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In The PressAlex Gibney: The United States of Money -- Tell Us What You ThinkThe Huffington Post | July 16, 2008Over the last few years, I've been working on a documentary about the scandal surrounding former lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Read more Participant sets up 'Colony'Variety | July 9, 2008Participant Media has set up eco-horror tale "The Colony," based on a pitch by Stacy Title and Jonathan Penner. Steven Schneider of Room 101 and Vertigo Entertainment's Doug Davison and Roy Lee are producing. Gabriel Mason will exec produce the project. Read more William Friedkin to Direct 'Truth' OperaVariety | July 8, 2008William Friedkin will direct the premiere of the opera "An Inconvenient Truth," which will debut at La Scala in Milan on May 11, 2011. Read more The Visitor proves indie film isn't deadLos Angeles Times | July 7, 2008... Why has "The Visitor" managed to survive amid so much horrific indie failure? And does it point the way to indie film rejuvenation and revival? Read more How The Visitor Charmed American Cinema AudiencesThe Times Online | July 3, 2008Sometimes something as insignificant as a minor box office success story can reaffirm your faith in the film industry, even in life in general. One such story is The Visitor. A gentle, hopeful movie with no big name stars and no muscular marketing budget, it has charmed, city by city, the audiences of America, growing from an initial release on a handful of screens to a place in the top ten weekly box office earners, alongside behemoth releases like Indiana Jones and Iron Man. Read more Hollywood Elsewhere Names The Visitor in 2008 'Best-of' ListHollywood Elsewhere | June 30, 2008Hollywood Elsewhere Names THE VISITOR in 2008 'Best-of' List. Read more Little Movies, Big ProblemsThe New York Times | June 30, 2008This summer, it seems only "The Visitor" will hit the classic indie trifecta of good reviews, strong word of mouth and staying power in theaters. Read more LAFF '08 NOTEBOOK | Top Docs: "Trinidad," "No Name," "Pressure Cooker," "Loot" and "Boogie Man"indieWIRE | June 30, 2008... it's hard to beat the humanity of Jennifer Grausman and Mark Becker's "Pressure Cooker ... with its engaging and ultimately emotional look at the turning point in the lives of these children through the use vice of cooking. Read more L.A. Film Festival crowns Prince, [Pressure Cooker]The Hollywood Reporter | June 30, 2008... The documentary jury also bestowed a special commendation on "Pressure Cooker," directed by Jennifer Grausman and Mark Becker. Read more Richard Jenkins Wins Best Actor at Moscow FestivalThe Hollywood Reporter | June 29, 2008Richard Jenkins wins Best Actor at the Moscow International Film Festival. Read more LAFF '08 Interview: Pressure Cooker Directors Jennifer Grausman and Mark BeckerIndieWire | June 24, 2008Screening in the Documentary Competition at the Los Angeles FIlm Festival, Jennifer Grausman and Mark Becker's "Pressure Cooker" follows three inner-city seniors at Philadelphia's Frankford High School as they take on Wilma Stephenson's Culinary Arts class. With her assistance, the students prepare for a citywide cooking competition for scholarships to some of the country's top culinary arts institutions. Both directors talked to indieWIRE about their experience and the film's screening at LAFF. Read more Academy Sends Out 105 InvitesAssociated Press | June 23, 2008Sacha Baron Cohen, Marion Cotillard, Ruby Dee and Jet Li ... were among 105 actors, filmmakers, executives and others in the movie business who were asked to become members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Also on the list of invitees ... [Participant Media chairman] Jeff Skoll. Read more
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