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Friday, 31 May 2024

‘Riders of Justice’ Remake From ‘Peanut Butter Falcon’ Filmmakers in The Works

 
Peanut Butter Falcon filmmakers Michael Schwartz and Tyler Nilson have been tapped to adapt and direct the remake of Riders of Justice for Lionsgate.  Schwartz and Nilson also directed the feature Los Frikis, which earned the top jury prize at the Miami Film Festival. Their previous film, The Peanut Butter Falcon, a modern day take on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn […]

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Will Smith and Martin Lawrence Aren’t Ready to Pass ‘Bad Boys’ Torch: “The Back Ain’t Went Out Quite Yet”

 
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence showed up to the Bad Boys: Ride or Die premiere in Hollywood on Thursday ready to put on a show. Arriving on top of a double-decker bus, Smith quickly took on the role of hype man, yelling into a microphone, “When I say, ‘bad,’ you say ‘boys'” to the crowd […]

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Amazon Prime Video’s New Releases Coming in June 2024

 
Amazon originals like I Am: Celine Dion, The Boys season four and Marlon Wayans: Good Grief are just some of the titles hitting Prime Video in June. Features like Oppenheimer, Mean Girls (2024), Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, No Country For Old […]

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Thursday, 30 May 2024

Neil Patrick Harris, Tig Notaro, Nicole Byer Laugh Over Shared Pain in ‘Group Therapy’ Trailer (Exclusive)

 
An array of successful comedians share experiences from their mental health journeys in the trailer for the documentary feature Group Therapy. Director Neil Berkeley’s film hails from Kevin Hart’s company Hartbeat and is set to premiere June 6 at the Tribeca Festival. Group Therapy features stand-up comedy stars sitting down for a group therapy session […]

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‘Summer Camp’ Review: Diane Keaton, Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard in a Would-Be Romp Full of Strained Teachable Moments

 
Set during a reunion for boomers, writer-director Castille Landon’s comedy also stars Eugene Levy and Dennis Haysbert.

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‘Young Woman and the Sea’ Review: Daisy Ridley in Paint-by-Numbers Inspirational Biopic

 
The 'Star Wars' and 'Magpie' actress faces the seas in Joachim Ronning's portrait of Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim across the English Channel.

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Wednesday, 29 May 2024

Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman Have a Surprise Romance in ‘A Family Affair’ Trailer

 
What starts as a surprise romance turns into a nightmare for one in the trailer for A Family Affair. In the two-minute look at the upcoming Netflix film, Zac Efron stars as movie star Chris Cole who begins a romance with Nicole Kidman’s Brooke. However, Kidman just happens to be the widowed mother to Zara […]

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George Clooney and Brad Pitt Reunite in Tense ‘Wolfs’ Trailer

 
George Clooney and Brad Pitt aren’t exactly team players in the first trailer for their new thriller, Wolfs. Sony Pictures is set to release Jon Watts’ movie in theaters Sept. 20. Amy Ryan, Austin Abrams and Poorna Jagannathan round out the cast in the feature that hails from Apple Studios and centers on two lone-wolf […]

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‘Moana 2’ Makes Splash With First Trailer

 
Dwayne Johnson and Auli’i Cravalho are back in action with the first trailer for Disney’s sequel movie Moana 2. David G. Derrick Jr. wrote and directed the animated feature that is set to hit theaters Nov. 27. The film centers on Moana (Cravalho) heading out on an unexpected adventure in long-lost waters after receiving a […]

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Kevin Macdonald to Direct John Lennon, Yoko Ono Documentary (Exclusive)

 
Life after The Beatles for legendary singer-songwriter John Lennon and wife Yoko Ono in New York City is the focus of Kevin MacDonald’s latest documentary, One to One: John & Yoko. The Scottish filmmaker, coming off his fashion doc High & Low: John Galliano, recalls Lennon in 1972 performing his final full-stage performance, the One to […]

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Tuesday, 28 May 2024

Channing Tatum’s Free Association, Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment Team for Docuseries, Feature Film on Isle of Man TT

 
Channing Tatum and Brad Pitt feel the need for speed. The two A-listers and their respective companies have teamed up with a coterie of production banners to produce both a docuseries and a feature film centered on the famous and dangerous Isle of Man Tourist Trophy motorcycle races. Tatum’s Free Association, Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment, […]

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‘Faye’ Review: HBO’s Faye Dunaway Doc Is a Revealing Portrait of the Complicated Woman Behind the Screen Icon

 
Director Laurent Bouzereau takes in the Oscar winner’s career highs and lows, her personal life, her bipolar disorder and her “difficult” reputation.

