About the time a full crowd of TCM Classic Film Festival-goers began filling one of the smaller theaters at Mann’s Chinese multiplex this evening, the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic (9:20pm ET, April 14, 1912) came and went. The occasion: a screening of “A Night to Remember.”
TCM Fest: 'A Night to Remember' marks the 100th anniversary of the Titanic tragedy
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:07 am · April 15th, 2012
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Bob Marley doc to stream live on Facebook in conjunction with the theatrical release
Posted by Roth Cornet · 7:15 am · April 14th, 2012
Kevin Macdonald’s documentary on Bob Marley will be the first U.S. film to stream live on Facebook the same day as its theatrical release.
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Cinejabber: The foreign alternatives
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:45 am · April 14th, 2012
Welcome back to Cinejabber, your weekly open space to kick around whatever film-related thoughts you have on your mind.
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Official synopsis for Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained' revealed
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:50 pm · April 13th, 2012
The Weinstein Company has released the official synopsis for “Django Unchained,” so if you didn’t get your hands on the highly circulated screenplay that made the rounds last year, here’s your chance to know what to expect, if you so desire.
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Tell us what you thought of 'The Cabin in the Woods'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:36 pm · April 13th, 2012
The film opens today.
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Hey, remember the other Avengers?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:45 am · April 13th, 2012
Joss Whedon’s superhero ensemble movie “The Avengers” is almost here, but can you recall who the title first belonged to?
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Bob Fosse’s ‘Cabaret’ remains culturally and aesthetically significant 40 years later
Posted by Roth Cornet · 4:34 pm · April 12th, 2012
We look back at “Cabaret” as a piece of socially relevant art whose themes resonate perhaps even more profoundly in today’s climate.
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Tim Roth to head Un Certain Regard jury at Cannes Film Festival
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:42 am · April 12th, 2012
The Un Certain Regard strand at Cannes is generally regarded as secondary to the Competition, but they’ve secured an unusually big-name jury president.
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Interview: Robert Osborne on the 2012 TCM classic film fest and last year's 'disappointing' Oscar season
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:52 am · April 12th, 2012
The Turner Classics host is primed for a third year of classic cinema in Hollywood.
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A French-language glimpse of Marion Cotillard in Jacques Audiard's 'Rust and Bone'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:04 pm · April 11th, 2012
A subtitle-free French trailer has dropped for the intriguing new film from the director of “A Prophet,” starring Marion Cotillard.
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Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan to receive yet another Cannes honor
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:34 pm · April 10th, 2012
He’s already been amply rewarded for his films in the Cannes competition, but Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan is due receive the Golden Coach award for his body of work at this year’s Directors’ Fortnight.
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Dolby may pick up where Kodak left off
Posted by Roth Cornet · 9:10 am · April 10th, 2012
Film may be (metaphorically) replaced by digital 3D at the theater that hosts the Academy Awards.
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TCM's third annual classic film fest is almost ready for its close-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:15 am · April 9th, 2012
A grab bag of classic cinema and a wealth of restoration screenings mark the event’s sophomore year.
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Mike Wallace's great moment of pause was immortalized forever in 'The Insider'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:46 am · April 8th, 2012
The “60 Minutes” icon’s great moment of pause was immortalized forever by Christoher Plummer in “The Insider.”
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Costume designer Eiko Ishioka's fantastic farewell in 'Mirror Mirror'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:10 pm · April 4th, 2012
The late costume designer Eiko Ishioka’s career-capping work in “Mirror Mirror” is dazzling — but will it stick in the Academy’s mind?
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No Cannes (or Venice) premiere for Wong Kar-wai's 'The Grandmasters'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:40 pm · April 3rd, 2012
According to its sales agent, Wong Kar-wai’s long-awaited martial arts pic “The Grandmasters” won’t be ready in time for Cannes — or even Venice and Toronto — this year.
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The trailer for Woody Allen's 'To Rome with Love' doesn't appear to promise much
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:07 pm · April 3rd, 2012
Considering the writer/director’s latest from its Italian setting.
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Digging for gold in 2012's first quarter
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:34 pm · April 2nd, 2012
With the first quarter of the 2012 release calendar over, have we seen any potential Oscar nominees yet?
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