Saturday, 31 August 2024

Venice: Amos Gitai Rejects Calls for Boycott of New Film ‘Why War’

Israeli director Amos Gitai has batted back calls for a boycott of his new film Why War and said both sides of the Israel–Palestine conflict need to clean out their current leaderships for peace to prevail. Premiering this weekend of out of competition at the Venice Film Festival, Why War takes its cue from correspondence […]

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Nicolas Winding Refn on Revisiting His Origin Story With ‘Pusher’ and Why He Won’t Be Making That ‘Barbarella’ Adaptation

Nicolas Winding Refn, is one of the few directors who deserves the enfant terrible label. The Danish filmmaker, best-known for his neon-drenched tales of sex, violence and revenge — Drive, Only God Forgives, The Neon Demon — is at the Venice Film Festival this year with two works that, he says, represents both his “classic […]

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Japanese Auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa on Making His Anti-Capitalist Action Film ‘Cloud’

The last time the journeyman Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa was at the Venice Film Festival, he took home the event’s prestigious best director award for his period drama Wife of a Spy. He is back in the Italian festival’s main competition this week with Cloud, the first action film of his expansive and acclaimed filmography. The […]

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‘Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight’ Review: An Extraordinary Adaptation Takes a Child’s-Eye View of an African Civil War

Actress Embeth Davidtz makes her directorial debut with a drama based on Alexandra Fuller's 2001 memoir, and anchored by a remarkable star turn from a 7-year-old.

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Friday, 30 August 2024

‘One to One: John & Yoko’ Review: An Exhilarating and Deeply Political Vision of a Year in the Life

Director Kevin Macdonald combines footage of a 1972 benefit concert with a rich assortment of archival material in his portrait of the former Beatle and his artist wife during their first months in New York.

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Nichole Kidman Opens Up About Sex-Positive Thriller ‘Babygirl’ in Venice: “This Definitely Leaves Me Exposed and Vulnerable”

Filmmaker Halina Reijn’s sex-positive erotic thriller Babygirl, starring Nichole Kidman in a characteristically bold performance, may have just changed the, errr… mood… at the Venice Film Festival.  Babygirl‘s first press screenings in Italy received rapturous applause Friday morning, and the movie’s many sexual moments and thematically subtle message could be overheard sparking animated discussions among […]

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Halina Reijn on Bridging Hollywood’s “Orgasm Gap” With Nicole Kidman Thriller ‘Babygirl’

Halina Reijn wants to bridge Hollywood’s “orgasm gap.” “It’s huge! Huge!” the Dutch actress-turned-director exclaims, gesticulating wildly over our Zoom call to discuss her new film, Babygirl. “In Hollywood movies, we still see women having orgasms that are physically just not possible, at least for 99 percent of women!” The orgasms in Babygirl, which premieres […]

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Thursday, 29 August 2024

Julia Garner Senses Evil Forces in Trailer for ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ Prequel Film ‘Apartment 7A’

Julia Garner’s new home is not quite what she expected in the first trailer for Paramount+’s Rosemary’s Baby prequel feature, Apartment 7A. The psychological horror movie from director Natalie Erika James hits the streaming service and digital VOD on Sept. 27. The cast includes Dianne Wiest, Kevin McNally, Jim Sturgess, Marli Siu, Andrew Buchan, Rosy […]

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‘Separated’ Review: Errol Morris’ Family Separation Documentary Is Marred by Sterile Reenactments

The 'Fog of War' and 'Thin Blue Line' filmmaker explores the origins and execution of the notorious border policy enacted by the Trump administration.

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Errol Morris and NBC’s Jacob Soboroff on ‘Separated’ and the Inhumanity of U.S. Border Policy

Oscar-winning documentarian Errol Morris (Fog of War) and acclaimed NBC journalist NBC’s Jacob Soboroff took aim at the immigration policies of the previous administration of Donald Trump in their press conference for Separation at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday. Morris’ documentary adaptation of Soboroff’s book of the same name looks at the Trump administration’s […]

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Wednesday, 28 August 2024

Tim Burton Says He “Was a Little Bit Lost” Before Returning to His Roots With ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’

Tim Burton is back, baby! The legendary cult filmmaker was in high spirits at the 81st Venice Film Festival for the world premiere of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. The long-awaited and hotly-anticipated sequel to Burton 1988 fantasy-horror-comedy will open the 2024 Venice Film Festival Wednesday night. Burton said the movie felt like a return to his roots, […]

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Michael Mann Makes Surprise Appearance at Sold-Out Screening of ‘Miami Vice’ in Los Angeles

Michael Mann fans got quite a nice surprise at a sold-out American Cinematheque showing of Miami Vice on Saturday when the filmmaker himself turned up to Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre. Mann joined film writers and critics Katie Walsh and Blake Howard — co-hosts of the Miami Nice podcast that centered on the 2006 Mann feature starring […]

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‘Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989’ Trailer Debuts Before Venice World Premiere (Exclusive)

Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989, a new documentary by Swedish director Göran Hugo Olsson (The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975, Concerning Violence) will have its world premiere in the Venice Film Festival out-of-competition lineup later this week. Now, the first trailer for the three-hour archival footage doc has dropped.  It gives a first glimpse of […]

