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Since first airing in 2009, there have been over forty competitive seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race. To say she done already done had herses would be putting it lightly. The drag reality competition has become a global phenomenon, giving a platform to performers the world over and entertaining a passionate, ever-expanding fan base - so to stand out as an amazing season, you better werk!
- 3/19/2024
- by Genevieve Muratore
- Collider.com
“Why do you want to be where you’re not wanted?”
Posed by Linda Shaw (Laura Dern) — a proud hippie of the ’60s recently accused of “dressing like an indigent Mennonite railway priestess” — this question rests at the center of “Palm Royale,” alongside its recipient, Maxine Simmons (Kristen Wiig). The 40-something new kid in town insists to everyone she meets they use her married name, D’ellacourt, in the hopes its notoriety around Palm Beach will help hasten her acceptance there. Maxine wants nothing more than to be a member of high society, rubbing elbows with the movers and shakers at South Florida’s glam parties and opulent benefits, and she knows looking the part is just as important as living it. To her benefit: She is, in fact, a D’ellacourt. She is not, however, as wealthy as the minted moniker suggests, which proves a recurring impediment in her...
Posed by Linda Shaw (Laura Dern) — a proud hippie of the ’60s recently accused of “dressing like an indigent Mennonite railway priestess” — this question rests at the center of “Palm Royale,” alongside its recipient, Maxine Simmons (Kristen Wiig). The 40-something new kid in town insists to everyone she meets they use her married name, D’ellacourt, in the hopes its notoriety around Palm Beach will help hasten her acceptance there. Maxine wants nothing more than to be a member of high society, rubbing elbows with the movers and shakers at South Florida’s glam parties and opulent benefits, and she knows looking the part is just as important as living it. To her benefit: She is, in fact, a D’ellacourt. She is not, however, as wealthy as the minted moniker suggests, which proves a recurring impediment in her...
- 3/19/2024
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Abe Sylvia‘s new Apple TV+ series stars Oscar winner Allison Janney, Oscar winner Laura Dern, Oscar and nine-time Emmy Award nominee Kristen Wiig, and latin music icon Ricky Martin. But the true star of “Palm Royale” may just be the one and only Carol Burnett. O.K., maybe that’s an exaggeration as Burnett’s character is in a coma for the first three episodes, but it was the first subject we broached with “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” screenwriter and he was game, noting that Burnett is “my favorite subject.”
Read More: “Palm Royale” Trailer: Kristin Wiig and Laura Dern’s beach club comedy ceries comes to Apple in March
Set in 1969, this very loose adaptation of Juliet McDaniel’s novel “Mr.
Continue reading ‘Palm Royale’ Creator: Carol Burnett “Wanted To Get In This Sandbox” With Kirsten Wiig & Allison Janey [Interview] at The Playlist.
Read More: “Palm Royale” Trailer: Kristin Wiig and Laura Dern’s beach club comedy ceries comes to Apple in March
Set in 1969, this very loose adaptation of Juliet McDaniel’s novel “Mr.
Continue reading ‘Palm Royale’ Creator: Carol Burnett “Wanted To Get In This Sandbox” With Kirsten Wiig & Allison Janey [Interview] at The Playlist.
- 3/19/2024
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
Signees, including Debra Messing, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Nancy Spielberg, accuse The Zone of Interest director of fuelling ‘a growing anti-Jewish hatred around the world’
Nine days after Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars acceptance speech and the controversy over his statement continues.
On Monday, more than 450 Jewish creatives, executives and Hollywood professionals have signed an open letter denouncing The Zone of Interest director’s speech, in which he renounced his “Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people”.
Nine days after Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars acceptance speech and the controversy over his statement continues.
On Monday, more than 450 Jewish creatives, executives and Hollywood professionals have signed an open letter denouncing The Zone of Interest director’s speech, in which he renounced his “Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people”.
- 3/19/2024
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Paris-based film sales agency Cat&Docs has acquired “Kamay,” the debut feature documentary from filmmakers Ilyas Yourish and Shahrokh Bikaran. The film will world premiere at Visions du Réel, which runs in Nyon, Switzerland, April 12-24. Variety has been given exclusive access to the trailer (below).
In “Kamay,” the filmmakers pick up the story of a Hazara family’s struggle to reconcile the official story of their eldest daughter Zahra’s death while attending the University of Kabul. It is taking years to navigate Afghanistan’s judicial landscape, even to just receive Zahra’s personal effects.
Zahra’s younger sister, Freshta, continues to gather the Kamay plant for her late sister’s research high up in the mountains near their house, but the mystery surrounding Zahra’s death and the great loss felt by the family affects her deeply – as she herself is nearly ready to enter university next.
“Kamay is a wild,...
In “Kamay,” the filmmakers pick up the story of a Hazara family’s struggle to reconcile the official story of their eldest daughter Zahra’s death while attending the University of Kabul. It is taking years to navigate Afghanistan’s judicial landscape, even to just receive Zahra’s personal effects.
Zahra’s younger sister, Freshta, continues to gather the Kamay plant for her late sister’s research high up in the mountains near their house, but the mystery surrounding Zahra’s death and the great loss felt by the family affects her deeply – as she herself is nearly ready to enter university next.
“Kamay is a wild,...
- 3/19/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety - Film News
While at Series Mania Festival, Larry Tanz, Netflix’s VP of Emea Content, unveiled ambitious new shows commissioned from France and the Netherlands, including an untitled thriller series starring Isabelle Adjani, and “Amsterdam Empire,” a Dutch crime series starring and executive produced by Famke Janssen.
The untitled French thriller series revolves around a young mother on the run finds an unexpected opportunity to bounce back by becoming a picker in a prestigious flower farm in Provence. But the mysterious death of the family patriarch of the company casts her under the spotlight as the prime suspect. As she grapples with the mounting accusations, she uncovers a shocking revelation – she’s the unexpected beneficiary of the late patriarch’s estate, unearthing her deeply-rooted connections to this affluent lineage.
The series is created by Nils Antoine Sambuc and will be directed by Marie Jardillier. Itinéraire Productions, a Ugc company, is producing.
Directed by Jonas Govaerts,...
The untitled French thriller series revolves around a young mother on the run finds an unexpected opportunity to bounce back by becoming a picker in a prestigious flower farm in Provence. But the mysterious death of the family patriarch of the company casts her under the spotlight as the prime suspect. As she grapples with the mounting accusations, she uncovers a shocking revelation – she’s the unexpected beneficiary of the late patriarch’s estate, unearthing her deeply-rooted connections to this affluent lineage.
