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Tuesday Dec 8 | The Winnipeg Free Press

Sundance Channel coming to Canada in rebrand of Drive In Classics

The Sundance Channel is coming to Canada. Robert Redford's film and lifestyle channel is set to debut in March, and focuses on independent film, world cinema, documentaries and original series.

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Related Topix: Television, Corus Entertainment, Travel

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Examiner.com

'The Howling' latest classic horror franchise to get reboot treatment

Original poster for Joe Dante's "The Howling" Werewolves are making a comeback, and no, you can't give all the credit to "Twilight Saga: New Moon." A vampire/werewolf showdown has been in the offing for some time.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, The Howling, Thriller, Comedy Movies, Piranha, Joe Dante, The Wolfman, The Hills Have Eyes

Mon Nov 23, 2009

ScreenCrave

The Howling: Reborn Brings Werewolves Back

The vampire trend must be dying down, because the werewolves are ready to take its place.

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Related Topix: The Howling, Thriller, Horror Movies, Marketing

Sun Nov 22, 2009

ScreenCrave

Netflix To Instantly Stream IFC Films

Here is an awesome piece of news for you. Netflix and IFC Entertainment have joined forces to stream films from the IFC catalog.

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Related Topix: Media, Crime Movies, Following, Thriller, Mystery Movies

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Collider

IFC Teams with Netflix to Bring 53 New Films to Streaming "Watch Instantly" Service

While not quite as massive as the thousands of films the Starz deal provided to Netflix's "Watch Instantly" service last year, IFC Films has signed an exclusive streaming deal with Netflix for 53 of IFC's films.A Among the 53 films are John Sayles' The Brother From Another Planet and Return of the Secaucus Seven ; Christopher Nolan's first film, ...

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Following, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Brothers, Drama Movies

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Ain't It Cool News

Roger Corman Won An Oscar The Other Night...

Sure, there was coverage of the ceremony , and maybe some drive-by praise of Corman's career , but in terms of anything substantial... nothin'. Perhaps everyone was too busy whoring for TWILIGHT traffic to notice that the one-man film industry who mentored the likes of Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Jack Nicholson, James Cameron, John ...

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Related Topix: Targets, Thriller, Jack Nicholson, Horror Movies, Comedy Movies, Piranha, Joe Dante

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Filmstalker

The Howling Reborn gains writer and director

It was back in July of 2006 , believe it or not, that a remake of The Howling was first talked about, and now it appears that there's an actual move to get the film made, and remake it certainly sounds like as the title is The Howling Reborn.

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Related Topix: The Howling, Thriller, Horror Movies

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Waterford Today

John Sayles visits Waterford

A capacity audience attended at Garter Lane Theatre on Thursday last to listen to John Sayles, the twice academy award nominated actor, writer and director who was a guest of the Waterford Council of Trade Unions as part of their centenary celebrations.

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Related Topix: Matewan, WV

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Waterford News and Star | Waterford S...

Filmmaker brings trade unionism to the fore

TRADE unionism was brought to the fore in the city last week with the visit of internationally renowned American independent filmmaker, John Sayles.

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Related Topix: Matewan, WV

Sun Oct 18, 2009

Hollywood.com

Joe Morton

A handsome, dignified African-American actor who has excelled on stage, screen and TV, Morton made his movie breakthrough as the mute extraterrestrial in John Sayles' "The Brother From Another Planet" . A virtuoso.... A handsome, dignified African-American actor who has excelled on stage, screen and TV, Morton made his movie breakthrough as the ...

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, The Inkwell, Of Mice and Men, Joe Morton, Howard-Beach, NY, A Different World, Comedy, Entertainment, Television

Fri Oct 09, 2009

The News-Gazette, Lexington, VA

'Eight Men Out' Being Shown Tonight At VMI

Interested in seeing Major League Baseball's 1919 version of a "single sanction honor code" or witnessing young men struggling with "choosing the harder right over the easier wrong" and rationalizing choices they know to be dishonest or learning the consequences of a non toleration clause? If so, then you are invited to take advantage of a special ...

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Related Topix: Sport Movies, History Movies, Eight Men Out, Drama Movies

Mon Sep 28, 2009

Hollywood.com

John Sayles

In an era when last year's indie wunderkind is too often this year's studio sellout, screenwriter-director John Sayles stands apart, his rugged self-reliance a beacon to aspiring filmmakers wishing to make complex.... In an era when last year's indie wunderkind is too often this year's studio sellout, screenwriter-director John Sayles stands apart, ...

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Related Topix: Sport Movies, History Movies, Eight Men Out, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Baby It's You, Horror Movies, Thriller, The Howling, Piranha, Lianna, Entertainment

Thu Aug 13, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times

Joe Dante: One of us! One of us

Director Joe Dante talks with Dennis Cozzalio about stories and effects at Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule , in one of the most enjoyable filmmaker interviews I've read in a long time: ... I'm not saying all these new techniques are better .

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, The Howling, Thriller, Comedy Movies, Piranha, Joe Dante, Cameras

Thu Jul 23, 2009

Hollywood.com

Nancy Savoca

The daughter of Sicilian and Argentine immigrants, writer-director Nancy Savoca graduated from the film school at New York University where she received the Haig P. Manoogian Award for overall excellence for her short.... The daughter of Sicilian and Argentine immigrants, writer-director Nancy Savoca graduated from the film school at New York ...

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Dogfight, Drama Movies, If These Walls Could Talk, New York University, Crime Movies, Something Wild, Married to the Mob, Entertainment

Tue Jul 07, 2009

Hollywood.com

Reggie Rock Bythewood

An African-American writer for film and television who started out in the business as an actor, Reggie Rock Bythewood went from teen star on NBC's "Another World" to big screen success, penning the.... An African-American writer for film and television who started out in the business as an actor, Reggie Rock Bythewood went from teen star on NBC's ...

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Related Topix: Soap Opera, Another World, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Drama Movies, Get on the Bus, History Movies, Bamboozled, Comedy Movies

Mon Jun 08, 2009

Arkansas Times

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$12 adv., $15 d.o.s. Will Oldham, who's recorded, alternately, under his own name as well as Palace Music, Palace Brothers, Palace Songs and just plain Palace, seems to have settled on the Bonnie "Prince" Billy moniker.

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Related Topix: Will Oldham, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Alternative

Wed May 27, 2009

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Live Music Picks

His instrument gets a bad rap as a tourist trinket, but Shimabukuro's remarkable musicianship is enough to make the ukulele cool again.

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Related Topix: Wendy and Lucy, Old Joy, Drama Movies, Will Oldham, Duluth, GA, Pop/Rock, The Decemberists, Music, Entertainment

Mon May 25, 2009

CW2 Colorado KWGN-TV

John Sayles, novelist, seeks a binding agreement

Reporting from New York - For 40 minutes last month he held them spellbound, reading about America in 1898.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Comedy Movies, Return of the Secaucus 7, Lone Star, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Western, Drama Movies, The Howling, Piranha, City University of New York, Entertainment

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