• This Week In Trailers: America To Me, Jeune Femme, Hunt For The Skinwalker, The Public Image Is Rotten, Kanarie

    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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  • This Week In Trailers: I Am Eleven, We The Economy, Showrunners, Ambition, Spandau Ballet: Soul Boys Of The Western World

    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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  • Magnolia Will Distribute Roger Ebert Doc 'Life Itself'

    One of the best films of this year's Sundance Film Festival, Steve James' documentary about film critic Roger Ebert Life Itself, has just been picked up for distribution by Magnolia Pictures. The company reportedly beat out several suitors including IFC, Oscilloscope and The Weinstein Company. They're looking at a summer theatrical and on-demand release followed by…

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  • Steve James Vows To Finish 'Life Itself,' The Roger Ebert Documentary

    Despite the terrible news of legendary film critic Roger Ebert's passing, the film about the man himself will go on. Steve James, the Oscar-nominated director of Hoop Dreams, took to Twitter to tell everyone that despite the tragic news, he and producers Martin Scorsese and Steve Zaillian will finish Life Itself, a documentary on the life of Roger…

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  • This Week In Trailers: How To Make Money Selling Drugs, The House I Live In, Harvest Of Empire, Head Games

    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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  • Roger Ebert's Memoir Optioned By Steve James And Steven Zaillian; Martin Scorsese To Produce

    The world's most famous film critic is having a documentary made about him by some of the most famous filmmakers around. Documentarian Steve James (Hoop Dreams) and Oscar-winning screenwriter Steven Zaillian (Schindler's List) have optioned the rights to Ebert's 2011 memoir, Life Itself. Martin Scorsese will executive produce. Read more after the jump. Ebert tweeted…

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  • Sundance 2011: 'The Interrupters' Trailer

    One of the high profile documentaries set to premiere at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival is Steve James' The Interrupters. You might not recognize James by name, but he is the filmmaker responsible for the documentary classic Hoop Dreams. The movie takes a focus on the violence in Chicago, particularly a recent brutal beating of…

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