Now Playing at Cinematical Indie: Lots of TIFF, and Other Stuff Too

Posted Aug 23rd 2007 10:02AM

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COLUMNS, REVIEWS, and INTERVIEWS

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INDIE FILM GRAB BAG

Just what the world needs ... another frat boy movie.
Cell phone sex video gets Nigerian actors in trouble.
Monika Bartyzel on the latest on product placement in indie films.
First it was Ingmar Bergman's archives, now Michelangelo Antonioni's archives are in trouble ...
Peter Martin ponders: Hey, what movies are playing in Jerusalem?
David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises (which we'll be reviewing at Toronto) has a brand-new poster.
Cinematical has exclusive images from Morgan Freeman's Feast of Love.
Fox strikes an unusual deal with screenwriters.
Terence Malick's classic Days of Heaven is set to get a "radical departure" on DVD.
Peter Martin on real survivors in Japanese cinema.
Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream gets an international trailer.
Guys, rejoice. Jessica Biel agrees to appear naked in her new film. Oh, you knew it was just a matter of time.
Speaking of nudity ... how sexually graphic do you have to be to be too sexually graphic for Norway?
Jet Li speaks out on Chinese censorship.
The Spanish screenwriter of a script called Killer Sheep accuses Black Sheep producers of stealing his idea.

CASTING, SHOOTING AND IN DEVELOPMENT

Small Town Saturday Night picks up a slew of new cast members.
Michelle Monaghan, Nathan Fillion and more line-up to star in Trucker.
Over in Hong Kong, Asian superstar Andy Lau is on the hunt for talented new directors and actors for four new action flicks.
Movin' on up ... King of Kong director Seth Gorden is set to direct Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn in Four Christmases.

FEST NEWS

The Rebirth wins the Grand Prize at the Locarno Film Festival.
Monika Bartyzel on the trailer for the TIFF film My Kid Could Paint That.
The Toronto International Film Festival has the TIFF Blogs up-and-running -- check 'em out.
Lumet, Breillat, and DePalma: The New York Film Festival announces an impressive lineup.
The San Sebastian Film Fest adds an award for films about women.
Independent by Nature: Julie Christie to be feted at Aspen Film Fest.
TIFF Watch: Trailer and MySpace page for James Spooner's White Lies, Black Sheep
Festival-fave Reprise snags four Norwegian Film Awards.

DVDs, DEALS and DISTRIBUTION

What do you do when you're a 94-year-old political activist? Run for office, of course. HBO picks up fest doc Run Granny Run to air in time for election madness.
IFC First Take acquires TIFF film The Last Mistress, by always-interesting director Catherine Breillat.
Now's your chance to catch some of those great docs you've been hearing about -- DocuWeek kicks off in LA.
TIFF Watch: Love Comes Lately gets picked up by Fortissimo.
TIFF Watch: Jonathon Demme's Jimmy Carter: Man of the Plains, which will play Toronto, gets picked up by Sony.
Anthony Hopkins' Slipstream gets a deal from Strand Releasing.

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