The story of a hired hand (played by Dave Franco) who disrupts the lives of a Medieval nunnery is among the new Specialty titles out this weekend. Also starring Alison Brie, Kate Micucci, Aubrey Plaza and John C. Reilly, The Little Hours was picked up by distribution outfit Gunpowder & Sky. The feature is among a…

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With most of the Berlin Film Festival competition titles now screened, there are some standouts. But sentiment on the ground here is that it’s the out of competition titles that have clearer crossover appeal. That’s a switch from last year when the main section went user-friendly. In 2014, The Grand Budapest Hotel…

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North American and Latin American rights to Oliver Hirschbiegel’s 13 Minutes from Beta Cinema. The film is playing out of competition at the Berlin Film Festival. Hirschbiegel directed the Oscar-nominated Adolf Hitler film Downfall, and 13 Minutes marks the director’s return to…

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The Hunt director Thomas Vinterberg's The Commune sold well for TrustNordisk during the recently wrapped AFM. Deals concluded include the UK (Artificial Eye), Germany and Austria (Prokino), Benelux (September <img class="alignleft wp-image-1201289865 size-dl-vertical"…