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  • Sundance unveils complete lineup

    12/03/09 New films directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, Michael Winterbottom, Nicole Holofcener and Joel Schumacher, and starring such thesps as Ben Affleck, Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds and Adrien Brody, mark the lineups of the Premieres, Midnight and other noncompetitive sections of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, which unspools Jan. 21-31 in Park City, Utah.  |  Variety
  • Sundance ‘10: Low Budget Next Section, High Profile Premieres and More Round Out Fest Roster

    12/03/09 Actors going behind the camera and television vets heading to the big screen are just some of the personalities behind the 2010 Sundance Film Festival Premieres lineup that will on screen in Park City next month.  |  indieWIRE
  • Othello

    09/28/09 With Peter Sellars at the helm, you'd expect this new treatment of "Othello" to be provocative.  |  Variety
  • Vin Diesel directs 'Fast' short

    07/28/09 In stark contrast to the high-octane, action-packed blockbuster recent instalment of popular flick The Fast and the Furious, the short film Los Bandoleros displays the mellow and sometimes funny side of the car-chasing characters.  |  JAM! Showbiz
  • Laz Alonso Talks James Cameron's Avatar

    04/05/09 With the huge opening weekend for Fast & Furious ($72.5 million, at last count) and the highly anticipated James Cameron sci-fi adventure Avatar on the horizon, actor Laz Alonso is certainly not missing the grind of the Wall Street career he left behind when he decided to follow his dreams of becoming an actor.  |  Rotten Tomatoes
  • Hoffman To Make Directorial Debut

    01/15/09 The Oscar winning actor will helm and star in the movie, an adaptation of an Off Broadway play by Bob Glaudini about two misfits living in New York City. Gone Baby Gone actress Amy Ryan will star opposite Hoffman, with John Ortiz and Daphne Rubin-Vega reprising their roles from the stage production.  |  The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman is about to pop his director cherry with JACK GOES BOATING!

    01/15/09 Way back in 2001 I was in New York with the express purpose of attending THE SEAGULL, a free show in Central Park that was directed by Mike Nichols and starred everybody from John Goodman to Meryl Streep to Natalie Portman to Kevin Kline to Christopher Walken.  |  Ain't It Cool News