Mel Brooks, Asa Butterfield Join Ewan McGregor in ‘The Land of Sometimes’...
Comedy legend Mel Brooks and “Sex Education” star Asa Butterfield have joined the voice cast of the upcoming animated feature “The Land of Sometimes.” Based on an original audiobook by Francesca...
View ArticleEsther McGregor on Starring in Two Venice Titles With ‘Room Next Door’ and...
Esther McGregor was sure she’d screwed up her audition to Pedro Almodovar’s hotly-anticipated English-language debut “The Room Next Door.” Shooting a short film at the time (as a favor) and not feeling...
View ArticleInternational Oscar Race: Japan Selects Venice Film ‘Cloud’ by Kurosawa Kiyoshi
Kurosawa Kiyoshi’s “Cloud” has been selected as Japan’s submission for the best international film in the Oscars race. The film will appear out of competition this week at the Venice film festival. The...
View ArticlePaz Lázaro’s Amore Cine Boards Chilean Road Movie ‘A Thousand Pieces’ by...
Madrid-based Paz Lázaro of Amore Cine, at the Venice Film Festival for “Kill the Jockey” by Luis Ortega and “Quiet Life” by Alexandros Avranas, has boarded Sergio Castro San Martín’s “A Thousand...
View ArticleTimo Tjahjanto Sets Streaming Date, Trailer for Toronto-Bound ‘The Shadow...
Timo Tjahjanto, the Indonesian genre film director who commands a fiercely loyal following, has dropped a trailer for his upcoming action thriller “The Shadow Strays.” Audiences at the Toronto...
View Article‘Roma’ Producer Nicolas Celis, ‘Hurricane Season’s Elisa Miller Prep Gripping...
Mexican filmmaker Elisa Miller (“Hurricane Season”) is teaming up with “Roma” producer Nicolás Celis and his Pimienta Films on a legal drama-cum-psychological thriller that the duo is pitching this...
View ArticleArgentine Filmmaker Gaston Solnicki’s ‘The Souffleur’ Follows the Storied...
Argentine filmmaker Gastón Solnicki is cooking up his latest feature, “The Souffleur,” which he’ll be presenting during the Venice Gap-Financing Market, which runs Aug. 30 – Sep. 1. The film tells the...
View ArticleNicole Kidman Says Erotic Thriller ‘Babygirl’ Was ‘Very Freeing’ to Make: ‘I...
Nicole Kidman hopes her new erotic thriller, “Babygirl,” is a “liberating story” for women, as she found it “very freeing” to make. At the film’s Venice Film Festival press conference, Kidman spoke on...
View ArticlePablo Larrain’s ‘Maria,’ Starring Angelina Jolie, Sells to Key International...
FilmNation Entertainment has sold key international territories on Pablo Larraín’s “Maria,” starring Angelina Jolie, which had its world premiere in the main competition section of the Venice film...
View Article‘Tiger Zinda Hai,’‘Sultan’ Director Ali Abbas Zafar to Return to India’s Yash...
Indian filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar is returning to Yash Raj Films (YRF), the studio where he made his first four films, Variety has learned. Zafar made his feature directorial debut with YRF’s 2011...
View ArticleZoe Saldaña Has Arrived for Her Oscar Moment in the Best Picture Contender...
For nearly 20 years, Zoe Saldaña has starred in some of the most financially successful films in history, including “Avatar” and “Avengers: Endgame.” You’d think an actress with such an impressive...
View ArticlePharrell Is a Lego and Robbie Williams Is a Monkey in Two Music Biopics...
Legendary musicians Pharrell Williams and Robbie Williams — unrelated despite their shared surname — are each choosing to tell their life stories through unconventional mediums. Pharrell’s story is...
View Article‘The Friend’ Review: Naomi Watts Inherits a Handful in a Dog Movie That’s...
Before his death, French actor Alain Delon had said that he wished for his dog, Loubo, to be put down when he passed. Delon believed the bond between him and his rescued Belgian Malinois was so strong...
View Article‘Conclave’ Review: Ralph Fiennes, Looking Tortured, Leads a Tense Search for...
If you think the American presidential election has been unpredictable, wait’ll you see how capricious things get at the Vatican when the cardinals assemble to choose a new pope in “Conclave.” Adapted...
View ArticleMarco Bellocchio’s ‘May I Say? Chapter Two’ Debuts Clip Ahead of Venice...
Marco Bellocchio’s “Se posso permettermi Capitolo II” (May I Say? Chapter Two), which has its world premiere Sunday in the Out of Competition section of the Venice Film Festival, has debuted a first...
View Article‘The Wasp’ Review: Naomie Harris and Natalie Dormer Play Old Friends With...
Early on in “The Wasp,” Naomie Harris provides an elaborate description of tarantula hawks, a species of spiders that feeds on other tarantulas. They paralyze their prey before eating them alive. It’s...
View ArticleJude Law Says Neo-Nazi Crime Thriller ‘The Order’‘Needed to Be Made Now’:...
Jude Law said that his new crime thriller, “The Order,” about the FBI investigation of a Neo-Nazi terrorist group in the ’80s, “needed to be made now.” At a Venice Film Festival press conference, Law...
View ArticleHarmony Korine Says Hollywood Is Starting to ‘Crumble Creatively’ While...
Harmony Korine doubled down on his thoughts about the current state of the film industry at a Venice press conference on Saturday, saying that “we’re starting to see Hollywood crumble creatively”...
View ArticleIsraeli Director Amos Gitai Dismisses Calls for Venice Title ‘Why War’ to Be...
Israeli director Amos Gitai has pushed back against efforts for his Venice-bowing film “Why War” to be boycotted from the festival. Premiering out of the competition over the weekend, the film takes...
View Article‘And Their Children After Them’ Review: A Delinquent Crime Echoes Through the...
French writer Nicolas Mathieu won the Prix Goncourt — France’s highest-profile literary award — for his 2018 novel “And Their Children After Them,” a working-class Bildungsroman set against a backdrop...
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