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Regeneration (sometimes referred to as Behind The Lines) did little box office on its release in 1997, but hindsight shows it to have been an underrated, accomplished portrayal of the horrors of the First World War. It is all the more surprising because — unlike, say, Sam Mendes’ 1917, which takes place in the battle zone, or Edward Berger’s All Quiet On The Western Front, which is mostly set in the trenches — Regeneration shows life at the front in only the briefest of snapshots. Its story is less about the realities of trench warfare; like the 1991 novel on which it is based, it is concerned with what happens to the soldiers afterward, and how they deal with the trauma of combat. Here’s why it is worth a watch.

Sypher Studios and Lon Haber & Co announce the AFM World Market Premiere and first-look footage of the new feature documentary, Behind the Lines, based on the New York Times bestselling book of the same name by the renowned historian Andrew Carroll. The film follows Carroll’s decades-long journey, including into active war zones, to find “the most extraordinary war letters ever written” from the American Revolution to the present day. Behind the Lines differs from other war letters-related films in that it includes correspondences from the home front as well as by civilians who are literally “caught in the crossfire.”

Narrated by Annette Bening, the film features on-screen letter-performances by a star-studded cast including Laura Dern, Michael C. Hall, Paul Walter Hauser, Common, DeWanda Wise, Gary Cole, Kelvin Harrison Jr., and many more. Directed by first-time feature director John B. Benitz and written by Andrew Carroll, John B. Benitz, and Bryce Cyrier.

Prepare to go into war-torn territory in Colliders exclusive debut of the upcoming documentary, Behind the Lines. Torn from the pages of Andrew Carrolls New York Times bestselling book of the same name, Annette Bening (American Beauty) will narrate the harrowing and remarkable tales penned by soldiers serving their country from the front lines. Spanning literal centuries, the words that audiences will hear will come from those who experienced the American Revolution to the more recent battles our nation has been involved with. While it may be a documentary, the subject matter allows space for a star-studded cast to give voices to those who fought bravely both on the battlefield and back home. Included in the lineup of performers is Laura Dern (Big Little Lies), Paul Walter Hauser (Black Bird), Common (Fools Paradise), Michael C. Hall (Dexter), Kelvin Harrison Jr. (It Comes at Night), DeWanda Wise (Three Women), Gary Cole (Office Space), and more.

The Library of Congress, the Better Angels Society, Ken Burns and the Crimson Lion/Lavine Family Foundation have unveiled six finalists for the sixth annual Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film. The $200,000 cash award, established in 2019, recognizes late-stage documentaries that use original research and a compelling narrative to tell stories that bring American history to life through archival materials.

The six projects that were selected are: James Sorrels’s “Area 2,” John Benitz’s “Behind the Lines,” Julia Greenberg and Dianna Dilworth’s “Dory Previn: On My Way to Where,” Norah Shapiro’s “Magic & Monsters,” Asaf Galay’s “Out of the Inkwell: The Greatest Story Never Told,” and Marlene McCurtis’ “Wednesdays in Mississippi.”

This year close to 100 American history documentary features were submitted for consideration.

“It’s hard what we are doing,” Burns says of documentary filmmaking. “It’s really hard. In documentary, there are so many more really good filmmakers,...

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“My name is Erykah Badu and I’m a cold motherfucker.”

It’s 6:30 am on the rooftop of Desa Potato Head and a crowd of yogis, writers, singers, dancers, reiki healers, crystal experts, and at least two corporate lawyers sit cross-legged on plush yoga mats. Locals and tourists have gathered here for Merasa, a 7-day wellness festival co-curated by Grammy-Award winning singer, songwriter, and doula Erykah Badu.

The documentary is directed by Moroccan filmmaker Asmae El Moud.

Vienna-based documentary sales outfit Autlook has snapped up world rights for The Mother Of All Lies, which will receive its world premiere in Un Certain Regard at this month’s Cannes Film Festival.

