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Official “Creation” Trailer

7 hours ago | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »

Today we have the trailer for “Creation” a biopic movie telling the life of Charles Darwin.

From director Jon Amiel (The Singing Detective, Entrapment) and writer John Collee (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World) comes “Creation”. A psychological, heart-wrenching love story starring Paul Bettany (A Beautiful Mind, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World) as Charles Darwin, the film is based on “Annie’s Box,” a biography penned by Darwin’s great-great-grandson Randal Keynes using personal letters and diaries of the Darwin family. We take a unique and inside look at Darwin, his family and his love for his deeply religious wife, played by Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind, Requiem for a Dream), as, torn between faith and science, Darwin struggles to finish his legendary book “On the Origin of Species,” which goes on to become the foundation for evolutionary biology.

The film co-stars Toby Jones (Frost/Nixon, …

- Allan Ford

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Films Of The Decade – Alex’s List

18 December 2009 4:15 PM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

10 years is bloody ages in film terms. To narrow it down to my ten favourite films of the decade was no easy task. Even now I look at my list and can’t help but think…where the hell is Gladiator? Why didn’t I include any Lord Of The Rings films? What about The Dark Knight? Damn, what about The Lives Of Others, Pan’s Labyrinth, Finding Nemo, Downfall, No Country For Old Men? All of those films are incredible candidates and on another day they might have made it. The truth is no self-respecting film buff will ever be able to narrow down 10 films to fit a list and not have it change every so often.

One day my opinion of the best film of all time will be Seven Samurai the next day it will be Apocalypse Now and the day after that it might be Night Of The Hunter. …

- Alex Wagner

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How can EastEnders be any grimmer this Christmas? Wait and see

18 December 2009 2:44 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »

With Albert Square already mired in misery, EastEnders will have to pull out all the stops for its traditional bleak Christmas episode

Marks and Spencer's 'Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without...' adverts might have a lot of famous people in – but they're hardly convincing. What's all this stuff about mince pies and knickers? In fact Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without … a full hour staring at the torrent of unrelenting human misery that passes for the EastEnders Christmas special, while pieces of your soul wither and die.

The EastEnders Christmas special is a uniquely peculiar festive tradition. But the bizarre reasons that lead normal, presumably happy people to voluntarily spend part of Christmas Day wallowing in unapologetic despair are nothing compared to the lack of foresight displayed by Walford's residents on 25 December. By now, accepting an invitation to Christmas dinner at the Vic has got to be as statistically hazardous as …

- Stuart Heritage

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Austin Film Critics Agree, The Hurt Locker is Best of ‘09

16 December 2009 7:05 AM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

The wonderful group of fine professional film critics and journalists known as the Austin Film Critics Association -- a group that includes the membership of yours truly and Fsr Managing Editor Dr. Cole Abaius -- has announced its award winners for the year 2009. Within said winners are plenty of unsurprising results, including the unanimous support for Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker, which took home Best Picture, Best Director and Best Cinematography. We also delivered the Best Actor award to Colin Firth, whose performance in A Single Man seems to have him right in the Oscar hunt with George Clooney (Up in the Air) and Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart). Among the surprises, Mélanie Laurent came out of nowhere to take Best Actress for her role in Inglourious Basterds, with co-star Christoph Waltz winning yet another Best Supporting Actor award (I wonder if he'll win the Oscar...) Two fantastic choices (my votes, for …

- Neil Miller

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Austin Honors 'The Hurt Locker'

16 December 2009 6:54 AM, PST | AMC - Script to Screen | See recent AMC - Script to Screen news »

In what's just becoming a trend, Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" was awarded best film by the Austin Film Critics Association.

"The Hurt Locker" took honors for film and director. Other winners included "Inglourious Basterds" and "Up in the Air."

