The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that 21 scientific and technical achievements represented by 58 individual award recipients will be honored at its annual Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation on Saturday, February 7, at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills. In addition, veteran sound engineer and
Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Film Independent Spirit Awards, the Los Angeles Film Festival and Film Independent at LACMA, announced the guest speakers and program for the 14th annual Film Independent Directors Close-Up series, taking place from February 3 – March 4, 2015 at The Landmark
Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula announced today that the company has acquired worldwide rights to the comedy MISTRESS AMERICA, starring Golden Globe nominated Greta Gerwig and newcomer Lola Kirke. Directed by Oscar nominated Noah Baumbach and written by Baumbach and Gerwig, the film is produced by
Ansel Elgort (THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN, INSURGENT) has been tapped to star opposite Chloë Grace Moretz (THE EQUALIZER, IF I STAY) in Sacha Gervasi’s (HITCHCOCK, ANVIL: THE STORY OF ANVIL) NOVEMBER CRIMINALS for Lotus Entertainment. Based on an adapted screenplay by Academy Award® Nominee Steven
Film Independent President Josh Welsh announced that actress Emmy Rossum will co-host with Michael Peña the Filmmaker Grant and Nominee Brunch on Saturday, January 10 at BOA restaurant in West Hollywood. The nonprofit, that also produces the Los Angeles Film Festival and Film Independent at LACMA Film will be celebrating
The Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) has announced that the dates of next year’s festival will be January 1-11, 2016, for the 27th edition. The festival will begin on Friday, January 1 with all day screenings and the Opening Night screening followed by a reception at the Palm Springs
LOS ANGELES, CA – Oscar producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today that actor Chris Pine, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, and directors Alfonso Cuarón and J.J. Abrams, on Thursday, January 15, will announce the nominations in all 24 Oscar categories at a special two-part live news conference at
A thoughtful film that places the past and its lingering effects on the present as told through feuding Appalachian families who can’t or don’t want to move forward in a 1970’s backwoods North Carolina, THE WORLD MADE STRAIGHT is a microcosmic microscopic examination of introspection. Adapted from Ron Rash’s 2006
The next evolution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe brings a founding member of The Avengers to the big screen for the first time with Marvel Studios’ “Ant-Man.” Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help
The countdown to 2015 is on!! See a brand new sneak peek at CINDERELLA just before the clock strikes 12 tonight!! The story of “Cinderella” follows the fortunes of young Ella (Lily James) whose merchant father remarries following the death of her mother. Eager to support her loving father,