The series is created by Nils Antoine Sambuc and will be directed by Marie Jardillier. Itinéraire Productions, a Ugc company, is producing.
Directed by Jonas Govaerts,...
- 3/19/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety - Film News
Combining two genres frequently produces excellent results since they will support one another. Drama and thriller, science fiction and comedy, or horror and so on have all been combined by filmmakers in the past to readily appeal to and please all fans. However, the most popular genre must be action movies because it is not only fascinating but also give the audience the thrill of their wildest dreams.
- 3/19/2024
- by Jessie Nguyen
- Collider.com
Star Wars mastermind George Lucas has come out with a statement supporting Disney’s board and CEO Bob Iger, urging Mouse House shareholders to reject bids by two activist investor groups to take seats on the media company’s board.
“Creating magic is not for amateurs,” Lucas said in a statement released Tuesday. “When I sold Lucasfilm just over a decade ago, I was delighted to become a Disney shareholder because of my longtime admiration for its iconic brand and Bob Iger’s leadership.”
Lucas continued, “When Bob recently returned to the company during a difficult time, I was relieved. No one knows Disney better. I remain a significant shareholder because I have full faith and confidence in the power of Disney and Bob’s track record of driving long-term value. I have voted all of my shares for Disney’s 12 directors and urge other shareholders to do the same.
“Creating magic is not for amateurs,” Lucas said in a statement released Tuesday. “When I sold Lucasfilm just over a decade ago, I was delighted to become a Disney shareholder because of my longtime admiration for its iconic brand and Bob Iger’s leadership.”
Lucas continued, “When Bob recently returned to the company during a difficult time, I was relieved. No one knows Disney better. I remain a significant shareholder because I have full faith and confidence in the power of Disney and Bob’s track record of driving long-term value. I have voted all of my shares for Disney’s 12 directors and urge other shareholders to do the same.
- 3/19/2024
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety - Film News
When you think of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you might not think of improvisation as being central to its success. In fact, extemporaneous additions seem like the complete opposite of Kevin Feige's approach to establishing his gargantuan blockbuster franchise. The Marvel Studios head and his cohorts meticulously plan out each so-called "phase" of the MCU, carefully charting a course for their cinematic saga ahead of time.
Recently, however, this approach hasn't worked so well, with Feige and co. bombarding us with Marvel media, ultimately proving that too much of the MCU is essentially the franchise's Kryptonite. But for a long time, the plan was very much working. The Marvel machine was churning out hit after hit, with "Avengers: Endgame" and its record-breaking box office marking the apex of Marvel Studios' success. In that sense, deviating from the plan just doesn't seem to fit with the MCU ethos. But improvisation...
Recently, however, this approach hasn't worked so well, with Feige and co. bombarding us with Marvel media, ultimately proving that too much of the MCU is essentially the franchise's Kryptonite. But for a long time, the plan was very much working. The Marvel machine was churning out hit after hit, with "Avengers: Endgame" and its record-breaking box office marking the apex of Marvel Studios' success. In that sense, deviating from the plan just doesn't seem to fit with the MCU ethos. But improvisation...
- 3/19/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
"X-Men '97" brings back the marvelous mutants as if they never left TV screens after the original series finale, "Graduation Day." The trailer promised a tone and style befitting the original, plus plenty of Marvel comic book Easter eggs.
Now, the X-Men are larger than life — and ultimately, any one actor. In the 27-year hiatus between the 1992 series and this revival, the X-Men finally made it to live-action (we ranked their cinematic adventures here) and starred in other animated series. Since "X-Men '97" is a revival of a specific version of the X-Men, though, the show has brought back cast members and creatives from the original show. If they hadn't, then why revive this series instead of just making a new "X-Men" cartoon?
In its opening titles, "X-Men" would introduce each member of the team one-by-one with hero shots demonstrating their powers and/or quirks alongside huge text displaying their names.
Now, the X-Men are larger than life — and ultimately, any one actor. In the 27-year hiatus between the 1992 series and this revival, the X-Men finally made it to live-action (we ranked their cinematic adventures here) and starred in other animated series. Since "X-Men '97" is a revival of a specific version of the X-Men, though, the show has brought back cast members and creatives from the original show. If they hadn't, then why revive this series instead of just making a new "X-Men" cartoon?
In its opening titles, "X-Men" would introduce each member of the team one-by-one with hero shots demonstrating their powers and/or quirks alongside huge text displaying their names.
- 3/19/2024
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
It's fun going back to watch Irvin Kershner's 1980 sci-fi epic "The Empire Strikes Back," knowing what twists would come in subsequent sequels. In "Empire," Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) became angry at Han Solo (Harrison Ford), a man Leia knew was attracted to her. To make Han jealous, Leia brazenly grabs a nearby Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and kisses him full on the mouth. Luke knows that Leia was only playing a game, but was happy to be kissed. Han stormed out of the room, outraged. Luke smiled in smug satisfaction.
In Richard Marquand's 1983 follow-up film "Return of the Jedi," it would be revealed that Luke and Leia were siblings. This was clearly a last-minute plot twist, meant to parallel the "surprise" from "Empire" that the villainous Darth Vader was actually Luke Skywalker's father. The "Jedi" twist wasn't thought out, however, as it retroactively incorporated into "Star Wars" an...
In Richard Marquand's 1983 follow-up film "Return of the Jedi," it would be revealed that Luke and Leia were siblings. This was clearly a last-minute plot twist, meant to parallel the "surprise" from "Empire" that the villainous Darth Vader was actually Luke Skywalker's father. The "Jedi" twist wasn't thought out, however, as it retroactively incorporated into "Star Wars" an...
- 3/19/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Jane Tranter, CEO and founder of UK TV production outfit Bad Wolf, has called for a tiered system of tax relief for TV, akin to the incoming Independent Film Tax Credit (Iftc).
Tranter, executive producer on Doctor Who, Succession, I Hate Suzie, Industry and His Dark Materials, was speaking today (March 19) to the cross-party UK parliament Culture, Media and Sport (Cms) Committee inquiry into British film and high-end TV.
“The UK shouldn’t be competing elsewhere in the world for the tax credit. The UK needs to sort out what is the best tax credit it can get to grow its domestic film and TV.