The whole list:

Best Film:

The Hurt Locker

Best Director:

Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker

Best Actor:

Colin Firth, A Single Man

Best Actress:

Mélanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actor:

Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress:

Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air

Best Original Screenplay:

Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Up in the Air, Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Best Cinematography:

The Hurt Locker, Barry Ackroyd

Best Original Score:

Up, Michael Giacchino

Best Foreign Language Film:

Sin Nombre, Cary Fukunaga

Best Documentary:

Anvil! The Story of Anvil

Best Animated Feature:

Up

Best First Film:

District 9, Neill Blomkamp

Breakthrough Artist Award:

Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles …

- Christina Warren

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"The Black Swan" writer-director Darren Aronofsky discusses his filmmaking choices with MakingOf

16 December 2009 6:16 AM, PST | Makingof.com | See recent Makingof.com news »

link: http://makingof.com/insiders/media/darren/aronofsky/director-discusses-collaboration-and-the-wrester/81/886

 

Today, MakingOf premieres it's third interview with writer-director Darren Aronofsky. The focus is on the collaborative nature of filmmaking, which in his opinion is all about "bringing different experts together to express themselves as a group." He further explains that his first three films ("Pi," "Requiem for a Dream," and "The Fountain") were shot using an identical crew but for "The Wrestler" he chose to shake things up and worked with an almost entirely different group. The key to success, he shares, is "surrounding yourself with people you respect and admire."

 

Aronofsky is currently working with his latest crew on the production of his fifth film "The Black Swan." The supernatural thriller is set in the world of New York ballet and the cast includes Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Winona Ryder and Vincent Cassel

In this interview, he also highlights that …

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12 Projects Chosen For January 2010 Sundance Screenwriters Labs

14 December 2009 3:00 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

Sundance has announced the 12 projects they have chosen for the 2010 January Screenwriters lab. Why should you care? Well because the Sundance Institute Feature Film Program has hand picked some of the most original filmmakers of the last 28 years. Here are some of the films that have come out of the program: Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, Paul Thomas Anderson's Hard Eight, Kimberly Peirce's Boy's Don't Cry, Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream, John Cameron Mitchell's Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Peter Sollett's Raising Victor Vargas, Miranda July's Me and You and Everyone We Know, Ryan Fleck's Half Nelson, and most recently Cary Fukunaga's Sin Nombre and Alex Rivera's Sleep Dealer. So, what 12 projects have been chosen for this year's Summer labs? Find out after the jump. The projects and participants selected for the Screenwriting Lab: Lance Edmands (writer/director) / Bluebird (U. …

- Peter Sciretta

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This decade’s film: 2000-2004

14 December 2009 8:08 AM, PST | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »

Pottermania, Tolkein-mania, Twilight-mania…it’s fair to say that the noughties have been a strong one for different kinds of mania. Moreover, it’s also been the time for some pretty awesome movies. 2000 marked a particularly promising start: American Beauty, the directorial debut from Sam Mendes was a unique critique on the American dream that attracted widespread acclaim, being nominated for 8 Academy Awards and winning 5; including Best Picture. His next project, Road to Perdition proved this success to be no fluke. Apparently this was a good time for new directors, as further evidenced by Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides, and Spike Jonze’s Being John Malkovich. Not that the decade was limited to low-budget concept flicks. Box office-smashing comic book adaptations became the name of the game; ranging from the great (Spider-Man, X-Men and Hellboy), to the not so much (Daredevil and Fantastic Four). It became (almost) socially acceptable …

- Uprising

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Q&A: Jared Leto

11 December 2009 4:34 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

'My most embarrassing moment? It had to do with karaoke and Eye Of The Tiger'

Jared Leto was born in Louisiana in 1971. He went to New York's School of Visual Arts, and in 1994 was cast opposite Claire Danes in the television series My So-Called Life. His movies include Fight Club, Requiem For A Dream and Alexander, and he put on 67lbs (more than 30kg) to play John Lennon's assassin, Mark Chapman, in Chapter 27. Next February, he will tour the UK with his band, 30 Seconds To Mars.

What is your earliest memory?

Fireworks and a wolf.

When were you happiest?

I'm hoping that hasn't happened yet.

Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Stephen Hawking – a great example of triumph in the face of adversity.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?

The need to sleep.

What is the trait you most deplore in others? …

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Black Swan Set Photos: Vincent Cassel Makes Natalie Portman Cry

8 December 2009 10:56 AM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »

Natalie Portman has been busy filming her next movie, Black Swan, directed by Wrestler and Requiem for a Dream helmer Darren Aronofsky. In it she plays a veteran ballerina competing against a rival who may actually be a delusion. Milla Kunis is the rival and somewhere along the way they become so entangled that it results in a sex scene. The movie.s supposed to be intense and a way for Portman to continue shedding her sort of cutesy image, but none of that is in evidence here: in the first ever photos from Black Swan.s set. The pics below come from Accidental Sexiness where they have even more shots of Natalie wandering around Lincoln Center in New York during Black Swan.s shoot. Nothing mindblowing here, but that is a nice scarf. The guy making her cry would appear to be Vincent Cassel, rumored but never previously confirmed …

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New Jack Black Animated Film on the Horizon

7 December 2009 6:38 AM, PST | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »

The Kung-Fu Panda will strike again. At least, his voice actor will.

