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23 August, 2006 By Robbert Blokland in AmsterdamSource: ScreenDaily.com The film will have its world premiere Sept 1 at the 63rd Venice Film Festival, where it is screening in competition. The $21.8m (€17m) wartime thriller is the most expensive predominantly Dutch-language production ever made and tells the story of a Jewish girl (Dutch actress Carice […]

1 September, 2006 By Roderick Conway Morris Source: International Herald Tribune Dame Helen Mirren has described her role as Elizabeth II in Stephen Frears’s “The Queen” as “the most frightening, intimidating” that she has ever played. Although dealing with events that took place nearly a decade ago, this absorbing, funny and sometimes moving film delivers […]

16 March, 2006 The Tribeca Film Festival announces the feature selections for the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival presented by American Express in its Spotlight and Discovery sections, along with several other New York-made titles being screened out of competition in the NY Specials section. These three categories encompass 60 works in a vibrant mix of […]

17 March, 2006 By Manohla Dargis Source: Nytimes.com Glibly funny and eager to please, the film version of Christopher Buckley’s novel “Thank You for Smoking” is not unlike the down-and-dirty habit of its title. Like cigarettes, this wisp of a film from the newcomer Jason Reitman won’t do much for your brain cells, but it […]

10 November, 2006 And it’s not for nothing that HEAVY has garnered more international headlines than Britney Spears’ love child to Pope Benedict XVI, or the 110 year old Masai warrior who took up hip-hop and six months later opened P.Diddy’s ‘Bling and you Miss’ Tour kicking off in Miami. Ok, ok so maybe it […]

21 September, 2006 Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North America, Australia/New Zealand and India film rights to famed director Paul Verhoeven’s “Black Book,” which is also the Dutch entry for the 2006 Academy Awards.  The film received Netherlands’s “Golden Film Award” (given to Dutch films with more than 100,000 visitors opening weekend) after its first […]

20 May, 2006 By By IAN MOHR Source: Variety.com Pic made its world preem at the Tribeca film fest in Gotham, and is screening here. Brock’s semi-autobiographical British comedy-drama toplines Julie Walters, Rupert Grint and Laura Linney. Pic follows a struggling young poet who accepts a summer job with a former star of stage and […]

13 February, 2006 By Adam Dawtrey Source: Variety.com Fred Schepisi is set to direct his long-mooted Vietnam War drama “Last Man” this summer, with ContentFilm handling worldwide sales. The £20 million project is based on the true story of five soldiers from Australia’s Special Air Service operating behind the lines in Vietnam. The story is […]

7 March, 2006 By Staff Reporter Source: C21media.com Following a year of retooling that included funding roadblocks and casting changes, Fireworks International is launching Canada production house Shaftesbury Films’ oddball half-hour comedy series The Jane Show at MipTV. Jane makes MipTV debut Set to premiere on Canadian commercial broadcaster Global Television in the spring, The […]