Stars: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, Kim Walker, Peter Dawson | Written by Daniel Waters | Directed by Michael Lehmann
Heather Chandler (Kim Walker) is the leader of the “Heathers”, a clique of mean girls running their Ohio high school. There are two other Heathers in the group, and then there’s the runt of the litter: Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder). Veronica is a bitch, but her engagement with the girls’ cycle of bullying and mockery is reluctant. Smooth, smarmy Jason Dean (Christian Slater) spots this self-doubt and lures Veronica into his carefree, rebellious world. Veronica and Jason spark up an immediately passionate yet toxic romance. Veronica has often thought about killing Miss Chandler, not to mention other bullies at the school, but now she’s met someone who’s really willing to do it.
From the opening scene, where we meet Veronica (who’s also the narrator) buried...
Heather Chandler (Kim Walker) is the leader of the “Heathers”, a clique of mean girls running their Ohio high school. There are two other Heathers in the group, and then there’s the runt of the litter: Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder). Veronica is a bitch, but her engagement with the girls’ cycle of bullying and mockery is reluctant. Smooth, smarmy Jason Dean (Christian Slater) spots this self-doubt and lures Veronica into his carefree, rebellious world. Veronica and Jason spark up an immediately passionate yet toxic romance. Veronica has often thought about killing Miss Chandler, not to mention other bullies at the school, but now she’s met someone who’s really willing to do it.
From the opening scene, where we meet Veronica (who’s also the narrator) buried...
- 8/5/2024
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
With their last Joker film, Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix reinvented the character from the ground up. Now, they’re about to change the game all over again in Joker: Folie À Deux – a follow-up that sends Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck (and Lady Gaga’s Harley ‘Lee’ Quinzel) into song-and-dance territory. It’s one of the year’s most eagerly-anticipated films, and the new issue of Empire is your all-access guide.
The September 2024 issue isn’t on newsstands until tomorrow, Thursday 1 August – but you can take a sneak peek at what’s in story below. Order a copy online here.
Joker: Folie À Deux
How do you follow up a billion-dollar character drama take on one of the world’s most famous villains? Why, you make a music-fuelled romance, of course! Empire speaks with filmmaker Todd Phillips, stars Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, and more, getting the inside story on...
The September 2024 issue isn’t on newsstands until tomorrow, Thursday 1 August – but you can take a sneak peek at what’s in story below. Order a copy online here.
Joker: Folie À Deux
How do you follow up a billion-dollar character drama take on one of the world’s most famous villains? Why, you make a music-fuelled romance, of course! Empire speaks with filmmaker Todd Phillips, stars Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, and more, getting the inside story on...
- 8/1/2024
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - Movies
French director Claude Lelouch will be celebrated with the the Cartier Glory To The Filmmaker Award at the upcoming 81st Venice Film Festival, running from August 28 to September 7.
He follows in the footsteps of Wes Anderson who was last year’s recipient of the award, dedicated to a personality who has made a particularly original contribution to the contemporary film industry.
The award ceremony will take place on September 2 ahead of the world premiere in an Out of Competition screening of Lelouch’s new work Finalement, starring an ensemble cast featuring Kad Merad, Elsa Zylberstain, Michel Boujenah, Sandrine Bonnaire, Barbara Pravi and Françoise Gillard.
One of France’s best loved directors, Lelouch first broke out internationally with his 1966 Oscar and Cannes Palme d’Or-winning romance A Man and a Woman, starring Anouk Aimee and Jean-Louis Trintignant as a widow and widower whose fledgling love story is held back by past personal tragedies.
He follows in the footsteps of Wes Anderson who was last year’s recipient of the award, dedicated to a personality who has made a particularly original contribution to the contemporary film industry.
The award ceremony will take place on September 2 ahead of the world premiere in an Out of Competition screening of Lelouch’s new work Finalement, starring an ensemble cast featuring Kad Merad, Elsa Zylberstain, Michel Boujenah, Sandrine Bonnaire, Barbara Pravi and Françoise Gillard.
One of France’s best loved directors, Lelouch first broke out internationally with his 1966 Oscar and Cannes Palme d’Or-winning romance A Man and a Woman, starring Anouk Aimee and Jean-Louis Trintignant as a widow and widower whose fledgling love story is held back by past personal tragedies.
- 8/1/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
French director Claude Lelouch will receive the Glory to the Filmmaker award at the 81st Venice Film Festival (August 28-September 7).
The filmmaker, known for his Oscar-winning 1967 drama A Man And A Woman, will be presented with the award on September 2 ahead of the premiere of his Out of Competition title Finalement.
The award is given to an individual who has made an especially original contribution to modern cinema.
Lelouch was last in Venice in 2002 for the multi-collaboration September 11, which won the Unesco award, while his 1996 drama Men, Women: A User’s Manual won the Little Golden Lion. His other notable credits include 1995’s Les Miserables,...
The filmmaker, known for his Oscar-winning 1967 drama A Man And A Woman, will be presented with the award on September 2 ahead of the premiere of his Out of Competition title Finalement.
The award is given to an individual who has made an especially original contribution to modern cinema.
Lelouch was last in Venice in 2002 for the multi-collaboration September 11, which won the Unesco award, while his 1996 drama Men, Women: A User’s Manual won the Little Golden Lion. His other notable credits include 1995’s Les Miserables,...
- 8/1/2024
- ScreenDaily
Manuela Cacciamani has been named the new CEO of Rome’s legendary Cinecittà Studios. The announcement was made by Lucia Borgonzoni, Italy’s Undersecretary of Culture, who also confirmed Chiara Sbarigia for another three-year term as President of Cinecittà.
“I am extremely proud to see two women and professionals like Manuela Cacciamani and Chiara Sbarigia at the top of a pillar of the Italian audiovisual industry like Cinecittà,” Borgonzoni said in a statement to THR Roma. “Their dedication and expertise will be fundamental in facing the global challenges of this sector, promoting the production of high-quality content that reflects the cultural and creative richness of our country. Italy has demonstrated, with our strong investment plans and the Tax Credit legislation, that it wants to be center stage for cinema in the world, and Cinecittà will represent a fundamental asset.”
Cacciamani brings extensive experience in film and digital media to her new role,...
“I am extremely proud to see two women and professionals like Manuela Cacciamani and Chiara Sbarigia at the top of a pillar of the Italian audiovisual industry like Cinecittà,” Borgonzoni said in a statement to THR Roma. “Their dedication and expertise will be fundamental in facing the global challenges of this sector, promoting the production of high-quality content that reflects the cultural and creative richness of our country. Italy has demonstrated, with our strong investment plans and the Tax Credit legislation, that it wants to be center stage for cinema in the world, and Cinecittà will represent a fundamental asset.”
Cacciamani brings extensive experience in film and digital media to her new role,...
- 7/31/2024
- by Federica Polidoro
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
He’s been in (almost) every Wes Anderson movie, is related to Francis Ford and Sofia Coppola and drummed for the Beastie Boys. Now’s your chance to ask him – what’s it like being Jason Schwartzman?
You’d probably most associate Jason Schwartzman with Wes Anderson films as he’s been in seven of the blighters: Rushmore, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The French Dispatch and 2023’s Asteroid City.
You might also be aware that he’s from a famous film family, which includes uncle Francis Ford Coppola, cousins Roman and Sofia and (on the other side) cousin Nicolas Cage.
You’d probably most associate Jason Schwartzman with Wes Anderson films as he’s been in seven of the blighters: Rushmore, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The French Dispatch and 2023’s Asteroid City.
You might also be aware that he’s from a famous film family, which includes uncle Francis Ford Coppola, cousins Roman and Sofia and (on the other side) cousin Nicolas Cage.
- 7/29/2024
- by Rich Pelley
- The Guardian - Film News
Alberto Barbera makes it look easy.
The long-running Venice festival director, who recently extended his contract through 2026, unveiled his Venice 2024 lineup on Tuesday. It included the by-now-familiar Biennale mix of awards season contenders such as Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language debut The Room Next Door starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, Pablo Larraín’s Maria Callas biopic Maria with Angelina Jolie and Luca Guadagnino’s William S. Burroughs adaptation Queer starring Daniel Craig. Meanwhile, there will be big-budget studio premieres, including Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which opens the festival, Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie à Deux, the sequel to his 2019 Golden Lion-winning global hit, and Jon Watts’ action drama Wolfs, an out-of-competition feature starring Brad Pitt and George Clooney.
