What’s American About American Movies?
International Influences
According to the entertainment news source Variety, more than 50 percent of Hollywood’s box-office revenues typically derive from ticket windows beyond American shores. Often the gross receipts—upwards of 70 percent in the case of transnational blockbusters like Casino Royale and The Da Vinci Code—surpass domestic tallies. That is, the bonehead antics, brain-dead plots, [...]
America’s Film Industry
In this month’s Focus, Mosaiko.gr analyzes the increasing internationalization of the film industry, both in terms of audiences and filmmaking talent; the rise of a more personal style of independent filmmaking in recent years; the market for foreign-produced films in the United States; and the effects of the Internet and the digital revolution on how [...]
Cinema on Your Plate
8 Films, 5 Cinemas, 14 Restaurants, 1 Party
An original concept that combines cinema and gastronomy involves eight unique film choices in five central cinema theatres in Athens. The seventh art takes you to 14 restaurants of high culinary taste and one bar restaurant for a special party night.
Every Monday from February 23-April 13,2009, cinemas Apollon [...]
The Dust of Time
The Official Opening of the New Film by Thodoros Angelopoulos at the Athens Concert Hall
The new film by Thodoros Angelopoulos, scenes of which were also filmed in the Athens Concert Hall, is making its official premiere at the Alexandra Trianti Hall, on Wednesday, February 11, at 8 pm.
An American film director, of Greek descent, returns [...]
A Mini Guide to the…Oscars!
Awards Frenzy
The Oscars…gambling has already started, and bets being taken on who hold the Golden Statue in their hands. In order to be as precise and accurate as possible regarding this year’s award ceremony, a mini guide with various details on the Oscars follows.
The awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, February 22 at 17.30, [...]
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