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Karlovy Vary Fest Unveils Lineup With Oleh Sentsov Ukraine War Doc; Geoffrey Rush Among Jurors

 
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) has unveiled its competition and other lineups for its 58th edition, set to run in the Czech spa town from June 28 to July 6. It also set its competition jury, led by indie film producer Christine Vachon who will be joined by Australian actor Geoffrey Rush, Hungarian […]

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Huanxi Media CEO Talks Betting Big on Zhang Ziyi Tentpole ‘She’s Got No Name’: “This One Could Thread the Needle”

 
By the time Chinese star Zhang Ziyi walked the Cannes Film Festival’s red carpet on the event’s penultimate night last Friday, it was already clear that Chinese cinema was back on the international stage in a major way. The world’s most glamorous movie event premiered five films from China across its official selection this year, […]

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Monday, 27 May 2024

Halle Berry Reflects on How Her ‘Flintstones’ Role Was a “Big Step” for Black Women in Hollywood

 
Halle Berry is looking back at her time filming 1994’s The Flintstones and how her role was a “big step” for Black women in the entertainment industry. The Oscar-winning actress took to social media on Sunday to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the live-action movie, based on the 1960s cartoon series of the same name. […]

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Richard Dreyfuss Slammed for Alleged Sexist and Homophobic Comments at ‘Jaws’ Screening

 
A Massachusetts theater is apologizing to its patrons who came to attend a screening of Jaws with star Richard Dreyfuss but instead were subjected to alleged sexist and homophobic comments from the actor over Memorial Day weekend. Attendees who headed to The Cabot Theater in Beverly, Mass. on Saturday for what was billed as “An […]

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‘Universal Language’ Review: An Amusingly Offbeat Homage To Iranian Cinema, by Way of Winnipeg  

 
The second feature by Canadian filmmaker Matthew Rankin ('The Twentieth Century') won the first-ever Directors’ Fortnight audience award in Cannes.

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Sunday, 26 May 2024

Cannes: Korean Action Maestro Ryoo Seung-wan on Reinventing the Cop Movie for ‘I, The Executioner’

 
Ryoo Seung-wan has been a pillar of the South Korean film industry for over 20 years, respected there for his keen social observation and thrilling action. But Europe’s great film festivals have feted him conspicuously less than some of his more internationally well-known peers. The Cannes Film Festival recently took a step toward correcting that […]

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Inaugural Prix Luciole Awards Honor Poster Art at Cannes

 
The inaugural Prix Luciole Awards ceremony, celebrating artistic achievements in the field of film poster design, took place Friday at the Le Gray d’Albion hotel in Cannes. Co-sponsored by China’s leading movie ticketing platform, Taopiaopiao, and the Paris-based Alliance Cinéaste Chine-Europe, the Prix Luciole aims to raise awareness of the importance of graphic design in […]

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Saturday, 25 May 2024

Box Office Meltdown: ‘Furiosa’ or ‘Garfield Movie’ to Win Memorial Day With Worst No. 1 Opening in 40 Years

 
The Memorial Day box office is no picnic this year Based on Friday numbers, George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga or The Garfield Movie may only open to $31 million to $33 million from 4,035 theaters over the four-day holiday, the worst Memorial Day opener in 40 years, give or take. The two films […]

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A Trans Drug Kingpin, Masturbating Zombies and Emma Stone: THR’s Critics Pick the 20 Best Films of Cannes 2024

 
A Danish drama about an unwanted pregnancy, a portrait of two nurses chasing romance in Mumbai and a Corsican mafia thriller are among other standouts from the world's pre-eminent film festival.

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Sideshow, Janus Films Take Leos Carax’s ‘It’s Not Me’ for North America (Exclusive)

 
Sideshow and Janus Films scooped up another buzzy title out of Cannes, acquiring It’s Not Me from French auteur Leos Carax (Holy Motors, Annette) for North America. An autobiographical collage of old and new footage, referencing everything from silent movies and Hollywood Golden Age classics to scenes from his own work and personal home movies, […]

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Mohammad Rasoulof to Iranian Filmmakers: ‘Don’t Be Afraid’

 
The Seed of the Sacred Fig, the new film from Iranian dissident director Mohammad Rasoulof, may or may not be honored tonight when the Cannes Jury hands out its awards. But at the press conference for the film on Saturday, Rasoulof proved he was the true hero of this year’s festival. The director used his […]

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Friday, 24 May 2024

Kodi, Canine Star of ‘Dog on Trial,’ Wins Cannes Palm Dog

 
Kodi, the canine defendant in Laetitia Dosch’s Dog on Trial, was named top dog at the Cannes Film Festival, snatching the Palm Dog prize for the best canine performance. In a rare treat, Kodi, a 9-year-old Griffon, attended the event, a boozy and chaotic affair, as is the Palm Dog tradition, at the Plage du […]

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Selena Gomez on “Insane” Audition For Jacques Audiard’s Cannes Breakout ‘Emilia Perez’: “I Just Surrendered and Completely Gave Myself”

 
Jacques Audiard returned to his stomping grounds at the Cannes Film Festival last weekend to present Emilia Perez, the French auteur’s 10th work and sixth in the main competition. The audience inside the Grand Lumiére Theatre responded with a 10-minute standing ovation after the world premiere of the film, described as a “bracingly original crime […]

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How Mohammad Rasoulof Escaped Iran and Why He Will Continue Fighting: “I Will Never Forget That the Islamic Republic Is a Terrorist”

 
Mohammad Rasoulof has arrived. The dissident Iranian director is at the Cannes Film Festival to present his new film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, in competition, just weeks after he dramatically escaped Iran on foot, fleeing an 8-year prison sentence. Details of the director’s harrowing escape were made public last week after he was […]