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Tuesday, 27 August 2024

‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3′ Trailer Brings Keanu Reeves’ Shadow Into the Light

Sonic is putting on his running shoes for the first trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog 3. The latest installment in the franchise introduces Keanu Reeves as popular video game character Shadow, who debuted in 2001’s Sonic Adventure 2 as a sort of anti-Sonic. He’s dark and edgy but has similar powers to the heroic hedgehog. […]

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‘Riders of Justice’ Stars Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas Reteam for ‘Back to Reality’

Anders Thomas Jensen is getting the Riders of Justice team back together. For his new dark comedy, tentatively titled Back to Reality, writer-director Jensen has tapped his Riders of Justice stars Mads Mikkelsen and Nikolaj Lie Kaas to headline. The duo is joined by a Danish who’s who of acting talent, including Lars Brygmann, Sofie […]

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‘Joy’, Story of First Test-Tube Baby Starring Bill Nighy, to Get World Premiere at BFI London Film Fest

This year’s Cunard Gala at the 68th BFI London Film Festival will open with the world premiere of Joy starring Bill Nighy, James Norton, and Thomasin McKenzie. The cast of Joy, which tells the true story behind the world’s first “test-tube baby” in 1978, will be in attendance, the LFF also confirmed. Told through the […]

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Wim Wenders to Be Honored With European Lifetime Achievement Award

The European Film Academy is honoring German filmmaker Wim Wenders with the European Lifetime Achievement Award. Wenders, who has been nominated for three Oscars and a Grammy, is known for works such as the Road Movie trilogy (1974-1976), Paris, Texas (1984), and Wings of Desire (1987). “With this award, we celebrate Wim Wenders’ outstanding body […]

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Monday, 26 August 2024

Quentin Tarantino Says Alec Baldwin Is “Ten Percent” Responsible for ‘Rust’ Shooting

Quentin Tarantino believes Alec Baldwin has some culpability in the Rust set shooting. The topic of Baldwin accidentally shooting and killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins after being given a prop gun with live rounds came up during Tarantino’s recent appearance on the Club Random podcast, where Bill Maher joked that the actor was asked to host […]

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‘Emilia Perez’ Teaser Sees Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, Karla Sofía Gascón in Queer Crime Musical

The teaser trailer for Emilia Perez offers a glimpse at Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Karla Sofía Gascón in the critically acclaimed Netflix queer crime musical. From director-writer Jacques Audiard, the Spanish-language feature follows titular cartel boss Emilia (Gascón) who enlists Rita (Saldaña), an unappreciated lawyer, to help fake her own death so that she can finally […]

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Will Italy’s Right Wing Take Revenge on the Venice Film Festival?

On May 26, 2023, nearly a year after winning the 2022 national election to become Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni addressed a political rally in Catania, Sicily. The first woman to govern Italy, and the most far-right politician to do so since fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, Meloni told her cheering supporters that despite her electoral […]

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Saturday, 24 August 2024

Peter Dinklage Is Optimistic ‘Toxic Avenger’ Reboot Will Get Released and “Have Its Day in the Toxic Sun”

Peter Dinklage is so proud of his The Toxic Avenger reboot that he just wants more people to finally get to see it. The Emmy-winning actor was recently asked if the film could get a wide release soon, given it was “a really big hit” after it opened the Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, last year. […]

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‘Mission: Impossible,’ ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Fallout,’ ‘Fargo,’ ‘Ripley’ Win 2024 Location Managers Guild Awards

The 2024 Location Managers Guild Awards were presented Saturday night. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1 and Oppenheimer were among the film winners while Fallout, Fargo and Ripley were among the TV winners. Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning – Part 1 — filmed in Norway, the UK and Italy — won outstanding locations in a contemporary […]

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Box Office: ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Back on Top as ‘Blink Twice’ Struggles and ‘The Crow’ Collapses

New players at the late-summer box office are struggling to find their footing. Holdovers Deadpool & Wolverine, Alien: Romulus and It Ends With Us are easily beating new offerings on the August marquee, including suspense thriller Blink Twice and The Crow reboot. Marking Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut and starring Channing Tatum, Blink Twice looks to […]

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Friday, 23 August 2024

‘Better Off Dead’: THR’s 1985 Review

On Aug. 23, 1985, the Warner Bros. teen comedy Better Off Dead, starring John Cusack, hit limited release. The film, written and directed by Savage Steve Holland, grossed $10 million domestically in theaters. The Hollywood Reporter’s original review is below: As a title, Better Off Dead doesn’t give one much of a clue as to […]

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Himesh Patel Talks Chemistry With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Reuniting With Lily James in ‘Greedy People’

Himesh Patel admits the chance to team up with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Lily James was a “huge pull” in his starring in Potsy Ponciroli’s latest comedy thriller. He and James are getting rather good at playing a couple (the pair previously headlined Danny Boyle‘s Yesterday). In Greedy People, releasing in theaters on Friday in the […]

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Sony Sets U.S. Theatrical Release for Anime Feature ‘Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom’

Sony Pictures has unveiled that the anime feature Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom, produced by the company’s specialty streamer Crunchyroll, will get a theatrical release in North America on Nov. 8. The film is a continuation of the popular anime series Overlord, which adapts the novels of Japanese author Kugane Maruyama.  The Sacred Kingdom picks up where […]

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‘The Killer’ Review: John Woo’s Remake Offers Omar Sy and New Twists, but Lacks the Poetry of His Original

Nathalie Emmanuel also headlines a new version of the Hong Kong filmmaker's groundbreaking hitman flick, which resets the story in Paris.

