Reel life In Rotterdam: 40th Festival reveals the state of art cinema

Celebrating its 40th edition, the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Jan. 26–Feb. 6) has become nothing if not a brand for international art cinema. More »

The alien next door: D.J. Caruso makes sci-fi debut with 'I Am Number Four'

Back in the mid-’90s, when aspiring feature filmmaker D.J. Caruso was cutting his teeth in the world of television, he found himself working on several shows that didn’t seem quite ready for prime time. More »

The Order of the Phoenix: Knoxville circuit marks ten years on the rise

“It has been said many times over the past months, the movie industry is in a crisis… Many outsiders believe it will take supernatural powers to fix the problem.” More »

Bollywood, Tollywood, Hollywood: Multiple cultures impact Phoenix film programming and marketing

“Three years ago, I couldn’t have told you much about Bollywood,” Phil Zacheretti admits. “We had never shown any of those films. And now…we are at the top of the Hindi grosses nationwide.” More »

Conquests and protests: Cinema partners Bollaín & Laverty explore legacy of colonization In 'Even the Rain'

Even the Rain, directed by Icíar Bollaín (Take My Eyes), and written by Paul Laverty (The Wind That Shakes the Barley), is inspired by the “Water War” in Bolivia a decade ago. More »

Revitalizing the rom-com: Natalie Portman, Ivan Reitman and Liz Meriwether discuss 'No Strings Attached'

Rom-coms are a dice throw. You can take a beloved comic actress like Sandra Bullock, and for every Miss Congeniality or The Proposal, there's a misfire like Miss Congeniality 2 or Along Came Steve. More »

Blue love: Derek Cianfrance chronicles a turbulent marriage in bittersweet 'Valentine'

The aptly named Blue Valentine, 12 years in the making and just a few months of actual shooting, eluded the “Return to Sender” snub as well as all the various sundry pitfalls of production and goes into a limited U.S. release the last day of 2010. More »

Somewhere up in the Chateau: Sofia Coppola returns with a Hollywood father-daughter story

Films as distinctive as The Long Goodbye, Chinatown and Shampoo have been set in Los Angeles, that city of the fallen angels, with its sun-drenched, anomie-filled glamour and often druggy, self-absorbed, self-destructive denizens. You can add Sofia Coppola's Somewhere to this list... More »

NATO

News, statistics and publications from the National Association of Theatre Owners, the world's largest exhibition trade organization. More »

NAC

Education programs, services and news from the National Association of Concessionaires. More »

MPAA

Information on the ratings system, legislative news and press releases from the Motion Picture Association of America. More »

ICTA

Learn about the latest technological advances for the motion picture theatre industry from the International Cinema Technology Association. More »