The documentary is directed by Moroccan filmmaker Asmae El Moudir. In the film, El Moudir painstakingly recreates her Casablanca neighbourhood on a handmade set, enlisting family and friends to help solve the troubling mysteries of her childhood.

Autlook Filmsales acquired global rights, not including all rights on the Mena region and France.

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The prestigious Visions du Réel film festival in Nyon, Switzerland wraps up this weekend, after hosting the world premiere of dozens of documentaries.

One of those world premieres, the feature documentary Amany, Behind the Lines, centers on Amany Al-Ali, considered to be the first female cartoonist in Idlib, Syria. Her city became a hotbed of protest against the regime of Bashar al-Assad beginning in 2011 in the midst of the Arab Spring and, despite enormous risk, Al-Ali has used her cartooning skill to critique the chaotic developments in Idlib for a dozen years now.

Alisar Hasan and Alaa Amer directed the 73-minute long feature documentary.

Cartoonist Amany Al-Ali

Amany Al-Ali “draws the life of her town, a bastion of jihadist groups that are attempting to overthrow President Assad since 2011,” the Visions du Réel program notes. “Armed with her pen, she is struggling against Islamist authority and traditional patriarchy. But for how...

The trailer (below) for “Draw for Change!” – which was named best documentary series at Canneseries this week – has debuted. The feature film version of the first of its six episodes, “Behind the Lines,” will world premiere at Visions du Réel Film Festival on April 28.

The series, from creators Guillaume Vandenberghe and Vincent Coen, profiles six female cartoonists working in six geographic areas of the world, in six individual films and broadcast episodes. Female directors with close connections to each of the societies represented were chosen to tell the stories.

Autlook Film Sales is handling international sales.

“After decades of male directed series on male artists, this series brings us stories about female artists from a female perspective,” producer Hanne Phlypo said. “The stakes are very high for these artists, and championing them by telling their stories is our contribution to empowering global democracy – one laugh at a time.”

Vandenberghe and...

Swiss documentary film festival Visions du Réel has revealed the first titles of its 54th edition, which runs April 21 to 30. The event will open with the world premiere of “Nightwatchers” by Juliette de Marcillac, which was filmed at night in an idyllic Alpine resort a stone’s throw from the French-Italian border. As night falls family ski days give way to a game of chase between the police and the volunteers who help migrants.

Mostly doctors, they roam the mountain slopes at night, watching for the arrival of migrants who have just completed long, life-risking journeys. Police surveillance is permanent and denunciation is commonplace, pushing the exiles ever higher up the mountain.

“Nightwatchers”

“It is a cinematic experience in a breathtaking twilight setting, bringing to light a vital and powerful closely-knit network,” the festival said.

Twelve feature films will compete for the Audience Award in the Grand Angle section, including three world premieres.

The Swiss documentary festival is set to run April 21-30

The Visions du Reel film festival has unveiled the first titles for its 2023 edition, set to run April 21-30.

The documentary festival, based in Nyon, Switzerland, will open with the world premiere of French director Juliette de Marcillac’s feature debut Nightwatchers. Filmed at high-end ski resort Montgenèvre on the French-Italian border, it tells the story of volunteers trying to help migrants, and the authorities trying to catch them.

The film is part of the Grand Angle competition, with 12 titles competing for the audience award worth Chf 10,000.

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This weekend, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is hosting the Regeneration Summit: A Celebration of Black Cinema in honor of their ongoing exhibition Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898–1971, which has been extended through July 16. The three-day festival, which runs Feb. 3-5, will feature live entertainment, workshops, panel discussions and screenings with guests including Julie Dash, Carla Hayden, Janaya Future Khan, Shola Lynch, Justice Maya Singleton and others.

“Our exhibition, Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898–1971, is like no other museum exhibition in that it celebrates Black participation in American cinema from the turn of the 19th century all the way through the Civil Rights Movement in the early 1970s,” Amy Homma, Chief Audience Officer of the Academy Museum, tells The Hollywood Reporter. “We want visitors to understand, celebrate and uplift this history. So what better way to do that than to complement the exhibition with a weekend-long festival?”