Alongside the headline titles, a Barbera lineup always includes a few outside-the-mainstream must-sees. This year, Harmony Korine’s cinematic video game mashup Baby Invasion and Athina Rachel Tsangari’s “tragicomic Western” Harvest,...
The long-running Venice festival director, who recently extended his contract through 2026, unveiled his Venice 2024 lineup on Tuesday. It included the by-now-familiar Biennale mix of awards season contenders such as Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language debut The Room Next Door starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, Pablo Larraín’s Maria Callas biopic Maria with Angelina Jolie and Luca Guadagnino’s William S. Burroughs adaptation Queer starring Daniel Craig. Meanwhile, there will be big-budget studio premieres, including Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which opens the festival, Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie à Deux, the sequel to his 2019 Golden Lion-winning global hit, and Jon Watts’ action drama Wolfs, an out-of-competition feature starring Brad Pitt and George Clooney.
Alongside the headline titles, a Barbera lineup always includes a few outside-the-mainstream must-sees. This year, Harmony Korine’s cinematic video game mashup Baby Invasion and Athina Rachel Tsangari’s “tragicomic Western” Harvest,...
- 7/23/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Google a list of the all-time best Saturday Night Live hosts, and you’ll find a surprising number of people who you’d never guess were funny in the first place.
I mean, before SNL, who knew athletes Charles Barkley and Peyton Manning were hilarious? Who watched Nsync videos and predicted that Justin Timberlake had “Dick in a Box” in him? Billie Eilish? Chance the Rapper? Anyone have news anchor Brian Williams on their funny bingo card?
As the show embarks on its landmark 50th season, here are five more suggestions for out-of-the-box SNL hosts who just might knock it out of the park…
1 Tony Hawk
Hawk has been quietly comedy-adjacent for years, appearing in College Humor sketches, skateboarding in a fat suit in a Jackass movie and lending his voice to The Simpsons.
His Twitter feed is surprisingly funny, too, full of self-deprecating jabs and goofy insights. As a performer,...
I mean, before SNL, who knew athletes Charles Barkley and Peyton Manning were hilarious? Who watched Nsync videos and predicted that Justin Timberlake had “Dick in a Box” in him? Billie Eilish? Chance the Rapper? Anyone have news anchor Brian Williams on their funny bingo card?
As the show embarks on its landmark 50th season, here are five more suggestions for out-of-the-box SNL hosts who just might knock it out of the park…
1 Tony Hawk
Hawk has been quietly comedy-adjacent for years, appearing in College Humor sketches, skateboarding in a fat suit in a Jackass movie and lending his voice to The Simpsons.
His Twitter feed is surprisingly funny, too, full of self-deprecating jabs and goofy insights. As a performer,...
- 7/23/2024
- Cracked
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ premiered today, and while most viewers will have to wait until Friday to see the movie if they missed the early screening, you’ll have a different challenge: avoiding spoilers.
The social media embargo on early reviews has been lifted, and both fans and critics are flocking to X to share their thoughts on the film.
The general consensus is that the movie is outstanding, with no negative or mediocre reviews among the initial reactions. Critics and audiences are praising everything from the story and humor to the emotional impact and cinematography. It appears that Disney may have secured the biggest R-rated box office hit of the year.
The film is being compared to ‘Endgame’ and ‘No Way Home,’ signaling a return to the fun and stylish era of the MCU.
#DeadpoolandWolverine is No Way Home on Steroids. It takes elements from Boss Baby and Come and See...
The social media embargo on early reviews has been lifted, and both fans and critics are flocking to X to share their thoughts on the film.
The general consensus is that the movie is outstanding, with no negative or mediocre reviews among the initial reactions. Critics and audiences are praising everything from the story and humor to the emotional impact and cinematography. It appears that Disney may have secured the biggest R-rated box office hit of the year.
The film is being compared to ‘Endgame’ and ‘No Way Home,’ signaling a return to the fun and stylish era of the MCU.
#DeadpoolandWolverine is No Way Home on Steroids. It takes elements from Boss Baby and Come and See...
- 7/23/2024
- by Valentina Kraljik
- Fiction Horizon
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ premiered today, and while the majority of the viewers will have to wait for Friday to actually watch the movie if you hadn’t managed to score a ticket for the early premiere, you have a different fun activity ahead of you, dodging the spoilers.
The social media embargo has been lifted today when it comes to the early reviews and fans and pros alike are flocking to X to share their opinions of the movie.
The general consensus is that the movie is excellent as I’ve failed to find a single bad or lukewarm review among the first reactions. Everything is being praised from the story to the vulgarity of the movie, to the overall emotional impact and camera work, it looks like Disney truly does have the biggest R-rated box office success this year.
The movie is being compared to ‘Endgame’ ‘No Way Home...
The social media embargo has been lifted today when it comes to the early reviews and fans and pros alike are flocking to X to share their opinions of the movie.
The general consensus is that the movie is excellent as I’ve failed to find a single bad or lukewarm review among the first reactions. Everything is being praised from the story to the vulgarity of the movie, to the overall emotional impact and camera work, it looks like Disney truly does have the biggest R-rated box office success this year.
The movie is being compared to ‘Endgame’ ‘No Way Home...
- 7/23/2024
- by Valentina Kraljik
- Comic Basics
Fifteen years after Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman first brought Deadpool and Wolverine to the big screen in the ill-fated X-Men: Origins — Wolverine, the duo are giving the characters a proper buddy movie.
Reynolds and Jackman premiered their movie in New York on Monday, while press across the country also were treated to the first full screenings of the movie. The first reactions are now arriving on social media, coming ahead of official critics reviews, which hit Tuesday. (Scroll down to read the reactions.)
In New York, Nsync attended the premiere, one Hollywood Reporter eyewitness noted.
The movie is tracking for a massive $165 million-plus domestic bow when it opens this weekend, which would mark the biggest R-rated bow of all time.
Frequent Reynolds collaborator Shawn Levy directs Deadpool & Wolverine and wrote the script along with Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick and Zeb Wells. Emma Corrin stars in the film as its antagonist,...
Reynolds and Jackman premiered their movie in New York on Monday, while press across the country also were treated to the first full screenings of the movie. The first reactions are now arriving on social media, coming ahead of official critics reviews, which hit Tuesday. (Scroll down to read the reactions.)
In New York, Nsync attended the premiere, one Hollywood Reporter eyewitness noted.
The movie is tracking for a massive $165 million-plus domestic bow when it opens this weekend, which would mark the biggest R-rated bow of all time.
Frequent Reynolds collaborator Shawn Levy directs Deadpool & Wolverine and wrote the script along with Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick and Zeb Wells. Emma Corrin stars in the film as its antagonist,...
- 7/23/2024
- by Aaron Couch and Zoe G. Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 62nd edition of the New York Film Festival will kick off with RaMell Ross’s “Nickel Boys,” an adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Nickel Boys.”
Film at Lincoln Center made the announcement early Monday and notably didn’t specify a premiere designation for the film, perhaps an indication that “Nickel Boys” will have its world premiere at another festival such as the Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, or Venice Film Festival.
“What an absolute honor for ‘Nickel Boys’ to open the 62nd New York Film Festival… a daydream really, for the crew, the cast, and team who’ve committed so wholeheartedly to its vision,” Ross said in a statement. The filmmaker’s debut documentary, “Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” was previously screened at the 2018 edition of New Directors/New Films at New York City’s Lincoln Center. Ross called his debut feature...
Film at Lincoln Center made the announcement early Monday and notably didn’t specify a premiere designation for the film, perhaps an indication that “Nickel Boys” will have its world premiere at another festival such as the Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, or Venice Film Festival.
“What an absolute honor for ‘Nickel Boys’ to open the 62nd New York Film Festival… a daydream really, for the crew, the cast, and team who’ve committed so wholeheartedly to its vision,” Ross said in a statement. The filmmaker’s debut documentary, “Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” was previously screened at the 2018 edition of New Directors/New Films at New York City’s Lincoln Center. Ross called his debut feature...
