The Official Selection for the 77th Cannes Film Festival was revealed Thursday, with 19 movies in Competition (see full lists below).
Familiar names who will launch new works in the Competition include Ali Abbasi, who brings The Apprentice, a feature pic about the early life of Donald Trump. Andrea Arnold returns with Bird, starring Barry Keoghan, and Jacques Audiard’s latest, Emilia Perez, a musical with Selena Gomez will also debut in competition.
Elsewhere, American filmmaker Sean Baker brings Anora to the Croisette. Poor Things filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos will launch Kinds of Kindness, his latest collab with Emma Stone. David Cronenberg returns with The Shrouds, and Paul Schrader will debut Oh Canada starring Jacob Elordi, Uma Thurman and Richard Gere.
Related: ‘The Apprentice’: First Look At Sebastian Stan As Donald Trump & Jeremy Strong As Roy Cohn In Cannes Competition Film
There’s a strong English-language and American presence in the...
Familiar names who will launch new works in the Competition include Ali Abbasi, who brings The Apprentice, a feature pic about the early life of Donald Trump. Andrea Arnold returns with Bird, starring Barry Keoghan, and Jacques Audiard’s latest, Emilia Perez, a musical with Selena Gomez will also debut in competition.
Elsewhere, American filmmaker Sean Baker brings Anora to the Croisette. Poor Things filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos will launch Kinds of Kindness, his latest collab with Emma Stone. David Cronenberg returns with The Shrouds, and Paul Schrader will debut Oh Canada starring Jacob Elordi, Uma Thurman and Richard Gere.
Related: ‘The Apprentice’: First Look At Sebastian Stan As Donald Trump & Jeremy Strong As Roy Cohn In Cannes Competition Film
There’s a strong English-language and American presence in the...
- 4/11/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Udine Far East Film Festival is back with a record line-up to celebrate its 25th edition. 78 films, 14 countries, 9 world premieres – Golden Mulberry for Lifetime Achievement to Baisho Chieko – On the red carpet also Johnnie To, Watanabe Hirobumi and Jang Sun-woo.
If there are 78 films (record number!) and they come from 14 countries, it should certainly be emphasized that the line-up includes 15 women directors and 12 newcomers. In brief, the 2023 selection aims to restore great complexity more than ever of Asia. A selection that combines the recent past with today, seamlessly, among different communities, different expectations and choices of life, languages and dialects, politics, religions, habits, inclinations, beliefs, myths and legends and, last but not least, different gender identities. A selection that tells in real time how the cinematography of East and Southeast Asia have re-emerged from the sad period of the pandemic, not all in the same way, and not all with the same results.
If there are 78 films (record number!) and they come from 14 countries, it should certainly be emphasized that the line-up includes 15 women directors and 12 newcomers. In brief, the 2023 selection aims to restore great complexity more than ever of Asia. A selection that combines the recent past with today, seamlessly, among different communities, different expectations and choices of life, languages and dialects, politics, religions, habits, inclinations, beliefs, myths and legends and, last but not least, different gender identities. A selection that tells in real time how the cinematography of East and Southeast Asia have re-emerged from the sad period of the pandemic, not all in the same way, and not all with the same results.
- 4/5/2023
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Before you start chanting “Green light, red light” inspired by Lee Jung-jae’s most sucessfull screen appearance, bear in mind that his directorial debut “Hunt” has so many traffic lights to deal with, that you won’t have time to spell ‘green’ until the end. In this vertigo pacing political thriller, there are so many things happening that it is a true challenge to follow the plot. Lee’s thriller bag is full of explosions, double crossing, torture and sub-plots making one’s mind foggy, and despite of being thankful for plenty of action, you will wish there was a manual to adapt your simpleton expectations of a thriller to it. If there is a bit of a relief that at least some information about the political setting is given in the title cards, other elements are left to be put in their right order. Except that there are simply too many of them.
- 5/24/2022
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
Is there such a thing as too many stunts?
Paramount unveiled our first look at Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning: Part One on Monday morning, and it's a feast for the eyes.
The latest flick hits theaters July 14, 2023, and the movie should be available on Paramount+ around 45 days later, in line with Scream and Jackass Forever.
You don't have to go to the movies to get showstopping movies these days.
You just have to wait around six weeks to get in on the fun!
Tom Cruise returns for the latest chapter of the iconic franchise.
We pick up with Ethan Hunt as a man on the run, which means he'll be more cutthroat than before.
The movie also stars Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby (The Crown), Hayley Atwell (Marvel's Agent Carter), Shea Whigham, and Pom Klementieff.
The cast is rounded out by Esai Morales (Titans), Henry Czerny (Revenge), Rob Delaney,...
Paramount unveiled our first look at Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning: Part One on Monday morning, and it's a feast for the eyes.
The latest flick hits theaters July 14, 2023, and the movie should be available on Paramount+ around 45 days later, in line with Scream and Jackass Forever.
You don't have to go to the movies to get showstopping movies these days.
You just have to wait around six weeks to get in on the fun!
Tom Cruise returns for the latest chapter of the iconic franchise.
We pick up with Ethan Hunt as a man on the run, which means he'll be more cutthroat than before.
The movie also stars Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby (The Crown), Hayley Atwell (Marvel's Agent Carter), Shea Whigham, and Pom Klementieff.
The cast is rounded out by Esai Morales (Titans), Henry Czerny (Revenge), Rob Delaney,...
- 5/23/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Continuing to show that Korean thrillers are just on a whole other level, Lee Jung-jae makes his directorial feature debut with "Hunt," an action-packed spy thriller with plot twist upon plot twist upon plot twist, and not a single care for whether the audience can keep up with its convoluted story and well-choreographed action that feels straight out of a Michael Mann movie.
"Hunt" takes place in 1983, just four years after South Korean dictator Park Chung-hee was assassinated by the chief of his intelligence agency, ending 16 years of violence and abuse of power. Except his death only led to more violence...
The post Hunt Review: An Intense and Unpredictably Twist-Filled Korean Spy Thriller [Cannes] appeared first on /Film.
"Hunt" takes place in 1983, just four years after South Korean dictator Park Chung-hee was assassinated by the chief of his intelligence agency, ending 16 years of violence and abuse of power. Except his death only led to more violence...
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- 5/20/2022
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
The Cannes Film Festival keeps rolling along with some surprises and a dash of controversy, but Thursday night saw the premiere of the first major American film in the main competition: James Gray’s “Armageddon Time,” a movie that on its face was the subject of some early Oscar buzz.
Gray basked in an emotional seven-minute standing ovation following the premiere of the film Thursday night, proudly telling the Cannes crowd that the film they just saw is “my story,” a nostalgic look at the director’s childhood growing up as a bratty kid with a Jewish mother and grandfather in 1980s New York, the latter played by Anthony Hopkins.
“We finished the film last Saturday and brought it here. I’m grateful to each and every one of you,” he said.
“Armageddon Time” star Anne Hathaway likewise got emotional discussing the film in the press conference on Friday morning,...
Gray basked in an emotional seven-minute standing ovation following the premiere of the film Thursday night, proudly telling the Cannes crowd that the film they just saw is “my story,” a nostalgic look at the director’s childhood growing up as a bratty kid with a Jewish mother and grandfather in 1980s New York, the latter played by Anthony Hopkins.
“We finished the film last Saturday and brought it here. I’m grateful to each and every one of you,” he said.