Stars and Icons, ‘Regeneration: Black...

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is celebrating 73 years of Black film artistry with the new exhibit titled Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971.

Curated by the Academy Museum’s Doris Berger and Rhea Combs of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, the first-of-its-kind exhibition features seven galleries exploring Black representation in film, from portraits of icons like Ruby Dee and Nina Mae McKinney to home videos of the Nicholas Brothers and Cab Calloway.

“It’s really exciting for us to be able to help expand the conversation around American cinema, essentially, by bringing forward these important contributions by Black filmmakers as well as performers and other artisans and technicians,” Combs tells Variety.

Since 2017, Berger and Combs have been acquiring a vast collection of costumes, scripts, drawings and other historical materials for “Regeneration” by digging through multiple archives at the Academy’s Margaret Herrick Library and even traveling to Berlin and Paris.

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures debuts Regeneration: Black Cinema, 1898–1971 on August 21, 2022. The ambitious exhibition, on view through April 9, 2023, explores the achievements and challenges of Black filmmakers in the US in both independent production and the studio system—in front of the camera and behind it—from cinema’s infancy in the 1890s to the early 1970s.

The Academy Museum’s second exhibition in the 11,000-square-foot Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg Gallery, Regeneration includes rarely seen excerpts of films, documentaries, newsreels, and home movies, as well as historical photographs, costumes, props, and posters. Regeneration will also feature contemporary artworks referencing the impact of the legacy of Black filmmaking and Ar elements designed for the exhibition. The exhibition will be accompanied by a range of film screenings, including world premieres of films newly restored by the Academy Film Archive, an interactive microsite with supplemental content, a robust curriculum to engage high school students and teachers,...

Genesis won’t turn it on again, staging what was billed as its final concert Saturday night at London’s 02 arena.

Phil Collins, the group’s former drummer, was joined by keyboardist Tony Banks and guitarist Mike Rutherford. Collins, age 71 and increasingly frail with back and hip issues, sat center stage throughout. He was in good humor, though, reportedly quipping at one point that he’ll now need to find a real job after the band’s demise.

Genesis’ “The Last Domino? Tour” came after a 14-year live performance hiatus. It was also postponed during the pandemic. The group’s final tour included concerts in the U.K. last September and in North America last fall, concluding with another 14 concerts in Europe and the U.K.

The trio were joined on the tour by Collins’ son, Nic, who also filled in for his father behind the kit during his recent solo tours.

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures revealed the first round of exhibits for its 2022-2023 season on Monday, including a tribute to Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 film “The Godfather” and its first permanent exhibit, “Hollywoodland,” dedicated to the founders of Hollywood.

Other newly announced additions to the museum include “Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971,” a tribute to French filmmaker Agnès Varda and spaces dedicated to “Boyz n the Hood” (1991), “Casablanca” (1942) and the collaborations of production designer Sarah Greenwood and set decorator Katie Spencer.

“The history of film is endlessly rich and varied, which is why we envisioned the exhibitions of the Academy Museum as a continually evolving set of installations and virtual content,” said Bill Kramer, director and president of the Academy Museum. “We are delighted to present a new round of stories, explorations, moving images, props, and other objects that explore the many facets of moviemaking – from the founding of Hollywood to present day.

Six months after the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opened to a chorus of critics sending mixed messages about its lack of scope and choices of representation, museum director Bill Kramer is revealing a full season of programs through 2022-2023 that include the previously announced “Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898–1971” and new permanent exhibition “Hollywoodland,” that will focus on the predominantly Jewish founders of the early Hollywood studio system and how their personal narratives shaped the movies their studios produced.

“Hollywoodland” will open in late Spring 2023, and will trace the history of filmmaking in Los Angeles to the beginning of the 20th century. According to the release, “it will foreground the ways in which the birth of the American film industry — and therefore the projected depiction of the American Dream — is truly an immigrant story.”

