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Entertaining RSS FeedsFilmmaker gets Reloaded - Technology News: Korine joins online fundraising initiative from Rotterdam -- Harmony Korine is the third filmmaker to join the lineup of creatives aiming to finance movies via Cinema Reloaded, the crowd-funding initiative launched earlier this year by the Rotterdam Film Festival. ...Feed Source: feedproxy.google.com Euro film students look to U.S. for work - Venice Show Dailies: Young filmmakers take a shot at Hollywood -- "America," one European producer recently declared, "is the only country with a real film industry. That's why so many people want to work there."
... Brit budget crunch hits film schools - Venice Film Festival: Campuses caught between government, corporate cutbacks -- In a climate of budgetary belt-tightening, the U.K.'s network of Screen Academies has been cut back to align it more closely with the needs of the film industry.
... Top directors teach at European film schools - Spotlight: Euro Film Schools: Students benefit from their real-world experience -- American film-school students have been known to complain that their professors have little to offer in the way of practical experience.
... Miller report has film school in flux - Spotlight: Euro Film Schools: Student feedback leaves La Femis looking for answers -- Has La Femis, France's most prestigious national film school, lost its mojo?
... Variety honors seven for their philanthropy - Philanthropy: Adams, Garner to be feted at Power of Women luncheon -- Seven women in the entertainment biz will be honored for their philanthropic efforts at Variety's second annual Power of Women luncheon, set for Sept. 30 at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
... Changing of the guard at ABC News - Headline Newsletter TV News: David Westin's exit signals static ahead -- Roone Arledge, among other things, knew how to put on a show. There was nothing quite like an ABC affiliates meeting during his free-wheeling stewardship of ABC Sports and ABC News.
... Ruspoli picks 'Apples' - Gotham: Director set for story of privileged L.A. teens -- Tao Ruspoli ("Fix") has been set to direct indie coming-of-age comedy "Bad Apples," set in the social world of overprivileged L.A. teens.
... International festivals set dates - Web Exclusive: Indian and French fests in H'w'd for April 2011 -- The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles has begun accepting entries for for its 2011 event.
... B'way steady over holiday weekend - Legit News: Seasonal drop may prove less severe than usual -- Broadway perked up last week, with the Labor Day weekend helping to ring in a bit more biz than the prior frame.
... McHale wedded to Alba for 'Kids' reboot - Headline Newsletter Film News: Dimension pic will go out Aug. 19 -- Joel McHale is in final negotiations to star opposite Jessica Alba in Robert Rodriguez's "Spy Kids 4" reboot for Dimension.
... Fox orders second helping of 'Masterchef' - Headline Newsletter TV News: Ramsay series cooks up ratings -- Gordon Ramsay is keeping the kitchen open: Fox just gave Ramsay a season two pickup for his summer competish "Masterchef."
... Andrea Bowen adopts 'Daughter' - Film News: 'Desperate Housewives' actress set for indie feature role -- Andrea Bowen ("Desperate Housewives") has been set to star in the upcoming indie feature "Preacher's Daughter."
... Showtime wellspring - Top News: David Nevins draws from John Wells -- Looking to make his mark as Showtime's new entertainment prexy, David Nevins has turned to a familiar face: John Wells.
... Paramount, Sony top soft summer - Film News: Season's top three releases were franchise titles -- Summer was a bit less sunny at the domestic box office this year, but hits like "Iron Man 2" and "Shrek Forever After" helped Paramount top the season's distribs with $778 million.
... Sierra sinks teeth into Toronto - Headline Newsletter Film News: Shingle preems two pics at fest, readies 'Shark' -- While it has two films premiering at the Toronto Film Festival, Nick Meyer and Marc Schaberg's Sierra Pictures also is getting ready to sink its teeth into "Shark Night 3D," its first pic with Incentive Filmed Entertainment.
... 'Saturday Night Live' unveils plans - Headline Newsletter TV News: Bayer, Brittain, Killam and Pharoah new players -- After days of speculation, NBC officially announced its plans for the 36th season of "Saturday Night Live" -- which kicks off Sept. 25 with guest host Amy Poehler.
... Lineup for London - International News: 'Conviction,' 'King's Speech' set for European premieres -- The London Film Festival unveiled its 197-feature lineup Wednesday, including 11 world preems, 23 international preems and 33 European preems.
... Incendies - Film Reviews: Strips away the play's long, poetic monologues to reveal a spare, slow-burn detective story.
... The Day I Was Not Born (Das Lied in Mir) - Film Reviews: A solid drama, mixing historical tragedy with intergenerational conflict.
... Oxygen (Adem) - Film Reviews: "Oxygen" delivers a touching portrait of youth facing mortality far too soon.
... 'Hunger' duo reunite in 'Shame' - International News: McQueen, Fassbender reteam on HanWay title -- Brit artist-turned-helmer Steve McQueen is reuniting with thesp Michael Fassbender for his second directorial effort, "Shame," which sales company HanWay Films will introduce to buyers at the Toronto Film Festival, which starts on Thursday.
... Surviving Life (Prezit svuj zivot) - Film Reviews: An amiably goofy yarn about a man so in love with the literal woman of his dreams.
... Liquid (Amore Liquido) - Film Reviews: Moderately involving character study.
... Naomi (Hitparzut X) - Web Exclusive: Eitan Zur's largely unexceptional helming debut.
... Venice (Wenecja) - Film Reviews: Handsome but somewhat dramatically inert.
... Tin-Tan - Film Reviews: "Tin-Tan" adds little to the record about one of cinema's most brilliant funnymen and improvisers.
... HFF honors Robert Stromberg - Web Exclusive: Feted with production designer of the year award -- The Hollywood Film Festival will honor Robert Stromberg with its production designer of the year award.
... How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster? - Film Reviews: Pic will appeal to upscale viewers in specialized theatrical settings before a sturdy life in ancillary.
... The Way Back - Film Reviews: An impressive but not especially immersive true story of four POWs who escaped the Siberian Gulags.
... Candide - Music Reviews: A bountiful flowering of Bernstein's underrated melodic gift.
... Pieces of Vincent - Legit Reviews: Script and experimental staging are only partially successful in Watson's low-key mood piece.
... La Yuma - Film Reviews: A surly tomboy succeeds inside and outside the boxing ring.
... Route 132 - Film Reviews: Louis Belanger's Montreal fest opener, the tale of a father devastated by his 5-year-old son's death, never hits a wrong note, thanks to standout perfs and a script that patiently builds characters of such dimensionality that each surprise twist lends increased psychological rightness. Adroitly intermixing a classic genre, the buddy road movie, with the arthouse motif of adults' shattered reactions to their children's deaths (a theme examined by fellow Canadian Atom Egoyan's "The Sweet Hereafter"), "Route 132" drives its universal themes through a closely observed, very specific Quebec. Breakout pic, also in the Toronto fest, should easily cross borders.
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