Tranter, executive producer on Doctor Who, Succession, I Hate Suzie, Industry and His Dark Materials, was speaking today (March 19) to the cross-party UK parliament Culture, Media and Sport (Cms) Committee inquiry into British film and high-end TV.
“The UK shouldn’t be competing elsewhere in the world for the tax credit. The UK needs to sort out what is the best tax credit it can get to grow its domestic film and TV.
- 3/19/2024
- ScreenDaily
The National Film and TV School (Nfts) Leeds has created a certificate in intimacy coordination for film and TV course, which will run as an intensive six-month programme.
The curriculum was developed in collaboration with intimacy coordinators from the UK, Spain, and the US and under the advisory of Bectu’s intimacy coordinator training branch, and aims to set a new standard in the field. It is the first certificate of this kind for Nfts.
Intimacy co-ordinator Haley Muraleedharan is leading the course, which will have space for 10 students, commencing in May.
Muraleedharan, whose intimacy co-ordination credits include feature Bonus...
The curriculum was developed in collaboration with intimacy coordinators from the UK, Spain, and the US and under the advisory of Bectu’s intimacy coordinator training branch, and aims to set a new standard in the field. It is the first certificate of this kind for Nfts.
Intimacy co-ordinator Haley Muraleedharan is leading the course, which will have space for 10 students, commencing in May.
Muraleedharan, whose intimacy co-ordination credits include feature Bonus...
- 3/19/2024
- ScreenDaily
The Oscar-nominated animated short brims with beautifully drawn detail, not least in its re-creation of the ungentrified 1980s-era city
There’s sweetness, sadness and charm in this animated tale about the friendship – and possibly more – between a dog and a robot in 1980s New York. It’s a universe entirely populated by anthropomorphised animals; no humans and no dialogue. The director is Pablo Berger, working from a script he cowrote with Sara Varon, adapting her 2007 graphic novel. Their story is laced with comedy, tenderness, loneliness and friendship; in truth, it’s probably a bit too slow for most under-10s. The best thing about it will sail right over pint-sized heads, for sure: the lovingly realised old-school New York, scuzzy and ungentrified, with graffiti and trash, crackling with edge and energy.
In a New York apartment block, Dog spends solitary nights eating ready-meal macaroni for one. Dog’s lonely days...
There’s sweetness, sadness and charm in this animated tale about the friendship – and possibly more – between a dog and a robot in 1980s New York. It’s a universe entirely populated by anthropomorphised animals; no humans and no dialogue. The director is Pablo Berger, working from a script he cowrote with Sara Varon, adapting her 2007 graphic novel. Their story is laced with comedy, tenderness, loneliness and friendship; in truth, it’s probably a bit too slow for most under-10s. The best thing about it will sail right over pint-sized heads, for sure: the lovingly realised old-school New York, scuzzy and ungentrified, with graffiti and trash, crackling with edge and energy.
In a New York apartment block, Dog spends solitary nights eating ready-meal macaroni for one. Dog’s lonely days...
- 3/19/2024
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) will issue higher age ratings for some films that include scenes of violence and sex.
Violence, particularly when intense or impactful scenes occur, may now require a higher rating across all age-rating categories while some sex scenes which were classified under 12A/12 in the 2019 guidelines may be bumped to a 15 age rating.
The changes come after the BBFC spoke to 12,000 people in 2023 about classification and how it affects them in the organisation’s largest-ever public consultation.
Findings showed that suicide and self-harm had risen to the second biggest area of concern since the...
Violence, particularly when intense or impactful scenes occur, may now require a higher rating across all age-rating categories while some sex scenes which were classified under 12A/12 in the 2019 guidelines may be bumped to a 15 age rating.
The changes come after the BBFC spoke to 12,000 people in 2023 about classification and how it affects them in the organisation’s largest-ever public consultation.
Findings showed that suicide and self-harm had risen to the second biggest area of concern since the...
- 3/19/2024
- ScreenDaily
BBFC survey finds sexual violence remains biggest area of concern while views on some drug use have eased
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has introduced stricter guidelines for sex scenes and nudity in 12 and 12A productions, saying the public are concerned about the amount of explicit content to which young people are being exposed.
In the BBFC’s first major audience research for five years, sexual violence remained the biggest area of concern.
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has introduced stricter guidelines for sex scenes and nudity in 12 and 12A productions, saying the public are concerned about the amount of explicit content to which young people are being exposed.
In the BBFC’s first major audience research for five years, sexual violence remained the biggest area of concern.
- 3/19/2024
- by Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent
- The Guardian - Film News
When it comes to horror movies that changed and influenced the genre, many may come to mind for different reasons. Each film has molded the horror genre in some way, but there is one franchise in particular that has really made it what it is today and that’s Scream. Scream was unique in how it balanced its humor and horror aspects, and opted for a more self-aware approach that sort of poked fun at classic horror tropes. It’s an approach that easily could have gone off the wayside but instead instantly became a classic. From the “whodunnit” aspect, to the genuinely funny humor, and the surprisingly effective scares, Scream set up a new era of horror that is still prevalent today. It also helps that Wes Craven is the mastermind behind the film, as well as other horror classics such as The Hills Have Eyes, The Last House on the Left,...
- 3/19/2024
- by Samantha Graves
- Collider.com
Latido Films scores sales for ‘Re-creation’ with Vicky Krieps, Gerardo Herrero’s ‘Raqqa’ (exclusive)
Madrid-based sales outlet Latido Films has unveiled sales on key titles from its European Film Market and Malaga Film Festival (March 1-10) slates.
Beginning with films in pre-production, Jim Sheridan and David Merriman’s true crime courtroom docu-drama Re-creation starring Vicky Krieps has secured pre-sales for Greece (Spentzos) and Portugal (Outsider). The film sees a fictional jury assess the real-life unsolved murder of French TV producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier, who was found dead at her Ireland holiday home in 1996.
Spy thriller Raqqa from Oscar-winning producer-director Gerardo Herrero has pre-sold to the Middle East (Empire). Herrero’s previous feature, Under Therapy,...
Beginning with films in pre-production, Jim Sheridan and David Merriman’s true crime courtroom docu-drama Re-creation starring Vicky Krieps has secured pre-sales for Greece (Spentzos) and Portugal (Outsider). The film sees a fictional jury assess the real-life unsolved murder of French TV producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier, who was found dead at her Ireland holiday home in 1996.