“Armageddon Time” star Anne Hathaway likewise got emotional discussing the film in the press conference on Friday morning,...
- 5/20/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
“Armageddon Time” may be a film about James Gray’s childhood in Queens, New York, but the writer-director told a Cannes press conference on Friday that he very deliberately used that setting to address ways in which today’s America is broken.
“I think we’re in serious trouble today, don’t you?” said Gray, whose film stars Banks Repeta as Paul Graff, a version of the director as a sixth-grader, and Jeremy Strong and Anne Hathaway as his parents. “What happened? How’d we get here, where there’s, like, two people who own everything and a bunch of authoritarians trying to take over the planet?”
The system of inequality, he added, extends to Hollywood and to the plight of filmmakers and artists today. “The market is God,” he said. “If you tell someone under 20 ‘you’re a sellout,’ they think it means they have no more tickets left.
“I think we’re in serious trouble today, don’t you?” said Gray, whose film stars Banks Repeta as Paul Graff, a version of the director as a sixth-grader, and Jeremy Strong and Anne Hathaway as his parents. “What happened? How’d we get here, where there’s, like, two people who own everything and a bunch of authoritarians trying to take over the planet?”
The system of inequality, he added, extends to Hollywood and to the plight of filmmakers and artists today. “The market is God,” he said. “If you tell someone under 20 ‘you’re a sellout,’ they think it means they have no more tickets left.
- 5/20/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
‘Squid Game’ star Lee Jung-jae made his directorial debut with the espionage action thriller ‘Hunt’, which premiered at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on Friday, reports Yonhap. At Grand Theatre Lumiere, the main venue of the world’s most prestigious film festival, ‘Hunt’ was first shown as part of the non-competition Midnight Screening section and received […]...
- 5/20/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
On Oct. 26, 1979, South Korean president Park Chung-hee was assassinated by the chief of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency — a coup that ended the autocrat’s 16-year grip on a country that has wrestled with corruption and scandal ever since. The still-mysterious circumstances of that inside job (which inspired 2005’s “The President’s Last Bang”) gives “Squid Game” star Lee Jung-jae ample license to hatch all kinds of wild conspiracies in Cannes-selected directorial debut “Hunt,” a twisty, action-packed political thriller — one that keeps you guessing even as it spirals into ever-crazier realms — about renegade agents, shifting agendas and a nutty plot against Park’s successor.
“Hunt” takes place four years after Park’s death, in 1983, as rival security chiefs try to outmaneuver one another with the putative goal of protecting the new leader. Since a Kcia chief killed the previous prexy, however, it’s plausible that an insider might try to...
“Hunt” takes place four years after Park’s death, in 1983, as rival security chiefs try to outmaneuver one another with the putative goal of protecting the new leader. Since a Kcia chief killed the previous prexy, however, it’s plausible that an insider might try to...
- 5/20/2022
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Although a star for nearly 30 years in South Korean films, Lee Jung-Jae recently rocketed to international fame on a whole other level as the star of the television phenomenon, The Squid Game. All of that spotlight will add to interest in Hunt, which he not only stars, produces, co-wrote (with Jo Seung-Hee), but makes his feature film directorial debut, one that just had its World Premiere in the Midnight section of the Cannes Film Festival.
Taking on all these extra jobs can be perilous for an actor on his level but it is easy to see why Hunt, an action-filled, character-driven psychological espionage tale was appealing for the star. First it offers a crackerjack role as Park Pyong-Ho, leader of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency’s Foreign Unit, plus a constantly twisting plotline that lends itself not only to several well-executed action set pieces and global intrigue, but also has...
Taking on all these extra jobs can be perilous for an actor on his level but it is easy to see why Hunt, an action-filled, character-driven psychological espionage tale was appealing for the star. First it offers a crackerjack role as Park Pyong-Ho, leader of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency’s Foreign Unit, plus a constantly twisting plotline that lends itself not only to several well-executed action set pieces and global intrigue, but also has...
- 5/20/2022
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
that doesn’t tell a story so much as it chronically bumps into one, “Hunt” — the directorial debut of “Squid Game” star Lee Jung-jae, who also co-wrote the script and plays the lead role — begins with a premise so primed for spy-vs-spy mind games that you can almost hear John le Carré licking his lips from beyond the grave.
It’s the early 1980s, North and South Korea are locked in a paranoia-driven cold war, and the Gwangju Uprising is still fresh in everyone’s minds. In fact, the massacre has left such a stain on the nation’s psyche that it even seeps into the Tarantino-esque alternate history that Lee spins here, providing some extra sogginess at the bottom of a self-serious popcorn movie in which the South Korean president is only a symbolic representation of the real Chun Doo-hwan.
Alarmed by the unrest and further agitated by rumors...
It’s the early 1980s, North and South Korea are locked in a paranoia-driven cold war, and the Gwangju Uprising is still fresh in everyone’s minds. In fact, the massacre has left such a stain on the nation’s psyche that it even seeps into the Tarantino-esque alternate history that Lee spins here, providing some extra sogginess at the bottom of a self-serious popcorn movie in which the South Korean president is only a symbolic representation of the real Chun Doo-hwan.
Alarmed by the unrest and further agitated by rumors...
- 5/20/2022
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
They are co-developing the film with Irish animation studio Piranha Bar.
Singapore and Indian-based animation company Cosmos-Maya will adapt Rudyard Kipling’s novel Kim into a feature-length animated film.
They are co-developing the film with Irish animation studio Piranha Bar.
Set in 1890’s India, Kim is a Kung Fu odyssey about the eponymous original child spy and his exploits.
Ketan Mehta will direct and has co-written the screenplay with James V. Hart and Jake Hart, whose previous credits include Hook, Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Contact.
Comsos-Maya was founded by Mehta and Deepa Sahi in 1995. The company primarily focuses on...
Singapore and Indian-based animation company Cosmos-Maya will adapt Rudyard Kipling’s novel Kim into a feature-length animated film.
They are co-developing the film with Irish animation studio Piranha Bar.
Set in 1890’s India, Kim is a Kung Fu odyssey about the eponymous original child spy and his exploits.
Ketan Mehta will direct and has co-written the screenplay with James V. Hart and Jake Hart, whose previous credits include Hook, Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Contact.
Comsos-Maya was founded by Mehta and Deepa Sahi in 1995. The company primarily focuses on...
- 5/19/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Lee Jung-jae, who made history with his work on “Squid Game,” is now making his directorial debut with the spy movie “Hunt,” which is premiering at Cannes.
Although he’s the first Asian to win the Critics Choice and Screen Actors Guild Awards for lead actor drama in Netflix’s dystopian drama, and likely will continue that history as the first to be nominated for an Emmy for a non-English speaking role, he hopes it won’t always be like this.
“I hope later on we don’t need to put any boundaries like Asian men and non-Asian men,” he tells Variety. “I hope this boundary just doesn’t need to exist going forward.”
While making “Hunt,” Lee described how he used persuasion versus control while working with actors.
“Instead of control, I’d say we had a lot of conversations with the actors. First, I listened to what they...
Although he’s the first Asian to win the Critics Choice and Screen Actors Guild Awards for lead actor drama in Netflix’s dystopian drama, and likely will continue that history as the first to be nominated for an Emmy for a non-English speaking role, he hopes it won’t always be like this.
“I hope later on we don’t need to put any boundaries like Asian men and non-Asian men,” he tells Variety. “I hope this boundary just doesn’t need to exist going forward.”
