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Shutter Island will celebrate it’s world premiere in the Competition programme at the 60th Berlinale International Film Festival. The Festival runs from February 11-21, 2010.

The first seven titles for the Competition of the 60th Berlin International Film Festival have been confirmed. The films selected so far are from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Germany, India, Iran, Turkey, the UK and the USA.

This first group of films selected for the Competition is characterized by up-and-coming young directors, stars and masters of filmmaking like Martin Scorsese and Roman Polanski.

Shutter Island USA
by Martin Scorsese (The Departed, Aviator, Cape Fear)
with Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Sir Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Patricia Clarkson, Max von Sydow
World premiere / Out of competition

Source: Berlinale

Three of Michelle’s films – I’m Not There, Wendy and Lucy, and Brokeback Mountain - have been included in Time Out’s list of the 101 Greatest Films of the Decade. You can read the full reviews of the films and see the entire list on the Time Out website. Thanks to Tom Huddleston for sending me the link.

86. I’m Not There (2007, US)
Directed by Todd Haynes
Keep a good head and always carry a lightbulb
As much about the music as the man, as much about the legend as the truth, Todd Haynes’s captivating, kaleidoscopic take on the lives, loves and lyrics of Bob Dylan stands as one of the decade’s few genuine originals.

46. Wendy and Lucy (2008, US)
Directed by Kelly Reichardt
Cos the times they are a-changin’
Oh, how the tears did flow for Kelly Reichardt’s awe-inspiring slice of American minimalism, which sees plucky young traveller Wendy (Michelle Williams) forced to stop over in a West Coast nowheresville to repair her car and is given a none-too-sweet taster of life below the poverty belt.

19. Brokeback Mountain (2005, US/Can)
Directed by Ang Lee
And the Oscar goes to… ‘Chicago’?
A film that will stand proud long after the petty prejudices which inspired it have been lost to history, ‘Brokeback Mountain’ is granite cinema, knowingly monumental but still achingly intimate.

I’ve added a few scans of Michelle from recent magazines.

x Magazine Scans: Vogue (US)
x Magazine Scans: Entertainment Weekly
x Magazine Scans: Glamour

Blue Valentine has been chosen, along with 16 other films, to premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. The festival runs from January 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.

Blue Valentine (Director: Derek Cianfrance; Screenwriters: Derek Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne, Joey Curtis and Faith Wladyka)—A complex portrait of an American marriage, “Blue Valentine” charts the evolution of a relationship over time. Cast: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Mike Vogel, John Doman. World Premiere (Source: Indie Wire)

I’ve updated the gallery with five special, rare scans of Michelle in the Spring 1998 issue of YM Prom. There are some pretty pictures of her posing in a prom dress, and a cute interview. Enjoy!

x Magazine Scans: YM Prom

The photo gallery is back online. Sorry for the long wait. The problem with the gallery seems to be resolved, as far as I can tell. However, if you encounter any pop-up ads that redirect you to another page, please do not click on the ads. Press Ctrl + Alt + Del and then send me a message about it. Thank you for your patience.

The photo gallery has been taken offline temporarily so we can fix some security issues. It will be back up soon. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release Dawson’s Creek: The Complete Series Nov. 10 (order date Oct. 8 ) at $119.95.

The 24-disc set includes all 128 episodes from the generation-defining series that ran from 1998 to 2003 on the WB network and chronicled the lives of a group of teens passing from adolescence to young adulthood. The show starred James Van Der Beek (The Rules of Attraction, Varsity Blues), Katie Holmes (Batman Begins), Joshua Jackson (“Fringe”), Michelle Williams (an Oscar nominee for Brokeback Mountain) and Kerr Smith (“Eli Stone”).

Extras on the DVD set include “Creek Daze,” an interview with creator Kevin Williamson; a “Final Exams” trivia game; deleted scenes from the pilot episode; original DVD extras from the six seasons; and a CD soundtrack.

Source: Home Media

I’ve added a new trailer for Shutter Island to the media archive and 10 new screencaps to the gallery.

x Trailer #2 Screencaps