Spy thriller Raqqa from Oscar-winning producer-director Gerardo Herrero has pre-sold to the Middle East (Empire). Herrero’s previous feature, Under Therapy,...
- 3/19/2024
- ScreenDaily
Arsenal has acquired all German-language territories on Robin Vanbesien’s Berlinale documentary hold on to her, about the killing of a child by a Belgian police officer during a migration border control in 2018.
The deal was done with Czech Republic-based Filmotor which has acquired sales rights to the Belgian documentary.
hold on to her premiered in Forum Expanded at last month’s Berlinale.
The film details the killing of two-year-old Mawda Shawri by a Belgian police officer during a migration border control in 2018, and the hearing about the case in 2023.
Vanbesien’s debut feature was produced by Steven Dhoedt for Visualantics,...
The deal was done with Czech Republic-based Filmotor which has acquired sales rights to the Belgian documentary.
hold on to her premiered in Forum Expanded at last month’s Berlinale.
The film details the killing of two-year-old Mawda Shawri by a Belgian police officer during a migration border control in 2018, and the hearing about the case in 2023.
Vanbesien’s debut feature was produced by Steven Dhoedt for Visualantics,...
- 3/19/2024
- ScreenDaily
Czech Republic-based world sales company Filmotor has acquired Robin Vanbesien’s documentary hold on to her.
The film had its world premiere in the Forum Expanded section at the Berlinale last month. Filmotor has sold the film to Arsenal for all German-speaking territories including Germany.
hold on to her details the killing of two-year-old Mawda Shawri by a Belgian police officer during a migration border control in 2018, and the hearing about the case in 2023.
It is a debut feature for Belgian filmmaker Vanbesien. The film is produced by Steven Dhoedt for Visualantics, with co-production from timely in collaboration with non-governmental...
The film had its world premiere in the Forum Expanded section at the Berlinale last month. Filmotor has sold the film to Arsenal for all German-speaking territories including Germany.
hold on to her details the killing of two-year-old Mawda Shawri by a Belgian police officer during a migration border control in 2018, and the hearing about the case in 2023.
It is a debut feature for Belgian filmmaker Vanbesien. The film is produced by Steven Dhoedt for Visualantics, with co-production from timely in collaboration with non-governmental...
- 3/19/2024
- ScreenDaily
The U.K.’s foremost film college has launched a new intimacy coordinator certificate to help meet the rising demands of the industry.
With shows such as “Normal People” and “I May Destroy You” having helped bring the work of intimacy coordinators to the forefront of conversations in recent years, The National Film and TV School has now introduced its first certificate in intimacy coordination for film and TV.
Taking place at the Nfts’ campus in Leeds, the intensive six-month course was developed in collaboration with coordinators from the U.K., Spain and the U.S. and under the advisory of crew union Bectu’s Intimacy Coordinator training branch, with a curriculum it says “aims to set a new standard in the field.”
Set to begin in May 2024 under the guidance of Haley Muraleedharan, who has served as intimacy coordinator on a number of film and TV projects, the part-time course...
With shows such as “Normal People” and “I May Destroy You” having helped bring the work of intimacy coordinators to the forefront of conversations in recent years, The National Film and TV School has now introduced its first certificate in intimacy coordination for film and TV.
Taking place at the Nfts’ campus in Leeds, the intensive six-month course was developed in collaboration with coordinators from the U.K., Spain and the U.S. and under the advisory of crew union Bectu’s Intimacy Coordinator training branch, with a curriculum it says “aims to set a new standard in the field.”
Set to begin in May 2024 under the guidance of Haley Muraleedharan, who has served as intimacy coordinator on a number of film and TV projects, the part-time course...
- 3/19/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety - Film News
Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy tell a cool, low-key drama about the wealthy debutante who joined the Ira, abetted an art heist and bombed a police station
Film-makers Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy have a restless creativity and alertness to ideas which continues to be uniquely valuable. Now they have made a vivid, intense, true-crime drama about the inner life of the late Rose Dugdale, the wealthy English heiress and debutante who was radicalised at Oxford, joined the Ira and in the early 70s was involved in an art theft from a stately home in the Irish republic – and also helped drop homemade bombs from a stolen helicopter on to a police station.
Baltimore should really be seen in tandem with Lawlor and Molloy’s recent personal essay film The Future Tense about the film-makers’ own complex sense of evolving identities in Ireland and England, inspired by their own experiences making this Dugdale movie.
Film-makers Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy have a restless creativity and alertness to ideas which continues to be uniquely valuable. Now they have made a vivid, intense, true-crime drama about the inner life of the late Rose Dugdale, the wealthy English heiress and debutante who was radicalised at Oxford, joined the Ira and in the early 70s was involved in an art theft from a stately home in the Irish republic – and also helped drop homemade bombs from a stolen helicopter on to a police station.
Baltimore should really be seen in tandem with Lawlor and Molloy’s recent personal essay film The Future Tense about the film-makers’ own complex sense of evolving identities in Ireland and England, inspired by their own experiences making this Dugdale movie.
- 3/19/2024
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Swiss documentary film festival Visions du Réel has unveiled the program for its 55th edition, which includes 10 first films out of 15 in the main international competition, cementing its reputation as a springboard for emerging talent.
The official selection includes 165 films from 50 countries, with gender parity for the second-year running, and no fewer than 88 world premieres, making VdR the place to be in April on the international non-fiction film calendar.
Key figures from the world of cinema will be attending including outgoing Berlinale artistic director Carlo Chatrian in the main competition jury, Argentine director and screenwriter Martín Rejtman with his latest film “Riders” in the Burning Lights section, and celebrated French author Christine Angot with her debut film “Une Famille,” which premiered in Berlin.
This year’s opening film is Juan Palacios and Sofie Johannesen’s “As the Tide Comes In,” which has been touring the festival circuit since opening at IDFA.
The official selection includes 165 films from 50 countries, with gender parity for the second-year running, and no fewer than 88 world premieres, making VdR the place to be in April on the international non-fiction film calendar.
Key figures from the world of cinema will be attending including outgoing Berlinale artistic director Carlo Chatrian in the main competition jury, Argentine director and screenwriter Martín Rejtman with his latest film “Riders” in the Burning Lights section, and celebrated French author Christine Angot with her debut film “Une Famille,” which premiered in Berlin.
This year’s opening film is Juan Palacios and Sofie Johannesen’s “As the Tide Comes In,” which has been touring the festival circuit since opening at IDFA.