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Thursday, 22 August 2024

Berlinale Unveils New Selection Committee

The revamped Berlin International Film Festival continues to take shape, with new festival director Tricia Tuttle on Thursday unveiling a new four-member selection committee and expanding the festival’s network of advisors and delegates. The new selection committee consists of industry veterans, including festival programmer and producer Mathilde Henrot; film critic and programmer Jessica Kiang; festival […]

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EnergaCamerimage Fest: ‘Shogun’ Star Hiroyuki Sanada to Receive Inaugural Best TV Series Performance Honor

The victory lap for Japanese screen legend and FX hit Shogun star Hiroyuki Sanada continues. Poland’s pioneering EnergaCamerimage International Film Festival, which focuses foremost on excellence in cinematography, said Thursday that Sanada will receive an award for best TV series performance at the event’s upcoming 32nd edition in Toruń. Sanada’s honor will be the first time […]

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Revamped Edinburgh Film Festival Unveils Award Winners

The Edinburgh International Film Festival unveiled the winners of its new prize for feature filmmaking and award for short filmmaking late Wednesday night at the city’s Cameo Cinema. The Ceremony, directed by Jack King, was awarded The Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence, decided on by an audience vote and funded by The Connery […]

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Sphere is Circling Back to U2 With Immersive Concert Film ‘V-U2’ Co-Directed by The Edge

Sphere is circling back to U2. The groundbreaking Las Vegas entertainment venue has confirmed that it will present V-U2, an immersive concert film directed by Morleigh Steinberg and band member The Edge. Opening Sept. 5, the film is billed as a “one-of-a-kind cinematic experience” focused on the iconic band’s inaugural run with U2:UV Achtung Baby […]

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Wednesday, 21 August 2024

Meta Acquires Tilda Swinton VR Doc ‘Impulse: Playing With Reality’

Meta has acquired Impulse: Playing With Reality, an interactive mixed-reality documentary exploring Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) voiced by Tilda Swinton. The project, from co-directors May Abdalla and Barry Gene Murphy, will premiere at the 2024 Venice Immersive program of the 81st Venice International Film Festival. The project draws from more than 100 hours of interviews with […]

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Sarajevo Film Festival: CineLink Lab Opens a Pathway for Producers

While the main events at this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival have captured the spotlight — with films such as the Oscar-nominated Bosnian director Danis Tanović’s My Late Summer making its world premiere and Hollywood A-listers Alexander Payne, Meg Ryan, and Paul Schrader on hand across the week – the wheels of business have been turning away […]

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Oldenburg: Nic Cage, Matthew Modine, Amanda Plummer and AI in Star-Studded Festival Trailer

The resistance has begun. In Oldenburg. The official trailer for the 2024 Oldenburg Film Festival, dropped on Wednesday (see below). It imagines a future world in which Germany’s leading indie film festival is the center of a human uprising against a world ruled by superintelligent A.I. that has resulted in a “deconstruction of empathy and […]

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Tuesday, 20 August 2024

‘Ruiner’ Video Game Movie in the Works from Universal, Wes Ball

Wes Ball is set to direct an adaptation of Reikon’s popular video game Ruiner for Universal Pictures, with Michael Arlen Ross on board to pen a screenplay. Universal Pictures picked up the adaptation rights for the action shooter game, and tapped Ball, whose credits include Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and the Maze Runner trilogy […]

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Focus Features Lands Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’

Focus Features has picked up the U.S. rights to Nomadland and Eternals director Chloé Zhao’s next movie, Hamnet, which stars Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson and Joe Alwyn. Amblin Partners, Hera Pictures, Neal Street Productions and Zhao’s Book of Shadows are backing the feature based on Maggie O’Farrell’s historical novel of the same name about William […]

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Oldenburg Festival Unveils Competition Lineup, Tribute to Exiled Filmmakers

The Oldenburg Film Festival, Germany’s leading indie movie event, will this year pay tribute to dissident filmmakers Na Gyi and Paing Phyo Thu. The Myanmar director and actress have been living in hiding for more than three years, after their public opposition to the February 1, 2021 military coup put them in the crosshairs of […]

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Johnny Depp-Directed Movie ‘Modi’ to Premiere at San Sebastian Film Festival

Johnny Depp‘s second directorial feature Modi – Three Days on the Wing of Madness will premiere out of competition at the 72nd San Sebastian Film Festival. The film fest released the updates to its program on Tuesday. Depp’s movie is a biopic on Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani. The actor, widely considered a controversial figure in […]

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Monday, 19 August 2024

Where to Stream Summer Blockbuster ‘Twisters’ Online

The sequel to 1996's 'Twister' stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell — here's when and how to watch the film and the original movie at home.