- 7/22/2024
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
IFC Films has announced the U.S. release date for the animated feature “Memoir of a Snail,” directed by Academy Award winner Adam Elliot. This charming stop-motion adult drama took nearly a decade to create and will open in limited release on Oct. 25, with a wider expansion throughout November.
The film follows the life of Grace Puddle, a lonely misfit with a passion for collecting ornamental snails and a deep love for romance novels. Her life takes a downward turn when she’s separated from her twin brother at a young age. Despite ongoing hardships, Grace perseveres and finds inspiration through a friendship with Pinky, an elderly eccentric woman, as she slowly learns to find confidence and love.
“Memoir of a Snail” is Elliot’s second stop-motion feature, following his critically acclaimed “Mary and Max” (2009), which opened at Sundance. An Oscar winner for best animated short for “Harvie Krumpet” (2003), Elliot...
The film follows the life of Grace Puddle, a lonely misfit with a passion for collecting ornamental snails and a deep love for romance novels. Her life takes a downward turn when she’s separated from her twin brother at a young age. Despite ongoing hardships, Grace perseveres and finds inspiration through a friendship with Pinky, an elderly eccentric woman, as she slowly learns to find confidence and love.
“Memoir of a Snail” is Elliot’s second stop-motion feature, following his critically acclaimed “Mary and Max” (2009), which opened at Sundance. An Oscar winner for best animated short for “Harvie Krumpet” (2003), Elliot...
- 7/18/2024
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
The Hudson Film Festival, now in its second year in the quaint upstate New York town, has revealed the lineup for its 2024 edition.
IndieWire exclusively announces Hudson’s program for its second year, running August 9-11, with all-access passes now on sale. Programming includes opening night feature “The Supremes At Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat” (Searchlight Pictures on Hulu), Sundance award-winning documentary “Daughters” (Netflix), “My First Film” (Mubi) from Zia Anger, Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning documentary “A New Kind of Wilderness,” a 15th-anniversary free screening of Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” and Cannes award-winner “The Taste of Things” as an international spotlight feature.
Based on the 2013 New York Times bestselling novel, writer/director Tina Mabry’s “The Supremes At Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat” stars Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Emmy nominee Sanaa Lathan, and Emmy winner Uzo Aduba as three women whose friendship withstands the test of time through the decades dating back to the 1960s.
IndieWire exclusively announces Hudson’s program for its second year, running August 9-11, with all-access passes now on sale. Programming includes opening night feature “The Supremes At Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat” (Searchlight Pictures on Hulu), Sundance award-winning documentary “Daughters” (Netflix), “My First Film” (Mubi) from Zia Anger, Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning documentary “A New Kind of Wilderness,” a 15th-anniversary free screening of Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” and Cannes award-winner “The Taste of Things” as an international spotlight feature.
Based on the 2013 New York Times bestselling novel, writer/director Tina Mabry’s “The Supremes At Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat” stars Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Emmy nominee Sanaa Lathan, and Emmy winner Uzo Aduba as three women whose friendship withstands the test of time through the decades dating back to the 1960s.
- 7/16/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Long before camera phones and social media, James Hamilton roamed the streets of New York, capturing the city on film. For decades, his images documented the changing cultural scenes in both print and on movie sets. Now director D.W. Young shines the spotlight on Hamilton and his remarkable career through the documentary “Uncropped“.
From rock concerts to war zones, we see the rich variety of subjects that have crossed Hamilton’s lens over the years. But don’t expect a stuffy film full of dates and facts; through intimate interviews, Hamilton brings those memorable moments vividly back to life.
We also hear from friends and colleagues who enjoyed unprecedented access in those pre-publicist days. Young uses their recollections to paint a portrait not just of one photographer but of a bygone era in journalism where frontline reporting flourished. Overall, the film offers an entertaining and thought-provoking look at Hamilton’s life through his photographs,...
From rock concerts to war zones, we see the rich variety of subjects that have crossed Hamilton’s lens over the years. But don’t expect a stuffy film full of dates and facts; through intimate interviews, Hamilton brings those memorable moments vividly back to life.
We also hear from friends and colleagues who enjoyed unprecedented access in those pre-publicist days. Young uses their recollections to paint a portrait not just of one photographer but of a bygone era in journalism where frontline reporting flourished. Overall, the film offers an entertaining and thought-provoking look at Hamilton’s life through his photographs,...
- 7/15/2024
- by Naser Nahandian
- Gazettely
As has been the case most of the year, any weekend with a big movie tends to be followed by a lighter weekend with a bunch of odds and ends, and that’s the case this weekend as well. Read on for Gold Derby’s box office preview.
As “Despicable Me 4” and “Inside Out 2” continue to dominate, we get a number of smaller movies, even though one of them has two major A-list stars working together in a genre that hasn’t been particularly well represented in theaters this summer … the comedy.
Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum star in the historic rom-com “Fly Me to the Moon” with Johansson playing marketing expert Kelly Jones, who is called upon by the government – specifically by Woody Harrelson – to help get the country excited about the USA putting a man on the moon. Tatum plays launch director Cole Davis, who is...
As “Despicable Me 4” and “Inside Out 2” continue to dominate, we get a number of smaller movies, even though one of them has two major A-list stars working together in a genre that hasn’t been particularly well represented in theaters this summer … the comedy.
Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum star in the historic rom-com “Fly Me to the Moon” with Johansson playing marketing expert Kelly Jones, who is called upon by the government – specifically by Woody Harrelson – to help get the country excited about the USA putting a man on the moon. Tatum plays launch director Cole Davis, who is...
- 7/10/2024
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Saddle up! One of the great westerns is getting a remake.
Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood classic A Fistful Of Dollars is set for a movie remake from Euro Gang Entertainment, the company founded by Hollywood vet Gianni Nunnari (300) and Simon Horsman (Magazine Dreams), alongside Italian production vet Enzo Sisti (Ripley) of Fpc, and Rome-based Jolly Film, which produced the original movie.
Hit western A Fistful of Dollars is the story of a wandering gunfighter with no name who plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge.
The film, released in the mid ’60s, helped launch the “spaghetti western” genre and Eastwood’s career (and others including that of composer Ennio Morricone). Its huge success spawned two more films in an iconic trilogy also comprising For a Few Dollars More and The Good the Bad and the Ugly, all starring Eastwood.
Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood classic A Fistful Of Dollars is set for a movie remake from Euro Gang Entertainment, the company founded by Hollywood vet Gianni Nunnari (300) and Simon Horsman (Magazine Dreams), alongside Italian production vet Enzo Sisti (Ripley) of Fpc, and Rome-based Jolly Film, which produced the original movie.
Hit western A Fistful of Dollars is the story of a wandering gunfighter with no name who plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge.
The film, released in the mid ’60s, helped launch the “spaghetti western” genre and Eastwood’s career (and others including that of composer Ennio Morricone). Its huge success spawned two more films in an iconic trilogy also comprising For a Few Dollars More and The Good the Bad and the Ugly, all starring Eastwood.
- 7/9/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The next installment of the Jurassic World franchise is currently filming, and star Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) got a special welcome from franchise royalty: Jeff Goldblum.
Johansson was recently interviewed on Today to promote Fly Me to the Moon when a video from Goldblum was played on air. “Dr. Johansson, this is Jeff Goldblum. Here’s what I want to say to you. This I know: Scarlett will find a way,” he said. “Don’t get eaten, unless you want to. I love you.” In response, Johansson exclaimed, “Oh my god, I can’t believe Jeff said that to me. I think my life is complete now. I can retire.” The two actors previously worked together on Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, but Goldblum isn’t expected to reprise his role of Dr. Ian Malcolm for the new sequel.
The actress has previously expressed her enthusiasm at joining the Jurassic franchise,...