- 3/19/2024
- by Lise Pedersen
- Variety - Film News
Screen is running this regularly updated page with the latest film festival and market dates from across the world.
To submit details of or alter your festival dates, please contact us here with the name, dates, country and website for the event. Screen is also running a calendar for UK-Ireland film release dates here.
Ongoing
Cph:dox, Denmark - March 13-24
Sofia International Film Festival, Bulgaria - March 13-24
Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania - March 14-27
Manchester Film Festival, UK - March 15-24
Series Mania, France - March 17-24
Screen Forever, Australia - March 19-21
March
Hippodrome Silent Film Festival,...
To submit details of or alter your festival dates, please contact us here with the name, dates, country and website for the event. Screen is also running a calendar for UK-Ireland film release dates here.
Ongoing
Cph:dox, Denmark - March 13-24
Sofia International Film Festival, Bulgaria - March 13-24
Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania - March 14-27
Manchester Film Festival, UK - March 15-24
Series Mania, France - March 17-24
Screen Forever, Australia - March 19-21
March
Hippodrome Silent Film Festival,...
- 3/19/2024
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet forget they used to be in love in a wonderfully inventive and moving reminder of why romantic pain is an important thing to remember
The greatest screen romances are usually about failure, not happily ever afters. Love sacrificed. Love unrequited. Love forbidden by social mores or bad timing or the tectonic forces of history. Think Casablanca. Brief Encounter. In the Mood for Love. The Age of Innocence. Moonlight. Considered another way, though, they’re powerful because they end so pristinely, before the banal hassles and petty fissures of everyday life make a mess of things. Give a relationship enough time and Before Sunrise turns into Before Midnight.
One of the reasons why Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, now 20 years old, ranks among the best love stories of the 21st century is that it makes the unique argument that failure is an essential, precious part of romantic experience.
The greatest screen romances are usually about failure, not happily ever afters. Love sacrificed. Love unrequited. Love forbidden by social mores or bad timing or the tectonic forces of history. Think Casablanca. Brief Encounter. In the Mood for Love. The Age of Innocence. Moonlight. Considered another way, though, they’re powerful because they end so pristinely, before the banal hassles and petty fissures of everyday life make a mess of things. Give a relationship enough time and Before Sunrise turns into Before Midnight.
One of the reasons why Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, now 20 years old, ranks among the best love stories of the 21st century is that it makes the unique argument that failure is an essential, precious part of romantic experience.
- 3/19/2024
- by Scott Tobias
- The Guardian - Film News
Grainne Brunsdon has been promoted to chief operating officer within federal funding and policy body Screen Australia. She was the organization’s director of content, where she led production investment and development, distribution support, and business initiatives for the last two years.
Starting the new job from April 1, Brunsdon succeeds Michael Brealey, who departed the agency in December 2023 after five years in the role.
Brunsdon has more than 25 years’ experience in the entertainment sector. Prior to joining Screen Australia in 2022, she was head of Screen Nsw.
She was also director of arts investment, engagement and development at Create Nsw where she was instrumental in the introduction of the 50:50 by 2020 initiative addressing gender parity in the screen industry, and the Screenability Nsw initiative, which provided opportunities for practitioners with disability.
She has other experience managing funding programs and targeted initiatives across arts, screen and culture in addition to overseeing the...
Starting the new job from April 1, Brunsdon succeeds Michael Brealey, who departed the agency in December 2023 after five years in the role.
Brunsdon has more than 25 years’ experience in the entertainment sector. Prior to joining Screen Australia in 2022, she was head of Screen Nsw.
She was also director of arts investment, engagement and development at Create Nsw where she was instrumental in the introduction of the 50:50 by 2020 initiative addressing gender parity in the screen industry, and the Screenability Nsw initiative, which provided opportunities for practitioners with disability.
She has other experience managing funding programs and targeted initiatives across arts, screen and culture in addition to overseeing the...
- 3/19/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety - Film News
Unsupported assertions and gormless naivety drive this mishmash of pseudoscience and manipulated religious doctrine
Clearly scheduled to give vegetarians and vegans ammunition to shame carnivorous family members around the Easter and Passover dinner table, this passionate but unpersuasive documentary argues that Jesus was probably a vegetarian. Ultimately, the theory gets largely traced back to the apocryphal Gospel of the Ebionites, a text that’s been around since the second century; director Kip Andersen, however, makes a whole song and dance out of “discovering” this notion in a roundabout way, making for an entertainingly barmy quest. By the end, we’re informed that scientists have found the supposedly “happiest human on Earth”: a vegan Buddhist monk named Matthieu Ricard who spends most of his time meditating on compassion and has “high-amplitude gamma activity” in his brain which means it “fires on the highest levels”.
This particular mishmash of pseudoscientific buzz...
Clearly scheduled to give vegetarians and vegans ammunition to shame carnivorous family members around the Easter and Passover dinner table, this passionate but unpersuasive documentary argues that Jesus was probably a vegetarian. Ultimately, the theory gets largely traced back to the apocryphal Gospel of the Ebionites, a text that’s been around since the second century; director Kip Andersen, however, makes a whole song and dance out of “discovering” this notion in a roundabout way, making for an entertainingly barmy quest. By the end, we’re informed that scientists have found the supposedly “happiest human on Earth”: a vegan Buddhist monk named Matthieu Ricard who spends most of his time meditating on compassion and has “high-amplitude gamma activity” in his brain which means it “fires on the highest levels”.
This particular mishmash of pseudoscientific buzz...
- 3/19/2024
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
“The Boy and the Heron,” the Oscar-winning animated feature film by iconic Japanese director Miyazaki Hayao, is finally to be given a release in cinemas in mainland China.
The picture is scheduled to release in China on April 3, 2024, according to Alibaba Pictures. Tickets are already available on booking sites such as Maoyan and Alibaba’s Taopiaopiao.
The film was released in Japan in July last year. It opened across much of the rest of the world from October.
While most films release in China on Fridays, giving “The Boy and the Heron” a Wednesday outing will allow it to play to family audiences through the Qingming holiday period, which officially runs for three days April 4-6.
Alibaba Pictures, an Alibaba Group subsidiary, in January announced a strategic partnership with Studio Ghibli, the Japanese studio behind the Miyazaki movie.
The partnership is supposed to cover the development of animation content for...