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Thursday, 23 May 2024

Study: White Characters No Longer Overindex in Streaming Movies

 
For the first time since UCLA began publishing its annual Hollywood Diversity Report a decade ago, the white share of the U.S. population (56.4 percent in 2023) is accurately reflected in their onscreen representation – at least when it comes to streaming movies (51.7 percent), according to the latest installment of the university’s study, released […]

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Eddie Murphy Is Back on the Beat in Netflix’s Full ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ Trailer

 
Eddie Murphy is feeling the heat in the first full trailer for Netflix’s forthcoming action-comedy sequel Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. The feature from director Mark Molloy is set to launch July 16 on the streaming service. Murphy leads a cast that also includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Taylour Paige, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Paul Reiser, Bronson […]

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Grindstone Takes Ving Rhames’ Boxing Movie ‘Uppercut’ for North America

 
Grindstone Entertainment are getting into the ring with Ving Rhames. Grindstone have picked up all rights in North America for Uppercut, a boxing thriller starring the Mission Impossible and Pulp Fiction actor as a trainer who agrees to take on a new female fighter. The English-language debut of German writer/director Torsten Ruether, Uppercut is an […]

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Wednesday, 22 May 2024

Amazon Announces U.K. Original Film ‘My Fault: London’ Based On ‘Culpables’ Books

 
Amazon Prime Video has announced a new U.K. original film titled My Fault: London. Following the success of Spanish movie Culpa Mia (My Fault), the London version remakes the story of Nick and Noah, starring English talent Asha Banks (A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder) and Matthew Broome (The Buccaneers). Production has recently wrapped in the U.K.  […]

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Gary Oldman Talks Aging and How It “Nourished” Performances in Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘Parthenope’

 
Veteran actor Gary Oldman has touched on his own relationship with aging, as well as his path to sobriety while commenting on the evocative themes in Paolo Sorrentino’s Parthenope. Sorrentino’s love letter to Naples, Parthenope follows a physically and intellectually captivating young woman, played by breakout star Celeste Dalla Porta, across decades as the film […]

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Mikey Madison on Being Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’: “I’ve never had a character written for me, I was in disbelief”

 
Director Sean Baker and his Anora star Mikey Madison have spoken about the “collaborative” process of portraying sex workers in a film that he acknowledged hearkens back to the captivating love story in Pretty Woman. Baker spoke with his cast at Cannes’ press conference for the film, which follows Anora (Madison), a young sex worker […]

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Tuesday, 21 May 2024

Neon Buys Joachim Trier’s and Renate Reinsve’s ‘Sentimental Value’ 

 
Neon has picked up the North American rights to Sentimental Value, the upcoming film from Norwegian director Joachim Trier that reteams him with Renate Reinsve, star of Trier’s 2021 hit The Worst Person in the World. Trier and Worst Person in the World co-writer Eskil Vogt penned the screenplay to Sentimental Value, a family drama […]

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Netflix Rejected David Cronenberg’s ‘The Shrouds’ as a Series, Director Says: “I Felt I Can’t Let This Die”

 
David Cronenberg has opened up on putting his film The Shrouds to Netflix executives as a television series, who greenlit writing a first episode before rejecting the director’s project. The sci-fi drama, which aired in Cannes to a three-and-a-half minute applause before Cronenberg spoke to the audience, follows Karsh (Vincent Cassel), a prominent businessman and […]

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Cannes: ‘The Apprentice’ Director Shrugs Off Trump Lawsuit Threat: “Everybody Talks About Him Suing a Lot of People, They Don’t Talk About His Success Rate”

 
Filmmaker Ali Abbasi has responded to the Trump campaign’s threat to sue over his movie The Apprentice, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday night to an eight-minute standing ovation.  “Everybody talks about him suing a lot of people — they don’t talk about his success rate though, you know?” Abbasi said Monday morning in […]

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Monday, 20 May 2024

Cannes: 3SIX9 Studios Launched by Group Including Saudi Sheikh Mohammed El Khereiji

 
Saudi Arabia’s fast-growing entertainment sector added a high-profile new film company this week. 3SIX9 Studios was launched at the Cannes Film Festival this week by Saudi Sheikh Mohammed El Khereiji, who has invested in Hollywood films for years and will serve as chairman; Daya Fernández, who has worked with Tom Cruise and will be CEO; […]

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Demi Moore Addresses Extreme Nudity, Violence in Cannes Shocker ‘The Substance’

 
Demi Moore said performing in Coralie Fargeat’s body horror shocker The Substance required accepting a “level of vulnerability and rawness” with regard to her own body on screen. Moore put it all out there for the film, a gory, campy satire on beauty standards, toxic masculinity and female self-hatred, with the movie’s frequent and prominent […]

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Sunday, 19 May 2024

Cannes Flashback: In 1974, ‘The Conversation’ Won Francis Ford Coppola His First Palme d’Or

 
One of only nine directors to win the Palme d’Or twice, Francis Ford Coppola took home his first 50 years ago — back when the award was still called the Grand Prix — for The Conversation.  A psychological thriller starring Gene Hackman as a morally conflicted surveillance expert in San Francisco, The Conversation couldn’t have been released at […]

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Cannes, According to … The Local, Lawyer Susan Abramovitch

 
Entertainment lawyer Susan Abramovitch, partner at law firm Gowling WLG, splits her time between Toronto and Cannes. With the Cannes Film Festival taking over much of the famed Croisette, just like every year, she shared tips with THR some and discussed the biggest Cannes faux-pas to avoid for visitors. Check out Abramovitch’s insights below. Best […]

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‘Blue Sun Palace’ Review: An Intimate, Affecting and Dogma-Free Portrait of Chinese Immigrants in Working-Class New York

 
Constance Tsang’s Queens-set debut feature premiered in Critics’ Week at Cannes.