Also coming are galleries devoted to Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather” and the influences of...

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The glamour of Old Hollywood is timeless, but the holiday season is a great time to purchase one of these classic film-themed gifts. In addition to curating broadcast lineups of the greatest films of all time (from one of the largest film libraries in the world), Turner Classic Movies has also curated a wide variety of gifts for the classic film fan in your life — or yourself, if that’s you. And if you subscribe to Hulu Live or Sling TV, you can stream all the TCM movies your heart desires. If you’re not subscribed, Hulu Live costs just $64.99 a month after a free seven-day trial. That means you can officially cut...

"He's an old man, I'll pay for his ticket!" Parkland Pictures has released the first trailer for The Last Bus, a film from the UK made by Scottish filmmaker Gillies MacKinnon. The film is about an elderly man named Tom whose wife has just passed away, and he decides to use only local buses on a nostalgic trip to carry her ashes all the way across the UK to Land's End, where they originally met, using his free bus pass. This is a story that, obviously, got the attention of everyone he met along the way and has been turned into a film. Timothy Spall stars as Tom, along with Phyllis Logan, Grace Calder, Celyn Jones, Brian Pettifer, Colin McCredie, Iain Robertson, and Marnie Baxter. It looks quite charming and very sweet, even though it's a simple story. Here's the official UK trailer (+ two posters) for Gillies ...

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has announced details regarding its opening gala, which will be held on Sept. 25. The event will commence a week of celebrations leading up to the Los Angeles museum’s opening to the public on Sept. 30.

Ava DuVernay, Ryan Murphy and Jason Blum will serve as co-chairs at the upcoming gala. Murphy and Blum both serve as museum trustees, while DuVernay is an Academy governor who serves as an advisor on the upcoming exhibition “Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971,” which will open in 2022. Tom Hanks, Annette Bening and Bob Iger will also be recognized for helping the long-delayed museum raise $388 million.

The museum also revealed the introduction of two annual awards that will be presented for the first time at the gala. Italian film legend Sophia Loren will be the first recipient of the Visionary Award, which honors an artist or scholar whose extensive body...

Genesis offered fans a 50-second sneak peek of their upcoming reunion tour last week along with an announcement that it will now kick off September 15th at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland. It’s the first glimpse the public has had of the band in action since the end of their 2007 Turn It On Again tour, and the first time we’ve seen Phil’s son Nic drumming for the band.

The footage seems to show them playing bits of various songs, though the only music we hear is a live...

Genesis have once again delayed the start of their The Last Domino? reunion tour, which was originally supposed to kick off in November 2020 and then was moved to April 2021 because of the pandemic. It is now slated to launch at Dublin’s 3Arena on September 15th and wrap up October 13th after a three-night run at London’s 02 Arena.

As of now, there are only dates in the United Kingdom and Ireland, but it is expected to eventually hit mainland Europe and North America. “We’re ready,” they wrote in...

Announced in 2012, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures was originally set to open in 2017. Financing problems, construction delays, and the pandemic pushed back the date again and again. It was finally going to open this month, then its directors followed the Oscars and pushed to April 2021. Now, the date shifts once more to September 30, 2021, following a September 25 gala.

The 2021 Oscars were supposed to be the global promo blast. “We used that timing strategically, thinking back then that we would be far out of the pandemic in April,” said Academy museum Director Bill Kramer. “Obviously, that’s not going to be. We will still have a presence on the Oscars. And we will lean into virtual programming options between April and September around museum content, to make our presence and content known.” If you build a museum during Covid, that doesn’t mean they will come.

Since taking over last year,...

Announced in 2012, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures was originally set to open in 2017. Financing problems, construction delays, and the pandemic pushed back the date again and again. It was finally going to open this month, then its directors followed the Oscars and pushed to April 2021. Now, the date shifts once more to September 30, 2021, following a September 25 gala.

