Author: Jill Rose

5 September, 2006 By Ray Bennett Source: Hollywoodreporter.com VENICE, Italy — Paul Verhoeven’s World War II drama “Black Book” is an ambitious throwback to the days of rousing all-action wartime pictures in which an intrepid loner risks everything to fight a clearly defined enemy. It succeeds on almost all fronts. The epic film is a […]

17 January, 2006 By Staff Reporter Source: bbc.com …Felicity Huffman, best known for Desperate Housewives, won best dramatic film actress for Transamerica. Huffman, who plays a transsexual, said she saluted “the men and women who brave ostracism, alienation and a life lived on the margins to become who they really are”. The Globes are seen […]

17 January, 2006 By Gregg Kilday Source: HollywoodReporter.com …Best dramatic acting honors went to the Huffman/Hoffman juggernaut, as Felicity Huffman was named best dramatic actress for embodying a man in the process of becoming a woman in “Transamerica” and Philip Seymour Hoffman was named best actor for playing Truman Capote in “Capote.” Cheered on by […]

31 January, 2006 Brokeback Mountain is leading the field with eight nominations at the 78th Academy Awards, including best film. Ang Lee won a best director nomination for the cowboy romance – building on his Golden Globe success, while its star Heath Ledger is up for best actor. Fellow best film nominees are Good Night, […]

4 July, 2006 By Kirill Galetski Source: Screen Daily Swede’s first feature wins top prize at Moscow Film Festival   Kirill Galetski in Moscow 04 July 2006  The 28th Moscow International Film Festival recovered from the debacle of Michael Haneke’s eleventh-hour refusal to chair the main jury, finishing with a surprise best picture winner. The […]

26 June, 2007 By John Hazelton in Los Angeles Source: Screen Daily Set in war-torn Eastern Europe, Outpost follows a band of mercenaries who undertake a dangerous mission at the behest of a mysterious businessman. The multi-national cast includes Ray Stevenson (Rome), Julian Wadham (The Madness of King George) and Richard Brake (Batman Begins). Steve […]

26 July, 2007 By Sheri Jennings in Rome Source: Screen Daily OPENING FILM Atonement (Joe Wright, US-UK) COMPETITION The Darjeeling Limited (Wes Anderson, US) Sleuth (Kenneth Branagh, UK-US) Heya Fawda (Youssef Chahine, Egypt) Redacted (Brian De Palma, US) The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, US) Nessuana Qualita Agli Eroi […]

1 October, 2007 By By ADAM DAWTREY LONDONSource: Variety ContentFilm Intl. has picked up international rights to “Steep,” a documentary about big mountain skiing, written and directed by Mark Obenhaus, which Sony Pictures Classics will release in North America. The film had its world premiere at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, and also screened at […]

6 December, 2007 By Jeremy Kay in Los Angeles Source: Variety.com The partners plan a late spring 2008 release on the film, which recounts Trumbo’s eventful life through his letters and is based on his son Christopher’s stage play. Trumbo earned his first Oscar nomination in 1941 for Kitty Foyle: The Natural History Of A […]