Entertainment & Arts
Ira Deutchman abruptly left Monday as president of Fine Line Features, the upscale movie division of New Line Cinema, as part of a larger reorganization in which the unit will lose some of its autonomy.
Jan. 10, 1995
Movies
Fine Line Features’ President Ira Deutchman might want to practice what he preaches.
Feb. 6, 1994
The Motion Picture Assn. of America rejected an appeal Thursday by Cinecom Entertainment Group that the association’s title registration department reconsider its refusal to sanction the company’s upcoming release “Sammy and Rosie Get Laid.”
Oct. 17, 1987
“Short Cuts” is a three-hour-plus film, but not an epic.
Sept. 12, 1993
The movie rating system was branded last week as “arbitrary” by the angry producer of Paramount Pictures’ “Whispers in the Dark,” and as homophobic by Fine Line Pictures, the distributor of an upcoming art-house film called “Swoon.”
Aug. 2, 1992
Even directors get the blues.
Oct. 14, 1993
March has become a very big month for the young executives of Cinecom Entertainment Group.
March 30, 1987
Cinecom Entertainment Group, screenwriter Hanif Kureishi and director Stephen Frears are embroiled in a fight with the Motion Picture Assn. of America over the supposedly vulgar title of their latest film, a dispute that threatens to hold up the movie’s distribution, publicity and advertising plans.
Oct. 12, 1987
Fine Line Features would like to remind academy members that Madeleine Stowe from “Short Cuts” was the National Society of Film Critics’ choice for best supporting actress of 1993.
Jan. 23, 1994
It’s got stars galore in cameo roles but no big stars in leading roles.
April 5, 1992