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The 1988 coming-of-age tale ‘Cinema Paradiso’ was practically patient zero when it came to Miramax taking a middlebrow foreign film and turning it into a much-adored, Oscar-winning hit.

As ‘Farewell My Concubine’ gets an uncut, 30th-anniversary re-release this weekend, we look back at the Cannes-winning, politically charged melodrama that was trimmed by Chinese sensors AND Harvey Weinstein.

Welcome to Harvey’s Hellhole, a monthly column devoted to spotlighting the movies that were poorly marketed, mishandled, reshaped, neglected or just […]

Once upon a time, Miramax tried to go epic, distributing (and, of course, demanding cuts to) Bernardo Bertolucci’s post-“Last Emperor” opus.

With the Oscars around the corner, let’s go back twenty years, when Miramax basically ruled the Academy Awards – and Harvey was determined to get another Best Picture win.

Since Sundance Film Festival season is upon us, this month’s “Harvey’s Hellhole” recalls one of the many times Miramax forked over a lot of money for a Sundance hit they eventually and unceremoniously dumped into theaters.

Since ‘Armageddon Time’ is currently in theaters, let’s talk about when its director had to deal with Harvey Weinstein not once, but twice.

Once upon a time, Robert Altman and a gaggle of movie stars went to Paris to wreak havoc on the fashion industry – on Harvey Weinstein’s dime!

In light of the tragic passing of Anne Heche, we look back at her indie movie breakthrough – and how it was all but ignored by its distributor.

This month, we look back at Miramax’s messy mishandling of what should’ve been a slam-dunk entry in the “Shakespeare for teens” craze.

As we close in on the Academy Awards, a look at how Miramax’s relentless campaigning turned a light romantic comedy into an Oscar spoiler.