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‘Eephus’ Review: An Existential Baseball Comedy That’s Less About the Game Than a Dying Pastime

 
Film critic and cinematographer Carson Lund’s debut feature, about a final ball game between a bunch of aging players, premiered in the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar at Cannes.

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Saturday, 18 May 2024

Cannes, According to … The Buyer, Protagonist Pictures’ Alice Vail

 
The Cannes Film Festival not only means much choice in terms of films, but also in terms of where to go, what to do and what not to do on and around the famed Croisette. Alice Vail, director of acquisitions and development at Protagonist Pictures, has experience and insight from past visits. Before coming to […]

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Cannes Hidden Gem: A Filmmaking Prodigy Offers a Paean to the Wonders of Childhood in ‘My Sunshine’

 
Japanese director Hiroshi Okuyama is only 28 years old, but his feature filmmaking to date has been suffused by the desire to reach back into the past at the elusive sensibilities of youth. Okuyama announced himself as something of a prodigy — he writes, directs, edits and serves as his own cinematographer on his films — when his […]

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Diane Kruger on David Cronenberg’s Cannes Film ‘The Shrouds’: “It Made Me Think About My Mortality”

 
“I took it hard. I wanted it to be special for him,” says Diane Kruger of performing in David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds, a film the legendary director wrote as part of his grieving process after the death of his late wife, Carolyn.  The Shrouds, which is screening in competition in Cannes, follows Karsh (Vincent Cassel), a prominent […]

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Friday, 17 May 2024

Cannes Flashback: George Lucas Bowed ‘Willow’ at the Fest 36 Years Ago

 
Set to receive the honorary Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, George Lucas is no stranger to the Croisette. The legendary filmmaker — whose first feature, THX-1138, screened at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight in 1971 — brought Willow to the festival in 1988.  Directed by Ron Howard and counting Lucas as a producer, Willow follows the eponymous farmer, played […]

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French Producers Sign #MeToo Agreement

 
In another sign that the #MeToo movement is transforming the birthplace of cinema, France’s film producers and actors unions on Friday unanimously approved new measures aimed at preventing gender-based and sexual violence and harassment within the industry. Several French industry associations, including the union of independent producers, the association of independent producers, the union of […]

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Cannes Hidden Gem: ‘Blue Sun Palace’ Is a Bracing Look at the Chinese Immigrant Experience in NYC

 
The first feature from director-writer Constance Tsang, the Cannes Critics’ Week title Blue Sun Palace, is set in Flushing, Queens, where Chinese migrants Amy and Didi work in a massage parlor and struggle to get by. But viewers could be forgiven for not recognizing the location.  There are no drone shots of the Queens skyline, no wide establishing […]

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‘Thelma the Unicorn’ Review: Brittany Howard Voices Title Character in a Netflix Animated Charmer for All Ages

 
The movie is based on Aaron Blabey's children's book, and features a vocal cast including Will Forte, Fred Armisen and Jon Heder.

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Thursday, 16 May 2024

‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’: First Reactions From Public Screenings

 
Bad Boys: Ride or Die, the fourth film in Sony’s action franchise starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, had its first public screenings on Wednesday night, and the first reactions have already hit social media. At a fan screening at AMC The Grove 14 in Los Angeles, Smith and Lawrence made a surprise appearance. There […]

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Wednesday, 15 May 2024

Meet the Buyers: Green Light Films

 
Veronika Yasinska and Nadiia Zaionchkovska launched the all-rights distribution and co-production outfit Green Light Films last summer, betting on a future for the Ukraine theatrical business in the middle of the ongoing war. Now at their first Cannes as buyers, they can point to a string of specialty successes, including Jade Halley Bartlett Miller’s Girl, […]

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Cannes Hidden Gem ‘Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point’ Is Designed as “A Really Warm Hug on A Cold Night”

 
The Christmas movie is a genre unto itself. It includes all types of films, from classics like It’s a Wonderful Life to comedies like Home Alone to actioners like Die Hard. But while any movie can pop a tree and some stockings in the frame, a memorable Christmas movie must do one thing: make the audience feel the spirit of […]

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Finn Little Didn’t Quite Know Who Nicolas Cage Was Before Co-Starring in ‘The Surfer’

 
In his short but prolific acting career, 17-year-old Finn Little has covered a lot of terrain, from desolate shorelines to U.S. ranchlands. And his latest, The Surfer, took him to the idyllic beaches of Western Australia.  From director Lorcan Finnegan (2019’s Vivarium), The Surfer centers on a man (Nicolas Cage), who takes his son (Little) to the beach where he used to surf […]