While making “Hunt,” Lee described how he used persuasion versus control while working with actors.
“Instead of control, I’d say we had a lot of conversations with the actors. First, I listened to what they...
- 5/18/2022
- by Clayton Davis and Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The “Squid Game” is ready for another round.
Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk revealed that Season 2 of the record-breaking Netflix series could arrive by as early as late next year, with a tentative release date of 2023 or early 2024. Korean series “Squid Game” debuted on the streamer in 2021.
“Humanity is going to be put to a test through those games once again,” Hwang told Vanity Fair of what’s ahead for the life-or-death series, revealing that Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) is confirmed to return.
Hwang added that the elusive Front Man (Lee Byung-hun), who oversees the games, will have a larger role in the second season. Overall, Season 2 sets out to “ask the question, ‘Is true solidarity between humans possible?'” after characters were “focused on wanting to kill each other off” in Season 1.
“Squid Game” marked the biggest series launch ever for Netflix and became the first Korean series to be No. 1 in...
Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk revealed that Season 2 of the record-breaking Netflix series could arrive by as early as late next year, with a tentative release date of 2023 or early 2024. Korean series “Squid Game” debuted on the streamer in 2021.
“Humanity is going to be put to a test through those games once again,” Hwang told Vanity Fair of what’s ahead for the life-or-death series, revealing that Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) is confirmed to return.
Hwang added that the elusive Front Man (Lee Byung-hun), who oversees the games, will have a larger role in the second season. Overall, Season 2 sets out to “ask the question, ‘Is true solidarity between humans possible?'” after characters were “focused on wanting to kill each other off” in Season 1.
“Squid Game” marked the biggest series launch ever for Netflix and became the first Korean series to be No. 1 in...
- 5/18/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
In Squid Game, lead character Seong Gi-hun is a down-on-his-luck gambling addict given a dangerous opportunity to win a fortune and turn his life around by playing deadly children’s games against 456 other cash-strapped no-hopers. Lee Jung-jae, who plays Seong, has almost nothing in common with his alter-ego: he is one of South Korea’s biggest stars through films such as Deliver Us from Evil and the Along with the Gods franchise and shows Chief of Staff and Triple.
He is humble about his opportunity after the show’s unexpected global success and the glut of awards nominations he garnered afterward (including becoming the first male TV performer to earn a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for a fully non-English language role). “I still don’t feel like my life has changed dramatically,” he says. “But I do look forward to having more opportunities to work with great people on more projects.
He is humble about his opportunity after the show’s unexpected global success and the glut of awards nominations he garnered afterward (including becoming the first male TV performer to earn a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for a fully non-English language role). “I still don’t feel like my life has changed dramatically,” he says. “But I do look forward to having more opportunities to work with great people on more projects.
- 5/17/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
"How could you kill the suspect?!" An early promo trailer has arrived for a Korean film titled simply Hunt, which will be premiering at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival this month. The film is Cannes' Artistic Director Thierry Frémaux's 2022 pick for their annual Korean Midnight Movie premiere, a chance to make a splash at the festival in the South of France. Hunt is also the directorial debut of "Squid Game" star Lee Jung-jae, who also stars in the period espionage action film. "Expose the mole within the agency! Can the 'Hunted' become the 'Hunter'?" Park Pyeong-Ho and Kim Jung-Do are agents for the National Security Agency. They are both excellent at their jobs and rivals. The two men chase after a North Korean spy sent to South Korea. They soon uncover a hidden truth about an assassination plot. The film stars Lee Jung-jae, Jung Woo-sung, Heo Sung-tae, Jeon Hye-jin, and Jeong Man-sik.
- 5/11/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
It’s only a matter of days before superstar Lee Jung-jae’s directorial debut “Hunt”, a film that sees him re-team on-screen with best friend Jung Woo-sung for the first time in 23 years, premieres at the Cannes film festival and here we have the first exciting trailer for it.
Synopsis
A spy action drama in which Park Pyeong-ho and Kim Jeong-do, the ace agents of the National Security Planning Agency, face a huge truth as they chase the general manager of the South Korean spy agency.
Lee himself plays Park Pyeong-ho whereas Jung Woo-sung takes on the role of Kim Jeong-do. Jeon Hye-jin (“Ashfall”) and Lee Jung-jae’s “Squid Game” co-star Heo Sung-tae are also on the roster. The film is expected to have a broad worldwide release soon following its Cannes premiere.
Synopsis
A spy action drama in which Park Pyeong-ho and Kim Jeong-do, the ace agents of the National Security Planning Agency, face a huge truth as they chase the general manager of the South Korean spy agency.
Lee himself plays Park Pyeong-ho whereas Jung Woo-sung takes on the role of Kim Jeong-do. Jeon Hye-jin (“Ashfall”) and Lee Jung-jae’s “Squid Game” co-star Heo Sung-tae are also on the roster. The film is expected to have a broad worldwide release soon following its Cannes premiere.
- 5/11/2022
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Fast-rising film production and investment company Logical Pictures has acquired The Jokers Films, a well-respected French distribution company boasting long-term bonds with Bong Joon-ho and Nicolas Winding Refn, among other filmmakers.
Under the deal, The Jokers Films, which is presided over by Manuel Chiche, will be integrated within Logical Pictures. Chiche, a forward-thinking French industry veteran who’s been one of the country’s top distributors for Asian and independent American films, will also become a partner in Logical Pictures while continuing to lead The Jokers Films.
Headed by Frédéric Fiore, Logical Pictures was founded in 2016 as a financial and co-production banner and has now expanded into different entertainment fields through key investments in banners such as Pulsar Content, Marie Garrett and Gilles Sousa’s sales company whose recent titles include Elie Grappe’s “Olga” and Stephen Fingleton’s “Nightride;” Loveboat, an advertising and branded content outfit; Black Mic Mac,...
Under the deal, The Jokers Films, which is presided over by Manuel Chiche, will be integrated within Logical Pictures. Chiche, a forward-thinking French industry veteran who’s been one of the country’s top distributors for Asian and independent American films, will also become a partner in Logical Pictures while continuing to lead The Jokers Films.
Headed by Frédéric Fiore, Logical Pictures was founded in 2016 as a financial and co-production banner and has now expanded into different entertainment fields through key investments in banners such as Pulsar Content, Marie Garrett and Gilles Sousa’s sales company whose recent titles include Elie Grappe’s “Olga” and Stephen Fingleton’s “Nightride;” Loveboat, an advertising and branded content outfit; Black Mic Mac,...
- 5/5/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Dinosaurs are about to rule the Earth again when "Jurassic World Dominion" hits theaters on June 10, 2022. If you're like me, you're probably doing a rewatch of all the films in the "Jurassic Park" universe, and now you want toys. Well, if this is true for you, then we're all in luck! Target has some new, exclusive Funko Pop! Moments, including the Muldoon Raptor Hunt and John Hammond with Gates. We also have a new version of Mr. DNA in a Pop Vinyl figure. Hey, Mr. DNA, where did you come from? Just throwing this out there, but doesn't it sound...
