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  This Week In Trailers: Somewhere In The Middle, Serendipity, SPIRITS In The Forest, Everybody's Everything, We Believe In Dinosaurs

  Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week,…

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  'Life' Trailer: Robert Pattinson Wants To Find Something Beautiful

  Life follows photographer Dennis Stock (Robert Pattinson) and his relationship with James Dean (Dane DeHaan), a star on the rise. Watch the Life trailer.

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  'Life' Trailer: Dane DeHaan And Robert Pattinson Hit The Road In James Dean Biopic

  Watch the Life trailer. Robert Pattinson stars as a photographer assigned to profile James Dean, played by Dane DeHaan. Anton Corbijn directed.

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  'A Most Wanted Man' Trailer: Philip Seymour Hoffman Does John Le Carré

  Watch the first A Most Wanted Man trailer, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman. Directed by Anton Corbijn (The American) and based on the book by John le Carré.

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  First Look: Dane DeHaan's James Dean In Anton Corbijn's 'Life'

  Get the first peek at Dane DeHaan as James Dean in Anton Corbijn's Life. Robert Pattinson also stars, as photographer Dennis Stock.

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  'A Most Wanted Man' International Trailer: Anton Corbijn Adapts John Le Carre

  Anton Corbijn's third film A Most Wanted Man has been some time coming. Shot in the fall of 2012, the film was originally scheduled to hit the UK (at least) in 2013, but will now premiere at Sundance later this month and then get a US release from Lionsgate. We're still waiting for the domestic…

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  Dane DeHaan And Robert Pattinson Join Anton Corbijn's James Dean Drama 'Life'

  In The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Dane DeHaan plays Harry Osborn, a role previously played by James Franco in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy. In Anton Corbijn's Life, he'll follow even further in Franco's footsteps by picking up another of his old characters: James Dean. DeHaan and Twilight star Robert Pattinson have joined the fact-based drama, which…

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  Lionsgate Will Distribute Spy Thriller 'A Most Wanted Man' With Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Anton Corbijn's third feature film, A Most Wanted Man, features Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright, and Willem Dafoe in a story adapted from a novel by John le Carre (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy). We've seen an early sales trailer for the film (which was sadly pulled) but until now the movie didn't have…

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  'A Most Wanted Man' Sales Trailer: Anton Corbijn's Paranoid Political Thriller

  Anton Corbijn's two feature films have been pretty firmly aimed at the arthouse, but with his John le Carré adaptation A Most Wanted Man, the director may find himself with a slightly larger audience. Philip Seymour Hoffman stars in a story about a "young ex-prisoner who arrives illegally in Germany, practically destitute." Hoffman's character harbors significant suspicions…

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  Anton Corbijn Sets Up James Dean Biopic, 'Life'

  Photographer and music video director Anton Corbijn began his feature film career with the movie Control, which chronicled the life of late Joy Division singer Ian Curtis. Corbijn has moved into other arenas, making the arthouse thriller The American with George Clooney and A Most Wanted Man, featuring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright, Willem…

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  The Best Movies About Musicians You Probably Haven't Seen

  A little over a year ago I was in London. I went to the legendary jazz club Ronnie Scott's. At one point during a jam session a young Russian man in a thick coat and scarf (despite the warm weather) ran up on stage, blew his alto like it was nobody's business, then promptly disappeared…

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  Casting Bits: Amy Adams In Steve Martin Adaptation 'An Object Of Beauty', Philip Seymour Hoffman In 'A Most Wanted Man'

  Amy Adams will make her first foray into producing with An Object of Beauty, Maven Pictures' adaptation of the novel by Steve Martin. (Yes, that Steve Martin.) Adams will star as Lacey Yeager, an ambitious young woman climbing up the ranks of the art world. Over the course of fifteen years, she travels the world,…

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  Anton Corbijn To Direct 'A Most Wanted Man'

  Anton Corbijn made his feature debut with the Joy Division biopic Control, and last year released a very solid sophomore turn, The American. While promoting that film he didn't sound very optimistic about making more films, saying that his third would probably be his last. Hopefully that won't actually be the case. One way or…

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  'The American' Director Anton Corbijn To Only Make One More Film?

  Is Anton Corbijn already done with filmmaking just as he's getting warmed up? His debut feature, Control, was a great start, and then The American turned out to be both a satisfying art-house thriller slash character study and a weird out of left field financial success. OK, it didn't rake in fifty million, but it…

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  Movie Trailer #2: Anton Corbijn's 'The American,' With George Clooney

  There is now a second teaser trailer available for The American, directed by photographer Anton Corbijn (as a follow-up to his film Control) and starring George Clooney as a soon to be retired assassin hiding out in an Italian village. The first teaser, released in May, was a slow burn that made the film look…

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  Movie Trailer: Anton Corbijn's The American

  Focus Features has released the first movie trailer for Control helmer Anton Corbijn's The American on Yahoo. The movie stars George Clooney as "an artful assassin with a lengthy track record, constantly on the move and always watching his back." At first glance, this film seems slow moving and might require a large attention span, something…

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  New Photo: George Clooney In Anton Corbijn's The American

  Back in November, we got our first look at Control helmer Anton Corbijn's The American, staring George Clooney as "an artful assassin with a lengthy track record, constantly on the move and always watching his back." A new production photo has appeared on the film's official facebook page (found via theplaylist), seen above. Corbijn also noted…

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  Focus Features Announces 2010 Release Dates

  Focus Features today announced their 2010 release slate. Highlights include: March 12th 2010: The Squid and the Whale writer/director Noah Baumbach's Greenberg which stars Ben Stiller April 16th 2010: Thomas Balmès' Babies, a documentary film which simultaneously follows four babies around the world - from birth to first steps. Wednesday, September 1st 2010: Anton Corbijn's The…

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  Photos: Sofia Coppola's Somewhere, Noah Baumbach's Greenberg, And The American

  Our friends at Collider scored a shitload of early promotional images and posters from the American Film Market. You can head on over to Collider to see all of the images, but I thought I'd profile a few of the projects that I'm more looking forward to. After the jump you will find photos of Sofia…

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  George Clooney And Anton Corbijn's A Very Private Gentleman Becomes The American, Begins Filming In Italy

  We've known for quite a while that George Clooney would be starring in an adaptation of the Martin Booth novel A Very Private Gentleman for Control director Anton Corbijn. Now we're told, via press release from Focus Features, that the film's official title is The American, and that the film begins shooting in Italy this…

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