In Jonás Trueba’s Cannes Pic ‘The Other Way Around,’ It’s Time for a...
Spanish director Jonás Trueba wants you to celebrate the endings, not just the beginnings. That includes the demise of a serious relationship, because Ale and Alex (Itsaso Arana and Vito Sanz) have...
View Article‘We Will Push Acting to Levels Not Seen in a While,’ Says Ruben Östlund About...
Back in Cannes a year after presiding over the main Cannes jury, the two-time Palme d’or winner Ruben Öslund unveiled more details about his next mega-project, English-language “The Entertainment is...
View ArticleUkrainian Smash ‘Mavka’ Live-Action Film in the Works: ‘Animated Feature Was...
The “Mavka” franchise is just getting started. Ukraine’s FILM.UA Group is now developing a live-action film based on the character already spotlighted in “Mavka. The Forest Song,” Variety has found...
View ArticleNeon Buys North American Rights to Mohammad Rasoulof’s ‘The Seed of the...
Neon has acquired the North American rights to “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” directed by Mohammad Rasoulof. The thriller is set to premiere In Competition in Cannes on May 24, and marks Rasoulof’s...
View ArticleSelena Gomez Weeps as ‘Emilia Pérez’ Earns Biggest Cannes Standing Ovation So...
“Emilia Pérez,” a musical crime drama starring Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Karla Sofía Gascón, has earned the biggest standing ovation of this year’s Cannes Film Festival so far. Gomez wiped away...
View ArticleNoemie Merlant’s Punk Fable ‘The Balconettes’ Shatters MeToo Taboos With...
Noemie Merlant’s sophomore feature “The Balconettes” plays as a raunchy horror-comedy with a greater social conscience. The film follows three roommates – an actress, played by Merlant, a camgirl...
View ArticleA.R. Rahman Unveils Music Documentary ‘Headhunting to Beatboxing’ at Cannes...
Oscar-, BAFTA-, Golden Globe- and Grammy-winning composer A.R. Rahman has unveiled music documentary “Headhunting to Beatboxing” at the Cannes Film Festival. Directed by Rohit Gupta, the documentary...
View Article‘Limonov: The Ballad’ Review: Ben Whishaw Stars in a Portrait of a Radical...
That the name Limonov is pronounced Lee-MWAH-nov is one of two main things that Kirill Serebrennikov’s “Limonov: The Ballad” teaches us about Eduard Limonov, the Russian radical, poet, dissident,...
View Article‘The Substance’ Director Coralie Fargeat on How Her Feminist Body Horror Film...
With only her second film, Coralie Fargeat has gone from admiring body horror king David Cronenberg to being in competition with him at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Fargeat’s “The Substance,”...
View ArticleBox Office: John Krasinski’s ‘IF’ Debuts at No. 1 With Soft $35 Million
Not exactly the opening weekend that dreams are made of. Director John Krasinski’s “IF,” a fantasy-comedy that promises your imaginary friends from childhood are real, fell slightly short of box office...
View ArticleUFO Nabs French Distribution for Directors’ Fortnight Player ‘Gazer’ (EXCLUSIVE)
French distribution company UFO has secured the rights to American filmmaker Ryan J. Sloan’s New psychological thriller “Gazer,” which will world premiere at this year’s Directors’ Fortnight on May 22....
View ArticleSpanish Animation Woos Marché du Film Buyers
The first significant deal at last year’s Marché du Film was Neon’s acquisition of Pablo Berger’s eventual Oscar nominee, “Robot Dreams.” Whether or not another Spanish animated film can have that kind...
View Article‘My Sunshine’ Review: Hiroshi Okuyama’s Second Feature Traces a Gentle...
Some films prioritize a strident political cause, others set out to terrify or thrill. This touching and simple story from Japanese filmmaker Hiroshi Okuyama, premiering in Un Certain Regard at Cannes,...
View ArticleUrban Sales Racks Up Deals on Animation ‘Into the Wonderwoods’ Ahead of...
Urban Sales has closed a raft of deals on the upcoming animated feature “Into the Wonderwoods” ahead of its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in the Special Screenings section. The film, which...
View ArticleMichel Hazanavicius on His Cannes Competition Film ‘The Most Precious of...
Michel Hazanavicius, the Oscar-winning director of “The Artist,” makes a first foray into animation with “The Most Precious of Cargoes” which world premieres at the Cannes Film Festival on May 24....
View ArticleKevin Costner Can’t Hold Back Tears as His Western Epic ‘Horizon’ Earns...
“Horizon: An American Saga,” Kevin Costner’s risk-it-all Western epic, rode into Cannes on Sunday, earning a seven-minute standing ovation. Costner was visibly emotional as the film received huge...
View ArticleCanary Islands Cinema Lifts Off, Primed by Local Talent, Relocation,...
Boosted by world-class incentives, Spain’s Canary Islands has attracted the shoots of some of the higher-profile movies on earth from “In the Heart of the Sea” to “Wonder Woman 1984” and “Eternals.”...
View ArticleHollywood Cinema Production Resources Names Ashlee Hypolite as Its Executive...
Hollywood Cinema Production Resources’ (Hollywood CPR) board of directors names Ashlee Hypolite as its new executive director. Hollywood CPR is a nonprofit that creates opportunities for employment and...
View ArticleFilmax Scoops Spanish Animated Pirate Pic ‘The Treasure of Barracuda’...
Barcelona-based production, sales, and distribution company Filmax has secured global sales rights to the upcoming kids and family animated feature “The Treasure of Barracuda,” and is presenting the...
View ArticleTalents to Track on the Canaries’ New Film Scene
Studios that call the Canary Islands home are curating top talent to further diversify their audiovisual offerings, luring and retaining creatives dedicated to costume design, sound, production,...
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