The picture is scheduled to release in China on April 3, 2024, according to Alibaba Pictures. Tickets are already available on booking sites such as Maoyan and Alibaba’s Taopiaopiao.
The film was released in Japan in July last year. It opened across much of the rest of the world from October.
While most films release in China on Fridays, giving “The Boy and the Heron” a Wednesday outing will allow it to play to family audiences through the Qingming holiday period, which officially runs for three days April 4-6.
Alibaba Pictures, an Alibaba Group subsidiary, in January announced a strategic partnership with Studio Ghibli, the Japanese studio behind the Miyazaki movie.
The partnership is supposed to cover the development of animation content for...
- 3/19/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety - Film News
The works of William Shakespeare have been the touchstone for dramatic productions for centuries, influencing authors, actors, and filmmakers ever since the reign of Elizabeth I. While the genius of Shakespeare is on display in his talent for witty dialogue, comedic turns, and tragic irony, perhaps the most adapted and influential of his plays is Macbeth, often superstitiously referred to as “The Scottish Play.”...
- 3/19/2024
- by Patrick Lyon
- Collider.com
Top Bollywood star Ajay Devgn’s Indian visual effects studio NY VFXWaala has set a strategic partnership with Sweden’s Goodbye Kansas Studio.
NY VFXWaala has secured a major stake in Stockholm-based Goodbye Kansas, through an offshore subsidiary, while simultaneously launching a joint venture studio in India.
“Shaitaan,” starring Devgn, is currently in cinemas and is one of the biggest Bollywood hits of the year. NY VFXWaala’s 300-film portfolio includes Bollywood films “Bhuj” and “Malang” and Tamil-language film “Bigil.”
Goodbye Kansas specializes in creating trailers for games worldwide and visual effects for live-action productions. Its portfolio includes work on games like “Cyberpunk 2077,” “God of War: Ragnarök” and “Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.” The company has ongoing collaborations with HBO, Netflix, Prime Video, Disney, Apple TV+, Paramount+ and more, and recent shows it has contributed to include “True Detective” Season 4, “One Piece” and “Carnival Row.” Its film work includes “Asteroid City” and “A Man Called Otto.
NY VFXWaala has secured a major stake in Stockholm-based Goodbye Kansas, through an offshore subsidiary, while simultaneously launching a joint venture studio in India.
“Shaitaan,” starring Devgn, is currently in cinemas and is one of the biggest Bollywood hits of the year. NY VFXWaala’s 300-film portfolio includes Bollywood films “Bhuj” and “Malang” and Tamil-language film “Bigil.”
Goodbye Kansas specializes in creating trailers for games worldwide and visual effects for live-action productions. Its portfolio includes work on games like “Cyberpunk 2077,” “God of War: Ragnarök” and “Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.” The company has ongoing collaborations with HBO, Netflix, Prime Video, Disney, Apple TV+, Paramount+ and more, and recent shows it has contributed to include “True Detective” Season 4, “One Piece” and “Carnival Row.” Its film work includes “Asteroid City” and “A Man Called Otto.
- 3/19/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety - Film News
There is no such thing as a perfect movie.
No matter how integral a certain film may be to the history of cinema, no matter how widely beloved it might be by a mass audience, and no matter how politically and sociologically relevant it may have been to the modern world, there is always an error, a nitpick, an omission, or a production problem that can be included. No work of art is going to be 100% unassailable, largely because a wide swath of humanity will be able to see it, and no two people are going to feel exactly the same way about it.
In modern parlance, the closest critics and audiences may be able to come to a measurable consensus is the approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The way Rotten Tomatoes works: professional critics, writing for a broad gallery of approved outlets, submit a review to Rt, selecting it to be "fresh" or "rotten.
No matter how integral a certain film may be to the history of cinema, no matter how widely beloved it might be by a mass audience, and no matter how politically and sociologically relevant it may have been to the modern world, there is always an error, a nitpick, an omission, or a production problem that can be included. No work of art is going to be 100% unassailable, largely because a wide swath of humanity will be able to see it, and no two people are going to feel exactly the same way about it.
In modern parlance, the closest critics and audiences may be able to come to a measurable consensus is the approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The way Rotten Tomatoes works: professional critics, writing for a broad gallery of approved outlets, submit a review to Rt, selecting it to be "fresh" or "rotten.
- 3/19/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
IATSE resumed negotiations with the major studios on Monday, with a day spent focused on items relevant to the International Cinematographers Guild, Local 600.
IATSE began talks earlier this month, as it seeks to address artificial intelligence, see wage increases to make up for inflation, and close a significant shortfall in its pension and health fund.
With more than 9,000 active members, the Icg is the largest of the IATSE locals involved in bargaining.
The union sent an update to its members on Monday evening recapping the day’s events. Alex Tonisson, the national executive director, gave opening remarks and presented proposals. Carol Lombardini, the president of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, also made opening remarks and presented the studio proposals.
After that, the two sides met amongst themselves and then called it a day, with talks due to resume Tuesday. The Art Directors Guild, Local 800, is expected to follow the cinematographers’ guild,...
IATSE began talks earlier this month, as it seeks to address artificial intelligence, see wage increases to make up for inflation, and close a significant shortfall in its pension and health fund.
With more than 9,000 active members, the Icg is the largest of the IATSE locals involved in bargaining.
The union sent an update to its members on Monday evening recapping the day’s events. Alex Tonisson, the national executive director, gave opening remarks and presented proposals. Carol Lombardini, the president of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, also made opening remarks and presented the studio proposals.
After that, the two sides met amongst themselves and then called it a day, with talks due to resume Tuesday. The Art Directors Guild, Local 800, is expected to follow the cinematographers’ guild,...
- 3/19/2024
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety - Film News
Since its inception in 1969, Sesame Street has become one of the most popular children's television shows of all time, a favorite of children, parents, and educators alike. With friendly characters like Big Bird (Caroll Spinney/Matt Vogel) and maybe not so friendly but entirely harmless, like Oscar the Grouch (Caroll Spinney/Eric Jacobson), to beloved human characters like Bob Johnson (Bob McGrath), the innocent show hasn't garnered controversy. Well, wait a moment. Actually, one 1976 episode, #847, actually did create a stir, enough that it was never broadcast again. What could Sesame Street possibly do to warrant such action? Did they stage a coup against the number 6? Did Bert (Frank Oz/Eric Jacobson) create a pigeon blitzkrieg to take over the Street, and then the world? No, it was simply just too scary.
