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Oscar Nominated BULLHEAD To Get Limited Release February 17th

James McCormick — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:19:52 +0000

Recently nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the upcoming Academy Awards, Michael R. Roskam's Bullhead has finally been given the green light by its distributor, Drafthouse Films, for a limited release starting February 17th in New York City, Los Angeles and Austin.

Netflix Signs Multi-Year Streaming Agreement With Miramax

James McCormick — Wed, 18 May 2011 02:33:02 +0000

Miramax Films has signed a multi-year agreement with Netflix to allow the streaming of their vast library of films via [...]

Documentary On Jodorowsky’s Dune In The Works

James McCormick — Tue, 17 May 2011 04:40:32 +0000

As a film nerd, you grow up hearing about certain films that almost got made but something (or everything) went [...]

Kick Start This Film: Michele Josue’s Matt Shepard Is A Friend of Mine

James McCormick — Thu, 12 May 2011 05:08:27 +0000

Over the past several months, we’ve attempted to showcase several older films that deserve the attention of the Criterion Collection with our [...]

Fox Classics Being Released By Twilight Time

James McCormick — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:00:43 +0000

Don’t worry folks. This isn’t a Twilight related news article. We don’t do that here on The Criterion Cast. Instead it’s the [...]

Whit Stillman’s Latest Now Has Distribution Through Sony, Steve James’ The Interrupters Through Cinema Guild

Joshua Brunsting — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:30:49 +0000

So far, this week’s been quite good if you’re a director in the Criterion Collection.

First off, director Whit Stillman has found [...]

Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Santa Sangre Coming To DVD In America Thanks To Severin Films

James McCormick — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:00:52 +0000

Thanks to the fine folk over at Severin Films, they are bringing us a forgotten gem from 1989 from a master [...]

Tree Of Life Finds A Distributor, Fox Searchlight To Release The Film In 2011

Joshua Brunsting — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 23:36:59 +0000

Well I’ll be damned; it looks like we finally have something solid to stand on when it comes to Terrence Malick’s [...]

Alamo Drafthouse Launches Film Distribution Company, First Release To Be Chris Morris’ Four Lions

Joshua Brunsting — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:48:05 +0000

As a fan of film, as I’m assuming any and all of you reading this also would be, there are very [...]

Cannes 2010 Award Winners Finally Have US Distributors

Joshua Brunsting — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:06:38 +0000

With Cannes now nearly a month in the past, distributors are still trying to pick their way through this year’s lineup.

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Nollywood Babylon Finds A Home For Their DVD With Lorber Films

Joshua Brunsting — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 05:17:13 +0000

Mubi, for the non-cinephile, is nothing more than either a word that your neice or nephew made up, or for the geography [...]