Takeshi Kitano's Ryuzo | Coming Soon | FBA

http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/kitano-takeshi-returns-with-yakuza-comedy

Takeshi Kitano's Ryuzo

Stephen Frears' Florence | Coming Soon | Variety

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/meryl-streep-pic-florence-sells-worldwide-for-pathe-1201354374/

American Sniper | Reviews | Variety

http://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-american-sniper-1201354123/

A superb performance by Bradley Cooper anchors Clint Eastwood's harrowing and thoughtful dramatization of the life of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle.

Roy Andersson Interviews at 2014 Stockholm Film Festival | Interviews | Variety

http://variety.com/2014/film/festivals/stockholm-festival-director-roy-andersson-qa-1201353699/

Pictured above from left: Stockholm Festival director Git Scheynius, helmers Pascale Ferran (“Bird People”), July Jung (“A Girl at My Door”), Roy Andersson, Celine Sciamma (“Girlhood”), Bitte Andersson (“Dyke Hard”), Guy Myhill (“The Goob”) and program director George Ivanov.

Variety Spotlight Rising Scandinavian Talent

http://variety.com/2014/film/festivals/stockholm-festival-variety-spotlights-rising-scandinavian-talent-1201353802/

Pigs and Battleships | Andik's Take

Shohei Imamura's Pigs and Battleships is about a young couple who tries to survive in a small Japanese port town after WW II. As the young man attracted to the underworld life, the young woman must decide to compromise her virtue or leave town. The film won Best Film at 1962 Blue Ribbon Award.

Magnolia bought Gentlemen

Magnolia has acquired U.S. rights to Mikael Marcimain's "Gentlemen" from Wild Bunch at AFM. For the script, author Klas Östergren adapted his novel of the same name, which tells the autobiographical story of his time spent with gangsters and gals in the Swedish post-WWII era of economic boom and rampant corruption.