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How Ryan Reynolds and Disney’s Marketing Spell Turned ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Into R-Rated Magic

To say that Ryan Reynolds and Disney might have seemed like odd bedfellows when the studio inherited the R-rated Deadpool franchise following the Fox merger is an understatement. Reynolds — who wears many hats, including actor, marketer, branding expert and entrepreneur — was at the heart of the audacious marketing campaigns for the two first […]

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Venice Sets Sigourney Weaver, Ethan Hawke, Peter Weir Master Classes

The Venice Film Festival unveiled its lineup of master classes and conversations for 2024. Highlights include talks with triple Oscar-nominee Sigourney Weaver and Australian director Peter Weir, both of whom will receive honorary Golden Lion awards in Venice this year for lifetime achievement. Actor-director Ethan Hawke and Italian filmmaker Pupi Avati will also give master […]

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Sarajevo Film Festival Putting the Spotlight on Cinema, Not Politics, in a Conflict-Ridden Region

As the Sarajevo Film Festival prepares to launch its 30th edition, which runs August 16-23, the event stands as a testament to the resilience and creativity of Southeast European cinema in the face of social and political upheaval. Few cities bear the scars and burden of history as does Sarajevo. The festival itself was born […]

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Sunday, 18 August 2024

John Aprea, Actor in ‘The Godfather Part II’ and ‘Full House,’ Dies at 83

John Aprea, the charismatic character actor who portrayed the young Salvatore Tessio in The Godfather Part II and the father of John Stamos’ character on Full House, has died. He was 83. Aprea died Aug. 5 of natural causes in Los Angeles, his manager, Will Levine, announced. The New Jersey native appeared for director Jonathan […]

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Alain Delon, Seductive Star of European Cinema, Dies at 88

Alain Delon, the dark and dashing leading man from France who starred in some of the greatest European films of the 1960s and ’70s, has died. He was 88. “Alain Fabien, Anouchka, Anthony, as well as (his dog) Loubo, are deeply saddened to announce the passing of their father. He passed away peacefully in his […]

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Saturday, 17 August 2024

Halle Berry Has One Response to ‘Catwoman’ Critics Who Say 2004 Movie “Sucked Balls”

Halle Berry is clapping back at critics of Catwoman amid the 20th anniversary of the 2004 film. During a recent interview on The Tonight Show, the Oscar winner continued to praise the comic book movie despite its negative reviews. The infamous film also won Berry the Razzie for worst actress of the year. “I loved […]

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Jamie Lee Curtis Is “Grateful” for Lindsay Lohan as ‘Freakier Friday’ Filming Nears End: “My Ultimate Movie Daughter”

Jamie Lee Curtis is getting sentimental as the end of filming for Freakier Friday nears. The Oscar winner took to her Instagram on Friday to share that she only has a few days left on set with her “ultimate movie daughter,” Lindsay Lohan, before production wraps for the Disney sequel, due out in 2025. “The last […]

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‘Alien: Romulus’ Winning Busy Box Office Weekend With $40M-$42M Opening

Fede Álvarez’s Alien: Romulus is scaring up strong business in its box office debut as it sets out to revive the classic franchise. The 20th Century and Disney movie topped Friday’s domestic chart with $18 million, including $6.5 million in previews, for an opening weekend in the $40 million to $42 million range. (Romulus also […]

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Locarno Film Festival Top Prize Goes to Lithuanian Drama ‘Toxic,’ the Feature Debut of Saule Bliuvaite

Akiplėša (Toxic), the feature debut from Lithuanian writer and director Saulė Bliuvaitė that explores the human body and mysterious model agencies, is the winner of the Locarno Film Festival’s 2024 international competition, which was honored with the Pardo d’Oro, or Golden Leopard, in the Swiss town on Saturday. Locarno77 organizers called the movie “an incisive […]

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Friday, 16 August 2024

Park Chan-wook to Begin Shooting Violent Comedy-Thriller ‘I Can’t Help It’

Korean film maestro Park Chan-wook is keeping in motion. The internationally acclaimed auteur, 60, will begin production on Saturday on his 12th feature, an adaptation of American novelist Donald Westlake’s 1996 novel The Ax. The movie, which is currently going by the working title I Can’t Help It, will star Korean screen royalty Lee Byung-hun […]

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Lebanon Civil War Doc ‘Green Line’ Uses Figurines to Confront a Woman’s Violent Childhood Trauma

“Fida grew up during the war in Beirut in the 1980s, immersed in the ‘red hell’ her grandmother used to tell her about. The trivialization of death made her doubt the value of life and the meaning of this never-ending war that was so similar to so many others.” So reads the description of director […]

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Sarajevo Film Fest: Main Competition Showcases “Fresh and Bold Perspectives”

The Sarajevo Film Festival was born amid the Bosnian war, in 1994 during the four-year siege of the city. Sarajevo, the city, and the festival have done much to put that dark history behind them. But as the SFF celebrates its 30th edition, the festival continues to shine a spotlight on films that illuminate contemporary […]

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Thursday, 15 August 2024

Danis Tanovic on War, Cinema, and His Love of Sarajevo: “I Know Every Stone of This City”

Bosnian filmmaker Danis Tanović makes movies all around the world. His 2020 crime thriller The Postcard Killings (2020), starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Famke Janssen, and Cush Jumbo, was shot in Sweden. Triage (2009), which stars Collin Ferrell as a war photographer, shot in Ireland and Spain. He filmed his latest, the comedic drama My Late […]

