Wednesday 31 August 2016

Animal Film Festival - Santa Barbara Independent


Santa Barbara Independent

Animal Film Festival
Santa Barbara Independent
One way the organization is doing that is by hosting the Animal Film Festival On Tour, started four years ago by Grass Valley's Center for Animal Protection & Education (CAPE). The cinematic lineup includes films that “explore aspects of animal welfare ...



Could Daniel Radcliffe return as Harry Potter for 'Cursed Child' film? - NME.com


NME.com

Could Daniel Radcliffe return as Harry Potter for 'Cursed Child' film?
NME.com
Reports suggest that plans are being made for a possible new Harry Potter film starring Daniel Radcliffe. Radcliffe portrayed the character for eight films from 2001-2011, with actor Jamie Parker taking on the role for new stage show, Harry Potter And ...
A new Harry Potter film trilogy could be on the wayThe New Daily
There May Be Three New Harry Potter Films In The MakingUNILAD

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Venice: 'La La Land' Dazzles Lido As Film Festival Kicks Off With A Twirl - Deadline


Deadline

Venice: 'La La Land' Dazzles Lido As Film Festival Kicks Off With A Twirl
Deadline
There was sustained applause in the Sala Darsena this morning as La La Land, Damien Chazelle's ode to old Hollywood, screened for the on-the-ground press corps. The room was hooked from the dazzling opening song-and-dance number set on a ...
Venice Film Review: 'La La Land'Variety
Venice Film Festival 2016: Gemma Arterton and Emma Stone arrive in styleTelegraph.co.uk

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Bruce Willis takes over Granville for new film - Columbus Dispatch


Columbus Dispatch

Bruce Willis takes over Granville for new film
Columbus Dispatch
Willis, with shaved head and the tan-and-brown uniform of his police-chief character, walked west to east on Broadway stopping at one landmark after another to film scenes. He stood on the steps of St. Luke's Episcopal Church and gave a speech to ...

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Venice Film Festival Commits to Diversification - New York Times


New York Times

Venice Film Festival Commits to Diversification
New York Times
The Venice Film Festival has something of a split personality. Each year, some of the most anticipated films of the fall season from high-profile directors are rolled out alongside small, often obscure debuts that await discover. This edition, the 73rd ...
Venice Film Festival rolls out red carpet for film industry eliteDeutsche Welle
Venice film festival: Hollywood looks to Italy for Oscars launchpadThe Guardian
Venice Film Festival - launch pad for award seasoneuronews
Reuters -Hollywood Reporter -People Magazine
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The incredible true story behind World War Two film Anthropoid - Telegraph.co.uk


Telegraph.co.uk

The incredible true story behind World War Two film Anthropoid
Telegraph.co.uk
At around 10pm on December 28 1941, two secret agents parachuted into Czechoslovakia from one of the Royal Air Force's Halifax heavy bombers. The soldiers, both working on behalf of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), an espionage and ...

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Mia Hansen-Løve: 'Oh no, please don't touch the cat!' - The Guardian


The Guardian

Mia Hansen-Løve: 'Oh no, please don't touch the cat!'
The Guardian
Mia Hansen-Løve's latest film tells of a life at the crossroads. It's about a woman in crisis, the quest for artistic fulfilment and the freedom that comes from an acceptance of loss. Things to Come takes its lead from the experiences of Hansen-Love's ...

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Before release of his debut film, Harshvardhan Kapoor signs up for Sriram Raghavan's next - Firstpost


Firstpost

Before release of his debut film, Harshvardhan Kapoor signs up for Sriram Raghavan's next
Firstpost
Meanwhile Kapoor has also begun shooting for his second film Bhavesh Joshi that will be directed by Vikramaditya Motwane. The actor replaced Sidharth Malhotra in the film that will also star Radhika Apte in the lead. After the release of Badlapur there ...

