Archive for July, 2012

The Aurochs are Here

If you live in Nashville, today is like a holiday (for movie lovers). The most fascinating, moving motion picture of the year is finally here. Beasts of the Southern Wild opens at the Belcourt today. Buy tickets NOW. With the success the Belcourt has had with Moonrise Kingdom, I suspect Beasts tickets are soon to be rare commodities.

 

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First Trailer for Ang Lee’s LIFE OF PI Released

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I'm excited about this one. The visuals look a little over-the-top, but considering it's about a boy who survives a shipwreck with a tiger named Richard Parker, that's probably not something to worry about.

 

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TIFF Begins Line-Up Announcements

Toronto has released its initial slate of films (links to a .pdf) and it's an impressive list. Along with the normal slate of things us poor people couldn't see at Cannes, ...

 

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Congrats to NaFF Filmmakers

Macky Alston's Love Free or Die and Nelson Chang's The Magic Life (which had its world premiere here last April) were both selected for DocuWeeks and will get Academy qualifying runs in both New York and Los Angeles.

Also, Mai Iskander, who won the 2009 Reel ...

 

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