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«Black Panther» is already proving to be quite successful, scoring $ 242 million in North American box office revenue in four days to become the highest grossing February film in box office history and Cineplex's highest grossing first - quarter film ever.

While Black Panther rode a huge wave of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the biggest opening weekend ever for the month of February (and the fifth - largest of all - time), raking in more than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the good vibes surrounding the trailblazing film, which features Marvel's first African - American director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts of attacks at screenings of the movie.

posts on ALMOST FAMOUS, two on the SCHOOL OF ROCK, and an epic one on THE DOORS, I do think that among my list of pop - music films, THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO is the standout in terms of sheer cinematic achievement, with only AMERICAN GRAFFITI giving it a run for the money.

A few days later three «film doctors» — Lois Anderson from the American Baptist Churches, John Bachman from Union Theological Seminary, and I — were ushered into a room filled with representatives of Protestant New York, forty - three people from religious organizations across the spectrum, including every group from rock - bound fundamentalists to far - out liberals.

Reversing diabetes in 30 days is a must watch film on FMTV that chronicles six Americans with «incurable» diabetes.

He describes in Diary of a D - Day Dodger how, in May 1945, he and some colleagues were making 2 1/4 - inch square roll film from 10 - inch - wide film «liberated» from an American airfield.

As the film engagingly lifts the veil on Native Americans» role in several generations of pop music, it traces their involvement from the Delta blues and jazz eras up to present - day hip hop.

Unlike the previous generation of American filmmakers, Tarantino learned his craft from his days as a video clerk, rather than as a film school student.

This is the crux of Andrew Haigh's rivetingly beautiful new film, which screened at the Venice Film Festival this morning, and finds the British director working on a brighter, broader canvas than ever before: a present - day American West of drab diners, grumbling trucks, and starlit open desert.

Largely filmed on - location at Montacute House in Somerset, England, The Hound of the Baskervilles made its American TV bow over the Odyssey cable network on October 21, 2000, and seven days later debuted in Canada courtesy of CTV.

The film's release date - the Wednesday before Labor Day weekend, where movies go to die - is evidence that Focus Features is unconvinced there's much of a mainstream audience for The American.

Other popular American films that year: «One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest» (which won the Best Picture Oscar), «Dog Day Afternoon,» and «Shampoo.»

After a brief prehistoric flashback to the dawn of man, the film quickly deposits us in present - day Taipei, where Lucy (Johansson), a hard - partying American blonde, finds herself lured into the web of a ruthless Korean crime boss named Mr. Jang (the splendidly villainous Choi Min - sik).

After playing at a couple of Canadian film festivals last fall, Defendor came to just three North American theaters (four in its second week) for fourteen days of quiet exhibition this past February.

Rather than make a standard biopic about the most famous First Lady in American history, this film centres on just a few days in her life to offer some telling insights not only into the...

Pine is known for «Star Trek» and is currently filming the TV series, «Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp.»

American Graffiti became the darling of the critical fraternity, but it was upstaged at the last minute by the release of Truffaut's Day for Night, which won both the New York Critics and the National Society of Film Critics best film award.

TCM Select Pick of the Week: Some Like it Hot (1959), Billy Wilder's best loved film and the AFI's number one pick for best American comedy of all time, plays the St. Valentine's Day Massacre for farce when the two musicians (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon) who witness the brutal gangland slaying elude mobsters by hiding out in an all - girl band.

Like that earlier film — a thunderous historical epic about the American West and greed that deepens and darkens considerably with Day - Lewis's performance as Daniel Plainview, an oil - prospecting Mephistopheles — Phantom Thread continually torques its own British midcentury grandeur.

The sequel to David Wain's 2001 film Wet Hot American Summer and the 2015 prequel series Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp is set in 1991 with Joey Bragg, Jai Courtney, Mark Feuerstein, Skyler Gisondo, Samm Levine, Alyssa Milano, Adam Scott, Dax Shepard, and Marlo Thomas joining the cast.

Slightly similar to The Longest Day in one respect, like that film it told the story of an infamous day from the perspectives of the different sides — the build - up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour is seen from both their perspective and the Americans», with an almost documentary - like approach aided by a lack of genuine movie stars producing a very fine, compelling pictuDay in one respect, like that film it told the story of an infamous day from the perspectives of the different sides — the build - up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour is seen from both their perspective and the Americans», with an almost documentary - like approach aided by a lack of genuine movie stars producing a very fine, compelling pictuday from the perspectives of the different sides — the build - up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour is seen from both their perspective and the Americans», with an almost documentary - like approach aided by a lack of genuine movie stars producing a very fine, compelling picture.

