The stoner film comedy “Pineapple Express” launched on a high note as it grossed over $12 million its first day in North American theaters, a new record for a Wednesday debut in August, distributor Sony Pictures said on Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines—Adolfo Alix Jr.’s “Adela,” starring screen legend Anita Linda, has been invited to the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival, which runs in the Canadian city Sept. 4 to 13.

DEBORAH KOONS GARCIA, widow of Jerry Garcia, will show the film “Seeds of In Good Heart: Soil and the Mystery of Fertility,” at the Wine Country Film Festival Sunday, July 27. She will appear at the festival’s Planet Party on Sunday.

Wednesday’s highly anticipated release of “Pineapple Express,” an adventure film about two stoners played by Seth Rogen and James Franco, represents just the latest in a genre that was pioneered by legendary weed enthusiasts Cheech and Chong.

Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme will chair the jury at next month’s San Sebastian Film Festival as well as presenting an unfinished work on Canadian rock star Neil Young, organisers said Thursday.

Toronto - The Toronto International Film Festival announces 13 Asian titles to screen as part of TIFF08, running September 4 through 13, 2008. Three titles will screen as Special Presentations; one each will join Masters, Visions and Vanguard, and seven as Contemporary World Cinema titles.

Imax Corp., which makes large-screen movie systems, said Thursday that it posted a wider loss in the second quarter, and missed Wall Street’s expectations, on a weaker film slate, investments in digital technology and delayed revenue from some system installations.

Today, several leading United States and Canada-based advocacy groups have joined forces to support the highly anticipated U.S. theatrical release of FLOW (www.flowthefilm.com) by Oscilloscope Pictures, a distribution company founded by Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys. The announcement was timed to coincide with Nestle Company’s (VTX: NESN) plan to release its half-year results today and …

NEW YORK—-Today, several leading United States and Canada-based advocacy groups have joined forces to support the highly anticipated U.S. theatrical release of FLOW by Oscilloscope Pictures, a distribution company founded by Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys.

HAMILTON -Michael P. McCarthy is the man you need to visit if you want to break down film of a wide receiver’s tendencies in zone coverage, or if you want a quality pre-owned vehicle.

or at least the work of familiar directors — at Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival’s 20th incarnation. “We’re so shocked it’s been 20 years — some of us more than others,” said Tammy Frick, festival director, at a press conference on Wednesday. “We’re giving you just a small [...]

He reinvented film for ‘children of Marx and Coca-Cola’. Then we ignored him.

On July 13, two year old Brit Bradford was trampled by a horse. Bradford sustained life threatening injures. The tot received a fractured skull, scalp …