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The Moving Arts Film Journal

November 2009

26 articles

News

Sundance Film Fest Coming to a Theater Near You

In 2010, the Sundance Film Festival is adding a feature called Sundance Film Festival USA that will broaden the festivities to eight cities around the country. The Sundance Institute’s official...

Nov 5, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Trailers

‘Taken’ Director Signs on to ‘Signals’

‘Taken’ Director Signs on to ‘Signals’

French director, Pierre Morel, has signed on to direct “Signals,” reports THR . Morel’s most recent film, the overachieving “Taken,” grossed upwards of $220 million worldwide. “Signals,” written by...

Nov 5, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Drama

TMA FilmCast #22 – Inglourious Basterds

TMA FilmCast #22 – Inglourious Basterds

Quentin Tarantino’s controversial revisionist’s WWII saga, “Inglourious Basterds” has had fans cheering and moralizers crying foul. Does it really deny the holocaust? Is it as boring as some have...

Nov 5, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Features

Turner Classic Movies to Launch Film Festival

Turner Classic Movies, the popular commercial-free movie channel run by Turner Broadcasting Systems (a Time-Warner company) has announced the launch of its own film festival. The inaugural TCM...

Nov 5, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Trailers

Zach Galifianakis Flirting With ‘Puss in Boots’

Zach Galifianakis Flirting With ‘Puss in Boots’

Funnyman, Zach Galifianakis, has exploded as a bankable Hollywood star. Todd Phillips’ smash-hit, the $461 million grossing, “The Hangover,” in which Galifianakis starred, has propelled the...

Nov 5, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Features

Avatar Trailer #2

Avatar takes us to a spectacular new world beyond our imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on a journey of redemption and discovery, as he leads a heroic battle to save a civilization. The...

Nov 4, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
News

Michael Jackson’s This Is It (2009)

Michael Jackson’s This Is It (2009)

Death is the great arbiter of a person’s legacy. Michael Jackson’s untimely death this June not only solidified his unequaled stature in the world of pop music but effectively disintegrated the...

Nov 4, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Festivals

Tallgrass Third Thursday Presents ‘Nollywood Babylon’ in Conjunction with International Education Week

Tallgrass Third Thursday Presents ‘Nollywood Babylon’ in Conjunction with International Education Week

WICHITA, KANS—Wichita Association for the Motion Picture Arts and Tallgrass Film Festival announces the latest film in the Tallgrass Third Thursdays screening series. “Nollywood Babylon,” will be...

Nov 4, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
News

Disney Commits to Protecting Forests in Amazon, Congo, US

Burbank, Ca., Nov. 3—The Walt Disney Company announced today a $7 million investment in forest projects that will build on its long history of conservation and environmental stewardship. The projects...

Nov 3, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Essays

Jacques Audiard’s ‘A Prophet': Political Cinema Whether it Wants to Be or Not

Jacques Audiard’s ‘A Prophet': Political Cinema Whether it Wants to Be or Not

Thick with intrigue and corruption, Jacques Audiard’s “A Prophet” is well-stocked with the hallmarks of political cinema: miserable living conditions, exploited minorities, a grittily-tinged color...

Nov 3, 2009 / Jesse Cataldo
Features

Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

The announcement that Maurice Sendak’s beloved landmark children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are” would be adapted into a full-length Hollywood film sparked an epidemic of convulsive rejection...

Nov 3, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
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