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18 February 2009 2:17 PM, PST | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

There's no need to focus all your attention on new releases, particularly not when spring is studded with enough fantastic repertory scheduling to fill your every evening. Here's a look at what's been planned in New York and L.A.

New York:

Anthology Film Archives

Catalan filmmaker Albert Serra returns to the Anthology Film Archives from Feb. 25-March 3 to present his latest film, "Birdsong," an atmospheric retelling of biblical Three Wise Men story with an eye towards the desert landscape they were traveling [pictured left], in addition to Mark Peranson's experimental making-of "Birdsong" doc, "Waiting for Sancho," which will show on Feb. 28 and March 1... On March 4, '60s underground filmmaker Jose Rodriguez Soltero will get a double feature of two newly restored prints of his 1965 exploration of narcissism, "Jerovi," and the 1966 celebration of Mexican Hollywood star Lupe Velez, "Lupe."... From March 5 through 15, one of America's finest character actors gets a retrospective »

- Stephen Saito

21 January 2009 11:21 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

He has been talking up the sequel for a decade since the original film’s release - but now Pierce Brosnan says that if The Topkapi Affair doesn’t go into production this year then we won’t get to see Thomas Crown again on the big screen.

Speaking to Moviehole Brosnan said:

”We are full steam ahead. If we do not have it by this year, then we shall just say we gave a best effort. But Mary Parent is a magnificent supporter of the piece. Mr. Paul Verhoeven is still with us as a director and we have great executives over there at MGM now, who are passionate to make this film. So, we have a fabulous writer.”

Normally I’m quite skeptical when a sequel takes this long to develop, but I feel that the previous Thomas Crown remake has enough charm and Brosnan still has enough charisma for this to work. »

- Niall Browne

2 articles from 2009