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Tuesday, 14 May 2024

Mubi Takes Andrea Arnold’s ‘Bird’ for U.K. and Ireland Ahead of Cannes Premiere

 
Arthouse streamer Mubi has snatched up Andrea Arnold’s Bird for the U.K. and Ireland ahead of the film’s world premiere in competition in Cannes. Barry Keoghan, Franz Rogowski, Nykiya Adams, and Jason Buda co-star in the new drama from the American Honey and Red Road director. The film follows a 12-year-old who lives with her […]

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August Diehl, Andrea Riseborough to Play Shostakovichs in ‘The Noise of Time’

 
German star August Diehl (Inglourious Basterds, A Hidden Life) and Oscar-nominated actress Andrea Riseborough (Birdman, To Leslie) have signed on to star in The Noise of Time, a new drama about the life of Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich and his wife Nina, adapted from Julian Barnes’ book of the same name. Two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter Christopher […]

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AMC Networks Film Boss: Moviegoers Need a “Reeducation” to Be Lured Back to Theaters

 
AMC Networks Film Group head Scott Shooman and his team really took the phrase “dinner and a movie” to heart. When they released The Taste of Things, the Juliette Binoche-starring French-language movie that IFC acquired out of last year’s Cannes Film Festival, the distributor partnered with restaurants like New York’s Frenchette and Los Angeles’ Petit Trois for a special […]

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Monday, 13 May 2024

The (Extra Hot) Cannes Hot List: Nic Cage, Kristen Stewart and Paul Rudd Films to Heat up the Market

 
The Cannes Film Festival is bracing for what could be its most disruptive edition in decades, with freelance festival employees threatening strike action that could derail the opening night ceremony, and the entire French industry on tenterhooks ahead of an expected new wave of #MeToo allegations against some of the country’s biggest stars, including a […]

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Harvey Keitel, Dermot Mulroney, Richard Brake Board ‘Laws of Man’ Crime Thriller (Exclusive)

 
Harvey Keitel, Dermot Mulroney, Richard Brake and Jackson Rathbone are set to star in director Phil Blattenberger’s crime thriller Laws of Man, which will be shopped to buyers at the Cannes Film Festival. Keitel will play a mysterious hippie preacher in the film about two U.S. marshals on a dangerous mission to arrest Benjamin Bonney, […]

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Cannes: American Pavilion Programming to Feature Demi Moore, Frederick Wiseman, Billy Zane and More

 
Demi Moore, documentarian Frederick Wiseman and Billy Zane are among the actors, filmmakers and other industry professionals who will be featured at The American Pavilion at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Moore, Wiseman and Zane will be featured in separate sessions of the “In Conversation” series, along with a group of five American Filmmakers competing […]

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Sunday, 12 May 2024

Mark Damon, Actor Turned Indie Film Exec and ‘Monster’ Producer, Dies at 91

 
Mark Damon, who starred in the Vincent Price horror classic House of Usher and spaghetti Westerns before revolutionizing the foreign sales and distribution film business and producing features including 9 1/2 Weeks, Monster and Lone Survivor, has died. He was 91.  Damon died Sunday of natural causes in Los Angeles, his daughter, Alexis Damon Ribaut, told […]

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Ron Howard, Joe Russo, John Carpenter and More Pay Tribute to Roger Corman: “Profound Loss to Cinema”

 
Hollywood spent the weekend paying tribute to Roger Corman, the independent filmmaking legend who died last Thursday. Corman, known during his time as the “King of the B’s,” was a beloved producer and director who helped boost careers for names such as Jack Nicholson, Ron Howard, Peter Bogdanovich, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Jonathan Demme, Gale Anne Hurd and James Cameron. He died on Thursday […]

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Cannes Workers Turn Pre-Fest Meet into Strike Rally

 
Cannes festival workers turned a pre-festival meet-and-greet event into a spontaneous strike rally on Sunday, applauding representatives from the Sous les écrans la dèche collective, a group that has called for a walkout by freelance workers to disrupt this year’s event. On Sunday, May 12, festival workers were invited to meet with management for a […]

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Susan Backlinie, the First Victim of the Shark in ‘Jaws,’ Dies at 77 

 
Susan Backlinie, the stuntperson and actress who as a young skinny-dipper out for a nighttime swim off the coast of Amity Island became the shark’s first victim in Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, has died. She was 77. Backlinie died Saturday at her home in Ventura, California, her convention agent, Matthew Templeton, told The Daily Jaws website. […]

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Saturday, 11 May 2024

Roger Corman, Giant of Independent Filmmaking, Dies at 98

 
Roger Corman, the fabled “King of the B’s” producer and director who churned out low-budget genre films with breakneck speed and provided career boosts to young, untested talents like Jack Nicholson, Ron Howard, Peter Bogdanovich, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Jonathan Demme, Gale Anne Hurd and James Cameron, has died. He was 98. The filmmaker, […]

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John Krasinski on Getting Bradley Cooper, George Clooney, Ryan Reynolds to Join ‘IF’: “Most Yeses of My Career”

