2015 Oscars Winners Recap
The Academy Awards, the annual ceremony that celebrates all things film, were held yesterday. The winners have taken home their golden Oscar statues, and we have a recap of the…
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February 23, 2015
February 23, 2015
Independent Spirit Awards Liked ‘Birdman’ Too
The big story about this year’s Oscars winners may very well be what else they’ve won—namely, the Independent Spirit Awards. The ceremony, as usual, was held the day before the…
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February 23, 2015
NYFA Documentary Adviser Editor on Oscar Winning ‘Crisis Hotline: Veteran’s Press 1’
Crisis Hotline: Veteran’s Press 1, which won the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject, was edited by Geof Bartz, New York Film Academy’s Documentary Curriculum Adviser, Master Class Professor and Supervising Editor in HBO’s…
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February 19, 2015
New Line To Give Shaft Another Shot
New Line Cinemas, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. entertainment, has acquired the rights 1970s class Shaft and are planning to reboot the franchise. John Davis has been pulled on board…
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February 19, 2015
John Oliver in for Two More Seasons of ‘Last Week Tonight’
With the recent announcement of long-time news satirist Jon Stewart stepping down from his Comedy Central show, The Daily Show, much speculation has surrounded the notion that former Daily Show…
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February 19, 2015
District 9 Director Tweets His Way to New Alien Film
It was announced this week that Neill Blomkamp, writer and director of District 9 and the Matt Damon dystopian sci-fi Elysium, will be helming a new Alien film. While another…
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February 18, 2015
’50 Shades of Grey’ Breaks Records at the Box Office, Not with Viewers
50 Shades of Grey strategically had its official release date set for Valentine’s with Variety announcing the record breaking $94.4 million debut over the 4-days. The reviews, however, were not…
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February 18, 2015
X-Men Sequel Reveals Production Art, New Nightcrawler
Big news from the Apocalypse this week, or rather, X-Men: Apocalypse, the highly anticipated sequel to last year’s X-Men: Days of Future Past. Director Bryan Singer tweeted some production art…
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February 18, 2015
George R.R. Martin Says “Everybody Better Be On Their Toes”
As season 5 of Game of Thrones approaches, the creator of the series has put out a statement warning its fans: “everybody better be on their toes.” Fans of the show who have…
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