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Indie Box Office: 'Moonrise Kingdom' Shines With $167K Per-Screen Debut

May 28, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 1 hour ago

Wes Anderson's tale of tween love "Moonrise Kingdom" rings up $669K from four N.Y. and L.A. theaters for Focus Features

  

'Men in Black 3' Alien-Zaps Its Way to $70M, Memorial Day Box-Office Crown

May 28, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 3 hours ago

Will Smith's "Men in Black 3" rolls to $203.2M worldwide and gives Sony the best opening of the franchise and its fifth No. 1 box-office movie of the year

  

Forget 'Patton' - Here Are 6 Underrated War Movies to Watch on Memorial Day

May 27, 2012 By Brent Lang 22 hours ago

Instead of watching George C. Scott address the troops beneath a massive American flag again, try one of these criminally underrated gems

  

'The Dark Knight Rises' Teases Audiences with Kinky Catwoman Poster

May 27, 2012 By Brent Lang 22 hours ago

Catwoman looks like she wants to stamp out Batman with a kiss and a high heel

  

Cannes 2012: Michael Haneke's 'Amour' Wins Palme d'Or

May 27, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 day ago

Michael Haneke's quiet, emotional story of aging and dying, "Amour," takes top prize; "Reality" and "The Angels' Share" are runners-up, but English-language films are nearly shut out

  

'Men in Black 3' Powers to $202M at Worldwide Box Office

May 27, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 1 day ago

Sony's sequel "MIB3" takes $19M from both Russia and China. It's at $55M and leading the U.S. box office, too

  

Cannes 2012: Sundance Selects Acquires 'Like Someone in Love'

May 27, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 1 day ago

Sundance Selects picks up U.S. rights to former Palme d'Or winner Abbas Kiarostami's "Like Someone to Love"

  

Cannes 2012: Indomina Acquires Wild and Weird 'Holy Motors'

May 27, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 day ago

Leos Carax's "Holy Motors," one of the festivals most acclaimed but divisive films, goes to the Indomina Group on the eve of the Cannes awards ceremony

  

Cannes 2012: Oscilloscope Acquires Matteo Garrone's 'Reality'

May 26, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 day ago

Oscilloscope plans 2013 release for "Reality," story about reality television starring an actor serving prison time for murder

  

Cannes 2012: IFC Midnight Acquires Erotic Korean Drama 'Taste of Money'

May 26, 2012 By Steve Pond 2 days ago

IFC will handle North American distribution for Im Sang-soo's "The Taste of Money," a drama about sexual desires and power struggles in a rich Korean family

  

Cannes 2012: 'Despues de Lucia' Wins Top Prize in Un Certain Regard

May 26, 2012 By Steve Pond 2 days ago

Michel Franco's Mexican drama "Despues de Lucia" takes top award from jury headed by Tim Roth; Emile Dequenne and Suzanne Clement win acting awards

  

Cannes 2012: 'In the Fog,' 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' Win Critics Awards

May 26, 2012 By Steve Pond 2 days ago

International critics' association FIPRESCI honors "In the Fog," "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and "Hold Back"; Eucumenical Jury goes for "The Hunt"

  

Cannes 2012: 'Mud' Director Jeff Nichols Steals the Spotlight from Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon

May 26, 2012 By Dana Kennedy 2 days ago

Jeff Nichols so captivates the media after a screening of "Mud" that they ignore his two stars, Reese Witherspoon and Matthew McConaughey

  

'Men in Black 3' $18M Friday On Track to Whack 'The Avengers' at Box Office

May 26, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 2 days ago

Friday's $18M first day sets "MIB 3" up for Memorial Day weekend of $75M to $85M. "The Avengers" is looking at $46M-$48M for the four days

  

Cannes 2012: Does the Palme d'Or Race Come Down to Naughty vs. Nice?

May 26, 2012 By Steve Pond 2 days ago

Day 11: It's (almost) all over but the voting, and the two frontrunners in the Palme d'Or race appear to be the quiet, emotional "Amour" and the loud, crazy "Holy Motors"

  

Relativity Media CEO's Father Ordered to Pay Damages in Art Fraud Case

May 25, 2012 By Lucas Shaw & Brent Lang 2 days ago

L.A. jury finds Jack Kavanaugh, father of Relativity Media CEO Ryan Kavanaugh, defrauded former friend in forged Picasso case

  

Cannes 2012: Sharon Waxman & Steve Pond Debate the Contenders (Video)

May 25, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 2 days ago

Wrap editor Sharon Waxman and columnist Steve Pond discuss the buzz at the august film festival

  

'Chernobyl Diaries' Review: Creepy, Spooky and Altogether Nuke-y

May 25, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 2 days ago

Horror flick from “Paranormal Activity” creator Oren Peli doesn’t redefine the genre, but it delivers some solid scares from behind the former Iron Curtain

  

Jon Favreau Won't Direct 'Iron Man 3,' But He Will Play Happy Hogan Again

May 25, 2012 By Brent Lang 2 days ago

Favreau will executive produce the Iron Man sequel in addition to driving Robert Downey Jr. around

  

'Hatfields & McCoys': Kevin Costner, Bill Paxton on Guns, Grit and Feud for Thought

May 25, 2012 By Chris Willman 2 days ago

In the History Channel's "Hatfields & McCoys," the two actors face off and get grimy as battling patriarchs of the killer clans

 

  

Cannes 2012: 'No' Wins Top Prize at Directors Fortnight

May 25, 2012 By Steve Pond 3 days ago

Chilean film "No," starring Gael Garcia Bernal, is among prize-winners in Cannes' Directors Fortnight section

  

Cannes 2012: 'The Anti-Semite' Is Banned From Cannes Marketplace

May 25, 2012 By Steve Pond 3 days ago

Anti-Defamation League applauds cancellation of Cannes market screenings for film featuring "grotesque anti-Semitism"

  

Cannes 2012: Russian Student Film 'Doroga Na' Wins Cinefondation Award

May 25, 2012 By Steve Pond 3 days ago

Student films from Russia, the United States and Cuba are selected by Cannes' Cinefondation jury headed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne

  

Cannes 2012: Alec Baldwin Apologizes for Trashing Harvey Weinstein

May 25, 2012 By Steve Pond 3 days ago

Alec Baldwin pulls out of his onstage appearance at the amfAR gala but makes up with Harvey Weinstein after publicly blasting the mogul earlier in the festival

  

'Men in Black 3' Opens to $1.6M

May 25, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 3 days ago

Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin will knock 'Avengers' out of the top spot this weekend

  

Cannes 2013: Anchor Bay Films Wins Rights to 'Shadow People'

May 25, 2012 By Brent Lang 3 days ago

Arclight Films sells rights to Chinese romantic drama "Dangerous Liaisons"

  
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