 
Perhaps one of the most impressive aspects of John Krasinski’s upcoming film, IF, is the all-star voice cast he lined up for it. The multihyphenate stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Friday to discuss the project, and the late night host couldn’t help but ask about how the writer-director managed to get […]

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Box Office: ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ Hitting Target With $52M-$56M U.S. Opening

 
If traffic holds up, Wes Ball’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes will succeed in opening to a solid $52 million to $56 million domestically for a first-place finish. Friday’s haul was $22.2 million, including $6.6 million in previews. The Planet of the Apes franchise has always been a big player overseas, and the […]

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‘The Mummy’ at 25: Director on the Enduring Hit, Brendan Fraser’s Mishap and the Tom Cruise Reboot

 
The Mummy director is unwrapping his memories of the popular action film that starred Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz as it hits its 25th anniversary. Universal Pictures released the movie May 7, 1999, and it collected $409 million at the global box office ($767 million today) and spawned two sequels, along with the 2002 Dwayne […]

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Friday, 10 May 2024

‘Mother of the Bride’ Duo Brooke Shields, Miranda Cosgrove on Navigating Child Stardom, Finding Their Voices on Set and Rom-Coms

 
On paper, Brooke Shields and Miranda Cosgrove share a lot in common. They both began their professional careers as child models who went on to find early success as actors. While Shields rose to fame in late-’70s and ’80s films (Pretty Baby, The Blue Lagoon, Endless Love), Cosgrove made a name for herself in the […]

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Hollywood’s Franchise Power Couple

 
Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver are so in sync that they tend to finish each other’s sentences, a habit that has come in handy during decades spent together writing some of Hollywood’s biggest movies — all while maintaining a 35-year-long marriage. The duo arrived on the scene with The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, the […]

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Tanja Meissner Named Head of Berlin’s European Film Market

 
Veteran European film executive Tanja Meissner has been named the new director of Berlinale Pro*, a newly-created position that will include running the Berlin film festival’s European Film Market. New Berlin film festival director Tricia Tuttle announced Meissner’s appointment on Friday, May 10, describing the Berlinale Pro* position as “a reshaped role [encompassing] the directorship […]

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Alberto Barbera Extends Contract as Venice Film Festival Director Through 2026

 
Alberto Barbera has extended his contract with the Venice International Film Festival and will remain on as artistic director on the Lido through 2026. The board of directors of La Biennale di Venezia, the umbrella organization that runs the Venice festival, approved the two-year contract extension, unveiling the decision on Friday. In a statement, the […]

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Thursday, 9 May 2024

Jordan Peele-Produced ‘Him’ Reveals New Title, September 2025 Release Date

 
The Jordan Peele-produced psychological horror film set in the world of football has revealed its official title — Him — and a Sept. 19, 2025 release date in theaters. Universal and Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions announced the news Thursday. Justin Tipping is directing the movie, which stars Marlon Wayans as a legendary quarterback tasked with training […]

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Saoirse Ronan’s ‘The Outrun’ to Open Edinburgh International Film Festival

 
The U.K. premiere of The Outrun, starring Saoirse Ronan, will open this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF), it has been announced. In Nora Fingscheidt’s adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s best-selling memoir of the same name, Ronan’s character finds herself washed up on the Scottish islands of Orkney as she battles to rebuild her life after […]

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Paul Walter Hauser to Star in Game Show Drama Feature ‘Press Your Luck’

 
Protagonist Pictures has unveiled the new drama-thriller Press Your Luck, starring Paul Walter Hauser (Black Bird, Richard Jewell, I, Tonya). The company on Thursday also unveiled a first glimpse at the project, based on the “incredible” true story of Michael Larson, an unemployed ice-cream truck driver from Ohio who steps onto the game show “Press […]

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Wednesday, 8 May 2024

Isabelle Huppert Named Venice Film Festival Jury President

 
French actress Isabelle Huppert (Michael Haneke’s Elle, The Piano Teacher, La Cérémonie) will serve as the president of the international jury of the competition at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, which takes place Aug. 28-Sept. 7. The jury will decide on the Golden Lion for best film, as well as other official awards. The decision on the jury head was made […]

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Locarno Film Festival Introduces Letterboxd Award

 
The Locarno Film Festival is partnering with movie-fan social media site Letterboxd on a new award for this year’s edition. The Letterboxd Piazza Grande Award will honor a film screening at the legendary Piazza Grande, the Swiss festival’s 8,000-seat outdoor cinema at the heart of Locarno, that “combines both the values and artistic qualities of […]

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Kate Winslet to Receive Munich Film Festival’s CineMerit Award

 
Oscar winner Kate Winslet will be honored at this year’s Munich international film festival with the festival’s CineMerit Award for extraordinary achievement. Winslet will attend the German festival to present the European premiere of her new film, Lee, where she plays war correspondent and photographer Lee Miller. She will receive the CineMerit Award after the […]

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Tuesday, 7 May 2024

Keanu Reeves Says He and Sandra Bullock “Would Knock It Out of the Park” If They Did ‘Speed 3’

 
Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock might be down for Speed 3. The Speed stars stopped by the 50 MPH podcast to discuss the 1994 action-thriller, alongside their fellow co-stars Jeff Daniels, Alan Ruck and Dennis Hopper. When asked about a possible threequel, the Matrix star said, “I mean, you know — we’d freakin’ knock it […]