According to Variety, Chris Meledandri, who heads Universal’s Illumination Entertainment, a family-film branch of the studio, has acquired a pitch for an animated film to showcase Jack Black as the lead. The pitch “is centered in the world of cryptozoology, which is the search for legendary creatures whose existence has never actually been confirmed, like the Loch Ness Monster or Bigfoot.”

Black pitched the script himself, along with writer Jason Micallef (who has served as an electrician of all things on films such as Death to Smoochy and Requiem for a Dream). Black will be producing the film as well, and it is assumed that Micallef will take on writing duties.

All is not lost for the panda, either: a sequel to Kung-Fu Panda is on the way, with Black attached.

Related posts:‘Men in Black 3′ moves …

- John Cooper

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John’s Top Eleven Films of the Decade

6 December 2009 3:47 PM, PST | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »

I was just under 11 years old as we entered the 2000s, and in the last decade I have made it my mission to fill the space in my mind that should be reserved for academics to remembering the details of far too many films. In looking back upon this decade, it seems that we’ve had quite a good chunk of time for movies — there are only two years absent on my top ten list: 2000 and 2005, while 2006 is represented by three films. I still cheated, though, by extending my list to eleven entries. Some were just too good to decide between.

I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. And before you start — don’t cry. The Dark Knight isn’t on here.

11. The Royal Tenenbaums – 2001

Spoiler: you’re going to find that comedy is slightly underrepresented on this list, with Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums …

- John Cooper

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Decade: Darren Aronofsky on “Requiem For a Dream”

1 December 2009 10:24 AM, PST | IndieWIRE | See recent indieWIRE news »

Editor’S Note: Every day for the next month, indieWIRE will be republishing profiles and interviews from the past ten years (in their original, retro format) with some of the people that have defined independent cinema in the first decade of this century.  First off, we’ll step back to 2000, and an interview indieWIRE’s Anthony Kaufman had with Darren Arfonosky upon the release of his second feature, “Requiem For a Dream.”  Interview: … …

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The Flock of ‘Black Swan’ Grows

9 November 2009 5:25 PM, PST | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

Darren Aronofsky, director of the 2000 hit Requiem for a Dream, is back with his next project, Black Swan.

Black Swan is a supernatural thriller that follows dancers within the New York City Ballet. In particular, the film centers on Nina, a veteran of the stage who must fight to keep her place in the spotlight for a production of Swan Lake. Nina’s biggest rival is a dancer named Lilly, but here’s the kicker: Nina isn’t sure if Lilly is real, a delusion, or a supernatural apparition.

Casting details have been released, and Aronofsky has himself a cast that’s sure to deliver. Natalie Portman will be starring as Nina, with Mila Kunis playing the part of Lilly. Joining them on stage will be Winona Ryder, Vincent Cassel, and Barbara Hershey.

Ryder will be playing the role of Beth, a dancer coming to the end of her career, …

- Carly

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Aronofsky's 'Black Swan' Gains More Cast Members

9 November 2009 5:02 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

By Alison Nastasi

Darren Aronofsky's latest film is a thriller with a supernatural twist. Black Swan is currently in pre-production and Slashfilm recently revealed full casting details for the film. It was already announced that Natalie Portman will star as Nina, a veteran ballerina competing against a mysterious rival dancer, Lily, played by Mila Kunis. As the dancers approach an important performance, Nina starts to question if her rival is a supernatural apparition or if she's having delusions and her identity starts to blur with that of her eerily similar competitor. To the absolute joy of fanboys everywhere, the film includes an "ecstasy-induced hungry, aggressive, angry sex" scene between Portman and Kunis. Having flashbacks to Requiem for a Dream yet?

