Villeneuve, Lussier, Gass-Donnelly to be feted by Variety magazine PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - Canadian directors Denis Villeneuve, Patrick Lussier and Ed Gass-Donnelly have made Variety's "10 Directors to Watch" list. They will be feted at a breakfast reception hosted by Mark Wahlberg at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on Sunday. Read more on Brandon Sun Villeneuve, Lussier, Gass-Donnelly to be feted by Variety magazine PALM SPRINGS, … [Read more...]

Film News: Jafar Panahi sentenced to prison Iranian filmmakers Jafar Panahi and Mohammed Rasulov have been jailed for six years, and banned from making films or leaving the country for twenty years Read more on Australian Broadcasting Corporation New on DVD - Machete and Dinner for Schmucks - January 4, 2011 Annoying guests and lots of deadly cutlery: an ex-Fed becomes a pawn in a cross-border power struggle in the hyperviolent exploitation … [Read more...]

'The King's Speech': If all else should fail, try junk mail It has won a swathe of nominations for the Golden Globes and is tipped to win big at the Academy Awards later this year. But The King's Speech, the story of how King George VI overcame his stammer, was just a letterbox delivery away from never getting made. Read more on Independent … [Read more...]

Senegal revives African culture festival, 33 years later Senegal is hosting the World Festival of Black Arts and Culture for the first time since 1966, when it showed potential for significant growth. Today, the president says, 'it's time to believe again.' Read more on The Christian Science Monitor The year that was We may have gone from one crisis to another but the Filipino remains optimistic about the future. What could be a better … [Read more...]