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- 4/29/2022
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
Updated, April 21: The Cannes Film Festival has added competition titles and additional screenings in the Midnight, Un Certain Regard, and Out of Competition sections. They are:
Competition
“The Eight Mountains,” Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen
“Un Petit Frère,” Leonor Serraille
“Tourment Sur Les Iles,” Albert Serra
Cannes Premiere
“Don Juan,” Serge Bozon
“La Nuit du 12,” Dominik Moll
“Chronicle of a Temporary Affair,” Emmanuel Mouret
Midnight Screenings
“Rebel,” Adil Arbi, Bilall Fallah
Un Certain Regard
“More Than Ever,” Emily Atef
“Mediterranean Fever,” Maha Haj
“The Blue Caftan,” Maryam Touzani
Out of Competition
“L’Innocent,” Louis Garrel
Special Screenings
“Mi Pais Imaginario,” Patricio Guzmán
“The Vagabonds,” Doroteya Droumeva
“Riposte Feministe,” Marie Perennes, Simon Depardon
“Restos do Vento,” Tiago Guedes
“Little Nicholas,” Amandine Fredon, Benjamin Massoubre
Earlier, April 14: The 2022 Cannes Film Festival is upon us and once again taking place in person this spring from May 17 through May 28. The lineup for...
Competition
“The Eight Mountains,” Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen
“Un Petit Frère,” Leonor Serraille
“Tourment Sur Les Iles,” Albert Serra
Cannes Premiere
“Don Juan,” Serge Bozon
“La Nuit du 12,” Dominik Moll
“Chronicle of a Temporary Affair,” Emmanuel Mouret
Midnight Screenings
“Rebel,” Adil Arbi, Bilall Fallah
Un Certain Regard
“More Than Ever,” Emily Atef
“Mediterranean Fever,” Maha Haj
“The Blue Caftan,” Maryam Touzani
Out of Competition
“L’Innocent,” Louis Garrel
Special Screenings
“Mi Pais Imaginario,” Patricio Guzmán
“The Vagabonds,” Doroteya Droumeva
“Riposte Feministe,” Marie Perennes, Simon Depardon
“Restos do Vento,” Tiago Guedes
“Little Nicholas,” Amandine Fredon, Benjamin Massoubre
Earlier, April 14: The 2022 Cannes Film Festival is upon us and once again taking place in person this spring from May 17 through May 28. The lineup for...
- 4/21/2022
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Rebranded studio to produce TV and film content for global audience
Major South Korean drama production studio Sll – formerly known as Jtbc Studios – is set to invest 2.4bn (KW3 trillion) in TV and film production over the next three years.
At a press conference in Seoul yesterday (April 19), CEO Jung Kyung Moon said he aims to rival BBC Studios as a leading production entity by the end of 2024.
Expanding Sll’s business in the US and Asia, he aims for the company to generate revenues of about 1.6bn - of which 40 would come from overseas - in that year with 50-60 titles.
Major South Korean drama production studio Sll – formerly known as Jtbc Studios – is set to invest 2.4bn (KW3 trillion) in TV and film production over the next three years.
At a press conference in Seoul yesterday (April 19), CEO Jung Kyung Moon said he aims to rival BBC Studios as a leading production entity by the end of 2024.
Expanding Sll’s business in the US and Asia, he aims for the company to generate revenues of about 1.6bn - of which 40 would come from overseas - in that year with 50-60 titles.
- 4/20/2022
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
‘Squid Game’ star Lee Jung-jae will be at the Cannes Film Festival this year with the world premiere of his feature directing debut ‘Hunt’. The film will be presented next month in the Cannes festival’s Midnight Screening section, reports ‘Variety’. Two other films will receive midnight screenings: ‘Fumer Fait Tousser’, by Quentin Dupieux and ‘Moonage […]...
- 4/17/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Stars: Billur Melis Koç, Ahmet Rifat Sungar, Baki Kaymaz, Yagizcan Konyah | Written by Emre Akay, Deniz Cuylan | Directed by Emre Akay
On paper Av: The Hunt sounds like yet another take on the theme of hunting humans, however co-writer/director Emre Akay’s film has a rather interesting concept up its sleeve, which elevates the typical story into something more interesting – a diatribe on the patriarchy and the vile idea of “honour killings”.
Av: The Hunt opens with a young couple making love when suddenly a cop barges in while the woman, Ayse, is in the shower. The police officer and Ayse’s lover struggle and he ends up dead at the hands of the cop. You see the dead man is Ayse lover, Not her husband. Feeling that her family and that of her husband have been disgraced by Ayse’s actions, all the men in her strict...
On paper Av: The Hunt sounds like yet another take on the theme of hunting humans, however co-writer/director Emre Akay’s film has a rather interesting concept up its sleeve, which elevates the typical story into something more interesting – a diatribe on the patriarchy and the vile idea of “honour killings”.
Av: The Hunt opens with a young couple making love when suddenly a cop barges in while the woman, Ayse, is in the shower. The police officer and Ayse’s lover struggle and he ends up dead at the hands of the cop. You see the dead man is Ayse lover, Not her husband. Feeling that her family and that of her husband have been disgraced by Ayse’s actions, all the men in her strict...
- 4/15/2022
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
The 75th Cannes Film Festival, which runs May 17-28, was already due to be a starry affair with the likes of Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick and Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis screening out of competition. Today it got even hotter with a strong Official Selection that should make for glamorous red carpets, but one that will likewise treat serious subject matter.
While Cannes is a moment to celebrate film, it will also this year serve as a period of reflection and inquiry about the state of the art form, General Delegate Thierry Frémaux noted at this morning’s lineup reveal. The crisis in Ukraine will also be top of mind. The Cannes Market had already set a day dedicated to support the beleaguered film industry there, and the fest today included two titles from Ukrainian filmmakers: veteran auteur Sergei Loznitsa’s The Natural History Of Destruction in a special...
While Cannes is a moment to celebrate film, it will also this year serve as a period of reflection and inquiry about the state of the art form, General Delegate Thierry Frémaux noted at this morning’s lineup reveal. The crisis in Ukraine will also be top of mind. The Cannes Market had already set a day dedicated to support the beleaguered film industry there, and the fest today included two titles from Ukrainian filmmakers: veteran auteur Sergei Loznitsa’s The Natural History Of Destruction in a special...
- 4/14/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2022 Cannes Film Festival announced its 75th anniversary lineup on Thursday morning in Paris, with films selected for the prestigious festival including “Three Thousand Years of Longing,” George Miller’s first film since “Mad Max: Fury Road”; “Showing Up,” which finds indie director Kelly Reichardt reuniting with her “Wendy and Lucy” and “Certain Women” star Michelle Williams; and “Crimes of the Future,” a reportedly disturbing David Cronenberg drama whose cast includes Kristen Stewart, Lea Seydoux and Viggo Mortensen, who starred in three Cronenberg films between 2005 and 2011, including “A History of Violence” and “Eastern Promises.”
Other films include two music documentaries: “Trouble in Mind,” a Jerry Lee Lewis film by Ethan Coen, and “Moonage Daydream,” an authorized David Bowie work by Brett Morgen.
The 18 films in the main competition include several from Cannes regulars, including the Dardenne brothers (“Tori and Lokita”), Claire Denis (“Stars at Noon”), James Gray (“Armageddon Time”), Hirokazu...
Other films include two music documentaries: “Trouble in Mind,” a Jerry Lee Lewis film by Ethan Coen, and “Moonage Daydream,” an authorized David Bowie work by Brett Morgen.
The 18 films in the main competition include several from Cannes regulars, including the Dardenne brothers (“Tori and Lokita”), Claire Denis (“Stars at Noon”), James Gray (“Armageddon Time”), Hirokazu...