During a press conference at the film's press day, co-stars Chadwick Boseman and Harrison Ford, along with writer / director Brian Helgeland, talked about the influence of Jackie Robinson in both his own era and today, what made them want to be a part of this film, how much involvement Rachel Robinson (Jackie Robinson's widow) had, and how they hope the positive portrayal of African Americans in this film will inspire other filmmakers.

You could probably name a lot of the films that'll be in the running sight unseen off the top of your head right now: «American Hustle,» «Wolf Of Wall Street,» «Saving Mr. Banks,» «The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty,» «Inside Llewyn Davis,» «Foxcatcher,» «Nebraska,» «August Osage County,» «Twelve Years A Slave,» «Labor Day,» «Monuments Men,» «Captain Philips,» «Her,» «The Counselor,» «Grace Of Monaco,» «Diana,» «Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom,» «Rush,» etc, etc..

Cutler's other work includes the documentary films The War Room, A Perfect Candidate, Thin, The September Issue, The World According to Dick Cheney and Listen To Me Marlon; the documentary television series American High, Freshman Diaries, The Residents and 30 Days; and the prime time drama series Nashville.

This film comes to us by way of Roland Emmerich, who's made quite a name for himself destroying American landmarks; the film even pokes fun at this through the tour guide's assertion that the East Wing was «the one blown up in Independence Day.»

Gone are the days when films like Do the Right Thing and Boyz N the Hood resonate with the public about the realities of the racism and crime that tear apart largely African - American communities.

Well, maybe, but only if we accept the sanitized version of the decade that gave us rock and roll and the beats — the declawed, gutless, and thoroughly superficial take passed down by Happy Days and the movie that inspired it, American Graffiti, which was exactly the sort of film that Linklater said he didn't want to make when he set out to write and direct Dazed and Confused.

Add to this new films, split across the Venice Days, Orrizzonti and Out of Competition sidebars, from an array of interesting names including Chantal Akerman («Almayer's Folly»), Mary Harron («The Moth Diaries»), Al Pacino («Wilde Salome,» the cast of which includes — you'll never guess — Jessica Chastain) and even James Franco (here furthering his friendship with American gay culture with a biopic of 1950s teen idol Sal Mineo) and there should be more than enough to explore even once the festival has blown its pre-Toronto load.

It was a good night for Hittman: the film was also acquired by Neon in a North American rights deal earlier in the day.

First Reformed is both written and directed by veteran American filmmaker Paul Schrader, director of films including Blue Collar, Hardcore, American Gigolo, Cat People, Light of Day, The Comfort of Strangers, Light Sleeper, Forever Mine, Auto Focus, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, The Walker, Adam Resurrected, The Canyons, The Dying of the Light, and Dog Eat Dog previously.

The film, which has been in North American theaters for 54 days, remains playing in 832 screens.

France has been consistently and increasingly at the forefront of those depressing headlines, and Winocour's film feels all the more prescient for it: First screened at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, it arrives in American theaters just a month after the Bastille Day attacks in Nice, not far from where its story is set.

Some of the best - received films at earlier festivals will get their North American launches here, including «Life is Beautiful,» Roberto Begnini's Cannes winner about an Italian clown who fights the Nazis with laughter; Rohmer's heartwarming love story «Autumn Tale,» which charmed Telluride audiences; Ken Loach's «My Name Is Joe,» with Cannes best actor winner Peter Mullen as a recovering alcoholic facing tough times; Theo Angelopoulos» «Eternity and a Day,» this year's Cannes winner; «The General» (1999) which won Boorman the best director prize at Cannes, and the Cannes and Telluride favorite «Claire Dolan,» by Lodge Kerrigan, with Emily Watson («Breaking the Waves») as a prostitute who thinks she can detach from her work.

The problem with Labor Day, a sexy but dull American film about an escaped convict who can cook, is that Frank (Josh Brolin), in spite of being a killer, is...

Let the Right One In Year: 2008 Director: Tomas Alfredson Vampire stories are plastered all over American pop culture these days (True Blood, Twilight, The Vampire Diaries), but leave it to the Swedes to produce a vampire film that manages to be both sweet and frightening.

An extensive selection of work from across the world is presented including the World Premieres of William English's HEATED GLOVES and THE HOST, in which director Miranda Pennell delves deeper into her past and her late parents» involvement with the Anglo Iranian Oil Company (BP); Ben Rivers» THE SKY TREMBLES AND THE EARTH IS AFRAID AND THE TWO EYES ARE NOT BROTHERS, the feature element of Ben's current Artangel installation at BBC White City; EVENT FOR A STAGE by Tacita Dean, a filmed presentation of her live theatrical happening in collaboration with actor Stephen Dillane at the 2014 Sydney Biennial; the European Premiere of Omer Fast's REMAINDER, a London - set thriller adapted from Tom McCarthy's acclaimed novel of the same name; the European Premiere of INVENTION which highlights the possibilities of camera movement and the development of artistic apparatus and Kevin Jerome Everson's PARK LANES, set in an American bowling alley over the course of a day.

