Monthly Archives: February 2008

A SIGNAL from the Deep South – FilmStew.com

For three Atlanta filmmakers, the road to cataclysmic horror began with a surrealist-inspired local experiment.

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From THE SOPRANOS to a Marzano – FilmStew.com

Actor Frank Vincent’s upcoming film Chicago Overcoat shines a light on a mafia group that was a whole lot more powerful in real life than HBO’s fictional New Jersey clan.

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Mariella Full of Grit – FilmStew.com

As one of three national winners of a contest sponsored by the youth leadership organization Scenarios USA, Texas high school student Mariella Zavala has just snagged herself a major league mentor.

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A Regal Return – FilmStew.com

Six decades after a pair of filmmakers watched dailies in a rural British cinema, the film that resulted will help herald the return of that very same establishment.

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Dutch PM warns of attacks due to anti-Islam film – Reuters

The Netherlands risks economic sanctions and attacks on its citizens and businesses because of a plan by a right-wing politician to broadcast an anti-Islamic film, the Dutch Prime Minister warned on Friday.

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Actors Union Expects Talks to April – AP

The Screen Actors Guild says it will not begin negotiating with studios until the beginning of April at the earliest.

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Naomi Campbell leaves hospital via helicopter

“Doctors signed her release and she left in the afternoon in a helicopter that someone sent to pick her up,” said Mirtes Bogea, a spokeswoman for the Sirio Libanes hospital in Sao Paulo.

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Land before time: 11 great prehistoric flicks

‘10,000 B.C.’ is the latest movie to take us back to when dinosaurs roamed. Here are some earlier high points of Hollywood’s trips back to the ages of cavemen and dinosaurs.

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FESTIVALS | French Vets Reign Supreme in a Roller Coaster Rendez Vous – indieWIRE

A trio of dazzling films from seasoned directors marks this year’s Rendez-vous With French Cinema (running from February 29 to March 9 at the Walter Reade Theater and IFC Center in New York). Claude Lelouch — known here primarily for … Continue reading

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Naomi Campbell discharged from hospital

British supermodel Naomi Campbell was discharged from a Brazilian hospital on Friday, five days after she was rushed in for emergency surgery, Globo news reported.

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