The 2021 Oscars were supposed to be the global promo blast. “We used that timing strategically, thinking back then that we would be far out of the pandemic in April,” said Academy museum Director Bill Kramer. “Obviously, that’s not going to be. We will still have a presence on the Oscars. And we will lean into virtual programming options between April and September around museum content, to make our presence and content known.” If you build a museum during Covid, that doesn’t mean they will come.

Since taking over last year,...

If you're looking for a poster that really captures that "He's standing right behind me, isn't he?" energy, have a peek at our exclusive debut for Alone. The new psychological survival thriller is directed by John Hyams, who directed the Good Actually Dtv Universal Soldier sequels Regeneration and Day of Reckoning. He also recently directed Netflix's zombie series, Black Summer, which showed off some real talent for building a tight, thrilling set-piece... often with a surprising twist of human failing. While there are no monsters in Alone, the film's set-up holds plenty of …...

Damon Gameau and Anna Kaplan.

When filmmaker Damon Gameau and producer Anna Kaplan were casting around for names for their new production company, the word ‘regeneration’ was top of mind.

Hence was born Regen Studios with the mission to create and distribute content designed to help communities, cities, schools, governments and business to regenerate and replace what has been lost in precious resources.

Screen Australia is providing funding from the Enterprise program to enable Gameau and Kaplan to develop a business plan, build their slate and share their expertise as executive producers and consultants.

Continuing their collaboration after 2040 and That Sugar Film, the duo is developing several projects including an interactive documentary series and web platform with the passionate support of Leonardo DiCaprio, and a high-end short film that will draw on community listening to present a collective vision for Australia in 2030.

“Off the back of 2040 we saw the appetite people have for regenerative practices,...

The following contains spoilers for Penny Dreadful: City of Angels episode 2.

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels introduces a new character, and a new sect, to the series with their second episode, “Dead People Lie Down.” In the first, “Santa Muerte,” Detective Lewis Michener (Nathan Lane) complains about crazy Los Angeles cults, after seeing a poster for a radio program, Joyful Voices. The spiritual songstress is Sister Molly, played by Kerry Bishé, and yes, she works on people like a love drug.

The show’s face of radio evangelism, Sister Molly Finnister is a popular and charismatic Christian evangelist who dreams of the normal life. She is loosely based on Aimee Semple McPherson and her Foursquare Church. McPherson was the first televangelist, except she broadcast her weekly sermons at the first megachurch the Angelus Temple over the radio. Raised on the tent revival circuit, she didn’t sing, but could speak in tongues.

The Academy Museum on Saturday detailed what will be some of its inaugural exhibitions when it opens in December, with directors Spike Lee and Pedro Almodóvar, composer Hildur Guðnadóttir and sound designer Ben Burtt to curate galleries in the museum.

The four collaborators will contribute to the Stories of Cinema galleries located on the second and third floors of the Saban Building. The galleries will explore all aspects of the art and science of moviemaking and over time will rotate out and change with new movies, artists, eras and genres being highlighted.

Some of the initial films and artists who will be spotlighted in the galleries exploring the history of cinema will include Bruce Lee, cinematographer Emmanuel “Chivo” Lubezki, filmmaker Oscar Micheaux, and the films “Citizen Kane” and “Real Women Have Curves.” The galleries will dives deeply into the worlds of casting and performance, costume, hair and makeup design, the components of sound design,...

Elizabeth Cantillon's The Cantillon Company has teamed with Brillstein Entertainment Partners to develop a drama series adaptation of the book I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad, by Washington Post correspondent Souad Mekhennet, based on her life and career as a German-born Muslim journalist. I Was Told To Come Alone will be a contemporary hourlong drama series, which follows Mekhennet as she pursues Jihadi leaders around the globe, putting her…...

Remake of classic Scottish comedy set for world premiere as 2016 Edinburgh closing night gala.

The 70th edition of the Edinburgh Film Festival (Eiff) (June 15-26) will close with the world premiere of Scottish comedy remake Whisky Galore!.

