- Project news
- A new task force was created to improve collaboration for developing film articles related to Avant-garde and experimental films. If you are interested in working on articles in line with the task force, consider joining and watchlisting the page for updates.
- We are looking for new editors for the newsletter for future issues. If you are interested in helping shape the newsletter to focus on new areas or submit individual stories, we can use your help! The newsletter can be edited by all members of the project, and we are always seeking new volunteers. Instructions will be provided on how to develop the newsletter each month. Any interest and/or questions can be submitted on the talk page of the Outreach department or contact Nehrams2020.
- Several film articles are available for review at both WP:GAN and WP:FAC. As members of this project are more familiar with WP:FILM guidelines for film articles, input at these reviews can be helpful for determining if they meet all good and featured criteria. Other articles can also be found at WP:PR looking for helpful comments.
- Based on views, the top five most popular articles from our project this month were: Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Super 8, Green Lantern, X-Men (film series), and X-Men: First Class. For a list of our project's top 1,000 most popular articles, see here. Consider helping to improve one of these articles that is seen by thousands to millions of people each month.
- Our project currently has just over 87,400 film-related articles, with only a handful of unassessed articles, thanks to the assessment department! Remember to always add the
{{WikiProject Film|class=}} template to a film article's talk page so the project can get a better idea of what work still needs to be done. If you believe that an article should be assessed at a certain class, feel free to follow the assessment scale and assess the article yourself (it's not too difficult to determine the basic classes such as stubs, categories, or lists). Below is a table showing a breakdown of our articles by class.
- Spotlight Update: Multiple films and film-related articles have reached GA and FA status in June 2011.
- Member news
- New members to the project since the last issue include: Hallows Horcruxes, Rusted AutoParts, Shannon Tucker, Wikibuff1, Georgiahilton, Ilego, Benlisquare, Mjpresson, Amadscientist, Skeletonmandan, Archiveeditor, FunkyDuffy, Jeonju pa, Freshbeats, Davoloid, & GroovySandwich.
- Recipients of the WikiProject Film Award: Robsinden and Smetanahue for their work on Ingmar Bergman filmography.
- Remember that any editor can give the WikiProject Film Award to another WP:FILM member. If you do present this award, please make mention of it here or tell one of the newsletter editors who will then include it in the next issue.
- Please add your name to the member list if you have not already.
| Film pages by quality
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| Quality
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| Total
|
 FA
|
190
|
| FL
|
483
|
| FM
|
33
|
 A
|
1
|
 GA
|
1,430
|
| B
|
1,517
|
| C
|
10,549
|
| Start
|
71,521
|
| Stub
|
96,398
|
| List
|
13,183
|
| Category
|
54,521
|
| Disambig
|
372
|
| File
|
111,079
|
| Portal
|
19
|
| Project
|
229
|
| Redirect
|
11,785
|
| Template
|
9,512
|
| NA
|
22
|
| Assessed
|
382,844
|
| Unassessed
|
14
|
| Total
|
382,858
|
| WikiWork factors (?)
|
ω = 985,607
|
Ω = 5.43
|
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- Coming to theaters
Opened last weekend (6/24):
Opening this weekend (7/1):
Opening next weekend (7/8):
Other July releases:
- Did you know...
- ... that the storyline of James Franco's upcoming film The Broken Tower started out as his master's thesis at New York University Tisch School of the Arts?
- ... that Lust, Caution co-star Tang Wei was cut from the recent Chinese film The Founding of a Party following an objection by Mao Zedong's grandson?
- ... that the 2009 film Korkoro is a rare cinematic tribute to those who died in the Porajmos?
- ... that the hosts of Kermode and Mayo's Film Reviews recommend that cinemagoers avoid knitting, drug dealing, and model aeroplane assembly while watching a film?
- ... that Owen Land's Film in Which There Appear Edge Lettering, Sprocket Holes, Dirt Particles, Etc. features looped footage of a woman blinking, as well as edge lettering, sprocket holes and dirt particles?
- ... that independent filmmaker Frank Sudol wrote, animated, voiced, directed, and composed all of the music for his film Dead Fury?
- ... that at the 1933 première of the film Das häßliche Mädchen there was a Nazi-instigated riot in which tomatoes and rotten eggs were thrown, because of the male lead, Max Hansen?
- ... that Deiva Magan (1969) was the first ever Tamil film to be submitted by India in contest for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film?
- From the editors
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