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‘Toxic’ Director Explores the Human Body and Mysterious Model Agencies in Her Feature Debut

Akiplėša (Toxic) is the feature film debut from Lithuanian director Saulė Bliuvaitė, and it had its world premiere in the Locarno Film Festival’s international competition on Thursday. The young creative also wrote the coming-of-age drama that is inspired by her own experiences. It centers on Maria, 13, who is left by her mother and forced […]

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‘New Dawn Fades’ Explores Insanity as “a Social Construct,” With Istanbul as a Main Character

Turkish writer-director Gürcan Keltek (Meteors, Gulyabani) has so far focused on shorter films and documentaries. On Thursday, he brought the world premiere of his fiction feature debut New Dawn Fades (Yeni șafak solarken), a contemplation on sanity, to the competition program of the 77th edition of the Locarno Film Festival. The film’s cinematographer is Peter Zeitlinger (Encounters […]

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Zurich Film Festival Sets Gala Premieres for ‘Anora,’ ‘Blitz,’ ‘William Tell’

New films from Steve McQueen, Sean Baker, Edward Berger, and Gia Coppola will get the red carpet treatment at the 20th Zurich Film Festival as part of the ZFF’s gala lineup. Steve McQueen‘s Blitz, starring Saoirse Ronan and Harris Dickinson, which will open 2024’s BFI London Film Festival (LFF), will have its international premiere in Zurich. Berger’s hotly-anticipated Conclave, a Vatican […]

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Wednesday, 14 August 2024

Ellen Burstyn to Receive Liberatum Pioneer Award at Venice Film Festival (Exclusive)

Oscar, Emmy and Tony-award-winning actress Ellen Burstyn will be honored at this year’s Venice Film Festival with the Liberatum Pioneer Award for her lifetime contribution to cinema. The 91-year-old acting legend will be honored at a “Women in Creativity” event and gala dinner in Venice on Sept. 4 at the Blue Pavilion in the Palazzina […]

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‘Kinds of Kindness,’ ‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘Kneecap’ Among First Productions in the Running for 2024 European Film Awards

The European Film Academy has selected the first 29 productions in the running for the 2024 European Film Awards. The selection, announced Wednesday, is a list of this year’s festival highlights, including Jacques Audiard, Coralie Fargeat and Yorgos Lanthimos’ Cannes winners Emilia Pérez, The Substance and Kinds of Kindness, respectively; Rich Peppiatt’s Sundance hit Kneecap; […]

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Mothers on the Edge of a Precipice: Locarno Films Explore Troubled and Troubling Women, Taboos

The Locarno Film Festival‘s 77th edition has been screening an eclectic lineup of movies, covering a broad range of topics and themes. However, there are some recurring topics that are touched on in several films in the lineup of the Swiss festival, such as the theme of AI and digital technology. “Another obvious theme is the […]

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‘Kraven the Hunter’ Trailer Shows Off Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s Killer Instincts

Aaron Taylor-Johnson is in no mood to make friends in the new trailer for Sony Pictures’ Kraven the Hunter. The studio released the promo at midnight for director J.C. Chandor’s feature about the titular Marvel Comics character. Hitting theaters Dec. 13, the film also stars Ariana DeBose, Fred Hechinger, Alessandro Nivola, Christopher Abbott and Russell […]

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Tuesday, 13 August 2024

Cate Blanchett, Zoe Saldaña, Steven Soderbergh to Keynote Toronto Film Festival

The Toronto Film Festival has unveiled speakers for its 2024 edition next month, to include discussions with Cate Blanchett, Zoe Saldaña and Steven Soderbergh. Blanchett will be in Toronto along with two of her latest projects: Alfonso Cuarón’s TV series Disclaimer and Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson and Guy Maddin’s Rumours, which bowed in Cannes. The […]

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Ben Burtt on Revolutionizing Sci-Fi Sound With ‘Star Wars’ and Creating Darth Vader’s Breathing

Ben Burtt created the sound of my childhood. He gets that a lot. “Yeah, I hear that often,” says the legendary sound designer, creator of the lightsabre swish and Darth Vader’s electronic wheezing, the voice of R2-D2, Chewbacca and, for a younger generation, that of Pixar’s WALL-E. “I guess I altered the DNA of a […]

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Locarno Open Doors Program Unveils Winners, Sets New Africa Focus

Open Doors, the co-production and talent development program for artists from underrepresented communities around the world that is part of the Locarno Film Festival’s Locarno Pro industry strand, unveiled its 2024 winners on Tuesday. Eight projects in development were selected for its co-production platform, the Projects Hub, and were eligible for the three main cash […]

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Monday, 12 August 2024

HamptonsFilm Director Anne Chaisson to Step Down

Anne Chaisson will step down as the executive director of HamptonsFilm, the non-profit behind the annual Hamptons International Film Festival. Chaisson has served as the executive director of the nonprofit since 2012. During her tenure, the fest expanded from five to 11 days, adding several new awards and honors and became a stop for awards […]

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Oscars 2025: Latvia Picks Animated ‘Flow’ for International Feature Race