- 4/14/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards was held in Los Angeles earlier this week.
Saved By The Bell wins Outstanding Comedy Series
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GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, announced recipients for 16 of this year’s 30 categories for the 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards.
Kacey Musgraves received the Vanguard Award from Ben Platt, and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez received the Stephen F. Kolzak Award from Andrew Garfield at the star-studded ceremony at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles ceremony for the 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards was hosted by Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka O’Hara, and D.J. “Shangela” Pierce from Emmy Nominated HBO Series We’re Here, and featured a special performance from Jake Wesley Rogers.
Hulu will be the official streaming partner for the 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards, the...
Saved By The Bell wins Outstanding Comedy Series
Credit/Copyright: Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for GLAAD
GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, announced recipients for 16 of this year’s 30 categories for the 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards.
Kacey Musgraves received the Vanguard Award from Ben Platt, and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez received the Stephen F. Kolzak Award from Andrew Garfield at the star-studded ceremony at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles ceremony for the 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards was hosted by Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka O’Hara, and D.J. “Shangela” Pierce from Emmy Nominated HBO Series We’re Here, and featured a special performance from Jake Wesley Rogers.
Hulu will be the official streaming partner for the 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards, the...
- 4/8/2022
- Look to the Stars
This post contains spoilers for The Witcher seasons one and two.
Nobody would say that The Witcher season two ended happily. After all, the season saw not only the death of Geralt’s beloved mare Roach, but also the revelation that the warlike Emperor Emhyr of Nilfgaard is in fact Duny, Ciri’s father. And yet, the season’s close found Yennefer’s magical abilities restored after expelling the demon Voleth Meir, and Ciri continuing her apprenticeship under the close eye of Geralt. The trio, separated over time, came together again to form something of a found family.
But to the surprise of no one, that family faces a terrible threat. With the announcement that production has begun on the third season of the Netflix series comes a synopsis describing the future for the White Wolf and his friends. Details were released via the show’s official Twitter account, indicating a future full of trouble.
Nobody would say that The Witcher season two ended happily. After all, the season saw not only the death of Geralt’s beloved mare Roach, but also the revelation that the warlike Emperor Emhyr of Nilfgaard is in fact Duny, Ciri’s father. And yet, the season’s close found Yennefer’s magical abilities restored after expelling the demon Voleth Meir, and Ciri continuing her apprenticeship under the close eye of Geralt. The trio, separated over time, came together again to form something of a found family.
But to the surprise of no one, that family faces a terrible threat. With the announcement that production has begun on the third season of the Netflix series comes a synopsis describing the future for the White Wolf and his friends. Details were released via the show’s official Twitter account, indicating a future full of trouble.
- 4/4/2022
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
Shared universes are all the rage now, ever since the domination of the Marvel Cinematic Universe came to pass. But the MCU was hardly the first cinematic venture to willfully connect its disparate characters and franchises -- Universal Pictures put their Monsters together as early as 1943's "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man," and the movies of filmmakers like John Hughes, Kevin Smith and Quentin Tarantino all have varying degrees of connective tissue.
While all of those are deliberate and concrete examples of extended universe world-building, other movies that feature "Easter egg"-style references and appearances are harder to pin down as being...
The post Kurt Russell's Soldier is Considered a Sequel to Blade Runner – But Is It Really? appeared first on /Film.
While all of those are deliberate and concrete examples of extended universe world-building, other movies that feature "Easter egg"-style references and appearances are harder to pin down as being...
The post Kurt Russell's Soldier is Considered a Sequel to Blade Runner – But Is It Really? appeared first on /Film.
- 3/24/2022
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Lee Jung-Jae, protagonist of Netflix’s smash series Squid Game, has signed with CAA for representation as a director, producer and actor.
Lee played character Seong Gi-Hun in Squid Game, the survival drama series that has garnered four Screen Actors Guild award nominations, including Male Actor in a Drama Series for Lee. This makes Lee the first male TV performer to solely earn SAG Award recognition for a fully non-English language role.
In addition, Lee was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Television Actor – Drama Series and the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series, breaking another record for the first male actor from Asia to receive individual nominations across all three award shows in those categories.
For his next project, Lee will make his directorial debut with feature Hunt, which he will also star in alongside Jung Woo-Sung. The film was also...
Lee played character Seong Gi-Hun in Squid Game, the survival drama series that has garnered four Screen Actors Guild award nominations, including Male Actor in a Drama Series for Lee. This makes Lee the first male TV performer to solely earn SAG Award recognition for a fully non-English language role.
In addition, Lee was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Television Actor – Drama Series and the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series, breaking another record for the first male actor from Asia to receive individual nominations across all three award shows in those categories.
For his next project, Lee will make his directorial debut with feature Hunt, which he will also star in alongside Jung Woo-Sung. The film was also...
- 2/25/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Three newcomers shook up the box-office weekend as Jackass Forever took first place by $13.5 just ahead of Moonfall and sent Spider-Man: No Way Home down a few spots.
Jackass Forever led the weekend with $23.5 million to show for its first three days in release. This was more than enough to best fellow newcomer, Moonfall which debuted in second place with $10 million. Meanwhile, last week’s top film, Spider-Man: No Way Home dropped to third place with $9.6 million over the weekend. The film still trails the third highest domestic grossing film of all time, Avatar, by $11.5 million as No Way Home sits at $749 million and Avatar at $760.5 million. Scream similarly fell a couple spots to finish in fourth place with $4.7 million. The latest film in the horror franchise now stands at $68.9 million over its first four weeks in release. Fifth place belonged soundly to the animated musical Sing 2 which added...
Jackass Forever led the weekend with $23.5 million to show for its first three days in release. This was more than enough to best fellow newcomer, Moonfall which debuted in second place with $10 million. Meanwhile, last week’s top film, Spider-Man: No Way Home dropped to third place with $9.6 million over the weekend. The film still trails the third highest domestic grossing film of all time, Avatar, by $11.5 million as No Way Home sits at $749 million and Avatar at $760.5 million. Scream similarly fell a couple spots to finish in fourth place with $4.7 million. The latest film in the horror franchise now stands at $68.9 million over its first four weeks in release. Fifth place belonged soundly to the animated musical Sing 2 which added...
- 2/7/2022
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
Apple TV+ has ordered “Manhunt” from Monica Beletsky, the first series order under her recently renewed overall deal at the streaming service. Tobias Menzies (“The Crown”) will star on the limited series as Abraham Lincoln’s War Secretary, Edwin Stanton, who was nearly driven to madness by a desire to catch the president’s killer, John Wilkes Booth.
Beletsky, of “Fargo” and “Friday Night Lights” (the TV shows for both) will showrun and executive produce the true-crime series, which is based on the book (“Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer”) by James Swanson. Carl Franklin will serve as director and executive producer.
Part historical fiction, part conspiracy thriller, “Manhunt” will take audiences into the aftermath of the first American Presidential assassination and the fight to preserve and protect the ideals that were the foundation of Lincoln’s Reconstruction plans — issues that reverberate into the present day, according to Apple’s description.
Beletsky, of “Fargo” and “Friday Night Lights” (the TV shows for both) will showrun and executive produce the true-crime series, which is based on the book (“Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer”) by James Swanson. Carl Franklin will serve as director and executive producer.