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Venice Film Festival rolls out red carpet for film industry elite - Deutsche Welle


Deutsche Welle

Venice Film Festival rolls out red carpet for film industry elite
Deutsche Welle
The 73rd Venice Film Festival is due to open with a musical film from Hollywood. US director Damien Chazelle presents his movie "La La Land" on the first day of the festival - an homage to the classical era of American film musicals. The film stars ...
Venice film festival: Hollywood looks to Italy for Oscars launchpadThe Guardian
Venice Film Festival - launch pad for award seasoneuronews
Venice star-studded film fest set to open under heightened securityReuters
Hollywood Reporter -Daily Mail -Road to VR
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The power of film to unite people of faith - Washington Times


Washington Times

The power of film to unite people of faith
Washington Times
So what is it about film that “speaks” so powerfully to modern people? I am not sure there is a single answer yet I am fully persuaded that film has uniquely marked the last century of American culture. Now, in the modern global era, films mark other ...



This 12-year-old's anti-bullying film is going viral for all the right reasons - Irish Independent


Irish Independent

This 12-year-old's anti-bullying film is going viral for all the right reasons
Irish Independent
Incredibly, Jonah is only 12-years-old, yet his film making career seems to be already in full-flow. Websites from around the world have been sharing his video, while his mother Jenny has told Independent.ie that schools in the USA, Ireland and ...

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Animal Film Festival - Santa Barbara Independent


Santa Barbara Independent

Animal Film Festival
Santa Barbara Independent
One way the organization is doing that is by hosting the Animal Film Festival On Tour, started four years ago by Grass Valley's Center for Animal Protection & Education (CAPE). The cinematic lineup includes films that “explore aspects of animal welfare ...



Star Wars invites fans to 'Go Rogue' with fun superfan film reveal of 'Rogue One' toys - HitFix


HitFix

Star Wars invites fans to 'Go Rogue' with fun superfan film reveal of 'Rogue One' toys
HitFix
Through stop-motion using the brand-new line of toys from the upcoming film! Several animated shorts — four in all — will be released on the official Star Wars Youtube Channel over the next month. With the help of Tongal, the fan-created episodes are ...
'Star Wars: Rogue One' Toys Make Debut in Superfan-Created FilmVariety
New 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' Photos Show Off the Rebel Team and Director Krennic/FILM

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Tuesday 30 August 2016

A Responsible Dad Makes Catastrophic Choice in AT&T's Shocking New Safety Film - AdAge.com


AdAge.com

A Responsible Dad Makes Catastrophic Choice in AT&T's Shocking New Safety Film
AdAge.com
A gripping new film, "The Unseen," continues to promote mobile users' safe behavior through the eyes of a typically responsible father who mindlessly lets his guard down while alone on the road, leading to harrowing consequences. The three-minute plus ...

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In Era of Black Lives Matter, Films Focus on Emmett Till Lynching - New York Times


New York Times

In Era of Black Lives Matter, Films Focus on Emmett Till Lynching
New York Times
Mr. Wright, now 73, said he would soon meet with Whoopi Goldberg to share his memories of Till's last days; producers of the feature film “Till,” based partly on Mr. Wright's memoir, “Simeon's Story” (2010), said she had signed on to direct. Also in ...

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Sony's New 'Jumanji' Film Adds Karen Gillan - Hollywood Reporter


Hollywood Reporter

Sony's New 'Jumanji' Film Adds Karen Gillan
Hollywood Reporter
Guardian of the Galaxy's Karen Gillan is joining Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart in Sony's Jumanji. Nick Jonas and Jack Black also will star in the continuation of the 1995 fantasy-adventure film to be directed by Sex Tape director Jake Kasdan. The ...
Karen Gillan Game For Big Role In 'Jumanji' Alongside Dwayne Johnson & Kevin HartDeadline

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Warren Beatty's Hughes film finally takes off - NorthJersey.com


NorthJersey.com

Warren Beatty's Hughes film finally takes off
NorthJersey.com
At 79 and 15 years since his last film, the man affectionately known as "The Pro" is back. Beatty, whose exploits on and off the screen made him an unqualified Hollywood legend, has finally made the Howard Hughes film he's contemplated on and off for ...

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Faith and Film - Washington Times


Faith and Film
Washington Times
Film producer, author and motivational speaker DeVon Franklin has helped bring several inspirational films to global audiences, including this year's "Miracles From Heaven" and 2014's "Heaven is For Real." He recently spoke with Cheryl Wetzstein ...