Latvia has picked Gints Zilbalodis’ animated feature Flow as its entry in the best international feature category for the 2025 Oscars. The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section in Cannes this year and screened at animated festival Annecy, where it won four awards including the audience and jury prizes. Sideshow and Janus Films […]

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Marco Tullio Giordana on ‘The Life Apart’ and Why So Many Italian Films Explore Family Issues

In 1980, Italian writer and director Marco Tullio Giordana won the Golden Leopard award at the Locarno Film Festival for his feature film debut Maledetti vi amerò. This year, he is back for the 77th edition of the Swiss festival with La vita accanto (The Life Apart). And he is back to collect another honor. […]

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How Documentary ‘Real’ Explores “Profound” Social Change in the Digital Age, Inspired by Yoda

With devices increasingly providing access to augmented reality and virtual realities, what constitutes “reality” in the digital age? Italian director Adele Tulli (Normal) is exploring this question in her new documentary Real, which world premiered at the 77th Locarno Film Festival on Monday in the Cineasti del Presente section, which puts the spotlight on first and […]

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Sunday, 11 August 2024

Lively-Reynolds Box Office Domination: ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Stays No. 1 With $54M, ‘It Ends With Us’ Soars to Huge $50M

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have succeeded in creating their own Barbenheimer moment at the box office with their two very different films, Deadpool & Wolverine and It Ends With Us. Marvel Studios and Disney’s Deadpool & Wolverine — in addition to crossing the $1 billion mark at the global box office on Saturday — […]

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Margaret Menegoz, ‘Amour,’ ‘The White Ribbon’ Producer, Dies at 83

Margaret Menegoz, the head of French production company Les Films du Losange, who produced the movies of Michael Hanke, Wim Wenders and Éric Rohmer, among others, has died. She was 83. The company issued a statement confirming that Menegoz died in Montpellier on August 7. They cited her “love of films and work, and her […]

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Aislinn Clarke on Irish Folk Horror ‘Fréwaka’: “There’s A Lot of Trauma in Ireland”

Writer and director Aislinn Clarke, based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, made a name for herself with her 2018 debut horror film The Devil’s Doorway. Her new movie Fréwaka, which had its world premiere at the 77th edition of the Locarno Film Festival, uses Irish and English and is billed as the first-ever Irish-language horror. “Shoo is sent […]

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Iraq-Born Austrian Auteur Kurdwin Ayub Keeps It Provocative With ‘Moon’: “I Want to Trigger People”

Writer and director Kurdwin Ayub was born in Iraq, but her family came to Austria as refugees when she was still a baby. Now, she is 34 and has been making a name for herself in the film world as an auteur. Her 2016 feature documentary Paradise! Paradise!, which she wrote, directed, and handled the […]

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Saturday, 10 August 2024

‘Lilo & Stitch’ Live-Action: Everything to Know About Remake of Beloved Disney Animated Film

It’s been 22 years since Disney’s Lilo & Stitch first hit theaters and, to this day, it remains a beloved classic for children and adults alike. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that the company would be remaking the Hawaii-centric film into a live-action/CG hybrid in October 2018, which was initially delayed due to the […]

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Why ‘Drowning Dry’ Director Laurynas Bareiša Told Actors Not to Land Jokes and Has Hope for Cinema as a “Place of Freedom”

To say that Lithuanian filmmaker Laurynas Bareiša’s debut feature Pilgrims was a success is an understatement. First, the crime drama won the Horizons section award for best film at the Venice Film Festival 2021. Then, it became Lithuania’s entry for the best international feature film race. The set-up for the film is simple: A woman travels to a small town […]

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Bérénice Bejo on Playing a Rebel in ‘Mexico 86,’ the “Right to Have Secrets,” and Democracy Under Siege

Bérénice Bejo (The Artist) plays a Guatemalan rebel fighting against the military dictatorship in Mexico 86 from Guatemalan director César Díaz (Our Mothers), whose world premiere on the Swiss town’s Piazza Grande is among the highlights of the Locarno Film Festival schedule on Saturday. “1976. Death threats force Maria, a Guatemalan rebel activist fighting against […]

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Friday, 9 August 2024

Lively-Reynolds Box Office Apocalypse: ‘It Ends With Us’ Takes on ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ With Huge $7M in Previews

Wife-and-husband duo Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are creating their own Barbenheimer moment at the box office as Lively’s new movie It Ends With Us goes up against Reynolds’ blockbuster Deadpool & Wolverine. Sony’s female-fueled It Ends With Us earned a huge $7 million in Thursday previews, confirming speculation that the film would do much […]

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Why Ben Rivers Revisited a Hermit in Scotland for ‘Bogancloch’ and How His Return to London Felt

British artist and filmmaker Ben Rivers has returned to Bogancloch, nestled in a vast highland forest in rural Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This is hermit Jake Williams’ home. And it is the title of Rivers’ new film, which had its world premiere in the international competition program, whose jury is led by Jessica Hausner, at the 77th […]

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Locarno Embraces Bollywood Legend Shah Rukh Khan

“I don’t want to sound like a fanboy,” Giona A. Nazzaro, artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival says sheepishly, “but Shah Rukh Khan is the quintessential power of cinema. There is no cynicism, there is no manipulation. Just this basic faith that you can tell a story through your persona and touch on the […]

