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Oscars: Egypt, Kazakhstan, Iran Pick Films; DreamWorks to Remake Japanese Cannes Jury Prize Winner; Russia's Putin to Fight Zombies in Video Game

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Oscars: Egypt Nominates 'Winter of Discontent' for Foreign Language Category

Directed by Ibrahim al-Batout, the film takes place during the turmoil of the 2011 Egyptian revolution in Cairo's Tahrir Square. | Read More

DreamWorks to Remake Japanese Cannes Jury Prize Winner 'Like Father, Like Son'

Hirokazu Kore-eda's family drama caught Steven Spielberg's eye at the Cannes Film Festival this year, where he presided over the jury. | Read More

LATEST MOVIE NEWS

Oscars: Kazakhstan Nominates 'The Old Man' for Foreign Language Category

Inspired by Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea," the picture is from a director whose last film made it to the semifinals in the 2010 Oscar race. | Read More

Dubai Film Fest to Screen Jason Reitman's 'Labor Day'

The event's Cinema of the World sidebar also includes Clio Barnard's "The Selfish Giant" and Asghar Farhadi's "The Past." | Read More

Oscars: Iran to Submit Asghar Farhadi's 'The Past' for Foreign Language Category

The director's previous film, 2001's "A Separation," won the Academy Award for best foreign-language film. | Read More

LATEST TV NEWS

'Downton Abbey' U.K. Ratings Rise for Second Episode of Season Four

UPDATED: The costume drama created by Julian Fellowes averaged 9.6 million viewers a week after returning to ITV with 9.5 million. | Read More

Co-CEO Klaus Zimmermann Exits 'Borgia' Producer Atlantique Productions

The French production group is also behind such international TV dramas as "Transporter" and Jean Reno cop series "Jo." | Read More

THE BUSINESS

China Conglomerate to Acquire 6.4 Percent Stake in Country's Bona Film Group

Founder and chairman Yu Dong will see his ownership stake in Bona decline from around 27 percent to approximately 24.1 percent after the deal. | Read More

Pinewood Shepperton Chairman Reiterates: 'We Need to Increase Capacity'

Ahead of the start of an inquiry into long-blocked expansion plans, the British studio home of the "James Bond" franchise reports high occupancy trends and opens a new stage. | Read More

REVIEWS

'My Mother's Hands': San Sebastian Review

Director Mireia Gabilondo's Basque film stars Ainara Gurrutxaga and Esther Remiro as a mother and daughter struggling with changes. | Read More

One Way Ticket to the Moon (Bilet na ksiezyc): Gdynia Review

Filip Plawiak and Mateusz Kosciukiewicz play brothers in Jacek Bromski's nostalgic road-movie comedy, winner of the Best Screenplay prize at Poland's national film festival. | Read More

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New York Film Fest: Weekend Highlighted by 'Llewyn Davis' Premiere, Star-Studded Charity Concert

NEW YORK -- The 51st New York Film Festival only kicked off on Friday, but it's hard to imagine that any film that plays at the 17-day fest will leave town with more of a bounce from being here than CBS Films' Inside Llewyn Davis. The dramedy about the 1960s New York folk music scene, which was written and directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, just enjoyed a weekend to remember: its New York premiere took place at Alice Tully Hall on Saturday night and was followed on Sunday night by "Another Day, Another Time," a star-studded charity concert celebrating the music of the film at The Town Hall on Sunday. The film will go into limited release on Dec. 6 and the concert will air on Showtime a week later. | Read More