BERLIN -- Film execs packing their long underwear and woolly hats for what looks to be a cold Berlin International Film Festival are hoping this year's event will see a warming of the global market.
After two years of crisis-induced chills, signs of green shoots were visible at the American Film Market. Strong business at Berlin's European Film Market could send the signal that the independents are back.
BERLIN (Reuters) - Roman Polanski may be under house arrest in a Swiss chalet, but the Polish-French director is set to dominate this year's Berlin film festival where his latest movie "The Ghost Writer" will be unveiled.
Interest in the 76-year-old's film, one of 20 competition entries vying for awards at the February 11-21 event, has inevitably soared since his sensational arrest in Switzerland in September.
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For well over a year, actor Mark Ruffalo has been on what he calls "a rollercoaster ride." After surviving a brain tumor in 2002, Ruffalo had spent much of the decade prepping his directorial debut, “Sympathy for Delicious,” a comedic drama about a paraplegic DJ-turned-faith healer, when his brother Scott was killed during its preproduction.
Ruffalo forged ahead to honor his brother's memory and real-life paraplegic friend -- Christopher Thornton, who wrote and stars in the film -- until the production ran out of money last summer. He took a few weeks to co-star in Lisa Cholodenko's moving comedy "The Kids Are All Right," then spent the hiatus with his wife and three children, even contemplating a break from acting. Then in December, Sundance saved the day by giving "Sympathy" a prime opening weekend slot in the U.S. Dramatic Competition. Audiences responded with hefty applause, and after some mixed initial response from critics left him "down in the dumps," strong support for its unconventional mix of drama and satire began pouring in from THR, the New York Times, USA Today, Filmmaker Magazine and elsewhere.
BERLIN - New films from Roman Polanski and Martin Scorsese will rub shoulders with a historical drama from China and the work of an elusive British graffiti artist at this year's 60th edition of the Berlin film festival.
Organizers on Monday presented the official program of 26 films for the Feb. 11-21 event, the first of the year's major European film festivals. Twenty of them are competing for the top Golden Bear award.
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Leonardo DiCaprio may be a serious actor by day, but by night, he's watching MTV's "Jersey Shore" on TiVo.
"It's a funny show!" Leo told Access Hollywood's Billy Bush at the junket for his latest film, "Shutter Island," on Friday. "You gotta admit it."
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PARK CITY, Utah - Joseph Gordon-Levitt charmed Sundance Film Festival fans a year ago with the romance "(500) Days of Summer."
Now the "3rd Rock From the Sun" co-star is assailing Sundance crowds with a wild man role in "Hesher," the tale of a heavy-metal anarchist who bursts into the lives of a grieving boy and his family.
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LOS ANGELES - The last time Mel Gibson starred in a movie, he was grappling with alien invaders and a misplaced faith in the sci-fi thriller "Signs."
That was 7 1/2 years ago. Since then, Gibson has become a cultural firebrand, directing the controversial 2004 box-office hit "The Passion of the Christ" and the violent 2006 action epic, "Apocalypto."
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The famously reclusive author J.D. Salinger has died, but chances remain slim to none that any adaptation of his classic literary works will reach the screen or stage.
With more than 65 million copies of "Catcher in the Rye" in print, many have sought to turn Salinger's stories into movies, Broadway shows or book sequels over the past 63 years, but the author always adamantly refused.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Eight years have passed since Mel Gibson starred in a major Hollywood movie, but not because of his well-publicized personal problems. Rather, he said he grew bored with the career that made him a star.
Gibson returns to theaters on Friday in revenge movie "Edge of Darkness," after being re-energized, he said, and feeling he had something to offer audiences once again.
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LOS ANGELES - The last time Mel Gibson starred in a movie, he was grappling with alien invaders and a misplaced faith in the sci-fi thriller "Signs."
That was seven and a half years ago. In the intervening time, Gibson became a cultural firebrand, directing the controversial 2004 box-office hit "The Passion of the Christ" and the violent 2006 action epic, "Apocalypto."
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Universal Pictures has scooped up domestic distribution rights to the comedy "Larry Crowne," which will see Tom Hanks reteaming with Julia Roberts, with whom he shared the screen in 2007's "Charlie Wilson's War.".. More »
Betting that laughs can be found in a cancer diagnosis, Summit Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Mandate Pictures' untitled Seth Rogen/James McAvoy project... More »
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