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Thursday, 8 August 2024

Jenna Ortega Reveals Denzel Washington Movie That “Changed the Entire Course of My Existence”

Jenna Ortega is revealing the name of the Denzel Washington film that inspired her to start her acting career. The Emmy-nominated actress, who has gone on to star in hit projects including the Scream franchise, You, Wednesday and the upcoming Beetlejuice Beetlejuice sequel, recently told Vanity Fair in a wide-ranging interview that it was 2004’s […]

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‘Borderlands’ Review: Cate Blanchett is a Gunslinging Bounty Hunter in Eli Roth’s Joylessly Gonzo Adaptation of the Popular Video Game

Kevin Hart, Ariana Greenblatt and Jamie Lee Curtis also star in this fight to survive on the lawless planet Pandora, with Jack Black providing the voice of a wisecracking robot.

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Tim Blake Nelson on Becoming a Veteran Boxer in ‘Bang Bang’ and Returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

“I always try to keep myself three or four months away from whatever physical manifestations a role will demand,” says Tim Blake Nelson. And Nelson has had his fair share of manifestations, from an escaped convict with an uncanny ability to harmonize (O Brother, Where Art Thou?) to a resident villain in early Marvel movie […]

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Wednesday, 7 August 2024

How the Summer Box Office Went From Tragic to Magic

An exhausted Ryan Reynolds was overwhelmed when the opening-day grosses started pouring in on July 26 for Deadpool & Wolverine, the third entry in his audacious superhero series. By July 27, the impossible was within reach: The Marvel Studios pic was going to cross $200 million in its domestic debut, something no one thought possible […]

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Locarno: Stacey Sher on Quentin Tarantino, Steven Soderbergh and the Films That Got Away

Few filmmakers can claim to have helped shape an entire era of cinema, but the boom in 1990s indie cinema is impossible to imagine without producer Stacey Sher. “If you say, U.S. independent cinema of the ’90s, whatever film touched your feelings, your emotions and your memory, most probably, it has Stacey involved in it,” […]

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San Sebastian Unveils WIP Latam Lineup

The 72nd San Sebastian Film Festival has rolled out the Latin American features in its Work in Progress (WIP) Latam section. This year’s selection, announced Wednesday, features stories from Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, and Costa Rica, with four of the six entries being directorial debuts or sophomore efforts. Among the notable entries is The Message […]

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‘Queen Charlotte’ Star India Amarteifio, ‘Maxton Hall’ Actor Damian Hardung to Lead Coming-of-Age Film

India Amarteifio, star of Netflix’s Bridgerton prequel series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, will lead a new coming-of-age romance alongside Maxton Hall‘s Damian Hardung. From Shot of Tea, Into The Deep Blue is the winner of the Nicholl Fellowship, awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It follows Nick (Hardung) and Fiona […]

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Tuesday, 6 August 2024

Luther Vandross Doc Coming to Theaters This Fall, Will Premiere on CNN, OWN, Max in 2025 (Exclusive)

Luther: Never Too Much, the documentary on legendary R&B singer Luther Vandross, is coming to a theater near you this fall. Giant Pictures is on board as the theatrical distributor for the film, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival and also visited the Tribeca Festival, Hot Docs International Film Festival and Nantucket Film Festival. In […]

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Lucca Film Festival to Honor Paul Schrader

Veteran director and screenwriter Paul Schrader will be honored at this year’s Lucaa Film Festival with a lifetime achievement award. The Italian event, which runs Sept. 21-29, will also screen a retrospective of Schrader’s work, including Blue Collar, Hardcore, The Comfort of Strangers, Affliction, Auto Focus, The Walker, The Canyons, The Card Counter, Master Gardener, […]

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‘Top Boy’ Star Jasmine Jobson to Lead Biopic on Boxing Champion Ramla Ali, ‘In the Shadows’

Filming is underway in London on In the Shadows, starring BAFTA-winning actor Jasmine Jobson in the biopic about female boxing champion Ramla Ali. Jobson recently won big at the television awards for her role in Top Boy. She plays Ali, a woman who secretly pursued her dream to become the first Somali-British professional boxing champion. […]

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Monday, 5 August 2024

Director David Lynch Says He’s Likely Retiring, Can No Longer Leave House

"It would be very bad for me to get sick, even with a cold," Lynch says.

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Annenberg Inclusion Initiative’s Annual Report Confirms 2023 Was Not the “Year of the Woman”

With Barbie becoming the highest grossing film of 2023, helmed by Greta Gerwig and focused on a diverse cast of women, some may have thought that its success reflected more diversity and inclusion in film that year. But, according to the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative’s 2023 annual report, that wasn’t the case. The study found that […]

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Jessica Hausner on Fairy Tales, Existentialism and Exploring Working Life in Her Next Film

Austrian auteur Jessica Hausner (Club Zero, Lourdes, Little Joe) is attending the 77th edition of the Locarno Film Festival this year as the head of the jury that will decide the winner of the Pardo d’Oro, or Golden Leopard, in the international competition section. For the filmmaker, it marks a return to the Swiss festival, which […]

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Warner Bros. Discovery Inks First-Look Deal with Former Exec Jack Nguyen, Sets Korean Remake of ‘The Intern’

