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UK film outlawed for blasphemy finally unbanned
Jan. 31, 2012 10:25 AM ET (AP)
The only movie ever banned in Britain for blasphemy was finally approved for distribution Tuesday, 23 years after it was outlawed.
The experimental short film "Visions of Ecstasy" features scenes of...
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`Beasts of the Southern Wild' wins at Sundance
Jan. 29, 2012 3:18 AM ET (AP)
A mythical film starring an 8-year-old girl and a documentary about the war on drugs took top honors at the Sundance Film Festival.
"Beasts of the Southern Wild" won the grand jury prize in the U.S....
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Sundance doc examines costs of US war on drugs
Jan. 27, 2012 4:29 AM ET (AP)
Eugene Jarecki's documentary at the Sundance Film Festival looks at the cost of America's war on drugs _ its social and human as well as financial cost.
With "The House I Live In," the filmmaker takes...
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RFK's wife stars in daughter's 'Ethel' at Sundance
Jan. 26, 2012 10:32 AM ET (AP)
Ethel Kennedy prefers coming to the Sundance Film Festival when she's not the star of a movie.
She has been to Sundance in the past to see films by her daughter, documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy....
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Greek filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos dies in accident
Jan. 25, 2012 11:03 AM ET (AP)
He was known for his slow and dream-like directing style and had enough stamina at 76 to be working on his latest movie.
But award-winning Greek filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos was killed in a road...