‘Spectateurs! ’ Debuts Trailer Ahead of Cannes Special Screenings Premiere...
Arnaud Desplechin’s hybrid documentary “Spectateurs!” (“Filmlovers”) debuted a first trailer ahead of the film’s world premiere at Cannes on May 22. The 88-minute docu is a love letter to cinema,...
View ArticleWhy So Many Cannes Auteurs Are Turning the Camera Back on Themselves
These auteurs are ready for their close-up. When Quentin Dupieux’s comedy about an ill-fated film set, “The Second Act,” opened the Cannes Film Festival May 14, it will be just one of several movies...
View ArticleTom Hiddleston Everest Thriller ‘Tenzing’ Lands at Apple
“Tenzing,” a film about the true story of Sherpa Tenzing Norgay’s 1953 trek to the summit of Mount Everest alongside Edmund Hillary, has been snapped up by Apple Original Films. Casting is underway for...
View Article‘Love Me’ Starring Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun Lands 2025 Release From...
Bleecker Street and ShivHans have partnered to take U.S. rights to the cosmic love story “Love Me,” written and directed by Sam and Andy Zuchero, and starring Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun. Bleecker...
View ArticleA Teary Meryl Streep Reflects on Her Last Time at Cannes While Accepting...
Before Meryl Streep could accept her honorary Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday night, she was greeted by a thunderous two-minute standing ovation. The 74-year-old Oscar winner was so...
View ArticleCannes Film Festival Opens With Storm Clouds, Meryl Streep and Messi the Dog
Who let the dog out? The Cannes Film Festival red carpet is notoriously strict about its black-tie dress code (one man in a blue tuxedo who committed the fashion travesty of wearing white socks was...
View ArticleCan Cannes Save ‘Megalopolis’? Francis Ford Coppola Prepares to Unveil His...
When Francis Ford Coppola arrived in Cannes in 1979 to premiere an unfinished version of “Apocalypse Now,” he had endured a gauntlet of bad press. His Vietnam saga’s budget kept ballooning, forcing...
View ArticleRichard Avedon, Revisited: A New Photo Exhibition Captures the Darkness and...
Perhaps no one captured cultural life post-World War II more vividly than Richard Avedon. From pop icons to artists to heads of state, being photographed by Avedon meant you were someone. There must...
View ArticleIn ‘The Brink of Dreams,’ Ayman El Amir and Nada Riyadh Celebrate ‘Daring’...
“Are you happily married?” “Were you married off way too young?” “Are girls not allowed to love?” Few people dare to ask similar questions in southern Egypt – except for the all-female street theater...
View ArticleKerry Washington’s ‘UnPrisoned’ Season 2 to Debut at the American Black Film...
The lineup for the 28th edition of the American Black Film Festival continues to get more star studded with the world premiere of the second season of Kerry Washington’s Hulu series “UnPrisoned.”...
View Article‘John Wick’ Spinoff Starring Donnie Yen With ‘Umbrella Academy’ Writer Robert...
The world of “John Wick” is expanding even more. Donnie Yen’s blind assassin Caine, who was introduced in last year’s “John Wick: Chapter 4,” will be the center of a new spinoff. There are no other...
View ArticleNatasha Lyonne Joins Marvel’s ‘The Fantastic Four’ Cast
Natasha Lyonne is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The actor, best known for the TV shows “Russian Doll” and “Poker Face,” has been cast in Disney’s upcoming “The Fantastic Four” reboot. It’s not...
View Article‘Wild Diamond’ Director Agathe Riedinger on Her Cannes Competition Debut...
The only debut feature world premiering in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, “Wild Diamond” is poised to be a highlight of this year’s roster. In the film, promising French director Agathe...
View ArticleBritish Film Institute Partners With Animation Studio Laika For Stop Motion...
The British Film Institute has partnered with film animation studio Laika to start its event series Stop Motion: Celebrating Hand-Crafted Animation On The Big Screen, which will offer free screenings...
View ArticleHow Bleecker Street Survived a Decade in the Tumultous Indie Film Business
When Andrew Karpen wants to convince a filmmaker to let him release their movie, he doesn’t blow them away by offering more and more money. For one thing, Bleecker Street, the indie studio he founded...
View ArticlePink Parrot Sells Animated ‘Hanna and the Monsters’ in Key Territories,...
International sales and distribution outfit Pink Parrot Media has closed several key deals for Doce Entertainment and Mr. Miyagi Films’ animated kids and family feature “Hanna and the Monsters.”...
View ArticleMena Suvari and Antoine Olivier Pilon to Star in Psychological Drama ‘Anatomy...
Mena Suvari (“RZR,” “American Beauty”) and Antoine Olivier Pilon (“French Girl”) have been cast as the leads in psychological drama “Anatomy of the Sun.” The film, from writer and director Steven...
View Article‘The Death of Robin Hood’ Producers Lyrical Media, Ryder Picture Company...
Lyrical Media has entered into a first-look film deal with Ryder Picture Company (RPC), a production company helmed by industry veteran and Academy Award-nominee Aaron Ryder and partner Andrew Swett....
View Article‘Hollywoodland: Jewish Founders and the Making of a Movie Capital’ Exhibit...
Imagine it’s 1920s Los Angeles. You’re driving around town in a Model T, cruising from Echo Park’s Edendale studios to Universal City to Musso and Frank on Hollywood Boulevard. That experience comes to...
View ArticleGlen Powell’s Parents Showed Up on His Red Carpet With Signs Trolling Him:...
Glen Powell remained the king of grassroots publicity at an Austin, Texas, screening of his new Netflix movie, Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man.” The leading man hit the red carpet at the event accompanied...
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