3D film brings to life Warsaw's postwar devastation
The five-minute film depicts an imaginary flight by a British aircraft over a vividly reconstructed landscape of the Polish capital in the spring of 1945. The plane slowly descends from white clouds and sweeps over a panorama of a city destroyed by the Nazis: the skeletons of bombed bridges jutting from a quiet river, the empty walls of burned-out houses, the Jewish ghetto totally flattened.
Chinese film 'Detective Dee' among Golden Lion candidates
Andy Lau as detective Di Renjie in the film "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame." (Photo: CFP) Tsui Hark's martial-arts thriller "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame" will be the only Chinese-language film to compete for the top honor at this year's Venice International Film Festival, organizers have announced.
Film School Looks At Michigan Film Tax Incentive Package
The Traverse City Film Festival offered a film school on making and financing a film in Michigan, focusing on the film tax incentive. A panel answered questions and explained the nuts and bolts of using the tax incentive and how to finance a film.
Film festivals come together for August
Atlanta Underground Film Festival director Eric Panter took a look at how Atlanta Celebrates Photography blankets the city with still images for the entire month of October and wondered whether he could do the same thing with the moving image.
Boxing film opens city festival
A new film about the life and career of Welsh boxer Howard Winstone has its premiere in Cardiff as part of a three-day boxing festival.
Film Picks
This week, two film series wrap up their runs in the Triangle.
Film Review: Dinner for Schmucks
Any film scholar looking to write a paper exploring the differences between French and American screen comedy couldnt ask for a better case study than the 1998 Gallic feature Le Diner de Cons ( The Dinner Game ) and its 2010 Hollywood remake Dinner for Schmucks . The new film follows the same basic premise as its predecessora businessman (Paul Rudd) is invited to a dinner party where hes ...
