Premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, Lone Scherfig's Their Finest is a film that delights in film itself. Starring Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin and Bill Nighy, the director's follow-up to 2014's The Riot Club is a WWII comedy, chronicling a British movie crew as they attempt to boost…

A number of specialty releases have made schedule changes in the near future. Sony Pictures’ Classics’ Oscar nominee for best foreign film, Martin Zandvliet’s Land of Mine will move its New York-Los Angeles opening up from Feb. 17 to Feb 10. Pic centers around a young group of German POWs who are made the enemy of a…

The Santa Barbara Film Festival and EuropaCorp said today that the 32nd annual festival will close with the Lone Scherfig’s comedy drama Their Finest at the Arlington Theatre on Saturday, February 11 in advance of the film's March 24 stateside release. The Santa Barbara Film Festival runs February 1-11. Their Finest…

Another big Toronto sale is upon us. EuropaCorp is wrapping up a mid-seven-figure deal for Their Finest, the Lone Scherfig-directed World War II drama that stars Sam Claflin, Jake Lacy, Gemma Arterton, Bill Nighy and Jack Huston. It’s a comedy about a group of filmmakers struggling to make an inspirational and…

Danish director Lone Scherfig continues her path to British citizenship with Their Finest, which took its world premiere bow at the Toronto Film Festival this past weekend. It’s her fourth British film in a row, after An Education, One Day and The Riot Club, and follows a group of characters in wartime London as they…