Johansson was recently interviewed on Today to promote Fly Me to the Moon when a video from Goldblum was played on air. “Dr. Johansson, this is Jeff Goldblum. Here’s what I want to say to you. This I know: Scarlett will find a way,” he said. “Don’t get eaten, unless you want to. I love you.” In response, Johansson exclaimed, “Oh my god, I can’t believe Jeff said that to me. I think my life is complete now. I can retire.” The two actors previously worked together on Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, but Goldblum isn’t expected to reprise his role of Dr. Ian Malcolm for the new sequel.
The actress has previously expressed her enthusiasm at joining the Jurassic franchise,...
- 7/8/2024
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Jeff Goldblum sent Scarlett Johansson a surprise on live television by officially welcoming her into the “Jurassic” family while she was being interviewed on “Today.” Johansson, who is headlining the new “Jurassic World” movie, was on the NBC morning news show to promote her rom-com “Fly Me to the Moon” when a video Goldblum personally recorded for her was shown on air.
Goldblum starred as Dr. Ian Malcolm in Steven Spielberg’s original “Jurassic Park” film in 1993 and reprised the character in three more sequels, including 2022’s “Jurassic World Dominion.”
“Dr. Johansson, this is Jeff Goldblum. Here’s what I want to say to you. This I know: Scarlett will find a way,” he said, referring to the franchise’s iconic “life finds a way” line. “Don’t get eaten, unless you want to. I love you.”
The video ended with Goldblum blowing Johansson a kiss. The two actors previously...
Goldblum starred as Dr. Ian Malcolm in Steven Spielberg’s original “Jurassic Park” film in 1993 and reprised the character in three more sequels, including 2022’s “Jurassic World Dominion.”
“Dr. Johansson, this is Jeff Goldblum. Here’s what I want to say to you. This I know: Scarlett will find a way,” he said, referring to the franchise’s iconic “life finds a way” line. “Don’t get eaten, unless you want to. I love you.”
The video ended with Goldblum blowing Johansson a kiss. The two actors previously...
- 7/8/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
The 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 28 to July 6) boasted not one but two competitions, the Crystal Globe and Proxima, presided over by the festival president Jiří Bartoška, artistic director Karel Och, and executive director Kryštof Mucha. The festival is the main summer event in the country, which attracts many sponsors and patrons who want to attend, and faces none of the financial hardships of such festivals as Berlin, Toronto, and Sundance. 130 films are shown, with 140,000 tickets sold. There is no room for growth, given the limited venues, from the many screening rooms at the festival hub, the Hotel Thermal, where juror Christine Vachon mixed Negronis for her fellow jurors between screenings, to the colorful arthouse Kino Drahomira, named after a revered Czech woman director.
The Eastern European festival falls between Cannes and Venice, and programs many films in its Crystal Globe Competition that did not make the cut at Cannes,...
The Eastern European festival falls between Cannes and Venice, and programs many films in its Crystal Globe Competition that did not make the cut at Cannes,...
- 7/6/2024
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Before Ayo Edebiri broke out in “The Bear” and “Bottoms” or even as a voice on “Big Mouth,” she was a huge Letterboxd influencer, offering a mix of hilarious and thoughtful commentary on a wide range of cinema. She has largely tempered her posting, still contributing a brief review from time to time, but is now returning to the film criticism forum with some recent Criterion Closet picks.
“I be on these sales. I’m on these sales. I’m getting 50 percent off these DVDs just like you are, so I’m very excited to be here,” Edebiri said as she scoured shelf upon shelf of classic cinema.
Edebiri’s first pick was Akira Kurasawa’s pulpy crime drama and the inspiration for Spike Lee and Denzel Washington’s latest collaboration, “High & Low.” Discussing the film, Edebiri said, “I’ve been seeing this popping off Letterboxd, which I think...
“I be on these sales. I’m on these sales. I’m getting 50 percent off these DVDs just like you are, so I’m very excited to be here,” Edebiri said as she scoured shelf upon shelf of classic cinema.
Edebiri’s first pick was Akira Kurasawa’s pulpy crime drama and the inspiration for Spike Lee and Denzel Washington’s latest collaboration, “High & Low.” Discussing the film, Edebiri said, “I’ve been seeing this popping off Letterboxd, which I think...
- 7/6/2024
- by Harrison Richlin
- Indiewire
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Museum of the Moving Image
A Sergei Parajanov retrospective has begun, while “See It Big at the ’90s Multiplex” includes Speed and Strange Days on 35mm.
Anthology Film Archives
A Bruce Baille program plays in “Essential Cinema,” while Denys Arcand films screen.
Film Forum
Seven Samurai begins playing in a new 4K restoration, while Powell and Pressburger’s The Small Back Room and Vittorio De Sica’s Shoeshine continue.
Metrograph
The Infernal Affairs trilogy screens this weekend; films by Bergman and Wes Anderson play on 35mm as part of Summer at Sea; films by Marker and Godard play in Under the Pavement, the Beach; Summer of Rohmer and Piping Hot Pfeiffer continue.
Museum of Modern Art
A career-spanning Powell and Pressburger retrospective continues.
IFC Center
Blow Out, Days of Being Wild, In the Mood for Love, and The Cook, the Thief,...
Museum of the Moving Image
A Sergei Parajanov retrospective has begun, while “See It Big at the ’90s Multiplex” includes Speed and Strange Days on 35mm.
Anthology Film Archives
A Bruce Baille program plays in “Essential Cinema,” while Denys Arcand films screen.
Film Forum
Seven Samurai begins playing in a new 4K restoration, while Powell and Pressburger’s The Small Back Room and Vittorio De Sica’s Shoeshine continue.
Metrograph
The Infernal Affairs trilogy screens this weekend; films by Bergman and Wes Anderson play on 35mm as part of Summer at Sea; films by Marker and Godard play in Under the Pavement, the Beach; Summer of Rohmer and Piping Hot Pfeiffer continue.
Museum of Modern Art
A career-spanning Powell and Pressburger retrospective continues.
IFC Center
Blow Out, Days of Being Wild, In the Mood for Love, and The Cook, the Thief,...
- 7/5/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
For a certain type of film nerd (and lord knows I’m one), Michael Mann is a god. The man (Mann!) has directed some of the most potent, ultra-macho dramas and crime thrillers of the last forty-plus years, including a whole laundry list of classics, including Thief, Manhunter, The Last of the Mohicans, Heat, The Insider, Collateral, and many more. Plus, he’s the guy behind one of the greatest TV shows of all time, Miami Vice, and its underrated 2006 big-screen remake (to which we recently paid tribute). His influence can be felt in everything from Sam Levinson’s Euphoria to, shockingly enough, the films of Wes Anderson.
And now, Mann has joined the Mecca of film worship, Letterboxd, opening an account that includes a list of fourteen of his favourite movies. The selection is quite eclectic, including works from Sergei Eisenstein to Martin Scorsese, Guillermo del Toro, Denis Villeneuve,...
And now, Mann has joined the Mecca of film worship, Letterboxd, opening an account that includes a list of fourteen of his favourite movies. The selection is quite eclectic, including works from Sergei Eisenstein to Martin Scorsese, Guillermo del Toro, Denis Villeneuve,...
- 7/4/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Swinton almost, but not quite, rescues this film by SNL star Julio Torres with its Wes Anderson-esque onslaught of cutesy kookiness
An explosion of pass-agg hipster quirkiness is what’s offered here, an everything-everywhere-all-at-onceuniverse of cutesy vulnerability and pseudo-childlike ersatz charm. Salvadorian-American comic and SNL alumnus Julio Torres, 37, writes, directs, co-produces and stars as Alejandro, an immigrant Salvadorian kid in the US, desperately trying to keep his visa and follow his dream of being a toy designer.
Incarnating a kind of offbeat creativity, gentle and innocent Alejandro walks with a weird marionette-bobbing motion and wears his backpack while indoors. His life changes when he gets a sort-of assistant job to the imperious and impossibly demanding Elizabeth (Tilda Swinton), whose artist husband, Bobby (RZA), has just submitted to cryogenic freezing, leaving her with the job of guarding his legacy and curating his first quasi-posthumous solo show.
An explosion of pass-agg hipster quirkiness is what’s offered here, an everything-everywhere-all-at-onceuniverse of cutesy vulnerability and pseudo-childlike ersatz charm. Salvadorian-American comic and SNL alumnus Julio Torres, 37, writes, directs, co-produces and stars as Alejandro, an immigrant Salvadorian kid in the US, desperately trying to keep his visa and follow his dream of being a toy designer.
