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25 Wim Wenders Films to be Distributed via Agent Salaud Morisset

© 2011 – IFC Wim Wenders Stiftung, the foundation associated with the German director, has sealed a deal with agent Salaud Morisset to handle distribution rights for 25 of his films. The arrangement would include theatrical, festival, and non-commercial rights for all unsold territories around the globe. Commercial rights to his catalog remain with Hanway Films….

NYFF Film Review – ‘Master Gardener’ is Paul Schrader’s Latest Incisive Character Study

Certain things have little to no resonance for an average person but may contain a great deal of meaning for someone else. It’s easy to walk through a beautiful garden without appreciating or comprehending the hard work that goes into its upkeep and its very creation, planning carefully for which flowers will eventually bloom and…

Cohen Media Group Acquires HanWay Films

The London-based Cohen Media Group (CMG) announced on Thursday the acquisition of HanWay Films, the firm founded by Jeremy Thomas and that was co-owned by Peter Watson. CMG is led by real-estate mogul Charles Cohen, who has also acquired Landmark Theaters and Curzon, the UK cinema chain. Financial details of this week’s deal have not…

‘The English Patient’ Stars Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche to Reunite For Uberto Pasolini’s ‘The Return’

The English Patient stars Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche will reunite on screen in the upcoming film, The Return. The new original movie will be based on Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey, Deadline is reporting. Uberto Pasolini, the Academy Award-nominated director of such features as The Full Monty and Nowhere Special, will helm and produce…

Michael Shannon to Star as Joseph McCarthy Alongside Emilia Clarke, Dane DeHaan

Actor Michael Shannon has been cast as the infamous Senator Joseph McCarthy in a film from The Painted Bird director Václav Marhoul, according to Deadline. Joining Shannon in the ensemble are Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) as his wife Jean Kerr, Dane DeHaan (Lisey’s Story) as his lawyer Roy Cohn, and Scoot McNairy (Halt and…