THE INTERNATIONAL ROME FILM FESTIVAL
October 27 - November 4 2011
The background behind the financial crisis in Too Big to Fail by Curtis Hanson
The 2008 financial crisis and the collapse of Lehman Brothers are the main focus of Too Big to Fail, the film by Oscar® winner Curtis Hanson to be premiered in the Official Selection of the International Rome Film Festival (27 October - 4 November, Auditorium Parco della Musica). The TV-film produced b...
Last night at the opening of the 68th Venice Film Festival (La Biennale) George Clooney's latest film, THE IDES OF MARCH (2011) premiered. The film is about the ideals of politics clashing with the real world of dirty politics based on the play by writer Beau Willimon. Cast members Evan Rachel Wood, Paul Giamatti, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Marisa Tomei joined George Clooney on the red carpet for the world premier of their film.written by Vanessa McMahon From Biennale press... 68t...
Paul Giamatti inspired me tonight in his performance in Barney’s Version
By Ron Gilbert
Inspiration is the key to getting you up in the morning to start a new day with excitement and fervor and those goals that you have set for yourself in whatever you do. As a writer I need to be inspired so that I can explode with creative dialogue so that you can read about a film that moves me. Tonight that happened. Michael Konyves’ script based on Mordecai Richler’s novel, Richard’s dir...
Independents captured eight awards at tonight's 68th Annual Golden Globes® ceremony, including for Best Picture and Best Actress, Comedy or Musical, as well as both Best Actor prizes, Independent Film & Television Alliance President-CEO Jean Prewitt announced.
The Kids Are All Right (Inferno Entertainment, Focus Features and UGC International) garnered awards for best Comedy or Musical Picture and Best Actress (Annette Bening); The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company) w...
Independents captured eight awards at tonight’s 68th Annual Golden Globes® ceremony, including for Best Picture and Best Actress, Comedy or Musical, as well as both Best Actor prizes, Independent Film & Television Alliance President-CEO Jean Prewitt announced. The Kids Are All Right (Inferno Entertainment, Focus Features and UGC International) garnered awards for best Comedy or Musical Picture and Best Actress (Annette Bening); The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) won for Best Actor (...
Paul Giamatti and Director Richard J. Lewis tell us about the film BARNEY'S VERSION.
"Cold Souls", a dark comedy with a philosophical and metaphysical twist, is written and directed by Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film", Sophie Barthes, and stars well-trained and comedic actor, Paul Giamatti and David Strathairn. The film begins with a quote from Rene Descartes and continues down this dark journey of an actor named and played by Paul Giamatti, who is anxious over his live theater performance of "Uncle Vanya". When Paul Giamatti, well known for his film ro...
More than 50 Hollywood stars have been set as presenters at "The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards" which took place Sunday, January 11, 2009 at The Beverly Hilton with a live telecast on NBC. NOTE: The Golden Globes are awarded by the Los Angeles Foreign Press Association, which is composed chiefly of a handful of Hollywood-struck geriatric non-entities less known for their profundity in the assessment of films than for their fear of being caught on the wrong band wagon. Steven Spielberg has rece...
Wednesday, August 1--------Robert Redford's got Sundance. Robert De Niro's got Tribeca. So why not let Paul Giamatti into that exclusive club? Well, the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) apparently agrees and has scheduled an 8-film series of movies selected by the Oscar nominee (and indie fave) entitled PAUL GIAMATTI SELECTS. The series begins tonight at the BAM Rose Cinemas and continues through September. Giamatti and Brooklyn are actually a perfect fit. Not only is he a longtime res...
SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST BRINGS PLATINUM POWER TO 20TH ANNIVERSARYSanta Barbara, CA – Star power and a slew of notable films combined to create a year at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival worthy of a platinum celebration. The 20th anniversary of the Fest was marked by ten days filled with more than 140 films, five panel discussions, four award events, and a smattering of “Conversations With” actors, all drawing crowds of film fans and stargazers into the community...
