Apr 16 2010

Serious Films Lurk Amid Summer Blockbusters

Serious Films Lurk Amid Summer Blockbusters
Films for Grown-Ups Appear Alongside Traditional Summer Film Fare at the Box Office

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Apr 8 2010

Films out this week

Films out this week
Kick-Ass (15) (Matthew Vaughn, 2010, US/UK) Aaron Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Chloë Moretz. 118 mins Now that the likes of Batman and Spider-Man are risk-averse, broad-spectrum cash juggernauts, it’s refreshing to see a comic-book movie that doesn’t play by the rules. Like a spoilt brat, this is foul-mouthed, hyperactive, extremely violent, and all the better for it. And despite dealing with the …

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Apr 6 2010

The Greatest Films

The Greatest Films
Boys Don’t Cry , the first film that I have paid for without the promise of immediate compensation in quite a while, cost me $9.50 for a matinee. It was worth every penny.

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Mar 20 2010

Florida plan to kill tax benefit for films that aren’t ‘family friendly’ sparks backlash

Florida plan to kill tax benefit for films that aren’t ‘family friendly’ sparks backlash
Florida, the home of Mickey Mouse and beach-bound vacationers, was trying to polish its family friendly image but instead ran into a PR nightmare: an angry Hollywood.

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Mar 6 2010

Wolfe Celebrates 25th Anniversary as World’s Largest Exclusive Distributor of Gay & Lesbian Films

Wolfe Celebrates 25th Anniversary as World’s Largest Exclusive Distributor of Gay & Lesbian Films
SAN JOSE, Calif.—-25 years ago, before Wolfe became the largest exclusive distributor of gay and lesbian films in the world, movies like Brokeback Mountain and Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire could not and did not exist, let alone garner nationwide distribution.

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Feb 28 2010

Daniel Radcliffe Films Anti-homophobia Ad

Daniel Radcliffe Films Anti-homophobia Ad
Daniel Radcliffe is hoping to stamp out homophobia by starring in a new campaign encouraging tolerance for all sexual orientations.

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Feb 26 2010

Please: no more gutted US remakes of European films

Please: no more gutted US remakes of European films
Hollywood persists in remaking ‘foreign’ movies because of their sophistication, wordliness and finesse – then gutting them of it Deja vu is an occupational hazard when you’re a film critic, and not just every time Hugh Grant puts out a romantic comedy. There are only so many ways to shoot a car chase, for example, while there have been so many movies located in a post-apocalyptic landscape of …

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Feb 6 2010

THROUGH MON.APR.26: Film’s Queer Inspirations

THROUGH MON.APR.26: Film’s Queer Inspirations
“Queer/Art/Film,” which claims to be the queerest film series in New York, comes to the IFC Center this winter.

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