proposition: If given the chance to ax someone... Read more »

Liberace, Phil Spector: HBO’s Poor Little Rich Men

Brian Lowry — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:00:21 +0000

Two recent high-profile HBO movies, “Phil Spector” and now the Liberace tell-all “Behind the Candelabra,” each touch upon a theme that should possess special resonance around Hollywood – namely, an aging man who can’t trust hangers-on to love him for himself, as opposed to his money and power. Admittedly, the protagonists in the two films... Read more »

Tonys Booked on CBS Through 2018

Jon Weisman — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:00:06 +0000

The Tonys will remain with the network that has broadcast them for the past 35 years.

Samsung Pacts with Vice’s Motherboard for $1 Mil CGI Sci-Fi Short

Todd Spangler — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:36:12 +0000

Samsung’s mobile division will front a $1 million production budget for a CGI short film under a deal with Vice Media’s Motherboard tech-culture website, based on a winning sci-fi story entry picked by helmer Neill Blomkamp. The catch: Storyline of the 8-to-10-minute pic must in some way incorporate a feature of Samsung’s Galaxy S4 smartphone.... Read more »

‘House of Cards’ Previews Awards Mettle with Critics’ Choice Noms

Jon Weisman — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:00:14 +0000

Overall, HBO led the CCTAs with 21 nominations, followed by FX with 19

Cannes Film Review: ‘Only God Forgives’

Peter Debruge — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:07:06 +0000

Kristin Scott Thomas easily upstages Ryan Gosling's near-catatonic turn in this reunion of "Drive" director and star.

Cannes: Music Box Nabs U.S. Rights to ‘Oh Boy’

Leo Barraclough — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:22:17 +0000

Music Box has acquired U.S. rights to German art-house hit “Oh Boy,” which is being handled in international markets by Beta Cinema. Jan Ole Gerster’s Berlin-set slacker dramedy has been one of the biggest local hits in Germany this year, grossing more than $2 million. It was the big winner at the German Academy Awards, receiving... Read more »

Cannes: Pathe Closes Further Sales for ‘Mandela’

Leo Barraclough — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:14:21 +0000

Pathe International and Distant Horizon have closed further sales on “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,” which The Weinstein Company will release in North America. Justin Chadwick’s film, starring Idris Elba and Naomie Harris, has been sold to the U.K. (Pathe), France (Pathe), Germany (Senator), Australia (Village Roadshow), Scandinavia (Scanbox), Benelux (Paradiso), Brazil (Vinny Films), Hong... Read more »