A remake of Alexander Mackendrick’s 1949 feature of the same name, the story follows a group of Scottish islanders who enjoy a windfall of whiskey during the Second World War.

The original was based on Sir Compton Mackenzie’s novel of the same name, which was inspired by the shipwreck off the Scottish coast of a ship sailing for America with a cargo of export-only alcohol during World War II.

The home-grown production was filmed on location in Scotland and features Scottish actors including Gregor Fisher (Love Actually), James Cosmo (Braveheart), Kevin Guthrie (Sunset Song), Sean Biggerstaff (Harry Potter And The Chamber of Secrets), and Eddie Izzard (Valkyrie).

Gillies Mackinnon (Regeneration, Hideous Kinky) directed from Peter McDougall’s screenplay. Iain Maclean...

An audacious lawsuit against Lionsgate Entertainment and its subsidiary Summit Entertainment has been whittled away, but perhaps surprisingly, there's one claim of misbehavior surviving against the makers of Twilight that could be tested at a jury trial later this month. Behind the Lines Productions first sued for a whopping $500 million in June 2013, alleging that in getting in the way of a parody film called Twiharder, which lampooned the vampire romance saga starring Kristen Stewart, the defendants violated antitrust law and committed copyright misuse. Among other things, the plaintiff was seeking to cancel all Twilight trademarks. Well, that didn't

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As Americans, it’s all too easy for us to write off the entire Middle East as an unsolvable problem. To be fair, it certainly isn’t solvable by us, and the region as a whole is unlikely to be littered with olive branches any time soon, but there’s a complexity, a depth, and a genuine desire for change that it behooves us to appreciate. Enter Syria Behind The Lines, a Frontline special on the international humanitarian crisis of the moment. You might not walk away from this documentary with any more hope on the topic, but you might be hard-pressed to say that you wouldn’t be part of the problem were you placed in those circumstances.

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And here I thought the Twilight Saga films Already were a parody. Even if that.s the case, a separate parody film called Twiharder was scheduled to reach theaters last year when Lionsgate and Summit had Breaking Dawn Part 2 on the docket. However, a cease-and-desist order prevented the producers at Behind The Lines from releasing their comedy, and now EW says they're filing a lawsuit to seek damages (and free up the restraints for future projects). The lawsuit . a 219-page complaint that.s seeking $500 million in damages . says: .independent filmmakers, parodists and other .counter-cultural. artists who create separate or derivative works that may be related to, inspired by or comment upon the pop culture events that dominate the national Cineplex and, by extension the attitudes, perspectives and behaviors of the populace.. The site says that Lionsgate and Summit have registered so many Twilight-related trademarks that it potentially creates an intellectual...

The lucrative film franchise has made hundreds of millions of dollars in profits, so it's no wonder that other projects are looking to stem off of "The Twilight Saga's" success.

However, Lionsgate Films and Summit Entertainment (the movie's distributors) are allegedly trying to keep the lid closed on one of these upcoming possibilities.

Behind the Lines Productions has filed a lawsuit against the original film makers after their feature film titled "Twiharder," was shut down for “anticompetitive conduct.”

In the documents, the spoof producer's explain that the flick “portrayed hyper-exaggerated caricatures from The Twilight Saga movies and lampooned expressive elements embodied in [the official movies] through imitative reference.”

According to the vampire parody company, the project was getting attention from distributors until Lionsgate and Summit sent out a “sham ‘cease-and-desist’” letter, which ultimately left many companies to “revoke their offers to deal."

Behind the Lines Productions is seeking $500 million.

A clan of faux-fiends is plotting to suck Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment dry.

Behind the Lines Productions, the company behind a Twilight parody called Twiharder, has filed a $500 million suit against the makers of the Twilight films. In a 219-page complaint obtained by EW, the parodists write that they were planning to release their film last fall — around the same time that The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2 hit theaters. A trailer for the movie was posted to YouTube last June:

But after Summit and Lionsgate sent out a cease-and-desist letter, the plaintiffs claim, potential distributors grew skittish about risking...

