One of the more fascinating and gut-wrenching films at this year's festival, Sin Nombre managed to snag a couple of awards (Best Director and Best Cinematography in U.S. Dramatic Competition) before skipping town with a writer-director who's sure to become Hollywood's next great filmmaker. The film,...

Filed under: Drama, Foreign Language, Independent, Sundance, Theatrical Reviews, Focus Features, Sundance Reviews 2009 One of the more fascinating and gut-wrenching films at this year's festival, Sin Nombre managed to snag a couple of awards (Best Director and Best Cinematography in U.S. Dramatic Co...

1. Twiddle thumbs while waiting for bidding wars to break out -- So Senator Entertainment has already landed domestic distribution for Antoine Fuqua's cop drama, Brooklyn's Finest (they'll probably do right by it and sit it on a shelf right next to All the Boys Love Mandy Lane ); now, it's just a ma...

Filed under: Documentary, Drama, Independent, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Awards, SXSW, Sundance, Slamdance, Sony Classics, Focus Features, Fox Searchlight, Cinematical Seven, Oscar Watch, Paramount Vantage 1. Twiddle thumbs while waiting for bidding wars to break out -- So Senator Entertainment has alrea...

Rumors have been surrounding various studio subsidiaries and Focus Features is no exception. Here's the breaking story of Focus Features' merger with Universal's International Production Group.. At a time when many studio specialty divisions are under fire, downsizing or shuttering, Universal Pictur...

Walking is a oft-used metaphor of life’s journey.  Over the years I’ve come to realize that my most important goal is to walk with God.  But what does that really mean, to walk with God?  What does it actually entail to structure the focus, the rhythm, and the path of my life to ...

I’ve been meditating on what it truly means to live a God-focused life. I had to start with thinking about what “focus” really is as it applies to life, and why we need it. When you see the word “focus” what is the first word or image that comes to your mind? A camera, ...

Probably one of the silliest and most outlandish films that I’ve seen on the festival circuit this year, Hamlet 2 is one of those films that is completely dedicated to its own ridiculous nature. At its core is the brilliant Steve Coogan, who plays a high school drama teacher who is forced to w...

Tuesday, Universal co-chairmen David Linde and Marc Shmuger piled a bunch of folks into the corporate jet and flew them to Vegas for lunch. Hamlet 2 star Steve Coogan came along with long-time collaborators Focus Features prexy James Schamus and Lust, Caution director Ang Lee, who were given the fir...

Defamer thinks Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman are being encouraged to act like they’re constantly on the verge of making out with each other in an attempt to drum up interest in The Other Boleyn Girl , with the thinking that the secret lesbian fantasies supposedly being harbored by all...