- Project news
- WikiProject Film will be having its seventh coordinator election in the second half of October! If you are interested in becoming a coordinator, please visit the election page and nominate yourself by October 15!
- The WikiProject's list of core articles is undergoing reevaluation, and there is a discussion to refine the inclusion formula. Please join the discussion here!
- On the main talk page, there is an ongoing discussion about collaborating on articles about films whose anniversaries are in 2012! The articles can be promoted to featured status and be featured on Wikipedia's main page for the films' respective anniversaries. There is a straw poll where editors can cast votes for films here.
- The following film articles were the most trafficked in September:
- Bodyguard (2011 film)
- Contagion (film)
- 2011 in film
- Apollo 18 (film)
- X-Men: First Class
- Internet Movie Database
- The Avengers (2012 film)
- Straw Dogs
- Thor (film)
- The Dark Knight Rises
- Current featured article and list candidates:
- Spotlight Update: Multiple films and film-related articles have reached GA and FA status in September 2011.
- Member news
| Film pages by quality
|
| Quality
|
| Total
|
 FA
|
186
|
| FL
|
472
|
 A
|
1
|
 GA
|
1,407
|
| B
|
1,344
|
| C
|
9,519
|
| Start
|
68,450
|
| Stub
|
95,891
|
| List
|
12,924
|
| Category
|
51,217
|
| Disambig
|
351
|
| File
|
105,910
|
| Portal
|
19
|
| Project
|
227
|
| Redirect
|
9,664
|
| Template
|
9,328
|
| NA
|
1
|
| Assessed
|
366,911
|
| Unassessed
|
38
|
| Total
|
366,949
|
| WikiWork factors (?)
|
ω = 962,523
|
Ω = 5.44
|
|
- Coming to theaters
Opening this weekend (9/30):
Opening next weekend (10/7):
Opening next weekend (10/14):
Opening next weekend (10/21):
Opening next weekend (10/28):
- Did you know...
- ... that the 1924 Australian silent film Fisher's Ghost was not shown in Sydney because it was deemed "too gruesome"?
- ... that phantom rides were often filmed by a cameraman tied to the front of a speeding train?
- ... that the original script written by Oliver Stone for Conan the Barbarian featured 10,000 mutants and was called a "total drug fever dream" by the film's director, John Milius?
- ... that Reel Moments is a competition in which Glamour readers submit short stories to be produced as short films by celebrity volunteer female directors?
- ... that Eros Djarot's biopic on Cut Nyak Dhien has been interpreted as attributing Indonesia's independence to her guerrilla campaign?
- ... that some dark and eerie scenes in the film Cinta Pertama (First Love) reflect the director's previous experience in horror films?
- ... that Teguh Karya had to fight for Christine Hakim's right to act in Cinta Pertama (First Love) after his producer said her breasts were too small?
- ... that after Chasing Dreams Gita Gutawa was chosen for Love in Perth?
- ... that The Comic Strip Presents... film The Hunt for Tony Blair portrays former British Prime Minister Tony Blair as a fugitive on the run?
- ... that the film Gerrymandering draws on the perspectives from different individuals, reporters, pundits and politicians including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Howard Dean, Bob Graham, Lani Guiner, Ed Rollins, and John Fund?
- ... that Bruce Timm, the producer of the animated film adaptation Batman: Year One, said that adapting the comic story arc was straightforward since the original story was already cinematic?
- ... that DreamWorks plans to produce at least three films in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise?
- ... that Sekar Ayu Asmara's directorial debut, The Stringless Violin, with "pat" dialogue and "illogical" scenes, was submitted for an Oscar?
- ... that the documentary To Whom It May Concern tells the story of Nancy Kwan, one of the first Asian leads in a Hollywood film?
- From the editors
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