Part historical fiction, part conspiracy thriller, “Manhunt” will take audiences into the aftermath of the first American Presidential assassination and the fight to preserve and protect the ideals that were the foundation of Lincoln’s Reconstruction plans — issues that reverberate into the present day, according to Apple’s description.
- 1/5/2022
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Netflix is ringing in the new year in atypical fashion. Throughout 2021, the streaming giant’s original offerings swelled while its library titles shrunk. With its list of new releases for January 2022, however, Netflix is expanding its non-original market quite a bit.
Jan. 1 sees the arrival of a truly stunning amount of impressive non-Netflix movies and TV shows. The big titles available on the first of the month include: 300, Interview with the Vampire, Paranormal Activity, Superman Returns, Terminator 2, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and much more. Later on in the month, Netflix is also set to add Phantom Thread (Jan. 16) to its roster.
Read more TV Interview with the Vampire Series Will Tweak Anne Rice’s Story By Alec Bojalad and 1 other Movies Superman Returns: What Went Wrong? By Mike Cecchini
Though Netflix is lighter on original content in January 2022, there is still plenty of intriguing titles to check out.
Jan. 1 sees the arrival of a truly stunning amount of impressive non-Netflix movies and TV shows. The big titles available on the first of the month include: 300, Interview with the Vampire, Paranormal Activity, Superman Returns, Terminator 2, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and much more. Later on in the month, Netflix is also set to add Phantom Thread (Jan. 16) to its roster.
Read more TV Interview with the Vampire Series Will Tweak Anne Rice’s Story By Alec Bojalad and 1 other Movies Superman Returns: What Went Wrong? By Mike Cecchini
Though Netflix is lighter on original content in January 2022, there is still plenty of intriguing titles to check out.
- 1/1/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Geralt of Rivia is deep in his feelings atop The Witcher‘s second season, and it’s going to take more than a little questing to distract him from his pain. The more he quests… the more he feels.
The season premiere, one of eight episodes now streaming on Netflix, picks up directly after that little kerfuffle at Sodden Hill, with soldiers taking stock of casualties and survivors. Believing Yennefer to be among the former, Tissaia relays this fake news to Geralt, who looks devastated enough to cry. (If only he could!) Geralt gives Tissaia a brief “Was it worth it?...
The season premiere, one of eight episodes now streaming on Netflix, picks up directly after that little kerfuffle at Sodden Hill, with soldiers taking stock of casualties and survivors. Believing Yennefer to be among the former, Tissaia relays this fake news to Geralt, who looks devastated enough to cry. (If only he could!) Geralt gives Tissaia a brief “Was it worth it?...
- 12/17/2021
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
This article is presented by Hunt A Killer
True Crime aficionados want more than just documentaries during the holidays. They want murder corkboards of their own. Hunt A Killer is role-playing police procedural in a box. Each game is structured like a TV show, each episode uncovers a new breakthrough in the case. The Winter holidays are a perfect time to crack into a case. Here are the games that we recommend:
Hunt A Killer E-Gifts
Hunt A Killer has the ideal solution to last-minute gifts. After December 15th, most orders will not arrive before Christmas. But e-gifts can be scheduled to be sent out at any time! So on the day of your gift exchange, the recipient will receive an email that allows them to choose from one of two Hunt A Killer subscriptions – either the Blair Witch horror experience or the traditional murder mystery one. Once they choose...
True Crime aficionados want more than just documentaries during the holidays. They want murder corkboards of their own. Hunt A Killer is role-playing police procedural in a box. Each game is structured like a TV show, each episode uncovers a new breakthrough in the case. The Winter holidays are a perfect time to crack into a case. Here are the games that we recommend:
Hunt A Killer E-Gifts
Hunt A Killer has the ideal solution to last-minute gifts. After December 15th, most orders will not arrive before Christmas. But e-gifts can be scheduled to be sent out at any time! So on the day of your gift exchange, the recipient will receive an email that allows them to choose from one of two Hunt A Killer subscriptions – either the Blair Witch horror experience or the traditional murder mystery one. Once they choose...
- 12/13/2021
- by Lee Parham
- Den of Geek
There is a common refrain being heard around Hollywood these days and it’s not one that will make the Academy happy. As more and more AMPAS members screen this year’s crop of Best Picture contenders – and, granted, they are barely getting started – many are verbalizing their concern over the Academy’s decision to stick with 10 nominees this year.
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Continue reading The Great Hunt For 10 Best Picture Nominees Continues [Contender Countdown] at The Playlist.
- 11/12/2021
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
The Moin Filmförderung supported 13 features at Filmfest Hamburg and several industry initiatives.
Northern Germans traditionally greet each other with a heartfelt “Moin!“ instead of a “Guten Tag” or “Guten Abend“ but another meaning has now been coined after the regional fund Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (Ffhsh) underwent a major rebranding this summer.
“The fund’s name change to Moin Filmförderung (Moving Images North) was important for us an organisation to be much clearer in how we communicate what we do,“ says the fund’s CEO Helge Albers.
“There’s a lot to this claim,“ he explains. “it covers regionality and a...
Northern Germans traditionally greet each other with a heartfelt “Moin!“ instead of a “Guten Tag” or “Guten Abend“ but another meaning has now been coined after the regional fund Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (Ffhsh) underwent a major rebranding this summer.
“The fund’s name change to Moin Filmförderung (Moving Images North) was important for us an organisation to be much clearer in how we communicate what we do,“ says the fund’s CEO Helge Albers.
“There’s a lot to this claim,“ he explains. “it covers regionality and a...
- 10/11/2021
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
The Moin Filmförderung supported 13 features at Filmfest Hamburg and several industry initiatives.
Northern Germans traditionally greet each other with a heartfelt “Moin!“ instead of a “Guten Tag” or “Guten Abend“ but another meaning has now been coined after the regional fund Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (Ffhsh) underwent a major rebranding this summer.
“The fund’s name change to Moin Filmförderung (Moving Images North) was important for us an organisation to be much clearer in how we communicate what we do,“ says the fund’s CEO Helge Albers.
“There’s a lot to this claim,“ he explains. “it covers regionality and a...
Northern Germans traditionally greet each other with a heartfelt “Moin!“ instead of a “Guten Tag” or “Guten Abend“ but another meaning has now been coined after the regional fund Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (Ffhsh) underwent a major rebranding this summer.
“The fund’s name change to Moin Filmförderung (Moving Images North) was important for us an organisation to be much clearer in how we communicate what we do,“ says the fund’s CEO Helge Albers.
“There’s a lot to this claim,“ he explains. “it covers regionality and a...
- 10/11/2021
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
‘I’m Your Man’ Tops German Film Awards
Maria Schrader’s I’m Your Man won four awards at the Lolas, Germany’s national film awards, on Saturday evening. The film won best film plus prizes for screenwriting, directing and for lead actress Maren Eggert. The awards were held physically this year with more than 1,000 attendees in Berlin, though Schrader is currently in New York so attended remotely. Also winning on the night were Oliver Masucci as best actor for his performance in Enfant Terrible, and Mr. Bachmann and His Class, which won best documentary. Senta Berger received the lifetime achievement award. I’m Your Man is Germany’s entry to the Oscars this year. Director Schrader recently won an Emmy for her work on Unorthodox.
Zurich Fest Winners
This year’s Zurich Film Festival has crowned its award winners. A Golden Eye apiece went to the films La Mif by Fred Baillif...
