DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA MOVIES COVERAGE

THE FUGITIVE Celebrates 20th Annivesary with Blu-ray Debut 9/3

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Academy Award-nominated (1993 for Best Picture) The Fugitive on September 3 with a new anniversary Blu-ray edition. (more...)

Oscar-winning Director Kathryn Bigelow Receives Honorary Doctorate Degree

Academy-Award winning director Kathryn Bigelow and world-renowned curator Paul Schimmel will receive Doctor of Fine Arts degrees from the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI). (more...)

Bravo Airs QUEEN OF VERSAILLES Documentary Tonight

THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES, the 2012 Sundance Film Festival sensation and box office hit that Entertainment Weekly touted as 'a succulently entertaining movie,' will make its television premiere tonight,... (more...)

Ben Affleck to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Brown University

Brown University will confer six honorary doctorates during its 245th Commencement Sunday, May 26, 2013. According to the school's web site, actor and director Ben Affleck will be among the honorees. (more...)

SPMH to Screen Silent Film BUSTER KEATON IN STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. in Cincinnati, 5/9

The Society for the Preservation of Music Hall (SPMH) presents its first silent film - Buster Keaton in Steamboat Bill, Jr., featuring the Mighty Wurlitzer and acclaimed theatre organist Clark Wilson ... (more...)

30th Anniversary Restoration of KING OF COMEDY to Close 2013 Tribeca Film Festival

The Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by American Express, announced today that the 30th Anniversary of Martin Scorsese's The King of Comedy, restored in association with The Film Foundation, Reg... (more...)

Tom Cruise, Mark Burnett to Headline 5th Annual 'PRODUCED BY CONFERENCE'

The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today the initial slate of speakers confirmed to participate in the 5th annual Produced By Conference (PBC). Director and producer J.J. Abrams, producer ... (more...)

Museum of Modern Art and Film Society of Lincoln Center Present 7 Selections for 2013 New Directors/New Films Festival, Beg. Today

The Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center present seven official selections for the 2013 New Directors/New Films Festival (ND/NF) (today, March 20-31). Dedicated to the discovery... (more...)

Bravo to Air QUEEN OF VERSAILLES Documentary, 4/29

THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES, the 2012 Sundance Film Festival sensation and box office hit that Entertainment Weekly touted as "a succulently entertaining movie," will make its television premiere Monday, ... (more...)

SAG Foundation Presents 'An Evening with Female Directors Tonight

In celebration of Women's History Month, tonight the Screen Actors Guild Foundation and the New School for Drama present 'Changing Landscapes: An Evening with Female Directors' at 7:00 p.m. EST at the... (more...)

UPDATE: ARGO Now Not Only U.S. Film Iranian Authorities Want to Sue

Yesterday, BWW reported that Iranian authorities are considering suing Hollywood over the way their country was depicted in the Academy Award-winning film ARGO. Today, Deadline is reporting that Frenc... (more...)

UTA to Represent Barbra Streisand & Her Barwood Films

Deadline reports that Academy Award winning actress Barbra Streisand has signed with UTA to represent her as an actress, director and producer. In addition, UTA will take on her film and television pr... (more...)

NewFilmmakers LA Film Festival Presents 2013 Screening Tonight

The NewFilmmakers LA Film Festival offers a carefully curated evening of films created by a talented group of documentarians, filmmakers, and screenwriters. (more...)

2nd Annual Los Angeles Turkish Film Festival Announces Lineup

The LA Turkish Film Festival has announced today their final slate of four feature films that will screen at their second annual festival at Hollywood's Egyptian Theater. The festival opens on Thursda... (more...)

Warner Bros. to Release Two New Clint Eastwood DVD Collections, 6/4

The Clint Eastwood 40 Film Collection (DVD) and the Clint Eastwood 20 Film Collection (Blu-ray) will debut June 4, 2013, respectively priced at $179.98 SRP and $129.95 SRP. The order due date for both... (more...)

NewFilmmakers LA Film Festival to Present 2013 Screening, 2/16

The NewFilmmakers LA Film Festival offers a carefully curated evening of films created by a talented group of documentarians, filmmakers, and screenwriters. I (more...)

Ben Affleck Wins DGA Feature Film Award for ARGO

The winners of the Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards for 2012 were announced tonight during the 65th Annual DGA Awards Dinner at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood... (more...)

Kelsey Grammer Hosts 65th DGA Awards Tonight

Directors Guild of America President Taylor Hackford and 65th Annual DGA Awards Dinner Chair Michael Stevens previously announced that director/actor/producer Kelsey Grammer will host the 65th Annual ... (more...)

WGAW Announces 2013 Jean Renoir Award Honorees

The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) has named a quartet of iconic Japanese filmmakers - Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Ryuzo Kikushima, and Hideo Oguni - as honorees of its 2013 Jean Renoir ... (more...)

Barbra Streisand to Receive FSLC's 40th Annual Chaplin Award

The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced that Academy Award-winner Barbra Streisand, the first American woman artist to receive credit as writer, director, producer and star of a major feature... (more...)

Museum of Modern Art and Film Society of Lincoln Center Announce 7 Selections for 2013 New Directors/New Films Festival

The Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center today announced seven official selections for the 2013 New Directors/New Films Festival (ND/NF) (March 20-31). Dedicated to the discover... (more...)

MoMA & FSLC Announce Selections for 42nd Edition of New Directors/New Films

The Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center today announced seven official selections for the 2013 New Directors/New Films Festival (ND/NF) (March 20-31). Dedicated to the discover... (more...)

Director's Guild Announces 2012 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries Nominations

Directors Guild of America President Taylor Hackford today announced the DGA's nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries for the year 2012. (more...)

Director's Guild Announces 2012 Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement

The Directors Guild of America has released nominees for its Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film award, which will be presented at the 65th annual DGA Awards Dinner on February 2 at Ho... (more...)

Industry Veterans Join THE KENNEDY DETAIL Feature Film

Award-winning film and television filmmakers have joined THE KENNEDY DETAIL, the feature film based on the New York Times best-selling book of the same name by former Secret Service Agent Gerald Blain... (more...)