Saturday 31 March 2018

Concern Over Rape Recreation Film at Horrorhound Weekend - Bleeding Cool News


Bleeding Cool News

Concern Over Rape Recreation Film at Horrorhound Weekend
Bleeding Cool News
The worldwide conversation about sexual assault and the exploitation of women in media has changed considerably in the last year. We have people finally being called out and punished for heinous acts of sexual harassment and assault, and some are even ...



Pixar Releases Sneak Peek for Upcoming Short Film 'Bao' - Complex


Complex

Pixar Releases Sneak Peek for Upcoming Short Film 'Bao'
Complex
Before the film, which stars supermom Elastigirl front and center, plays on the big screen, moviegoers will be treated to Bao, a short featuring a Chinese-Canadian woman who suffers from depression after experiencing empty nest syndrome. The woman's ...
First look: Pixar's short film Bao is your Incredibles 2 appetizerEW.com
First Look at Pixar's Upcoming Animated Short 'Bao' Features an Adorable DumplingCollider.com
Here's a first look at Pixar's new short Bao that's premiering alongside The Incredibles 2DigitalSpy.com

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Love, Simon: at last Hollywood is saying 'I'm gay' - The Guardian


The Guardian

Love, Simon: at last Hollywood is saying 'I'm gay'
The Guardian
For a sign of how times have changed, try this: at a London preview last week of Love, Simon, a glossy rom-com about a US high-school student (Nick Robinson) inching slowly out of the closet, audience members were invited to ride a giant Love, Simon ...

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Film Review: 'That Summer' - Variety


Variety

Film Review: 'That Summer'
Variety
The “Grey Gardens” mystique becomes even more intriguing with “That Summer,” a prequel of sorts to the famed Maysles film that fills in background information while furthering the hagiographic cult surrounding Big and Little Edie. Almost exclusively ...



Film Review: 'That Summer' - Variety


Variety

Film Review: 'That Summer'
Variety
The “Grey Gardens” mystique becomes even more intriguing with “That Summer,” a prequel of sorts to the famed Maysles film that fills in background information while furthering the hagiographic cult surrounding Big and Little Edie. Almost exclusively ...



Film Producer And Former LA Clipper Grant Hill Joins Basketball Hall Of Fame - Deadline


Deadline

Film Producer And Former LA Clipper Grant Hill Joins Basketball Hall Of Fame
Deadline
Hill, a former Los Angeles Clipper, joins former Los Angeles Lakers point guard Steve Nash and 11 other inductees in the 2018 class. They will be formally honored in September. The Hall of Fame made the announcement Saturday before the NCAA Final Four ...

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Cleveland International Film Festival opens next week with close to 500 films from 72 countries - cleveland.com


cleveland.com

Cleveland International Film Festival opens next week with close to 500 films from 72 countries
cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio - The 42nd annual Cleveland International Film Festival will open next week, featuring 214 feature films and 253 shorts representing 72 countries. But the number Director of Programming Mallory Martin is most proud of is the percentage ...
First-ever Montana International Film Festival hits Billings this fallBillings Gazette
Pakistan International Film Festival kicks off with a bang - The ...The Express Tribune
8 films will premiere at the Pakistan International Film FestivalDAWN.com

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Report: Netflix is Considering Buying Luc Besson's Film Company - Gizmodo


Gizmodo

Report: Netflix is Considering Buying Luc Besson's Film Company
Gizmodo
Last year, Luc Besson released Valerian, a visually lush and imaginative scifi film via his film company, EuropaCorp. The movie, which was one of the most expensive independent films ever, did... okay. Not well enough to justify the incredible amount ...

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Joanna Scanlan: 'Who would play me in the film of my life? A Nick Park claymation' - The Guardian


The Guardian

Joanna Scanlan: 'Who would play me in the film of my life? A Nick Park claymation'
The Guardian
Raised in Wales, Joanna Scanlan, 56, became an actor in her mid-30s. Her TV work includes the comedy series The Thick Of It, Rev and No Offence, and she was nominated for a Bafta for Getting On, an NHS comedy that she co-wrote and starred in. Her film ...



