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Oscilloscope Picks Up Tribeca Award Winner Monogamy

Continuing its strong run of theatrical acquisitions and the entertaining PR that accompanies it, Oscilloscope Pictures today announced that it picked up the drama Monogamy for release next year. Director Dana Adam Shapiro’s ( Murderball ) narrative feature debut won Best NY Film at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, which is kind of an understatement; the Chris Messina/Rashida Jones relationship/surveillance intrigue was probably the best thing I saw during the entire fest. Not to be outdone, the occasion’s requisite jokes from Shapiro and O-scope founder Adam Yauch follow the jump.

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Oscilloscope Picks Up Tribeca Award Winner Monogamy

James Cameron’s Movieline Interview: So Why Did That Avatar Sex Scene Get Cut in the First Place?

Last Thursday, I had a lengthy, terrific interview with James Cameron in advance of the special edition of Avatar (rereleased to theaters August 27), and all this week, Movieline will bring you pieces of that wide-ranging talk. For the first installment of our interview, Cameron explained his tendency to revise his films after their release, where he draws the line, and why he thinks a test audience bristled at Avatar’s infamous sex scene , which has now been reinstated.

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James Cameron’s Movieline Interview: So Why Did That Avatar Sex Scene Get Cut in the First Place?