The film is about Mitch Rapp, an «ordinary every day all - American athlete and scholar» recruited by the CIA, becoming one of the best assassins they've ever seen, but he gets into trouble on an assignment in Beirut.

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Hello everyone, these past few days Blake has been promoting his new film «American Animals «at SXSW Film Festival alongside some of the cast and I added several pictures of him which you can check by clicking the thumbs or links below!

The production, which also stars Christopher Meloni (Law and Order: SVU, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp), Ike Barinholtz (The Mindy Project, Sisters) and Wanda Sykes (Evan Almighty), has already moved into filming, but remains untitled so far.

Or to be more accurate, three years since he last made a film given that he spent the better part of the last twelve months making Only the Brave (formerly «Granite Mountain»), the latest «based on a true story» ode to tragic American masculinity (Peter Berg was busy making Deepwater Horizon and Patriot's Day back - to - back).

For all the hand - wringing these days over whether a film fits a reductive notion of feminism, Magic Mike XXL's enthusiastic endorsement of sex and, as importantly, talking about one's sexual desires seems altogether rarer in American film.

Introducing itself to the world at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and creating substantial buzz in film festivals the world over before opening in an elite listing of American cinemas in July, Sean Baker's fifth feature plays out with genuine emotion and manifests as an eye - opening day - in - the - life of two transgender sex workers on the streets of Los Angeles.

The film is due to be released on February 23 in North America and China, but its studio, Paramount, has sold all other international distribution rights to Netflix, which will premiere the film abroad just seventeen days after its North American release.

Best Music Score: Jürgen Knieper for The American Friend, closely followed by Ennio Morricone, Days of Heaven, and Denny Zeitlin, a first - timer at film scoring, on The Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

Coming just a day after the New York Film Critics kicked off the awards season with a trio of wins for David O. Russell's American Hustle, the NBR not only gave that film no wins but snubbed it entirely from their top 10.

Dunst's performance here is hardly different than those she would portray in modern - day films for young adults, and although Coppola's dialogue does mostly avoid obvious modern catchphrases and slang, all of the actors speak in their own native dialects, with a cast blended with mostly American and British actors.

While American critics won't see Independence Day: Resurgence until Friday, journalists in other countries have already seen the film.

Now in its 29th year, SBIFF offers 11 days of 200 + films, tributes and symposiums that range from American indie films to world cinema and everything in - between.

Here's the full list of 142 films that featured on our contributors» ballots: (Disclaimer: Luc Besson's Lucy didn't get a single vote - I just like this image of Scarlett sorting through stuff) 71 1001 Grams 12 Years a Slave 20,000 Days on Earth 22 Jump Street 52 Tuesdays A Girl at my Door A Most Violent Year A Most Wanted Man A Touch of Sin Aberdeen Alleluia American Sniper Birdman Black Coal, Thin Ice Blind Blue Ruin Boyhood Calvary Captain America: The Winter Soldier Casa Grande Chef Citizenfour Climbing to Spring Cold in July Danger 5 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Der Samurai Duke of Burgundy Edge of Tomorrow Electric Boogaloo Enemy Fandry Force Majeure Frank Free Fall From What is Before Giovanni's Island Gone Girl Goodbye to Language Guardians of the Galaxy Haemoo Han Gong - ju Hard to be a God Horse Money Housebound Ida Inherent Vice Interstellar It Follows Jauja Jigarthanda Jodorowsky's Dune John Wick Killers Lady Maiko Les Combattants Leviathan Li'l Quinquin Life Itself Like Father Like Son Locke Love and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere Magical Girl Maidan Man From Reno Melbourne Memphis Mommy National Gallery New World Nightcrawler Norte, The End of History Nymphomaniac Of Good Report Only Lovers Left Alive Over Your Dead Body Pale Moon Peaky Blinders Pride R100 Red Army Seven Weeks Sils Maria Snowpiercer Song of the Sea Sorrow and Joy Spring Stand By Me Doraemon Starred Up Starry Eyes Stray Dogs Texas Chain Saw Massacre The Act of Killing The Babadook The Dam Keeper The Double The Editor The Grand Budapest Hotel The Great Beauty The Great Passage The Guest The Hobbit The Internet's Own Boy The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness The Lego Movie The Missing Picture The One I Love The Overnighters The Penguins of Madagascar The Raid 2 The Sacrament The Second Game The Secret Life of Walter Mitty The Snow White Murder Case The Tale of the Princess Kaguya The Terror Live The Tribe The Wind Rises The Wolf of Wall Street The Wonders The World of Kanako These Final Hours They Came Together Tokyo Tribe Tusk Two Days, One Night Under the Skin Wadjda We Are The Best!