Incarnating a kind of offbeat creativity, gentle and innocent Alejandro walks with a weird marionette-bobbing motion and wears his backpack while indoors. His life changes when he gets a sort-of assistant job to the imperious and impossibly demanding Elizabeth (Tilda Swinton), whose artist husband, Bobby (RZA), has just submitted to cryogenic freezing, leaving her with the job of guarding his legacy and curating his first quasi-posthumous solo show.
- 7/3/2024
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
by Nick Taylor
I’m going to tell you a secret: I think the first Paddington movie is better than its more critically-adored sequel. Not in every way is this one better: There’s a couple instances of harsh overlighting that take out some shots at the knees, like a key character emerging from a phone booth as a one-sided meet-cute. You could also say that both films - but maybe especially this one - are leaning into Wes Anderson-type confectionaries, especially with the score. But Paddington’s got a lot of buoyant, colorful entertainment to recommend it, and I can’t help but feel Nicole Kidman’s delightful, icy villainess has been overlooked as one of this series’ most notable achievements, alongside the children’s-book palette, Hugh Grant’s more lauded performance in Paddington 2, and fumbling the bag on Sally Hawkins for the upcoming trip to Peru.
I’m going to tell you a secret: I think the first Paddington movie is better than its more critically-adored sequel. Not in every way is this one better: There’s a couple instances of harsh overlighting that take out some shots at the knees, like a key character emerging from a phone booth as a one-sided meet-cute. You could also say that both films - but maybe especially this one - are leaning into Wes Anderson-type confectionaries, especially with the score. But Paddington’s got a lot of buoyant, colorful entertainment to recommend it, and I can’t help but feel Nicole Kidman’s delightful, icy villainess has been overlooked as one of this series’ most notable achievements, alongside the children’s-book palette, Hugh Grant’s more lauded performance in Paddington 2, and fumbling the bag on Sally Hawkins for the upcoming trip to Peru.
- 7/2/2024
- by Nick Taylor
- FilmExperience
The romantic comedy The Holiday tugged at everyone’s heartstrings when it was released in 2006. Aside from its stunning cinematography and locations, the film also had a stellar cast, including Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, and Jack Black.
From peering deeply into Jude Law’s deep blue eyes to longing for a buddy like Arthur, the movie offered something for everyone. So, it’s only fair that the cast had a blast filming the movie, which Kate Winslet never shied away from admitting.
Kate Winslet in The Holiday || Sony Pictures Releasing
Now back at it yet again, she reveals a moniker given to her by one of her co-stars from The Holiday, which she still uses to this date.
Kate Winslet reveals the nickname given to her by her co-star from The Holiday
The entire scenario of two women, Iris (Kate Winslet) and Amanda (Cameron Diaz), arranging a home...
From peering deeply into Jude Law’s deep blue eyes to longing for a buddy like Arthur, the movie offered something for everyone. So, it’s only fair that the cast had a blast filming the movie, which Kate Winslet never shied away from admitting.
Kate Winslet in The Holiday || Sony Pictures Releasing
Now back at it yet again, she reveals a moniker given to her by one of her co-stars from The Holiday, which she still uses to this date.
Kate Winslet reveals the nickname given to her by her co-star from The Holiday
The entire scenario of two women, Iris (Kate Winslet) and Amanda (Cameron Diaz), arranging a home...
- 7/1/2024
- by Sakshi Singh
- FandomWire
Rapt attention for Nicole Holofcener from a capacity crowd at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival Photo: Film Servis Karlovy Vary Writer and director Nicole Holofcener, who is receiving the honour of a special focus at the 58th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, has been able to chronicle aspects of her life through her films.
Looking chipper and peppering our conversation with self-deprecating asides she relaxes to the task in a capacious leather armchair which almost swallows her up. We’re in the rarefied surrounds of the town’s Grand Hotel Pupp (which famously had a starring role in Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel).
Nicole Holofcener on blockbusters: 'I think I would be really bored with all the green screens and special effects' Photo: Film Servis Karlovy Vary “I do see a development in my work over the years because I follow my life but not on purpose.
Looking chipper and peppering our conversation with self-deprecating asides she relaxes to the task in a capacious leather armchair which almost swallows her up. We’re in the rarefied surrounds of the town’s Grand Hotel Pupp (which famously had a starring role in Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel).
Nicole Holofcener on blockbusters: 'I think I would be really bored with all the green screens and special effects' Photo: Film Servis Karlovy Vary “I do see a development in my work over the years because I follow my life but not on purpose.
- 7/1/2024
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Is it any surprise that Margot Robbie is the talk of Tinseltown? She has become a cinematic chameleon since illuminating screens with an ethereal blend of talent and charm in 2008’s TV series Neighbours. Even in the quirkiness of Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, her presence, albeit brief, left an indelible mark.
Last year, she stepped into the iconic plastic shoes of Barbie under Greta Gerwig’s thoughtful direction, playfully showing range and commitment that defied expectations. Robbie—who is gearing up for Kogonada’s forthcoming drama flick, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey— appears to be making significant strides in her career to become more recognized for her talent rather than just being a pretty face.
Margot Robbie in Barbie | Warner Bros. Pictures
A recent Life & Style report highlights her intent to anchor big Hollywood movies independent of a male co-star’s fame. With husband and business partner Tom Ackerley by her side,...
Last year, she stepped into the iconic plastic shoes of Barbie under Greta Gerwig’s thoughtful direction, playfully showing range and commitment that defied expectations. Robbie—who is gearing up for Kogonada’s forthcoming drama flick, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey— appears to be making significant strides in her career to become more recognized for her talent rather than just being a pretty face.
Margot Robbie in Barbie | Warner Bros. Pictures
A recent Life & Style report highlights her intent to anchor big Hollywood movies independent of a male co-star’s fame. With husband and business partner Tom Ackerley by her side,...
- 7/1/2024
- by Siddhika Prajapati
- FandomWire
The rise of Timothée Chalamet has been something to behold in an era where brands like the Marvel Cinematic Universe have tended to swallow prospective movie stars whole. (There's a reason Chris Hemsworth was so nakedly happy to be working with an honest-to-goodness visionary like George Miller on "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.") Borrowing a page from the book of his fellow former teen heartthrob and mentor, Leonardo DiCaprio, Chalamet was careful to establish his credentials as a performer before hitching his name to a franchise. Over the span of just 10 years, he's already joined forces with some of the most renowned directors in the biz -- Christopher Nolan, Wes Anderson, Luca Guadagnino, Denis Villeneuve, Paul King, and Greta Gerwig chief among them.
He was also shrewd enough to cut ties with Woody Allen after the #MeToo movement led Hollywood as a whole to reckon with the skeletons that had...
He was also shrewd enough to cut ties with Woody Allen after the #MeToo movement led Hollywood as a whole to reckon with the skeletons that had...
- 6/29/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Benicio del Toro has had enough of schmoozing, small talk and pretending to laugh at people’s jokes in this year’s black-and-white trailer for the 2024 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff), which was unveiled, as has become tradition, on Friday evening as part of the opening night festivities of the 58th edition of the fest in the Czech spa town.
Enough is enough, he thinks, while walking through a Berlin train station. And to cheer himself up, he turns to a traditional Karlovy Vary treat that he takes out of a bag, which also contains his Kviff honor statuette.
The Puerto Rican actor and producer received the Kviff President’s Award in 2022 and has now joined a who’s who of stars from Hollywood and beyond in starring in the usually offbeat trailers that don’t take themselves, the celebrities and the award statuette too seriously. Johnny Depp, Mel Gibson,...
Enough is enough, he thinks, while walking through a Berlin train station. And to cheer himself up, he turns to a traditional Karlovy Vary treat that he takes out of a bag, which also contains his Kviff honor statuette.
The Puerto Rican actor and producer received the Kviff President’s Award in 2022 and has now joined a who’s who of stars from Hollywood and beyond in starring in the usually offbeat trailers that don’t take themselves, the celebrities and the award statuette too seriously. Johnny Depp, Mel Gibson,...