Joining the cast of Black Swan will be Vincent Cassel, Winona Ryder and Barbara Hershey. Ryder plays Beth, Nina's frenemie who used to be the star dancer but is …

- Cinematical staff

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Moon: Blu-ray review and details of all the DVD and Blu-ray features

9 November 2009 4:11 PM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Amid a summer of explosive spectacle - there can barely be a stick of dynamite left unlit in Hollywood - David Bowie's son Duncan Jones surprised everyone with his directorial debut: An old-school sci-fi film called Moon.

Made for just $5million by Liberty Films and released by Sony Pictures Classics, Moon lands on DVD and Blu-ray next Monday, November 16. The new website for the film has now gone live (and you can see it here).

This psychological drama - which was on a limited theatrical release - stars Sam Rockwell (Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind, Frost/Nixon) and features the voice of Kevin Spacey as a computer called Gerty.

Rockwell is Sam Bell, a Lunar Industries worker supervising the mechanical extraction of the clean fuel helium-3 from rocks on the surface of the moon.

Bell is nearing the end of a solitary three-year contract during which he has been …

- David Bentley

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25 Most Disturbing Movies #6: Requiem for a Dream

9 November 2009 10:11 AM, PST | GreenCine | See recent GreenCine news »

Continuing Simon Augustine's countdown of the Most Disturbing Movies (Read Part 1 for the first 13). [<< #7]

6. Requiem For A Dream (2002) 9 (gross out)/8 (artistic merit)

Darren Aronofsky, the Diy auteur who burst onto the scene with the black and white religious-techno fable Pi, and more recently made the wrenching The Wrestler, may have reached a creative peak with this adaptation of a novel by one of the stars of the disturbing branch of the literary world: Hubert Selby, Jr., who also wrote the book Last Exit to Brooklyn. In perhaps the most jarring and skillfully unnerving chronicles of drug addiction ever made, we witness the destruction by heroin and prescription pills of a mother, her son, his girlfriend and best friend (Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, and Marlon Wayans, all top-notch).  …

- underdog

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Winona Ryder et al. join Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan

9 November 2009 9:35 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

/Film has reported that Winona Ryder is one of three actors to join Darren Aronofsky’s psychological/supernatural chiller Black Swan. The latest from the director of Pi and Requiem For A Dream is set to roll in New York City within the next month.

Vincent Cassel and Barbara Hershey have also come aboard Black Swan, which stars Natalie Portman as Nina, a ballerina who finds herself competing with a newcomer named Lilly (Mila Kunis)—who may a hallucination or a ghostly apparition. (Whatever the case, Nina and Lilly reportedly have a very hot sex scene together). Ryder, whose genre credits include Bram Stoker’S Dracula, Lost Souls and Beetlejuice, plays a veteran dancer whose role Nina and Lilly are vying to take over; Cassell, from The Crimson Rivers, Brotherhood Of The Wolf and Sheitan, is the production’s “handsome but sinister” director; and Hershey, whom horror fans know from …

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)

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Cassel, Ryder and Hershey Join Aronofsky's Black Swan

9 November 2009 9:00 AM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »

Though it would seem that he has yet to receive the mainstream attention he deserves (his highest grossing film garnered only $26 million at the box office), Darren Aronofsky is one of the most talented directors working today. With the exception of The Fountain, which, to be fair wasn't his original vision, the director has produced three fantastic films in his career. Requiem for a Dream still haunts me, Pi is a fantastic low-budget thriller, and what can be said about The Wrestler that hasn't already been said? His next project, The Black Swan, a supernatural drama about the New York City ballet, has had very few details revealed, though we have been informed that there will be "ecstasy-induced hungry aggressive angry sex" between Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis. While that alone could get asses in the seats, /Film has revealed three new actors joining the cast that make the project …

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Discuss: The Movies That Haunt You

6 November 2009 2:32 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

After heaps of buzz and praise, and our own Eric Snider saying: "it's compelling and artistic, punctuated with warm humor and masterful performances, and ultimately triumphant and hopeful," Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire is finally hitting theaters today. It's a harrowing look at one girl's traumatic young life of being pregnant with her second baby (by her father), abused by her mother, and struggling with illiteracy and obesity. In other words, a movie that demands you to think and feel -- to be touched beyond the 110 minute span of the film.

Naturally, that made me think about movies that haunt us. It can be for any number of reasons -- because of a film's thought-provoking power, how it's filmed and presented, the way it latches on to pain in our own experience, unsettles our own belief systems, angers us, or challenges us. Whether it ends sadly, or with hope. …

- Monika Bartyzel

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