A company responsible for a Twilight parody has filed a $500 million lawsuit against Lionsgate, the makers of the original franchise.

Behind the Lines Productions is seeking damages after the release of its feature-length film Twiharder was allegedly blocked.

The plaintiff claims that the film - which features exaggerated versions of the Stephenie Meyer creations - had passed the scrutiny of lawyers, insurers and fair use experts.

Several major distributors had apparently expressed an interest in the film, but backed out after Lionsgate allegedly delivered a "sham" cease and desist order.

The defendant is accused of "anticompetitive conduct" in the 219-page lawsuit.

Courtney Love claimed this week that her then-13-year-old daughter Frances Bean turned down the starring role of Bella Swan in the Twilight Saga series.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part Two completed the film franchise last year. Watch a trailer for the film below:...

Once infamous for its deprivation and crime, Castlemilk in Glasgow has its rough edges. It also has a new reputation, for producing actors and film stars honed in schools where drama is now seen as 'hardcore'

Ask an outsider what they think of Castlemilk and they'll probably say alcoholism, poverty and poor housing. The estate, on Glasgow's southern edge, has been ranked among Scotland's most deprived places.

But in recent years the area has gained a reputation for something altogether more glamorous: film stars.

Directors Ken Loach and Peter Mullan have cast residents in critically-acclaimed films including Sweet Sixteen, The Angels' Share and Neds, and local talent regularly appears in television productions such as Rab C. Nesbitt, Taggart and soap opera River City.

Castlemilk stars like Stephen McCole, William Ruane and binman-turned-actor Gary Maitland have appeared in major productions and caught the attention of industry figures in Hollywood and Cannes.

An audience of 2.472m viewers watched Nsw beat Queensland in the second match of the 2012 State of Origin Rugby League on Nine.

The match was Wednesday’s clear ratings winner, followed by the pre and post match wrap-ups but was down slightly on the first game result of 2.51m.

However, it was the highest ever game 2 result, with a peak of 2.823m.

Across the five city metro markets, Sydney was the clear winner with 1.185m average viewers ahead of Brisbane’s 774,000. Melbourne had 366,000 viewers while Adelaide had 68,000 and perth 79,000, according to preliminary results from OzTam.

The post-match wrap up took 1.978m viewers, but did not screen in Melbourne while the pre-match show took 1.558m viewers, but did not screen in Adelaide or Perth.

Nine was the clear winner on the night, as The Block won in regular viewing, fourth overall, taking 1.378m followed Nine News taking 1.309m viewers in fifth place.

Edinburgh on film isn't just Trainspotting it's classics: Chariots of Fire, romance: One Day and thrills: Burke and Hare. Here are 10, picked by Andrew Pulver, film editor of the Guardian

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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Ronald Neame, 1969

Muriel Spark's celebrated 1961 novella was, until Trainspotting, Edinburgh's most readily identifiable contribution to modern literature. Inspired largely by Spark's own time at [James] Gillespie's school, this elaborate, empathetic satire on a fascism-admiring teacher would not have been expected to be a major candidate for Oscar attention, but Maggie Smith won the best actress award in 1969, after Ronald "Poseidon Adventure" Neame directed the film version. Sixties Edinburgh has no problem standing in for 30s Edinburgh: the Marcia Blaine school is sited in the Edinburgh Academy building in Henderson Row, while it's possible to stand in the exact same spot as Maggie Smith on the Grassmarket and bellow: "Observe,...

It’s hardly surprising that Susan Jacobson’s thriller The Holding is her [feature] directorial debut. Susan is an individual who is fascinated by human nature and the extremes of the individual, so this meditation on secrets and violence – from a script by James Dormer – gives her plenty of room to display her exceptional skills as a genre filmmaker.

The tense psychological thriller has Jacobson described by eyeforfilm as ‘definitely a new British talent to watch’ and stars Kierston Wareing and Vincent Regan with Lionsgate distributing.