- 6/28/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
She’s played a sexually harassed Fox News anchor, a feisty, determined and ill-fated figure skater, a comic book misfit, an aspiring con artist, a wildly ambitious 1920s sexpot, a hardcore Wall Street wife, Queen Elizabeth I – and actress Sharon Tate. Whatever the role calls for, Margot Robbie has risen to the challenge, stealing scenes and hearts and growing into a bonafide movie star while working alongside, and for, some of Hollywood’s finest actors and filmmakers. Born July 2, 1990 in Dalby, Queensland, Australia, Robbie has steadily built her resume’ over the course of 15 years, rising from TV series guest spots to feature starring roles that put her alongside the likes of Christian Bale and Brad Pitt in two movies released in 2022, “Amsterdam” and “Babylon,” respectively. And “Barbie” became one of the biggest movies of 2023.
Robbie has already earned a pair of Oscar nominations, and she could well add a third...
Robbie has already earned a pair of Oscar nominations, and she could well add a third...
- 6/28/2024
- by Ray Richmond, Chris Beachum and Misty Holland
- Gold Derby
Actor and filmmaker Asia Argento will be guest of honor at this year’s Neuchatel Int’l Fantastic Film Festival (Nifff), a choice the Nifff director sees as emblematic of the festival’s own self-image.
“Asia is an icon,” says Nifff chief Pierre-Yves Walder. “She’s someone we ourselves have grown up with, and whom we watched grow up. She’s established herself as artist who makes few concessions, who practices her profession with absolute freedom and who is always ready to take big risks. She has a punk side and never hesitates, and because of her career – which stretches back to the foundational horror films of her father [Dario Argento] towards something more contemporary – she also bridges versions of Nifff past and present.”
“She also helped spearhead the MeToo movement,” Walder continues, “which led to some very difficult moments. She has had some shadows on her journey, and those are important as well.
“Asia is an icon,” says Nifff chief Pierre-Yves Walder. “She’s someone we ourselves have grown up with, and whom we watched grow up. She’s established herself as artist who makes few concessions, who practices her profession with absolute freedom and who is always ready to take big risks. She has a punk side and never hesitates, and because of her career – which stretches back to the foundational horror films of her father [Dario Argento] towards something more contemporary – she also bridges versions of Nifff past and present.”
“She also helped spearhead the MeToo movement,” Walder continues, “which led to some very difficult moments. She has had some shadows on her journey, and those are important as well.
- 6/27/2024
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Jeffrey Wright has joined the cast of Paramount+ With Showtime’s upcoming political thriller series “The Agency.”
As exclusively reported by Variety, the series is led by Michael Fassbender as Martian, a covert CIA agent. George Clooney serves as executive producer.
Wright will play Henry, the CIA’s director of operations overseeing non-official cover agents, and a mentor to Martian.
“The Agency” is based on the hit French series “The Bureau,” which ran on Canal+ from 2015 to 2020. Per the official loglline, the new series follows Martian as he’s “ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to London Station. When the love he left behind reappears, romance reignites. His career, his real identity and his mission are pitted against his heart, hurling them both into a deadly game of international intrigue and espionage.”
Wright was most recently seen leading the 2023 film “American Fiction” as Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, and up next,...
As exclusively reported by Variety, the series is led by Michael Fassbender as Martian, a covert CIA agent. George Clooney serves as executive producer.
Wright will play Henry, the CIA’s director of operations overseeing non-official cover agents, and a mentor to Martian.
“The Agency” is based on the hit French series “The Bureau,” which ran on Canal+ from 2015 to 2020. Per the official loglline, the new series follows Martian as he’s “ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to London Station. When the love he left behind reappears, romance reignites. His career, his real identity and his mission are pitted against his heart, hurling them both into a deadly game of international intrigue and espionage.”
Wright was most recently seen leading the 2023 film “American Fiction” as Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, and up next,...
- 6/26/2024
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Dennis Villeneuve read Frank Herbert's "Dune" when he was just 13, and since then, the director longed for a movie adaptation that would bring such a vivid, distinct world to life. Dreams of making an adaptation of his own permeated his formative years, and this urge finally transformed into reality with 2021's "Dune: Part One," which built the foundation for an epic saga set on the desert planet of Arrakis. While "Part One" succeeds in establishing a tangible quality to the primary forces that dominate the film's Known Universe, "Part Two" dives into the rise of a so-called messiah, who transforms into the harbinger of a holy war and etches a legacy rooted in tragedy.
Due to the sheer scale and spectacle that the story beats of "Part Two" demanded, Villeneuve had to overcome the challenges of filming action-heavy scenes in the desert, including the awe-inducing sequences of the Fremen riding Shai-Hulud,...
Due to the sheer scale and spectacle that the story beats of "Part Two" demanded, Villeneuve had to overcome the challenges of filming action-heavy scenes in the desert, including the awe-inducing sequences of the Fremen riding Shai-Hulud,...
- 6/22/2024
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
Riz Ahmed is returning to television — both in front of and behind the camera.
Amazon’s Prime Video has ordered a comedy series created by and starring Ahmed. The Oscar winner will play a struggling actor named Shah Latif, who’s on the cusp of landing a breakthrough role when he finds himself thrust into a full-blown existential crisis and trippy conspiracy thriller all at the same time.
The Daily Show and Modern Family alum Ben Karlin will serve as co-showrunner alongside Ahmed for the currently untitled, eight-episode series. Jax Media and Amazon MGM Studios, where Ahmed’s Left Handed banner has a first-look deal, are producing.
“I’ve wanted to tell this story for a long time,” Ahmed said in a statement. “It’s personal, bold and a lot of fun. It feels so good to be writing and creating it now with this incredible team.”
Added Vernon Sanders,...
Amazon’s Prime Video has ordered a comedy series created by and starring Ahmed. The Oscar winner will play a struggling actor named Shah Latif, who’s on the cusp of landing a breakthrough role when he finds himself thrust into a full-blown existential crisis and trippy conspiracy thriller all at the same time.
The Daily Show and Modern Family alum Ben Karlin will serve as co-showrunner alongside Ahmed for the currently untitled, eight-episode series. Jax Media and Amazon MGM Studios, where Ahmed’s Left Handed banner has a first-look deal, are producing.
“I’ve wanted to tell this story for a long time,” Ahmed said in a statement. “It’s personal, bold and a lot of fun. It feels so good to be writing and creating it now with this incredible team.”
Added Vernon Sanders,...
- 6/20/2024
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Riz Ahmed is to create, star in and produce an Amazon comedy series about a struggling actor on the cusp of landing the role of a lifetime with Modern Family EP Ben Karlin and Jax Media.
The untitled half-hour show is the first fruits of the deal struck between Prime Video and Oscar-nominee Ahmed’s Left Handed Films three years ago.
Ahmed and Karlin will showrun the series, which follows Shah Latif, a struggling actor on the cusp of landing the role of a lifetime only to find himself thrust into an existential crisis and trippy conspiracy thriller at the same time.
The project is Ahmed’s first in TV since he won an Emmy for HBO’s The Night Of. He has since been Oscar nominated for Amazon’s Sound of Metal, in which he played a drummer who loses his hearing. He most recently produced a Channel 4...
The untitled half-hour show is the first fruits of the deal struck between Prime Video and Oscar-nominee Ahmed’s Left Handed Films three years ago.
Ahmed and Karlin will showrun the series, which follows Shah Latif, a struggling actor on the cusp of landing the role of a lifetime only to find himself thrust into an existential crisis and trippy conspiracy thriller at the same time.
The project is Ahmed’s first in TV since he won an Emmy for HBO’s The Night Of. He has since been Oscar nominated for Amazon’s Sound of Metal, in which he played a drummer who loses his hearing. He most recently produced a Channel 4...
- 6/20/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Throughout his illustrious career, Jon Hamm has achieved remarkable success with his charismatic presence and versatile acting skills. Yet, despite his numerous accomplishments, there remained a crucial aspect he hadn’t fully realized, the need to address his emotional needs that neither wealth nor fame could fulfill.