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Susan Buckner, Cheerleader Patty Simcox in ‘Grease,’ Dies at 72

 
Susan Buckner, the actress and dancer best known for her turn as the bubbly and often-teased Rydell High cheerleader Patty Simcox in the 1978 blockbuster musical Grease, has died. She was 72. She died Thursday in Miami, family spokesperson Melissa Berthier announced. No cause of death was revealed. Buckner portrayed Hollywood bad girl Jean Harlow […]

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French #MeToo Film to Open Cannes Un Certain Regard

 
Last year, the Cannes Film Festival shrugged off protests by women’s rights groups to open with Maïwenn’s Jeanne du Barry, a period movie starring alleged abuser Johnny Depp as the King of France. A year and a mini-#MeToo revolution later, Cannes has picked Moi Aussi (Me Too), a short film by French actress turned activist […]

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Monday, 6 May 2024

‘Lord of the Rings’ Cast Pay Tribute to Bernard Hill: No One Spoke Tolkien’s Words As Well

 
Bernard Hill’s castmates from The Lord of the Rings gave several touching tributes to the actor, who passed away Sunday at the age of 79. Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan and Sean Astin — who played the hobbits in Peter Jackson’s three blockbuster films — honored him at a Comic Con event in Liverpool. […]

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William Shatner Willing to Return to ‘Star Trek’ as De-Aged Captain Kirk

 
“Mr. Scott, set the de-ager for 40 years!” William Shatner says he’s down to play Captain James T. Kirk in a o movie again, and has an idea for how it might work. The 93-year-old sci-fi legend told the Canadian Press that he’d be willing to return to the Starship Enterprise under certain conditions. “It’s […]

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Jeannie Epper, Legendary ‘Wonder Woman’ and ‘Romancing the Stone’ Stuntwoman, Dies at 83

 
Jeannie Epper, the peerless, fearless stunt performer who doubled for Lynda Carter on Wonder Woman and swung on a vine across a 350-foot gorge and propelled down an epic mudslide as Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone, has died. She was 83. Epper died Sunday night of natural causes at her home in Simi Valley, her […]

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Cannes Festival Workers Group Calls for Strike Action

 
A French collective representing the interests of French film festival workers has called for a general strike “of all employees of the Cannes Film Festival and of its sidebars.” The Sous les écrans la dèche (Broke Behind the Screens) collective, made the call in a public statement on Monday. The group has long been sounding […]

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Sunday, 5 May 2024

Will Ferrell Appears as Ron Burgundy for Tom Brady Roast: “I Am a Very Big Deal But Tonight Is Not About Me”

 
Will Ferrell appeared at the Tom Brady roast on Sunday night in character as his Anchorman persona, Ron Burgundy. He was introduced as “a living legend, a world-class lover and the No. 1 news anchor in all of Sunday.” “My name is Ron Burgundy,” he said. “I am a very big deal but tonight is […]

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‘The Fall Guy’: Five Ways in Which the Movie References the Original Series

 
(Warning: Spoilers ahead for The Fall Guy movie.) Yes, The Fall Guy is based on a TV series. If you weren’t aware of that, it’s likely because you’re of a younger generation that wasn’t alive or old enough to remember the series, which hasn’t exactly re-entered the zeitgeist in the four decades since it went […]

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Bernard Hill, ‘Titanic’ and ‘Lord of the Rings’ Actor, Dies at 79

 
Bernard Hill, known to audiences at Titanic’s Captain Edward Smith in James Cameron’s 1997 film and King Théoden in the Lord of the Rings, has died. He was 79. Hill died Sunday morning, his agent Lou Coulson told the BBC. No cause was given. Hill’s breakout role occurred on the BBC miniseries Boys From the […]

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Box Office: ‘The Fall Guy’ Lands with $28.5M, ‘Phantom Menace’ Tops ‘Challengers’ for No. 2

 
It was the ‘80s and ‘90s all over again at the weekend box office. Universal’s The Fall Guy, the Ryan Gosling starrer inspired by the 1980s TV show, kicked off the summer movie season at No. 1 with $28.5 million, while Disney’s re-release of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace surprised by coming in at No. […]

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Saturday, 4 May 2024

Adam Driver Controls Time in First-Look Clip for Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’

 
Adam Driver is an architect who can control time in the first-look clip for Francis Ford Coppola’s upcoming, self-funded film, Megalopolis. In the more-than-two-minute video, Driver’s Cesar Catilina makes his way onto the edge of a skyscraper, seemingly considering jumping. As he’s about to fully step off the building, he shouts “Time stop” and the […]

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‘Unfrosted’ Writer Unpacks the Pop-Tart Movie’s Buzziest Moments — Including That TV Reunion

 
[This story includes spoilers for the Netflix movie Unfrosted.] The buzz around Unfrosted is heating up, with Jerry Seinfeld’s heavily fictionalized Pop-Tart origin story now streaming on Netflix. Seinfeld, who stars in the comedy movie that marks his feature directorial debut, also co-wrote the project’s screenplay. Contributing to the script was Spike Feresten, who worked […]