- 3/19/2024
- by Lloyd Farley
- Collider.com
Airing between 1999 and 2007 for a total of six seasons, The Sopranos was a revolutionary television show that helped change the medium forever. It's not even a bold claim to say that The Sopranos is one of the best shows of all time, if not the best. It's rare to find critics or viewers - either back when the show was airing or nowadays - who aren't enthusiastic about it, with its cinematic presentation, complex characters, expert use of music, and highly engaging storylines making it essential TV.
- 3/19/2024
- by Jeremy Urquhart
- Collider.com
House of the Dragon covers the civil war known as The Dance of Dragons in which the Targaryens fought against each other for the right to rule the Seven Kingdoms. Fire & Blood author George R.R. Martin claimed the show will need at least 4 seasons to tell the full story of Rhaenyra Targaryen’s (Emma D'Arcy) war with Aegon II, (Tom Glynn-Carney) but the story of the Targaryens doesn’t end there. House of the Dragon takes place more than 150 years before the events of Game of Thrones, and many Targaryen rulers rose and fell during this period.
- 3/19/2024
- by Jack Harper
- Collider.com
Grey’s Anatomy has seen a lot of characters come and go. From OGs who were around from the pilot episode, to characters that joined a little later but still left their mark nonetheless. We always hope we’ll see them again, but never know for sure. So when it was announced that Arizona Robbins (Jessica Capshaw) would be making her grand return, fans were ecstatic. She left the show far too soon (and far too abruptly), so seeing her come back will surely be a highlight of the new season. Arizona is a character that fans have been crossing their fingers would return sooner or later, but what about the characters that have yet to make an appearance? Show creator Shonda Rhimes has made some incredible TV shows, and some of those shows happen to be set in the Grey’s Anatomy universe. Shows like Station 19 and Private Practice, specifically. And...
- 3/19/2024
- by Samantha Graves
- Collider.com
One year into the Twilight phenomenon that took the world by storm, South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook released his own take on a vampiric romance, Thirst. The film stars Parasite's Song Kang-ho as a priest, Sang-hyun, who becomes a vampire after a medical experiment goes awry. Eventually, he becomes intertwined in a murderous affair with his friend's wife Tae-ju, played by Kim Ok-bin.
- 3/19/2024
- by Daniel Cruse
- Collider.com
The era of overpriced collectible popcorn buckets is upon us! Though "buckets" may be too strong a word here. Over the past few years, theater chains like AMC, Cinemark, and Regal have gotten so creative with their novelty food-holder designs that merch sites have started branding them as limited edition "vessels" or "containers" rather than buckets. The days of the simple bucket with a custom-print design aren't entirely behind us -- Taylor Swift's wild popular Era's Tour popcorn bucket proved that much -- but the gap between usable dishware and display-only tchotchkes seems to be closing quickly.
The "Dune 2" sandworm may be the popcorn vessel that went viral, but it's not the only creative -- and questionably designed -- officially licensed popcorn container out there. Below, we've ranked 12 of the weirdest and wildest designs released by major American theater chains using five highly scientific criteria: bragging rights, practicality, creativity,...
The "Dune 2" sandworm may be the popcorn vessel that went viral, but it's not the only creative -- and questionably designed -- officially licensed popcorn container out there. Below, we've ranked 12 of the weirdest and wildest designs released by major American theater chains using five highly scientific criteria: bragging rights, practicality, creativity,...
- 3/19/2024
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Based on the novels by science fiction author Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem tells the story of a ripple effect started during the Chinese Revolution by a young astrophysicist. After seeing her father murdered, scientist Ye Wenji is sent to a remote radar base to work for the military, a front she eventually realizes is to cover up an attempt to contact alien life. Little does she know, a decision she'll make on that base will echo across time and space, affecting a group of scientists living in the present day.
- 3/19/2024
- by Emily Cappello
- Collider.com
The 1980s were, without a doubt, one of the best decades for cinema, witnessing the production of multiple iconic classics that audiences today continue to love. Of the many things that make these films so memorable, their fun and well-written characters are perhaps among the most important elements. When a character is distinctive enough, it usually guarantees that the movie they're in will be unforgettable.
- 3/19/2024
- by Diego Pineda Pacheco
- Collider.com
The newest cinematic adaptations of Frank Herbert’s Dune have taken the world by storm, with the recently released sequel, Dune: Part Two, doing even better at the box office than its predecessor. The first Dune film is already vast in scope and world-building, with director Denis Villeneuve crafting a unique glimpse into a whole new universe that he still only scratches the surface of. It is a vibrant vision, though a focused one, that makes sparing use of exposition in order to prioritize the story. Still, there are some questions that have since arisen.
- 3/19/2024
- by Chase Hutchinson
- Collider.com
There isn’t an ideal place for the public to discuss child abuse allegations, but for now, TikTok might be our best option. That’s a precarious position for young entertainers and their advocates to be in as the U.S. government once again moves to ban the social media platform.
On Sunday, March 17, ID Network’s “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” began its deep dive into the toxic workplace allegations and child abuse reports that emerged out of Nickelodeon following Dan Schneider’s ousting in 2018. Within hours of the docuseries’ premiere, dozens of press outlets and at-home viewers started posting TikTok supercuts of the most damning moments from the first two episodes.
Tagging “Quiet on Set,” Stephanie Matto from “90 Day Fiancé” even made a video discussing her personal experiences with Schneider and the competitive nature of TV parents at Nickelodeon from when she was a young actress.
On Sunday, March 17, ID Network’s “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” began its deep dive into the toxic workplace allegations and child abuse reports that emerged out of Nickelodeon following Dan Schneider’s ousting in 2018. Within hours of the docuseries’ premiere, dozens of press outlets and at-home viewers started posting TikTok supercuts of the most damning moments from the first two episodes.
Tagging “Quiet on Set,” Stephanie Matto from “90 Day Fiancé” even made a video discussing her personal experiences with Schneider and the competitive nature of TV parents at Nickelodeon from when she was a young actress.
- 3/19/2024
- by Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
Both installments of director Denis Villeneuve's Dune franchise have been box-office hits. It's not surprising that each release caused a spike in sales of the novel Dune by Frank Herbert, on which both films are based. Many people who seek out the original book won't be looking for anything all that different from, say, the experience of revisiting one of the previous cinematic adaptations of the science fiction franchise. That is, one more telling of the tale of the Fremen of the planet Arrakis, and of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet). But Dune has inspired passionate (to say the least) fans for decades, and some will want more than just another telling. They'll want to know what this book meant to Herbert, its author, and how the story of Dune was born. Luckily, this is a pretty exciting time to take up an interest in what Dune meant to Frank Herbert,...
