http://www.btlnews.com Voice of the Crew Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:12:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/direction/super-bowl-spots/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/direction/super-bowl-spots/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:59:23 +0000 Scott Lehane http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24937 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/direction/super-bowl-spots/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/news/dark-light-pictures%e2%80%99-gil-cope-helps-rush-university-medical-center-launch-new-hospital/ http://www.btlnews.com/news/dark-light-pictures%e2%80%99-gil-cope-helps-rush-university-medical-center-launch-new-hospital/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:51:04 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24912 Dark Light Pictures director Gil Cope recently directed a new campaign for Chicago’s Rush University Medical Center announcing a 14-story hospital opening this month. Conceived by SPM Marketing & Communications, the spots feature intimate portraits of doctors and nurses discussing the new facility and what it means for the community and its healthcare.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/news/dark-light-pictures%e2%80%99-gil-cope-helps-rush-university-medical-center-launch-new-hospital/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/irans-best-foreign-film-nominee-asghar-farhadis-a-separation/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/irans-best-foreign-film-nominee-asghar-farhadis-a-separation/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:58:36 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24750 A Separation, a highly lauded film from Iran that has captivated reviewers and moviegoers and garnered two Oscar nominations. The beautifully photographed movie tells a multi-layered story of a modern-day couple in Tehran who are on the verge of a divorce. The wife wants to move abroad for a better life for their daughter but the husband wants to stay, in part because he won’t leave his father who has advanced Alzheimer’s.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/irans-best-foreign-film-nominee-asghar-farhadis-a-separation/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/michel-hazanavicius-wins-dga-feature-film-award-for-the-artist/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/michel-hazanavicius-wins-dga-feature-film-award-for-the-artist/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:59:02 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24689 Directors Guild of America outstanding directorial achievement awards for 2011 were announced on Saturday during the 64th Annual DGA Awards dinner at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles. Michel Hazanavicius won the DGA's award for outstanding directorial achievement in feature film for The Artist. ]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/michel-hazanavicius-wins-dga-feature-film-award-for-the-artist/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/community/sundance-institute-and-women-in-film-spotlight-challenges-facing-women-filmmakers/ http://www.btlnews.com/community/sundance-institute-and-women-in-film-spotlight-challenges-facing-women-filmmakers/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:00:47 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24418 Keri Putnam, executive director, Sundance Institute, and Cathy Schulman, president of Women In Film Los Angeles announced that the two organizations will collaborate to support independent women filmmakers working in both narrative and documentary feature film. The announcement was made at a joint event at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival hosted by Putnam, Schulman, Sundance Institute trustee Pat Mitchell, and Women Moving Millions co-chair Jacki Zehner.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/community/sundance-institute-and-women-in-film-spotlight-challenges-facing-women-filmmakers/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/danish-director-nicolas-windng-refn-pushes-drive-into-high-gear/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/danish-director-nicolas-windng-refn-pushes-drive-into-high-gear/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:51:14 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24336 Nicolas Windng Refn, director of Drive, doesn’t himself drive. He has failed his driver’s license test eight times. Yet the heralded Danish director came to Los Angeles, the city of cars, to make a film filled with some of the most authentic and exciting car chase sequences seen on the screen in years.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/danish-director-nicolas-windng-refn-pushes-drive-into-high-gear/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/academy-approves-new-documentary-and-short-films-rules/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/academy-approves-new-documentary-and-short-films-rules/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:57:02 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24189 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences approved documentary and short films rules for the 85th Academy Awards at its most recent meeting (Dec. 6). The most significant changes expand members’ opportunities to view contending films, enabling more members to participate in the Academy’s voting processes in the documentary feature, animated short film and live action short film categories.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/academy-approves-new-documentary-and-short-films-rules/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/stephen-daldrys-extremely-loud-and-incredibly-close/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/stephen-daldrys-extremely-loud-and-incredibly-close/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:57:59 +0000 Mary Ann Skweres http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24017 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, it was "very simple" for Academy-Award nominated director Stephen Daldry to immediately say yes to directing the film for producer Scott Rudin, who he had worked with on The Hours. The first decision scriptwise was to see the story primarily through the boy Oskar's point of view, a character with a form of high functioning autism that makes those with the condition experience the world in unusual ways. ]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/stephen-daldrys-extremely-loud-and-incredibly-close/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/news/watch-a-live-qa-with-the-artist-director-michel-hazanavicius/ http://www.btlnews.com/news/watch-a-live-qa-with-the-artist-director-michel-hazanavicius/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:58:05 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=23657 http://www.btlnews.com/news/watch-a-live-qa-with-the-artist-director-michel-hazanavicius/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/rupert-wyatts-rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/rupert-wyatts-rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:59:18 +0000 Mary Ann Skweres http://www.btlnews.com/?p=23534 Rise of the Planet of the Apes tells an origin story that lays the foundation for the mythology of the first Planet of the Apes film, which takes place 3,000 years in the future. The success of the current film hinges on the believability of the main character, Caesar, a chimpanzee played by a human, that has been visually and audibly created using the most advanced techniques in filmmaking.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/rupert-wyatts-rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/feed/ 0