Below the radar DVD releases for the last two weeks including Two Lovers, Tokyo!, Waltz with Bashir and Phoebe in Wonderland
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The International Documentary Association honored Ari Folman’s animated Waltz with Bashir and James Marsh’s Man on Wire in a tie for the best documentaries of 2008 last night. The other nominees included Kassim the Dream, Stranded and Young@Heart.
Waltz with Bashir is a beautifully animated and haunting recount of the 1982 conflict between Israel and Lebanon. [...]
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Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle’s winning story of the impoverished Indian teen who has a chance to take the top prize on a popular television game show, won three prizes of its own on Sunday when it snagged a handful of British Independent Film Awards including best British independent film, best director for Boyle and most [...]
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Awards season picked up a little steam today with a batch of nominations from the International Documentary Association and the British Independent Film Awards.
The 2008 IDA Documentary Award nominees are:
Kassim the Dream – the story of Ugandan child soldier turned World Champion boxer Kassim “The Dream” Ouima (Coming to AFI Fest).
Man on Wire – this [...]
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Benicio del Toro in Steven Soderbergh’s Che
Steven Soderbergh’s two-part biography Che, Clint Eastwood’s Changeling and Darren Aronofsky’s Wrestler have joined Lawrence Cantet’s Cannes jury prize winning The Class at The New York Film Festival which runs September 26 to October 12.
Shown in two parts totaling 4 1/2 hours at Cannes, Che does not have a [...]
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