Monday, July 23-------Two must-see documentaries that document political and social "hot button" regions are making their theatrical debuts this week. THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK is an extraordinarily powerful film that exposes the genocide taking place in the Darfur region of Sudan, as seen through the eyes of an American witness. The film, directed by Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern, opens on Wednesday, July 25th at New York's IFC Center, followed by a national release by Inte...

Monday, July 16-------SHARKWATER, the eco-documentary by champion diver and eco activist Rob Stewart, is moving towards a national release in the US after winning a slew of US and international awards. The film is screening tomorrow on Martha's Vineyard as part of the Martha's Vineyard Film Society summer film series (the same organization that presents the Martha's Vineyard Film Festival in September).For filmmaker Rob Stewart, exploring sharks began as an underwater adventure. What...

 Friday, July 14-------Three films from Asia that have made waves on the international film festival circuit are opening in New York this weekend, and will roll out to other cities in North America during the next few weeks. The widely different films point to the continued renaissance of Asian cinema as a world force and the ambitious and risk-taking aesthetic of a new generation of Asian directors.Of the three filmmakers, the South Korean director Kim Ki-Duk is probably the best known in this...

Wednesday, July 11--------Although Hollywood is certainly not crying into its beer, the fact is that many highly anticipated studio summertime bonanzas have just not made an impression this year. If we take away the likes of SPIDER-MAN 3, EVAN ALMIGHTY, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 3, KNOCKED UP, RATATOUILLE and last week's box office champion (and record breaker) TRANSFORMERS, the box office take of FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER, 1408, HOSTEL 2, and OCEAN'S 13 have not been as...

 Monday, July 11--------Magnolia Pictures, one of the most adventurous distributors working in the trenches of independent film, will release the UK film CASHBACK in a platform release starting July 20th in San Francisco (Lumiere Theatre), Denver (Starz Filmcenter), Washington DC (E Street Cinema), Chicago (Century Centre Cinema), Minneapolis (Lagoon Cinema), New York (Quad Cinemas), Philadelphia (Ritz 5 Movies) and Seattle (Varsity Theatre). The film has been making waves on the film festiva...

Friday, July 6------The July 4th Weekend (which this year is being celebrated from Wednesday, July 4 through Sunday, July 9) is one of the box office bonanza weekends of the year. In a summer that has seen very few box office champs (SPIDER-MAN 3 and PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 3 the obvious exceptions), studios are looking to films opening this critical week to give a necessary transfusion to Hollywood box office coffers. Just mid-week through this critical long weekend, the sci-fi action film TR...

Friday, July 6--------Welcome to the launch of the COMING ATTRACTIONS website!! This will be the definitive website for previewing films, video and new media that will be coming to a theater, television screen, dvd or internet near you. There will be postings at least three times a week, including photos, videos, talent interviews and everything you need to know about upcoming visual media. Stay tuned for all the excitement and fun.Sandy Mandelberger, Coming Attractions Editor...