Jon Hamm | Paramount+
In his recent conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, the Mad Men actor candidly discussed the importance of prioritizing his personal well-being, while revealing a pivotal moment when he recognized the necessity of focusing on his health and happiness.
Jon Hamm Opened Up About Overcoming Personal Struggles Through Therapy
The Emmy-winning actor Jon Hamm recently opened up about overcoming his personal struggles and prioritizing his mental health amid his Hollywood success. The actor, who is known for candidly discussing mental health, recalled the time he realized the need for therapy.
“After my dad died [a decade later]. My [half] sister was like, ‘You are spiraling.
Jon Hamm | Paramount+
In his recent conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, the Mad Men actor candidly discussed the importance of prioritizing his personal well-being, while revealing a pivotal moment when he recognized the necessity of focusing on his health and happiness.
Jon Hamm Opened Up About Overcoming Personal Struggles Through Therapy
The Emmy-winning actor Jon Hamm recently opened up about overcoming his personal struggles and prioritizing his mental health amid his Hollywood success. The actor, who is known for candidly discussing mental health, recalled the time he realized the need for therapy.
“After my dad died [a decade later]. My [half] sister was like, ‘You are spiraling.
- 6/19/2024
- by Laxmi Rajput
- FandomWire
Viggo Mortensen, Clive Owen, and Daniel Brühl will each receive Karlovy Vary’s Honorary Presidents Award during this year’s edition, which runs from June 28 to July 6.
Mortensen will receive the award at the festival’s opening ceremony before a screening of his latest directorial effort The Dead Don’t Hurt. The pic is Mortensen’s second outing as director and will serve as the festival’s opening film. As with his debut, he wrote the screenplay, acted as director and producer, composed the music, and performed one of the lead roles.
Owen and Brühl will receive their honors later during the festival. To celebrate their honors Owen will show his 2004 film Closer while Brühl will screen his directorial debut Next Door.
Veteran filmmaker Steven Soderbergh will also be in town to present two of his films, Kafka and Mr. Kneff, which are being shown as part of the festival’s Kafka retrospective,...
Mortensen will receive the award at the festival’s opening ceremony before a screening of his latest directorial effort The Dead Don’t Hurt. The pic is Mortensen’s second outing as director and will serve as the festival’s opening film. As with his debut, he wrote the screenplay, acted as director and producer, composed the music, and performed one of the lead roles.
Owen and Brühl will receive their honors later during the festival. To celebrate their honors Owen will show his 2004 film Closer while Brühl will screen his directorial debut Next Door.
Veteran filmmaker Steven Soderbergh will also be in town to present two of his films, Kafka and Mr. Kneff, which are being shown as part of the festival’s Kafka retrospective,...
- 6/19/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Opening night at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival often lures a top talent to accept the Kviff President’s Award, in this case Viggo Mortensen, the writer/director/star of his sophomore film, western “The Dead Don’t Hurt,” co-starring Vicky Krieps, which will open in the Czech Republic on July 4.
Every year, Kviff presents a new black-and-white short film at the opening night ceremony, to serve as a trailer of sorts for the festival. This year’s main protagonist is Oscar-winning actor and producer Benicio del Toro (“Traffic”), recipient of the Kviff President’s Award in 2022. The short film was written and directed by long-time creator of Kviff trailers Ivan Zachariáš. Del Toro took time off while shooting Wes Anderson’s new film in Berlin to work with Zachariáš, who collaborated on the trailer with cinematographer Jan Velický and editor Filip Malásek, and composed the music.
“We are glad...
Every year, Kviff presents a new black-and-white short film at the opening night ceremony, to serve as a trailer of sorts for the festival. This year’s main protagonist is Oscar-winning actor and producer Benicio del Toro (“Traffic”), recipient of the Kviff President’s Award in 2022. The short film was written and directed by long-time creator of Kviff trailers Ivan Zachariáš. Del Toro took time off while shooting Wes Anderson’s new film in Berlin to work with Zachariáš, who collaborated on the trailer with cinematographer Jan Velický and editor Filip Malásek, and composed the music.
“We are glad...
- 6/19/2024
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we take a look at two different music videos by Jared Hess. Jared Hess' oeuvre is quite similar to that of Wes Anderson, in that they both like to stylize their set design to a certain extent, pushing into quirky territory, with symmetric compositions and highly specific color schemes. Where Wes Anderson is the pastel prince, Hess likes his colors very saturated. Where Anderson's sense of style evokes the elitist twee of The New Yorker readers, Jared Hess' flirts with pulp and low culture: Nerd culture in Napoleon Dynamite, amateur wrestling in Nacho Libre, pulp novels in Gentleman Broncos, pop convection, TikTok culture and farm life...
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- 6/17/2024
- Screen Anarchy
We all know Wes Anderson has his repertoire of actors: Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson, and on and on and on. And over the course of his career, they have all grown accustomed to – and perfectly fit – his signature style. But that’s really hard to do early on, when none of this has been established and you’re just trying to get that first film completed. Now imagine doing it while a sometimes short-tempered Oscar nominee watches it all unfold.
Wes Anderson recalled that when making his first movie, James Caan didn’t understand just what this rinky-dink, $5 million production was even going for. “I remember James Caan came to the set of Bottle Rocket, and he was really saying, ‘What are you guys doing?’ We were doing things that he thought, ‘This is not how movies are made,’ but he sort of adapted to us.”
Wes Anderson...
Wes Anderson recalled that when making his first movie, James Caan didn’t understand just what this rinky-dink, $5 million production was even going for. “I remember James Caan came to the set of Bottle Rocket, and he was really saying, ‘What are you guys doing?’ We were doing things that he thought, ‘This is not how movies are made,’ but he sort of adapted to us.”
Wes Anderson...
- 6/15/2024
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Cinematic auteur, icon of pastel aesthetic, and pen salesman Wes Anderson enjoys a varied repertoire. He’s made commercials, worked in live-action film and animation, long-form and short, and has been known to don multiple hats on each set. While most of his work is original, he has also adapted the work of author Roald Dahl with “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and, most recently, his Oscar-winning “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.” Taking part in a conversation at the Annecy International Animation Festival in France, reported on by The Hollywood Reporter, Anderson said he’s now ready to take on another huge British novelist.
“I feel like the writer who I would like to adapt — who I don’t know if I can see the opportunity — is Dickens,” he said. “I would like to do a big Dickens story. They’ve all been adapted. They’ve all been done many times.
“I feel like the writer who I would like to adapt — who I don’t know if I can see the opportunity — is Dickens,” he said. “I would like to do a big Dickens story. They’ve all been adapted. They’ve all been done many times.
- 6/15/2024
- by Harrison Richlin
- Indiewire
Within a career that lasted over 50 years, French singer-songwriter, actress, author, fashion icon, and astrologist Françoise Hardy — who passed away Tuesday, June 11 after a long battle with cancer — produced 32 studio albums, performed in over 10 films and television specials, wrote six books, and influenced countless artists ranging from Carla Bruni to Charli Xcx. Her screen career includes roles in films like Jean-Luc Godard’s “Masculin Féminin” and John Frankenheimer’s “Grand Prix.”
She was a renegade. A heartbreaker. Born at the height of World War II in Paris, her upbringing coincided with a great sociopolitical re-evaluation in France that fed her own anxieties and obsessions. Seeking artistic refuge outside of her home country, she found inspiration in American music that, by her teen years, was starting to reach her shores.
“This passion for singing became real madness when I discovered an English station called Radio Luxembourg,” Hardy said in a 2012 interview with Télérama.
She was a renegade. A heartbreaker. Born at the height of World War II in Paris, her upbringing coincided with a great sociopolitical re-evaluation in France that fed her own anxieties and obsessions. Seeking artistic refuge outside of her home country, she found inspiration in American music that, by her teen years, was starting to reach her shores.
“This passion for singing became real madness when I discovered an English station called Radio Luxembourg,” Hardy said in a 2012 interview with Télérama.
- 6/15/2024
- by Harrison Richlin
- Indiewire
Good afternoon Insiders. We’ve been all over Europe this week, so here’s Max Goldbart, back in the London-shaped saddle, to walk you through the major stories of the past seven days. Scroll on. And sign up here.