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Box Office: ‘The Fall Guy’ Headed Toward $28M Debut

 
The Fall Guy is kicking off summer movie season with a No. 1 debut at the box office this weekend, but it’s coming in below initial tracking. After earning $10.4 million on Friday, the feature is now projected to open to $28 million for the weekend, down from earlier tracking that had it in the […]

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‘The Idea of You’ Producer Cathy Schulman Carries a Torch for Melodrama

 
Cathy Schulman has to really like something if she’s going to even try to get it made. As an independent producer in an increasingly constrained marketplace, actually filming something is an elusive endgame. “In the old days, producers would flip a book to studio or a network and say, ‘Will you buy it for me, […]

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Friday, 3 May 2024

‘Alpha,’ New Film From ‘Titane’ Director, Heading to Cannes Market

 
Alpha, the new, still-top-secret film from Titane director Julia Ducournau will be one of the hot projects being shopped to buyers at this year’s Cannes film market. About Elly and Paterson actress Golshifteh Farahani and French star Tahar Rahim (A Prophet, The Mauritanian) are set to star in the feature, the plot details of which […]

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Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy to Star in Film Adaptation of Enid Blyton’s ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’

 
Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy will lead the film adaptation of Enid Blyton’s children’s classic The Magic Faraway Tree. The story from the author, based on her ‘The Faraway Tree’ series of novels for children, follows Polly and Tim and their children Beth, Joe and Fran – a modern family who find themselves forced to […]

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Israeli-Palestinian Film Collective, Ukraine War Archive to Get Sheffield DocFest Spotlight

 
The Sheffield DocFest 2024 will shine the spotlight on a collective of Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers, the Ukraine War Archive project, and more, as organizers on Friday unveiled that the theme for the 31st edition of the English festival will be “Reflections on Realities.” The event, taking place June 12-17, will offer a special program of […]

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Far East Film Festival: Mitsuhiro Mihara’s Family Drama ‘Takano Tofu’ Wins Top Prize

 
On a big night for Japan, Mitsuhiro Mihara’s Takano Tofu took home the top prize at the 26th Far East Film Festival (FEFF), which concluded on Thursday night in the northern Italian city of Udine. The family drama, which stars Tatsuya Fuji and Kumiko Aso as a father and daughter who run a tofu store […]

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Thursday, 2 May 2024

Anthony Hopkins to Play George Frideric Handel in Composer Biopic ‘The King of Covent Garden’

 
Anthony Hopkins, who has embodied a cast of real-life characters in his long career, ranging from Richard Nixon (in Nixon) and Sigmund Freund (Freud’s Last Session) to Alfred Hitchcock (Hitchcock), and Adolf Hitler (1981 TV movie The Bunker), is set to play composer George Frideric Handel in the upcoming feature The King of Covent Garden. […]

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Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons Join Retirement Home Comedy ‘Encore’

 
More than 30 years after Reversal of Fortune, Jeremy Irons and Glenn Close are ready for their Encore. The pair, who faced off as Claus and Sunny von Bülow in the 1990 Oscar-winning thriller are set to reteam in the upcoming best-agers comedy, from British director Simon Curtis (My Week with Marilyn, Downton Abbey: A […]

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Jessica Lange to Receive Munich Film Festival Honor

 
Two-time Oscar-winning actress Jessica Lange will receive this year’s CineMerit Award at the Munich International Film Festival, honoring her “remarkable contributions to the world of cinema.” In addition to her two Academy Awards — for best supporting actress in Tootsie in 1983 and best actress in Blue Sky in 1995 — Lange can point to […]

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How the Cannes Film Market Will Shine a Spotlight on Switzerland as Country of Honor

 
Switzerland is set to take center stage at the 2024 Cannes Film Market, with the Alpine nation picked as this year’s country of honor at the Marché du Film, which runs May 14-22 alongside the Cannes Film Festival. National film promotion group Swiss Films, together with the Swiss Federal Office of Culture and Swiss public […]

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Wednesday, 1 May 2024

‘Turtles All the Way Down’ Review: Isabela Merced Anchors an Uneven but Touching John Green Adaptation

 
The 'Madame Web' actress plays a teenager navigating her mind’s unruly terrain in Hannah Marks' Max film.

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The h.wood Group Launches Media Division With Kid Cudi, Jean-Michel Basquiat Projects (Exclusive)

 
With more than a dozen high-profile venues in their hospitality portfolio (Delilah, Bootsy Bellows, Bird Streets Club), The h.wood Group’s John Terzian and Brian Toll are the go-to-guys for L.A.’s coveted tables, the masterminds behind A-lister nights out and the gatekeepers of exclusive events surrounding Super Bowl and Paris Fashion Week. Now, they are harnessing […]

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Denis Villeneuve to Receive Honorary Canadian Screen Award

 
Dune: Part 2 director Denis Villeneuve is set to receive a special trophy at the upcoming Canadian Screen Awards. The Montreal-based film writer, director and producer, also known for movies like Arrival, Blade Runner 2049 and the 2021 Dune big screen adaptation of Frank Herbert’s epic novel, will receive the Academy Icon Award, the Academy […]

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