Maria Schrader’s I’m Your Man won four awards at the Lolas, Germany’s national film awards, on Saturday evening. The film won best film plus prizes for screenwriting, directing and for lead actress Maren Eggert. The awards were held physically this year with more than 1,000 attendees in Berlin, though Schrader is currently in New York so attended remotely. Also winning on the night were Oliver Masucci as best actor for his performance in Enfant Terrible, and Mr. Bachmann and His Class, which won best documentary. Senta Berger received the lifetime achievement award. I’m Your Man is Germany’s entry to the Oscars this year. Director Schrader recently won an Emmy for her work on Unorthodox.
Zurich Fest Winners
This year’s Zurich Film Festival has crowned its award winners. A Golden Eye apiece went to the films La Mif by Fred Baillif...
- 10/4/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Waxwork Records and WaterTower Music are proud to present Malignant Original Motion Picture Score by Joseph Bishara. Malignant is the latest creation from Conjuring universe architect James Wan. The film marks director Wan’s return to his roots with this original horror thriller. In the film, Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities.
Joseph Bishara is an American composer, music producer, and actor best known for his work scoring films such as Insidious, The Conjuring, Annabelle, and The Prodigy. He is known for his avant-garde style and unique approach to instrumentation and composition that suits horror films particularly well. Bishara disregards horror film score conventions by employing gut-wrenching string dissonance, haunting electronics, and sudden crescendos. Bishara’s Malignant score offers his distinctive style of disquieting strings, pulsing electronics, droning synths, and haunting sound design.
Joseph Bishara is an American composer, music producer, and actor best known for his work scoring films such as Insidious, The Conjuring, Annabelle, and The Prodigy. He is known for his avant-garde style and unique approach to instrumentation and composition that suits horror films particularly well. Bishara disregards horror film score conventions by employing gut-wrenching string dissonance, haunting electronics, and sudden crescendos. Bishara’s Malignant score offers his distinctive style of disquieting strings, pulsing electronics, droning synths, and haunting sound design.
- 9/13/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Ingrid Andress and Sam Hunt have collaborated on the heartbroken new single “Wishful Drinking.” It’s the first new music Andress has released in the wake of her album Lady Like and Hunt’s first new recording since 2020’s Southside.
A sleek, R&b-flavored production with hints of Dobro and acoustic guitar, “Wishful Drinking” gets at a longing for someone that intensifies with a few cocktails. “When I’m a couple in I get optimistic, like you and me are realistic,” Andress sighs, before Hunt joins the party and sings the second verse.
A sleek, R&b-flavored production with hints of Dobro and acoustic guitar, “Wishful Drinking” gets at a longing for someone that intensifies with a few cocktails. “When I’m a couple in I get optimistic, like you and me are realistic,” Andress sighs, before Hunt joins the party and sings the second verse.
- 8/2/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
“The 78th Venice International Film Festival is organized by La Biennale di Venezia and directed by Alberto Barbera. It will take place at Venice Lido from 1 – 11 September 2021. The Festival is officially recognised by the Fiapf (International Federation of Film Producers Association). The aim of the Festival is to raise awareness and promote international cinema in all its forms as art, entertainment and as an industry, in a spirit of freedom and dialogue. The Festival also organises retrospectives and tributes to major figures as a contribution towards a better understanding of the history of cinema.” Venezia 2021 – Competition Madres Paralelas, dir: Pedro Almodovar Mona Lisa And The Blood Moon, dir: Ana Lily Amirpour Un Autre Monde, dir: Stéphane Brizé The Power Of The Dog, dir: Jane Campion America Latina, dir: Damiano D’Innocenzo, Fabio D’Innocenzo L’Evénement, dir: Audrey Diwan Competencia Oficial, dirs: Gaston Duprat, Mariano Cohn Il Buco, dir: Michelangelo Frammartino Sundown,...
- 7/26/2021
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
The New York Asian Film Foundation and Film at Lincoln Center will unspool the 2021 edition Aug. 6-22 at Flc, kicking off with the premiere of “Escape From Mogadishu,” directed by Ryoo Seung-wa.
In all, 60 films will screen to audiences in person and virtually, with premieres of first and second features from directors for the feature film competition: “Anima”, “City of Lost Things”, “Hand Rolled Cigarette”, “Joint”, “Ten Months” and “Tiong Bahru Social Club”.
Hong Kong new wave director Ann Hui will receive the Variety Star Asia Lifetime Achievement Award, and the festival will screen her film “The Story of Woo Viet” and Man Lim Chung’s pic on Hui, “Keep Rolling.”
The festival will introduce the section Asian American Focus, which will feature films including Aimee Long’s “A Shot Through the Wall.” The team behind the film will be present at the festival.
“Sensei, Would You Sit Beside Me?...
In all, 60 films will screen to audiences in person and virtually, with premieres of first and second features from directors for the feature film competition: “Anima”, “City of Lost Things”, “Hand Rolled Cigarette”, “Joint”, “Ten Months” and “Tiong Bahru Social Club”.
Hong Kong new wave director Ann Hui will receive the Variety Star Asia Lifetime Achievement Award, and the festival will screen her film “The Story of Woo Viet” and Man Lim Chung’s pic on Hui, “Keep Rolling.”
The festival will introduce the section Asian American Focus, which will feature films including Aimee Long’s “A Shot Through the Wall.” The team behind the film will be present at the festival.
“Sensei, Would You Sit Beside Me?...
- 7/16/2021
- by Shalini Dore
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Gideon Adlon, Abigail Cowen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Christian Camargo, Cameron Crovetti, Ashley Bell, Lulu Antariksa, Riley Scott, Treva Etienne, Jess Varley, Nicholas Crovetti, Bella Shepard | Written and Directed by Elle Callahan
Set in a modern America, Witch Hunt tells the story of two young witches in a world where witchcraft is illegal and punishable by death. These two young witches are helped by a woman who is trying to aid them over the southern border to asylum in Mexico. They are soon met with many obstacles including the daughter of the family who must decide which side she is on.
Despite a new The Craft movie and a new Witches movie coming out in the last year, witchcraft in film hasn’t exactly had a resurgence. It’s a sub genre of horror that, despite some popularity, has never completely took off and been over popularised with films. Because of this,...
Set in a modern America, Witch Hunt tells the story of two young witches in a world where witchcraft is illegal and punishable by death. These two young witches are helped by a woman who is trying to aid them over the southern border to asylum in Mexico. They are soon met with many obstacles including the daughter of the family who must decide which side she is on.
Despite a new The Craft movie and a new Witches movie coming out in the last year, witchcraft in film hasn’t exactly had a resurgence. It’s a sub genre of horror that, despite some popularity, has never completely took off and been over popularised with films. Because of this,...
- 7/9/2021
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
They include the anticipated ’Bogota: City Of The Lost’ directed by actor-filmmaker Kim Seong-je.
South Korea’s Megabox Plus M is launching sales on a trio of films: Kim Seong-je’s Bogota: City Of The Lost, starring Song Joong-ki, actor Lee Jung-jae’s directorial debut Hunt and action drama Decibel.
Bogota: City Of The Lost is a highly anticipated large-scale production featuring the star of K-drama hits such as Descendants Of The Sun and Vincenzo.
The noir thriller follows a young man who moves to Bogota in the 1990s with his family and, starting from the bottom, works his way...
South Korea’s Megabox Plus M is launching sales on a trio of films: Kim Seong-je’s Bogota: City Of The Lost, starring Song Joong-ki, actor Lee Jung-jae’s directorial debut Hunt and action drama Decibel.