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Julien Temple to direct film musical of Suggs' My Life Story | Film ... - The Guardian


The Guardian

Julien Temple to direct film musical of Suggs' My Life Story | Film ...
The Guardian
Madness singer Suggs is having his autobiographical stage show, My Life Story, turned into a film musical directed by Julien Temple, according to Screen Daily.

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Barack, the Beatles and Bridget Jones's Baby – 40 films to watch in autumn 2016 - The Guardian


Barack, the Beatles and Bridget Jones's Baby – 40 films to watch in autumn 2016
The Guardian
A film in which foodstuff learns its fate: this is a very adult take on Toy Story that skewers religious dogma – starring Seth Rogen as Frank the frankfurter and Kristen Wiig as Brenda, the bun he can't wait to fill. • 2 September. Isabelle Huppert in ...



20 Most Anticipated New Films of the 2016-2017 Oscar Season - Variety


Variety

20 Most Anticipated New Films of the 2016-2017 Oscar Season
Variety
Yet another awards season dawns in the wake of best picture glory for yet another scrappy Michael Keaton indie. Are you ready? Six months after “Spotlight” squeezed past films like “The Big Short” and “The Revenant” in the final stretch of a ...



Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell, Laurence Fishburne to Star in Richard Linklater's New Film - Variety


ScreenCrush

Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell, Laurence Fishburne to Star in Richard Linklater's New Film
Variety
Richard Linklater has found his next project and set an all-star ensemble to lead the film. Linklater will direct and write a long-in-the-works adaptation of the novel “Last Flag Flying,” with Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell, and Laurence Fishburne in ...
Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston and Laurence Fishburne to Star in Richard Linklater's New FilmScreenCrush
Linklater taps Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell, Laurence Fishburne for next filmEntertainment Weekly
(Photo: WireImage/Getty Images, Gary Gershoff)A.V. Club (blog)

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German students robbed of Sh12m film equipment in Nairobi - Daily Nation


German students robbed of Sh12m film equipment in Nairobi
Daily Nation
Mr Tobias Rosen (right) and Katja Benrath (third left), who are part of a group of German students shooting a film about the Mandera bus attack that happened in December 2015 in Kenya. Their film equipment worth Sh12m was stolen from a Nairobi ...



Anne Hathaway to star in film adaptation of Live Fast Die Hot - The Guardian


The Guardian

Anne Hathaway to star in film adaptation of Live Fast Die Hot
The Guardian
Anne Hathaway is set to star in a film adaptation of Live Fast Die Hot, a bestselling essay collection about motherhood and responsibility by humorist Jenny Mollen. In the book Mollen, who writes about inviting her drug dealer to Passover seder to ...

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Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston and Laurence Fishburne to Star in Richard Linklater's New Film - ScreenCrush


ScreenCrush

Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston and Laurence Fishburne to Star in Richard Linklater's New Film
ScreenCrush
Richard Linklater's follow-up to Everybody Wants Some is another sequel of sorts, but in an intriguing twist, it's not connected to one of his own films. The Boyhood director has been developing a sequel to The Last Detail, the classic 1973 film ...
Linklater taps Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell, Laurence Fishburne for next filmEntertainment Weekly
(Photo: WireImage/Getty Images, Gary Gershoff)A.V. Club (blog)

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In Era of Black Lives Matter, Films Focus on Emmett Till Lynching - New York Times


New York Times

In Era of Black Lives Matter, Films Focus on Emmett Till Lynching
New York Times
Mr. Wright, now 73, said he would soon meet with Whoopi Goldberg to share his memories of Till's last days; producers of the feature film “Till,” based partly on Mr. Wright's memoir, “Simeon's Story” (2010), said she had signed on to direct. Also in ...

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'Nocturama': Film Review - Hollywood Reporter


Hollywood Reporter

'Nocturama': Film Review
Hollywood Reporter
With its scaled-down look and visions of modern-day malaise, Nocturama is much closer to On War, an artsy cri de coeur that Bonello made in 2008, although it takes that film's ideas of collective dystopia and puts them into practice here in disturbing ...

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