Margaret Qualley Talks ‘Surreal’ Experience of Pulling Double Duty at Cannes...
“Surreal.” That’s the best way Margaret Qualley can sum up her experience at the Cannes Film Festival this year, as one of the only actors to star in not one, but two films premiering in competition —...
View ArticleArtists Urge Action on AI, but Congress Is Slow to Respond
Scarlett Johansson called out OpenAI this week for mimicking her voice for a new chatbot, underscoring the urgency that many artists feel about regulating artificial intelligence. But in Congress,...
View ArticleSideshow and Janus Films Acquire North American Rights to ‘Flow’
Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired North American rights for Gints Zilbalodis’ animated adventure film “Flow,” which premiered in Un Certain Regard at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. “We were so...
View ArticleHungary Production Boom Builds on ‘Special Film DNA’ in Magyar Industry:...
When it comes to the wild success of the film industry in Hungary, which is the largest production hub in continental Europe and second in Europe only to the U.K., film commissioner Csaba Káel is quick...
View ArticleGeorge Floyd Biopic ‘Daddy Changed the World’ in the Works With His Daughter...
A family-authorized George Floyd biopic titled “Daddy Changed the World” is in the works from Radar Pictures, 8 Queens Film & Media Productions and Night Fox Entertainment. Floyd’s daughter, Gianna...
View Article‘The Other Way Around’ Review: A Charming Madrid-Set Meta-Ode to the...
The dogged pursuit of the relationship unicorn that is the good break-up informs the wit and winking wisdom of Jonás Trueba’s “The Other Way Around,” a delightful showcase for the Spanish director’s...
View Article‘Queen of the Deuce’ Review: A Fun Footnote About a Behind-The-Scenes Mogul...
Over half a century ago, movies were changing at warp speed, with censorship boundaries falling and artistic ones expanding, as remembered from such game-changers as “Bonnie and Clyde,” “I Am Curious...
View ArticleSophie Fillières Posthumously Wins Directors’ Fortnight Award with ‘This Life...
Late screenwriter-director Sophie Fillières’ seventh and final feature, “This Life of Mine” was the opening film at this year’s Directors’ Fortnight and today wrapped things up as the France Writers’...
View ArticleDestry Spielberg’s Feature Debut Pays Its Debts to New Mexico Crew
The producer of Destry Allyn Spielberg’s feature film debut said Thursday that the production has paid its debts to its vendors in New Mexico. The film, “Please Don’t Feed the Children,” wrapped...
View Article‘Leave the World Behind’ Tops All Netflix Viewing for Second Half of 2023...
Dystopian thriller “Leave the World Behind” was the most-watched film — and title overall — on Netflix globally in the second half of 2023, while anime-inspired live action series “One Piece” led on...
View Article‘An Unfinished Film’ Review: Lou Ye’s Docufiction Covid Chronicle Captures...
Nostalgic docufiction that morphs into a lockdown thriller, Lou Ye’s “An Unfinished Film” is the second work at this year’s Cannes Film Festival (alongside Jia Zhangke’s “Caught by the Tides”) in which...
View Article‘The Last Stop in Yuma County’ Casting Director Talks Assembling Film’s...
David Guglielmo doesn’t have an acting background, but he has an empathy and understanding for actors that serves him – and others – as a casting director. It might come from his background as a...
View ArticleRobert Downey Jr. Roasts Chris Hemsworth by Asking ‘Avengers’ Cast to...
Chris Hemsworth received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and his longtime Avengers co-star Robert Downey Jr. marked the occasion with a public roast of everyone’s favorite “Thor” actor. Downey...
View ArticleDocumentary ‘Still Working 9 to 5’ Sets Los Angeles Premiere With Cher, Jane...
“Still Working 9 to 5,” the 2022 documentary that uses the ideas raised 1980’s “9 to 5” as a way to explore inequality in the workplace, will have its L.A. premiere May 29 at the Renberg Theatre in...
View Article‘No Other Land,’‘Forest’ Win Big at Millennium Docs Against Gravity Festival
“No Other Land,” a documentary about the resistance of Palestinian activists against forced displacement and settler expansion in the West Bank community of Masafer Yatta, won the Millennium Docs...
View ArticleMohammad Rasoulof’s ‘Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Shakes Up Cannes With 2024...
It looks like Cannes might have saved the best for last. “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” Mohammad Rasoulof’s drama about a family in Tehran divided over the oppressive practices of the Iranian...
View Article‘Dawn of the Dead’ Star Gaylen Ross Recalls the Chaos of Shooting George...
Gaylen Ross has only a handful of acting credits to her name, but the first of them remains significant enough even today for her to be permanently canonized in horror film history: “Dawn of the Dead.”...
View ArticleIATSE Sets More Bargaining Dates in June, as AI Remains Key Issue
IATSE has scheduled an additional three days of bargaining in June in which it hopes to wrap up a tentative agreement with the studios. The union told members Friday that it has reached “consensus”...
View ArticleCannes Film Festival: ‘Black Dog’ Wins Un Certain Regard Award
Exactly ten years after the genre-mixing, canine-driven Hungarian thriller “White God” landed the Prix Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival, this year’s ceremony culminated in the same prize...
View ArticleLily Gladstone Says ‘It’s Irrelevant Whether or Not I’ Won the Oscar and...
Lily Gladstone went back home to the Blackfeet Nation after her lengthy awards season with “Killers of the Flower Moon,” and “nobody was upset” that she didn’t win the Oscar for best actress. Gladstone...
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