Bogota: City Of The Lost is a highly anticipated large-scale production featuring the star of K-drama hits such as Descendants Of The Sun and Vincenzo.
The noir thriller follows a young man who moves to Bogota in the 1990s with his family and, starting from the bottom, works his way...
- 7/6/2021
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
The next season of Call of Duty starts on Thursday and developers gave a preview of what new guns, maps, and modes players can expect to see. Players will have a new limited-time event to tackle on Thursday called “Hunt for Adler” that will task Operators with challenges in both Black Ops Cold War and […]
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The post Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War & Warzone Season 3 Begins Thursday appeared first on Cinelinx | Movies. Games. Geek Culture..
- 4/19/2021
- by katykakes
- Cinelinx
Even in a world as volatile as the film industry, Thomas Vinterberg has had some serious ups and downs. After becoming the toast of Cannes in 1998 with his Dogme film Festen, the Danish director fell sharply from grace with the follow-up It’s All About Love and endured several commercial flops before returning to favor with his provocative 2012 Oscar nominee The Hunt. His latest, the drinking drama Another Round, could have set him back to square one—as shooting began, his teenage daughter died in a car crash, and its Cannes premiere was scuppered by the Covid-19 pandemic—but somehow it prevailed, sweeping festival prizes across the globe and bringing Vinterberg back to the Oscar conversation.
Deadline: What do the Oscars mean to you?
Thomas Vinterberg: Since my childhood it has been a dream, like a kind of phantom. I’ve been catching myself doing Oscar speeches—like, when I’m in the bathroom.
Deadline: What do the Oscars mean to you?
Thomas Vinterberg: Since my childhood it has been a dream, like a kind of phantom. I’ve been catching myself doing Oscar speeches—like, when I’m in the bathroom.
- 4/16/2021
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Welcome to this week’s Nxt UK review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and Timmy dropped the soap. Now look at him! His butt hurts! Timmy: My butt hurts! Me: Timmy! Why does your God damn butt hurt? Timmy: Got f—ked up the butt! Me: Got f—ked up your butt? Timmy: Got f—ked up my butt! Me: Ain’t that the b—ch of it? Timmy was just takin’ a shower… Timmy: …in public! Me: …in public! Then, some evil muthafugga comes in and pounds that ass! Timmy: …’cuz I dropped the soap! Me: …’cuz he dropped the soap! Timmy just wanted to take a shower in public… Timmy: …while drowning my two year old daughter in the fountain! Me: …while killing his kid! Doncha see? You’ve got to…watch me kill this muthafukka dead. Timmy: Yeah! You’ve got to…what? (Timmy...
- 3/30/2021
- by Nathan Favel
- Nerdly
Mindy Kaling will lend her voice to Monsters At Work, Disney+’s upcoming animated series, a follow-up series inspired by Pixar’s Oscar-winning Monsters, Inc.
Kaling will voice the role of Val Little, an enthusiastic member of the Monsters, Inc. Facilities Team (aka “Mift”). Additionally, Bonnie Hunt will return to the franchise to reprise her role as Ms. Flint, who was formerly in charge of training new Scarers at Monsters, Inc., but will now manage the department responsible for recruiting and training the funniest monsters to become Jokesters.
Produced by Disney Television Animation, Monsters At Work takes place the day after the Monsters, Incorporated power plant started harvesting the laughter of children to fuel the city of Monstropolis, thanks to Mike and Sulley’s discovery that laughter generates ten times more energy than screams. It follows the story of Tylor Tuskmon, voiced by Ben Feldman, an eager young monster who...
Kaling will voice the role of Val Little, an enthusiastic member of the Monsters, Inc. Facilities Team (aka “Mift”). Additionally, Bonnie Hunt will return to the franchise to reprise her role as Ms. Flint, who was formerly in charge of training new Scarers at Monsters, Inc., but will now manage the department responsible for recruiting and training the funniest monsters to become Jokesters.
Produced by Disney Television Animation, Monsters At Work takes place the day after the Monsters, Incorporated power plant started harvesting the laughter of children to fuel the city of Monstropolis, thanks to Mike and Sulley’s discovery that laughter generates ten times more energy than screams. It follows the story of Tylor Tuskmon, voiced by Ben Feldman, an eager young monster who...
- 3/17/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
German cinema looks set for a major boost this year from some of the country’s most commercially successful and critically acclaimed directors tackling such eclectic subject matter as U.S. torture in Guantánamo, the impact of bipolar disorder on family, and a folkloric love story about the Grim Reaper.
The pandemic postponed a number of scheduled 2020 productions, which will likely make 2021 a busy year as production companies make up lost time.
Andreas Dresen, Til Schweiger, Michael Bully Herbig, Hans-Christian Schmid, Sönke Wortmann and the late Joseph Vilsmaier all have high-profile projects in the works or set to hit theaters (when they reopen) this year.
Dresen explores the injustice of America’s war on terror in the tentatively titled “Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush.” Dresen, who enjoyed a major hit with the award-winning 2018 biopic “Gundermann,” reteamed with writer Laila Stieler on the fact-based pic about Rabiye Kurnaz (Meltem Kaptan), a Turkish housewife in Bremen,...
The pandemic postponed a number of scheduled 2020 productions, which will likely make 2021 a busy year as production companies make up lost time.
Andreas Dresen, Til Schweiger, Michael Bully Herbig, Hans-Christian Schmid, Sönke Wortmann and the late Joseph Vilsmaier all have high-profile projects in the works or set to hit theaters (when they reopen) this year.
Dresen explores the injustice of America’s war on terror in the tentatively titled “Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush.” Dresen, who enjoyed a major hit with the award-winning 2018 biopic “Gundermann,” reteamed with writer Laila Stieler on the fact-based pic about Rabiye Kurnaz (Meltem Kaptan), a Turkish housewife in Bremen,...
- 3/2/2021
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg is back in the Oscar race with Another Round (Druk), a film whose star, Mads Mikkelsen, calls “an embracement of life.”
The drama has an intriguing premise: four weary high school teachers test the theory that a constant level of modest inebriation opens our minds to the world. The friends experience a journey of self-discovery with both tragic and uplifting consequences.
It has been a runaway smash in Denmark, with over 800K tickets sold, becoming Vinterberg’s best performance ever there and the No. 1 movie of the year. Samuel Goldwyn released this past weekend in U.S. theaters; it will hit digital platforms on December 18.
Another Round reunites Vinterberg with The Hunt’s Mikkelsen as well as frequent writing partner Tobias Lindholm.. It would have premiered at the Cannes Film Festival had the event not been kiboshed by Covid this year. Instead, it made its world...
The drama has an intriguing premise: four weary high school teachers test the theory that a constant level of modest inebriation opens our minds to the world. The friends experience a journey of self-discovery with both tragic and uplifting consequences.
It has been a runaway smash in Denmark, with over 800K tickets sold, becoming Vinterberg’s best performance ever there and the No. 1 movie of the year. Samuel Goldwyn released this past weekend in U.S. theaters; it will hit digital platforms on December 18.
Another Round reunites Vinterberg with The Hunt’s Mikkelsen as well as frequent writing partner Tobias Lindholm.. It would have premiered at the Cannes Film Festival had the event not been kiboshed by Covid this year. Instead, it made its world...
- 12/11/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
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