Warner Bros. Discovery has signed a first-look film deal in Asia with company veteran Jack Nguyen. The agreement, revealed Monday, was set up through Nguyen’s startup production banner Joat Films and will focus on Asia-focussed remakes of Warner Bros’ English-language library titles. The two partners said their first project under the pact will be a […]

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Sunday, 4 August 2024

Busan International Film Festival Adds Documentary Audience Award 

Documentary filmmakers will compete for a new honor at this fall’s 29th Busan International Film Festival. The influential South Korean festival said Monday that its upcoming edition will inaugurate an audience award for feature documentaries. The fest described the decision as an effort to cultivate deeper interest among the local audience for the documentary form. […]

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Saturday, 3 August 2024

Chris Evans on Why He Declined Ryan Reynolds’ Cue Cards for His Surprise Monologue in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’

[This story contained spoilers for Deadpool & Wolverine.] When Ryan Reynolds offered Chris Evans the opportunity to make a surprise cameo in Deadpool & Wolverine, he jumped at the chance. The actor recently opened up to People magazine about getting to reprise his Fantastic Four character Johnny Storm/Human Torch in the record-making Marvel movie, currently playing in theaters. […]

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Oscars: Inside the Search for a Host

Jimmy Kimmel, the host of the two most recent Academy Awards ceremonies and two others before them (2017 and 2018), and John Mulaney, the host of the most recent Academy Governors Awards ceremony, have withdrawn themselves from consideration for the job of emceeing the 97th Oscars on March 2, 2025. That, of course, begs the […]

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Leonard Engelman, Makeup Artist on ‘Rocky IV,’ ‘Moonstruck’ and Much More, Dies at 83

Leonard Engelman, the esteemed makeup artist who worked on films including Rocky IV, The Princess Diaries, Batman & Robin and How the Grinch Stole Christmas and did Cher’s makeup for more than 30 years, has died. He was 83. Engelman died Thursday at Northridge Hospital Medical Center, his wife of 42 years, artist Esther Engelman, […]

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Friday, 2 August 2024

A 2024 Facelift for Columbia Pictures’ Torch Lady

There have been minor tweaks over the decades — clouds were painted into the background in 1936, color was added in 1961 (hey, she’s a redhead!) — but for the most part, Columbia’s “Torch Lady” has remained essentially unchanged since she first stepped onto that pedestal in 1924. But what if the studio were to […]

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Bette Midler on Her Life of Raunch and Rock ‘n’ Roll: “I Had Such Fun”

A quarter-century ago, frustrated by Hollywood’s paucity of good roles for middle-aged women, Bette Milder renounced the industry, declaring, “Movies are over for me.” Today, at 78, with a new comedy in theaters and a handful of other flicks burbling in development, she’s obviously had second thoughts. “When did I say that?” she asks. “I […]

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Oscars 2025: Austria, Ireland Name International Feature Contenders

The international Oscar race has begun. Ireland and Austria have put up their national contenders for the 2025 Academy Awards in the best international feature category. And the two movies could hardly be more different. For its Oscar contender, Austria has selected The Devil’s Bath, Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s inspired-by-history feminist horror film. Ireland […]

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Locarno’s Director on His Love of Celluloid, Building a Community Around “the Pleasure of Cinema”

The Locarno International Film Festival likes to call itself the “world capital of auteur cinema,” and while the Swiss event cannot claim the star power or industry heft of Cannes, Venice or Toronto, when it comes to the celebration of pure cinema, Locarno has few peers. For the 77th Locarno fest, which runs Aug. 7-17, […]

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Thursday, 1 August 2024

Pharrell Williams Lego Biopic ‘Piece by Piece’ to Close 68th BFI London Film Festival

Piece by Piece, the Lego animated biopic about American rapper, singer and producer Pharrell Williams, will close this year’s BFI London Film Festival (LFF). The 68th BFI LFF, taking place Oct. 9-20, will wrap up with the U.K. premiere of the journey through Williams’ life in a Lego-documentary format. Williams and Oscar-winning director Morgan Neville […]

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How Columbia Pictures Kept Its Cool for a Century

On a recent July afternoon, the ever-mercurial Tom Rothman arrives in good spirits for a tour of Columbia Pictures’ archives in honor of the studio’s 100th anniversary. “Ask a lot of questions, because after this, I must go back to work,” says Rothman, Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group chairman. “This is way more fun than […]

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NY Film Festival: Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘The Room Next Door’ to Have U.S. Premiere as Centerpiece Selection

Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door, starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton, will receive its U.S. premiere as the centerpiece selection for the 2024 New York Film Festival on Oct. 4. The film, an adaptation of Sigrid Nunez’s novel What Are You Going Through, marks Spanish auteur Almodóvar’s first English-language feature and follows best-selling writer […]

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French Director Claude Lelouch to Receive Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award in Venice

French director Claude Lelouch (A Man and a Woman, Happy New Year, The Beautiful Story) will be honored at this year’s Venice Film Festival with the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award, a prize dedicated to a “personality who has made a particularly original contribution to the contemporary film industry.” Lelouch will receive the prize on Monday, Sept. 2 at Venice’s Sala Grande […]

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