Animation Nation
Annecy proves its place: The weather may have been unseasonably chilly and drizzly at France’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival this past week, but spirits weren’t dampened. With Despicable Me 4, which made its French premiere at the festival on Thursday night ahead of its July 3 launch in the U.S., predicted to hit a $100 million opening, animation is one of the bright spots at an ailing global box office right now. Annecy’s 16,000 attendees were treated to sneak peaks of some of the most anticipated animated studio movies and series of the year including Transformers One, The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim and Moana 2,...
Animation Nation
Annecy proves its place: The weather may have been unseasonably chilly and drizzly at France’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival this past week, but spirits weren’t dampened. With Despicable Me 4, which made its French premiere at the festival on Thursday night ahead of its July 3 launch in the U.S., predicted to hit a $100 million opening, animation is one of the bright spots at an ailing global box office right now. Annecy’s 16,000 attendees were treated to sneak peaks of some of the most anticipated animated studio movies and series of the year including Transformers One, The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim and Moana 2,...
- 6/14/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
After a relatively public first wave of production for Paul Thomas Anderson’s next feature across California, things have recently been kicking back up after a few quiet months. Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn were recently spotted in the northeast of San Diego at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, in scenes featuring high-speed cars, crashes, and gunplay as PTA is clearly making the most of his $115 million budget and IMAX release. Now, we have a new addition to the ensemble.
Benicio del Toro, who gave one of the best performances of his career as Sauncho Smilax, Esq. in PTA’s last Thomas Pynchon adaptation, Inherent Vice, will reteam with the director. The news was buried deep in a THR article about Hollywood layers noting under Steve Warren: “Clients Benicio del Toro and Leonardo DiCaprio will co-star in Paul Thomas Anderson’s next film — after del Toro finishes work on Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme.
Benicio del Toro, who gave one of the best performances of his career as Sauncho Smilax, Esq. in PTA’s last Thomas Pynchon adaptation, Inherent Vice, will reteam with the director. The news was buried deep in a THR article about Hollywood layers noting under Steve Warren: “Clients Benicio del Toro and Leonardo DiCaprio will co-star in Paul Thomas Anderson’s next film — after del Toro finishes work on Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme.
- 6/14/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Wes Anderson wants to adapt a Charles Dickens story for the big screen.The acclaimed director has previously helmed a stop-motion take on Roald Dahl's 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' and has revealed that he would love to tackle the work of the celebrated Victorian novelist.Speaking at the Annecy Animation Festival on Wednesday (12.06.24), Wes said: "I feel like the writer who I would like to adapt – who I don't know if I can see the opportunity – is Dickens."I would like to do a big Dickens story. They've all been adapted. They've all been done many times. They're so interesting. People keep going back to them. They're so entertaining and so complex."Anderson has been working on his latest film 'The Phoenician Scheme' in Germany and says he was joined by frequent collaborators on the set of the movie – which he puts down to his unique methodology on set.
- 6/13/2024
- by Joe Graber
- Bang Showbiz
Fresh off his recent Oscar win, Wes Anderson made his first-ever visit to the Annecy Animation Festival, where he reminisced about his past while also sharing a bit about the shoot for his next feature.
Anderson took part in a conversation Wednesday aimed at giving animation students insight into his upbringing, influences and pre-Hollywood projects. The event began with a montage of animated moments from his movies, leading the filmmaker to note that he didn’t realize he had dabbled so extensively in animation and that he didn’t even have a clear memory of some of those clips from his own work.
During the session, Anderson was asked about the importance of family in his career, given that he has worked with brother Eric Anderson and is also known for collaborating multiple times with various members of his films’ cast and crew. This led him to discuss the process of making his next movie,...
Anderson took part in a conversation Wednesday aimed at giving animation students insight into his upbringing, influences and pre-Hollywood projects. The event began with a montage of animated moments from his movies, leading the filmmaker to note that he didn’t realize he had dabbled so extensively in animation and that he didn’t even have a clear memory of some of those clips from his own work.
During the session, Anderson was asked about the importance of family in his career, given that he has worked with brother Eric Anderson and is also known for collaborating multiple times with various members of his films’ cast and crew. This led him to discuss the process of making his next movie,...
- 6/13/2024
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After closing out last month’s Cannes competition, Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Most Precious of Cargoes” opened this year’s Annecy Animation Festival on an auspicious note. With French productions accounting for one half of Annecy’s 12 competition slots, the Alpine showcase doubles a show of force for Gallic filmmakers writ large – a fact made all the more impressive given their sector’s relative youth.
“20 years ago, French animation barely existed,” says “The Most Precious of Cargoes” executive producer Valerie Schermann, who credits “Kirikou and the Sorceress” director Michel Ocelot with forging a new path that many have since followed. “Michel showed that it was possible to produce animated features in France; without him I would never have been able to make my own films.”
But if Schermann built a sterling filmography in those ensuing decades – with credits such as “Zarafa,” “Wolfy, the Incredible Secret” and “The Red Turtle” – the stalwart...
“20 years ago, French animation barely existed,” says “The Most Precious of Cargoes” executive producer Valerie Schermann, who credits “Kirikou and the Sorceress” director Michel Ocelot with forging a new path that many have since followed. “Michel showed that it was possible to produce animated features in France; without him I would never have been able to make my own films.”
But if Schermann built a sterling filmography in those ensuing decades – with credits such as “Zarafa,” “Wolfy, the Incredible Secret” and “The Red Turtle” – the stalwart...
- 6/11/2024
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Calling all amateur malacologists: With “Memoir of a Snail,” stop-motion director Adam Elliot (an Oscar winner for “Harvie Krumpet”) invites us to study snails of every shape and size, starting with a gastropod-hoarding outcast named Gracie Pudel (pronounced “puddle”), who withdrew from the world after an unhappy childhood in which she was bullied and orphaned and shipped off to Canberra to be raised by a pair of negligent swingers.
Fitting squarely on the shelf of grown-up films about misfit kids, Elliot’s latest — which comes 15 years after Sundance opener “Mary and Max” — finds the Australian auteur deeply committed to his dark and surprisingly moving brand of storytelling. Like Edward Gorey’s, his palette is nearly monochromatic; his characters tend to face the camera, à la Wes Anderson, as if posing for gloomy school photos; and his John Waters-esque humor is irreverent enough to encompass everything from disabilities to weird...
Fitting squarely on the shelf of grown-up films about misfit kids, Elliot’s latest — which comes 15 years after Sundance opener “Mary and Max” — finds the Australian auteur deeply committed to his dark and surprisingly moving brand of storytelling. Like Edward Gorey’s, his palette is nearly monochromatic; his characters tend to face the camera, à la Wes Anderson, as if posing for gloomy school photos; and his John Waters-esque humor is irreverent enough to encompass everything from disabilities to weird...
- 6/11/2024
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie, Hunter Schafer | Written by Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou | Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos reteams with stars Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley for this bizarre triptych of stories that are simultaneously surreal, disturbing and darkly funny. Co-written by Efthimis Filippou, who previously collaborated with Lanthimos on Dogtooth, The Lobster and The Killing of a Sacred Deer, the film marks a thrilling return to the director’s signature strangeness and the unsettling sensibilities of the Greek Weird Wave.
Set in present-day New Orleans, Kinds of Kindness tells three separate stories, with each cast member playing three different characters. The stories are nominally linked by a character named in their titles, though there is very little narrative overlap, only repeated echoes of themes, lines and images.
In the first story, “The Death of R.
Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos reteams with stars Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley for this bizarre triptych of stories that are simultaneously surreal, disturbing and darkly funny. Co-written by Efthimis Filippou, who previously collaborated with Lanthimos on Dogtooth, The Lobster and The Killing of a Sacred Deer, the film marks a thrilling return to the director’s signature strangeness and the unsettling sensibilities of the Greek Weird Wave.
Set in present-day New Orleans, Kinds of Kindness tells three separate stories, with each cast member playing three different characters. The stories are nominally linked by a character named in their titles, though there is very little narrative overlap, only repeated echoes of themes, lines and images.
In the first story, “The Death of R.
- 6/11/2024
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
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