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Ira Sachs's Forty Shades of Blue is a film layered with too much prime acting-flesh for its calcium deprived story skeleton to keep upright.

Iranian officials are furious after Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Film shared award with Carlos Reygadas' Stellet Licht.

France has picked Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's Persepolis as its contender for the 2008 Oscars. Cue much gnashing of teeth from Tehran.

At the Awards Ceremony for the 17th Annual Florida Film Festival, narrative features, documentaries, and shorts won from 160 film selections.

Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis is no longer in the running for the Best Foreign Language Film at this year's Oscars. But it's still up for Best Animated Feature Film.

Independent women filmmakers are making headlines and winning awards for making documentary films about issues that others are afraid to address.

Chan-Wook Park films have a sadistic element and are known for their wriggling plot lines, their bloodthirsty violence and their insane dark humour.

EM, Prince of Broadway, Poundcake, Trucker Highlight 18th Annual Florida Film Festival Narrative Features Competition.

Mo'Nique, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz co-star in disturbing drama about an abused inner-city girl.

Oldboy brings us the dark and disturbed tale of one man's vengeance against his mysterious kidnapper. Imprisoned for fifteen years, he has five days to uncover the truth

This year, the Ottawa International Animation Film Festival screens 3 controversial films from France, Norway and South Korea. Festival runs from September 19th - 23rd.

Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry align themselves with a drama about a pregnant, overweight, and illiterate teen in Harlem who struggles to survive a dysfunctional home.

The prestigious Cannes Film Festival is known for its selection of gritty movies, but 2009 was particularly tough. Here is a run-down of the main award winners.

In Northern Uganda, war has been a constant part of life for many children. Their touching stories are interwoven with the entrance into a musical competition and hope.

The documentary director of Rough Aunties and Gaea Girls, Kim Longinotto attended the recent festival held in Missouri.

Suite 101 talks with director Chusy Haney-Jardine about the love for the weird, amateur actors and 'in situ' story-telling in his award-winning film Anywhere, USA.

The 18th Annual Florida Film Festival concluded over the weekend and awarded prizes to several outstanding entries in the American Independent Competition.

Which animated shorts rocked - or sucked - at the 2009 OIAF Shorts Competition 2? Find out here.

Award-winning actresses from all over the world and talented American newcomers are set to battle it out from January for the 2010 Best Actress Oscar.

Senior luxury cruise enthusiasts sure to enjoy 12-days of movie and theater stars in "Theater at Sea" while calling on Mediterranean Italian and other ports.

Two strong women, both estranged by husbands, must fend for themselves and their children by smuggling illegal aliens across the U.S.-Canada border.

The 17th Annual Florida Film Festival, presented by Enzian Theater, recently announced jury members for its American Independent Competition.

Iran still irate whenever someone screens Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis. This time it's the Wellington Film Festival in New Zealand.

The Bangkok International Film Festival gives in to Iranian demands not to screen Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi's award-winning animated film.

Once again, Ratatouille beats The Simpsons Movie and Bee Movie to take Best Animated Theatrical Motion Picture at the Producers' Guild Awards.

When 32 year old Cory Booker, a Rhodes Scholar, challenges the long-time mayor of Newark, New Jersey, the status quo exerts a lot of pressure on local citizens.

The Brothers Bloom is a singular mix of thriller, romance, and comedy, and succeeds marvelously in all three areas.

Film festivals are exciting, social and educational events that are dedicated to the craft of cinema. Here are highlights of the most innovative film festivals in the NW.

Sony Pictures Classics is releasing the harrowing animated documentary Waltz With Bashir to DVD on June 23rd.

And the winners are... The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam handed out awards to this year's winners at its closing ceremony on November 27.

Finding the new band, The Virgins, playing at a local venue is easier than finding background information on the four New York hipsters.

The nominees for Best Foreign Film at the 80th annual Oscars are a varied group, and with La Vie en Rose out of the running, this year's crop has no clear front-runner.

Best known as an independent filmmaker and performance artist, Miranda July's collection of short stories is an award-winning, knockout of a literary debut.

An upper middle class family in the lush green surroundings of Great Neck is suddenly in the spotlight when allegations of sexual abuse are made against father and son.

A respectable upper-middle class Jewish family's world falls apart when both the father and youngest son are arrested and accused of shocking crimes.

Check out the new trailer for Sony Pictures Animation's Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. Film opens September 19th.

1975's Operation Babylift tore many Vietnamese children out of the arms of family and plunged them into U.S. culture. This film leaves the viewer just as unsettled.

Winner of the Prix du Jury at Cannes in 2006 for Red Road, British director Andrea Arnold repeated the trick in 2009 with Fish Tank, a triumph of poetic realism.

Former Hanna-Barbera and Lucasfilm VP Alan Keith is Laika Entertainment's new VP for businesss operations and chief financial officer.

Australian filmmaker Julius Avery's short film Jerrycan won the Best Film and Best Cinematography categories at the Bondi Short Film Festival on Saturday, November 28.

Lebanese authorities reversed a decision to ban Marjane Satrapi's acclaimed animated film Persepolis after a public outcry.

James Scurlock's film looks at how the U.S. became a debtor nation in only a few decades, how millions of citizens became bankrupt, and the tragedy it left behind.

Find out more about Sony Pictures Animation's direct-to-DVD release of Open Season 2, starring Mike Epps, Joel McHale and Billy Connelly.

Persepolis is an animated coming-of-age film about a girl growing up in Iran during a time of political upheaval.

The Ottawa International Animation Festival confirmed that it will show Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, an animated film about growing up in post-revolution Iran.

While most are familiar with the big party in New Orleans, Order Of Myths shows the older and more traditional version in Mobile, Alabama.

Small Town Gay Bar explains the importance of social support and connection in parts of the country where gay people are least accepted, the heartland, in rural America.

Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock took a thirty day challenge to eat nothing but McDonalds food; he learned how America's dietary habits were heading into the danger zone, too.

Ballerina, The Girl Cut in Two, 7 Years and Goya's Ghosts films come from France, Spain and Italy. These are some of the best European movies at VIFF.

Held for the first time in 1946, the Cannes Film Festival has grown to become the world's most influential film festival, attracting top actors, directors and critics.