- 3/19/2024
- by David Hunter
- Collider.com
As the saying goes, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” but when it comes to movies, sometimes you don’t realize it was ever broken until something new comes along. Movie remakes vary from the good to the awful, but when they’re good – they’re great! New innovations in technology, and societal and cultural changes all contribute to the desire to update classic movies, with some remakes better than the original.
- 3/19/2024
- by Hannah Saab, Amanda Cataldo
- Collider.com
After weeks of rumors, Sony Pictures has confirmed that all eight live-action "Spider-Man" movies are indeed returning to theaters beginning next month. Each film in the franchise, beginning with Sam Raimi's original 2002 superhero classic, will be given a week-long run in theaters from Monday to Sunday. It remains to be seen how much general audiences will be interested in revisiting these movies on the big screen, but even on the low end, this could be just what theaters need right now. It also could help Sony make up some box office revenue they were expecting from a certain other live-action Marvel project that fell well short of expectations.
Dubbed "Spider-Mondays," Sony is releasing the movies in theaters again to honor the 100th anniversary of Columbia Pictures this year. The superhero flicks will arrive in the order they were originally released which means fans can look forward to "Spider-Man" (April...
Dubbed "Spider-Mondays," Sony is releasing the movies in theaters again to honor the 100th anniversary of Columbia Pictures this year. The superhero flicks will arrive in the order they were originally released which means fans can look forward to "Spider-Man" (April...
- 3/19/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
A tale of disability, abuse, expectations and family secrets, “She Looks Like Me” from director Torquil Jones has a headstart on most documentaries, given its subject matter’s winding twists and turns. Some key details end up obscured — there’s enough real-life material here to fill an entire miniseries — but the film has an alluring atmosphere, and is rife with enough intimate re-enactments, to be occasionally absorbing.
Dreamlike hymns echo off the walls of an ornate church in the movie’s opening scenes. These have little thematic bearing on the story, but they make for a vibrant aesthetic, appearing and reappearing during moments of quiet reflection. A now-adult Jen Bricker — a woman born without legs — narrates the broad strokes of her childhood, from her adoption in rural Illinois, to the way her parents and three older brothers raised her to believe she could do anything she wanted. Old photos and...
Dreamlike hymns echo off the walls of an ornate church in the movie’s opening scenes. These have little thematic bearing on the story, but they make for a vibrant aesthetic, appearing and reappearing during moments of quiet reflection. A now-adult Jen Bricker — a woman born without legs — narrates the broad strokes of her childhood, from her adoption in rural Illinois, to the way her parents and three older brothers raised her to believe she could do anything she wanted. Old photos and...
- 3/18/2024
- by Siddhant Adlakha
- Variety - Film News
An integral aspect of the best horror movies is mystery, a foreboding question that lingers throughout the story as viewers are not only horrified by what horrible things are happening to these characters, but also by the masked assailant committing these atrocities. A perfect illustration of how a project can merge its horror and mystery elements is Harper's Island, a limited series created by Ari Schlossberg that terrified audiences when it premiered on CBS in 2009.
- 3/18/2024
- by Joel Medina
- Collider.com
If you haven’t taken the leap to bundle Disney+ and Hulu, it might be time. Streaming is only getting more expensive and competitive, and the enticing bundle (which also includes ESPN) might be a version of cable TV, but it’s also just cost efficient. Disney+ and Hulu are so intertwined that their monthly listing updates come in the same email — and as such, we decided to compile them here for you in the same list.
Whether you have Disney+ or Hulu, or both (and the IndieWire staff has weighed on our favorites), each has its benefits. Disney has the family-friendly titles, the Star Wars and Marvel (new episodes of “The Bad Batch” and “X-Men: 97” continue through April), while Hulu is the place to catch FX originals and network episodes. Both streamers have the rights to distribute National Geographic titles, which are well worth exploring along with the rest of the library.
Whether you have Disney+ or Hulu, or both (and the IndieWire staff has weighed on our favorites), each has its benefits. Disney has the family-friendly titles, the Star Wars and Marvel (new episodes of “The Bad Batch” and “X-Men: 97” continue through April), while Hulu is the place to catch FX originals and network episodes. Both streamers have the rights to distribute National Geographic titles, which are well worth exploring along with the rest of the library.
- 3/18/2024
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
After a substantial delay, production on the final season of Yellowstone is set to resume this summer, and it seems that we may be getting slightly more than anticipated. Josh Lucas, who plays the younger John Dutton (played by Kevin Costner) in flashback scenes, has revealed that there could be more episodes than first planned for the final part of the Dutton family saga. Lucas has previously spoken of his desire to continue playing John Dutton in his own spin-off.
- 3/18/2024
- by Chris McPherson
- Collider.com
In his vast career, William Shatner has directed five features. Three of them were documentaries about the making of "Star Trek" including "The Captains" in 2011, "Get a Life!" in 2012, and "Chaos on the Bridge" in 2014. Prior to these, Shatner also helmed a 2002 sci-fi film called "Groom Lake," which he co-wrote with the notorious "Star Trek" producer Maurice Hurley.
Shatner's highest-profile directing gig, however, came in 1989 with the release of "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier." To this day, "Star Trek V" is considered the least of the "Star Trek" movies, lambasted for its clunky script, weird central conceit, and cheap special effects. In the film, the U.S.S. Enterprise is hijacked by Sybok (Laurence Luckinbill), the half-brother of Spock (Leonard Nimoy). Sybok flies the ship to the very center of the galaxy where he hopes to meet God face-to-face. Along the way, Sybok converts several Enterprise crew members to...
Shatner's highest-profile directing gig, however, came in 1989 with the release of "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier." To this day, "Star Trek V" is considered the least of the "Star Trek" movies, lambasted for its clunky script, weird central conceit, and cheap special effects. In the film, the U.S.S. Enterprise is hijacked by Sybok (Laurence Luckinbill), the half-brother of Spock (Leonard Nimoy). Sybok flies the ship to the very center of the galaxy where he hopes to meet God face-to-face. Along the way, Sybok converts several Enterprise crew members to...
- 3/18/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
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