She is a Guiding Lights Alumni and was mentored by Gillies MacKinnon (Hideous Kinkey, Regeneration). Her work has been described as ‘Elegant’ (Time Out), and ‘Hearteningly diverse in style and subject’ (The Independent). Her films have been selected by Women in Film and Television International for their worldwide showcase.

She has won critical acclaim worldwide. Most notably, her short film One Hundredth Of A Second...

A look at what's new on DVD today:

"ExTerminators" (2010)

Directed by John Inwood

Released by Image Entertainment

Also appearing on VOD, Heather Graham, Amber Heard and Jennifer Coolidge team up to launch a service that will permanently wipe away your exes from your address book (and life) under the cover of Coolidge's bug extermination business in this comedy from cinematographer-turned-director John Inwood.

"Bad Ass" (2009)

Directed by Adamo Cultraro

Released by Well Go USA

A hitman (Tom Sizemore) has a change of heart when his latest job leaves the nurse of an aging mob boss as the prime suspect in Adamo Cultraro's feature debut. Frank Stallone co-stars.

"Centurion" (2010)

Directed by Neil Marshall

Released by Magnolia Home Entertainment

Following "Doomsday," Marshall returns to Hadrian's Wall in England for the story of surviving group of Roman soldiers in 117 A.D., including Michael Fassbender, Dominic West and Liam Cunningham among their ranks, who defend...

Action movie junkies, listen up! Universal Soldier: Regeneration, the true conclusion to the Universal Soldier trilogy, is hitting stores today. The movie stars Andrei "The Pitbull" Arlovski, Dolph Lundgren, and Jean-Claude Van Damme, and seems to be getting some good buzz. Fortunately for you, we've got two copies to give away right here on Film Junk: one on DVD, and one on Blu-ray. To sweeten the deal, the Blu-ray is actually a two-pack that also includes Universal Soldier: The Return. To enter, just send your name and mailing address to filmjunk@gmail.com [1] with "Universal Soldier Giveaway" in the subject line. Be sure to specify if you want the DVD, Blu-ray or if you have no preference. We'll randomly pick two winners from all the entries we receive and notify them by next Tuesday (Feb. 9th). Note: This giveaway is open to U.S. residents only. Extras include: Audio commentary...

You can bring home a brand new robotic adventure with Jean-Claude Van Damme at the start of 2010. Universal Soldier: Regeneration, which will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on February 2, 2010. The standard DVD will be priced at $24.96 Srp while the Bd will go for $34.95 Srp. We have also been provided with the first trailer for this film, so click below to watch this brand new trailer for the upcoming action film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren.

With stolen top-secret technology, terrorists have created a next-generation Universal Soldier - an elite fighter genetically altered into a programmable killing machine. With this "UniSol" (Former Ufc Heavyweight Champion Andrei "The Pit Bull" Arlovski) leading the way, they seize the crippled Chernobyl nuclear reactor, threatening to unleash a lethal radioactive cloud. The only one who can stop them is Luc Deveraux (Jean-Claude Van Damme), a UniSol who's been decommissioned for years. Reactivated and retrained,...

If you’re an "In Treatment” fan, you’re probably in a state of withdrawal right now. As it happens, last week, when the show aired its final three episodes, I read a book that reminded me a lot of the HBO drama.

Pat Barker’s “Regeneration” (Plume), which came out in Britain in 1991, may be set during World War I, but its parallels to “In Treatment” are remarkable.

This graceful and affecting novel tells the story of Siegfried Sassoon, a decorated British Army officer and poet who, in 1917, said he would no longer fight because he had no faith in the way the war was being conducted.

The military authorities diagnosed shell shock and sent Sassoon to Craiglockhart, a psychiatric hospital in Scotland. At the heart of the book are the encounters between Sassoon and W.H.R. Rivers, the empathic and unconventional doctor treating him.

As depicted in the novel,...