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With first time 'Gone,' Affleck out to try again

Miramax's thriller "Gone Baby Gone" marks the directorial debut of Ben Affleck, who tells CAROLYN GIARDINA that the outing has changed how he looks at his career. Read column

Kite Runner

With Forster's 'Kite,' he shoots, film soars

Epic, as well as highly personal, is how director of photography Roberto Schaefer describes the cinematography on Marc Forster's upcoming "The Kite Runner," Paramount Classics/DreamWorks' adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's best-selling novel, CAROLYN GIARDINA writes. Read column

Cutting a new 'Blade': No bloodshed allowed

When it came time to put Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner: The Final Cut" on Blu-ray, HD-DVD and DVD, as well as in a limited theatrical rerelease, the technical team left no stoned unturned in restoring and remastering the sci-fi noir landmark, CAROLYN GIARDINA writes. Read column

Despite profile, it's still the Toronto fan festival

Those attending the Toronto International Film Festival are known to be appreciative toward their favorite movies and stars and that reputation stayed intact during a Q&A featuring Simon Pegg, pictured, following the screening of "Run, Fat Boy, Run." Read column

Lust Caution

Pohlad's River Road prefers path less taken

TORONTO -- Ang Lee's "Lust, Caution" (pictured) and Sean Penn's "Into the Wild" arrive at the Toronto International Film Festival this weekend with more in common than uncompromising directors and Oscar hopes. They reflect the taste of River Road Entertainment president Bill Pohlad, writes GREGG GOLDSTEIN. Read column

'Yuma' DP: Focus is more character than cowboy

CAROLYN GIARDINA's interview with "3:10 to Yuma's" Phedon Papamichael reveals that the film's director of photography insists that the remake directed by James Mangold is a character drama about "morals against immorality" put in the context of an American Western. Read column

For sale: Large dose of 'Escrow' realty reality

The real estate market might not be anything to laugh about, but writer-director Armen Kaprelian remains bullish on the scene as Magnolia Pictures releases his new independently produced comedy "Closing Escrow," GREGG KILDAY writes. Read column

New beginning dawns for movie end credits

The movie is over and the credits begin to roll. But don't leave just yet -- as several recent movies like "Ratatouille" demonstrate, writes BORYS KIT, filmmakers are getting creative with their end credits. Read column

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3-D-ready screens popping out all over

With the rerelease of "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas" in 3-D digital cinema and the debut of Paramount Pictures' 3-D "Beowulf" on Nov. 16, a new stage in the 3-D digital-cinema movement may be arriving, CAROLYN GIARDINA writes. Read column

Eagle-eyed camera remembers lighting

CAROLYN GIARDIA writes about VFX expert Hoyt Yeatman, who helped design a 360-degree high dynamic range camera that helps the combining of live action and CG by capturing the lighting dynamics of a motion picture location or set. Read column

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