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  • Gotham Awards Set Jury and Presenters

    11/23/09 The Independent Filmmaker Project has announced the line-up of jurors determining the recipients of the 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards.  |  indieWIRE
  • Bicycle Messengering Gets Intense With David Koepp's 'Premium Rush'

    11/12/09 When was the last time you recall seeing an actual bicycle messenger?  |  Cinematical.com
  • Poster pioneer helped par down industry

    09/11/09 Key art maestro Paul Crifo remembers the days of the real "Mad Men," but it was at the Monroe Greenthal Agency where Crifo helped transform the way movies were pitched to the public.  |  Variety
  • Friedkin to be feted by Locarno fest

    07/29/09 William Friedkin, who will be feted by the 62nd Locarno Film Festival with its Honorary Pard for career achievement, is widely considered the epitome of an American auteur in Europe.  |  Variety
  • William Friedkin to be feted in Locarno

    06/25/09 Director William Friedkin, best known for his 1973 horror masterpiece "The Exorcist" and five-time Oscar winner for "The French Connection" two years earlier, will be presented with the Locarno Film Festival's Leopard of Honor, festival organizers said Thursday.  |  The Hollywood Reporter