George Clooney, Daniel Craig, Fernando Alonso … the Stars Align to Celebrate...
Lido must have felt very empty on Monday, as some of the biggest stars in the world flocked to the historic Venetian Arsenale for a glittery unveiling of Aston Martin’s Vanquish. “Wolfs” star George...
View Article‘The Apprentice’ First Footage: Sebastian Stan’s Donald Trump Voice Revealed
Sebastian Stan takes an interview as a young Donald Trump in the first footage released from “The Apprentice,” a biopic from director Ali Abbasi coming to theaters Oct. 11. In the one-minute clip, Roy...
View ArticleWhy Ben Stiller Returned to Acting for ‘Nutcrackers’: Farm Animals, Untrained...
“I’ve never worked with a hog before,” Ben Stiller says. “So when they started making crazy sounds, I’m like, ‘Wait a minute! Am I safe?’” At this, Stiller squeals and snorts like an irate pig,...
View ArticleInside ‘Pavements’: How Alex Ross Perry Made an Unprecedented Music Film as...
When Alex Ross Perry set out to make a film about Pavement, he wanted it to be as absurd as some of the ’90s slacker band’s lyrics. For the indie director, known for “Listen Up Philip” and “Her Smell,”...
View ArticleMetrograph Pictures Buys Venice Festival Highlight ‘Happyend’ for North...
Metrograph Pictures has acquired North American rights to Neo Sora’s narrative debut “Happyend,” a dystopian portrait of rebellious youth fighting for a better future. Sora’s fiction feature debut,...
View Article‘Harvest’ Review: Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Brawny, Brutal, Beautiful Fable of...
It’s been nine years since Athina Rachel Tsangari’s last film “Chevalier,” a mordant contemporary satire of toxic male ego and destructive dick-measuring contests. Much has changed in the Greek...
View ArticleHow Directors of Indie Movies Like Venice’s ‘The Brutalist’ Have Been Helped...
Viktória Sovák, the new head of post-production house NFI Filmlab in Hungary, whose credits include Venice competition titles “The Brutalist” and “Maria” and upcoming films by Ildiko Enyedi, the...
View Article‘Despicable Me 4’ Reclaims U.K., Ireland Box Office Pole Position Thanks to...
Though numbers were down from last year, the U.K. and Ireland box office saw a boost from National Cinema Day on Aug. 31 with cinemas reporting 1 million admissions for the promotional event, according...
View ArticleInside Demi Moore’s Glorious Return: How She Conquered Her Fears for a...
“I’m warning you: She loves to dominate a teddy bear,” Demi Moore says as her teacup Chihuahua, Pilaf, toddles into the room. Moore, perched on a kitchen stool in her Los Angeles home, watches her dog...
View Article‘Ravens,’ Starring Emmy-Nominated ‘Shogun’ Actor Tadanobu Asano, Boarded by...
K5 Intl. has come on board for worldwide sales of the feature film “Ravens,” starring Tadanobu Asano, Emmy nominated for “Shōgun,” and Kumi Takuichi. The film is directed by Mark Gill, known for...
View ArticleDOC NYC Reveals 2024 Visionaries Tribute Gala Honorees (EXCLUSIVE)
DOC NYC‘s 11th annual Visionaries Tribute gala will honor documentary filmmaker Alan Berliner, Firelight Media president and co-founder Marcia Smith, director Lucy Walker, and CEO of Chicken & Egg...
View Article‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Aims to Clear $100 Million in Scary-Good Opening...
The ghost with the most is looking to inject a little life into the sluggish box office. “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” the sequel to Tim Burton’s 1988 film about a pesky poltergeist, is eyeing a huge $100...
View ArticleThai-Vietnam Horror Film ‘The Bride’ Picked up by Skyline Media (EXCLUSIVE)
Thai director Lee Thongkam is shooting “The Bride,” a horror film that marks a rare co-production between Thai and Vietnamese companies. “The Bride” follows a young Vietnamese woman (portrayed by Rima...
View Article‘The Swearing Jar’ Filmmaker Lindsay MacKay’s Family Drama ‘What If’ Sets...
Penguin Pictures and Farpoint Films have unveiled their new feature film “What If,” to be directed by Lindsay MacKay (“The Swearing Jar,” “Wet Bum”). The family drama is set to make its market debut at...
View Article‘The Quiet Son’ Review: Vincent Lindon Stars in a Stolid Parenting Drama With...
If you’re one of those people whose first instinct in cases of youth violence is to blame the parents, “The Quiet Son,” the new Venice-competing title from directors Delphine and Muriel Coulin (“17...
View ArticleIndie Films Are Staging a Box Office Comeback. How Will That Affect the...
Over the past few months, a twisted killer, a nonagenarian avenger and a talk show host with a deadly interest in the occult have reinvigorated an indie film business that had been in a prolonged...
View ArticleIsabella Rossellini on Hollywood Ageism, Playing a Scene-Stealing Nun in...
Isabella Rossellini puts down her fork, straightens her back and shows me how she nailed a pivotal moment in her new movie, “Conclave,” a Vatican-set thriller that unfolds a world away from her 28-acre...
View ArticlePlaytime Sells Yeo Siew Hua’s Venice Competition Title ‘Stranger Eyes’ Across...
“Stranger Eyes,” Singaporean director Yeo Siew Hua‘s feature on modern surveillance culture, has been sold by Playtime to a raft of territories ahead of its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival....
View Article‘Whiplash’ to Screen With Live Jazz Band Led by Justin Hurwitz at Beverly...
“Whiplash” is headed to Beverly Hills. In celebration of the film’s 10th anniversary, “Whiplash: In Concert,” conducted by Oscar-winning composer Justin Hurwitz, will debut on Nov. 9 and 10 in Beverly...
View ArticlePalestinian-European Co-Production ‘Happy Holidays’ Looks to Spark Dialogue...
Drama “Happy Holidays” marks the long in the works solo directing debut of Palestinian director Scandar Copti, an Oscar nominee as co-director of “Ajami” (2009). Launching with prime slots in Venice...
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