From the recently concluded Sundance Festival comes The Order of Myths, a documentary written and directed by Margaret Brown, and set in the world of Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama. AJ Schnack at indieWIRE really likes it:

“Beautifully shot by Lee Daniel and Michael Simmonds and expertly edited by Brown, Michael Taylor and Geoffrey Richman, [...]

There are promising signs pointing to a resolution to the 13-week Writer’s Guild of America strike. According to Variety’s Dave McNary, informal talks between the majors and the WGA will continue and that “The sessions — widely viewed as de facto negotiations — have apparently been productive, but the outcome remains uncertain.”

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According to Variety, the new Bond flick has been given a title. Previously called simply “Bond 22,” Quantum of Solace has been filming for about a month at England’s Pinewood Studios. Once again Daniel Craig plays Bond, and he’s joined by Mathieu Amalric as bad guy Dominic Greene and Olga Kurylenko as Bond [...]

Suzanne Pleshette, a light comedienne with a wonderfully sexy, husky voice, has died of respiratory failure. Although starring in well over a hundred features and television episodes, she will doubtless be remembered primarily as Emily in the Bob Newhart Show and as Rod Taylor’s also-ran girlfriend in The Birds, in which [...]

Janus Films is a name held in near reverence by cinephiles in the United States. Began in 1956, the distribution company has been instrumental in introducing American audiences to the masters of world cinema; one of its first directors was an obscure Italian named Federico Fellini. Since then, it has been at [...]