'Ready Player One' to Storm Domestic Box Office With $53 Million - Variety


Variety

'Ready Player One' to Storm Domestic Box Office With $53 Million
Variety
Steven Spielberg's “Ready Player One” will take over the domestic box office during Easter weekend with $53 million from 4,234 locations. The VR-fantasy film starring Tye Sheridan launched a day early on Thursday after Warner Bros. decided to move up ...
Steven Spielberg's film portrays video gamers at their worstThe Guardian
The Question 'Ready Player One' Fails to AnswerHollywood Reporter
The 3 Hardest Films Steven Spielberg Ever MadeCinema Blend

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Long-Lost 1924 Film That Anticipated the Holocaust Is Rediscovered and Restored - Hyperallergic


Hyperallergic

Long-Lost 1924 Film That Anticipated the Holocaust Is Rediscovered and Restored
Hyperallergic
They come from a long-lost film that predates the Nazi period by a decade, Die Stadt Ohne Juden (The City Without Jews). Released in 1924, it was adapted from a satirical novel by Hugo Bettauer, an Austrian Jewish writer and journalist. At a time when ...



Film Review: 'Tyler Perry's Acrimony' - Variety


Variety

Film Review: 'Tyler Perry's Acrimony'
Variety
As the film goes on, Melinda is revealed to be a deeply unreliable narrator. But the trouble with this love-story-from-hell thriller — and the reason it may leave even Perry's fans scratching their heads — is that Perry, in “Acrimony,” is a grabby ...
'Acrimony': Film ReviewHollywood Reporter

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Egyptian Producer Mohamed Hefzy Appointed Cairo Film Festival President (EXCLUSIVE) - Variety


Variety

Egyptian Producer Mohamed Hefzy Appointed Cairo Film Festival President (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety
ROME — Egyptian independent producer Mohamed Hefzy has been appointed president of the Cairo Film Festival with a mandate to revamp and relaunch the prominent Arab fest which has been losing luster due to political turbulence, terrorism, and the ...

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Film Review: 'Tyler Perry's Acrimony' - Variety


Variety

Film Review: 'Tyler Perry's Acrimony'
Variety
As the film goes on, Melinda is revealed to be a deeply unreliable narrator. But the trouble with this love-story-from-hell thriller — and the reason it may leave even Perry's fans scratching their heads — is that Perry, in “Acrimony,” is a grabby ...
'Acrimony': Film ReviewHollywood Reporter

all 84 news articles »


Egyptian Producer Mohamed Hefzy Appointed Cairo Film Festival President (EXCLUSIVE) - Variety


Variety

Egyptian Producer Mohamed Hefzy Appointed Cairo Film Festival President (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety
ROME — Egyptian independent producer Mohamed Hefzy has been appointed president of the Cairo Film Festival with a mandate to revamp and relaunch the prominent Arab fest which has been losing luster due to political turbulence, terrorism, and the ...

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Joanna Scanlan: 'Who would play me in the film of my life? A Nick Park claymation' - The Guardian


The Guardian

Joanna Scanlan: 'Who would play me in the film of my life? A Nick Park claymation'
The Guardian
Raised in Wales, Joanna Scanlan, 56, became an actor in her mid-30s. Her TV work includes the comedy series The Thick Of It, Rev and No Offence, and she was nominated for a Bafta for Getting On, an NHS comedy that she co-wrote and starred in. Her film ...



Film Review: 'Tyler Perry's Acrimony' - Variety


Variety

Film Review: 'Tyler Perry's Acrimony'
Variety
As the film goes on, Melinda is revealed to be a deeply unreliable narrator. But the trouble with this love-story-from-hell thriller — and the reason it may leave even Perry's fans scratching their heads — is that Perry, in “Acrimony,” is a grabby ...
'Acrimony': Film ReviewHollywood Reporter

all 84 news articles »


Egyptian Producer Mohamed Hefzy Appointed Cairo Film Festival President (EXCLUSIVE) - Variety


Variety

Egyptian Producer Mohamed Hefzy Appointed Cairo Film Festival President (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety
ROME — Egyptian independent producer Mohamed Hefzy has been appointed president of the Cairo Film Festival with a mandate to revamp and relaunch the prominent Arab fest which has been losing luster due to political turbulence, terrorism, and the ...

and more »


'Ready Player One' in 70mm Film Opens on 22 Screens - Hollywood Reporter


Hollywood Reporter

'Ready Player One' in 70mm Film Opens on 22 Screens
Hollywood Reporter
To the delight of celluloid fans, Warner Bros.' Ready Player One is getting a 70mm film release on 22 screens in North America — among them, Los Angeles' The Landmark Theatre at the Westside Pavilion, Seattle's Cinerama and various sites in New York ...
The film world's current existential crisis: What is a movie and who gets to decide?Washington Post
Review: 'Ready Player One' Is Spielberg's Best Film In A DecadeForbes
'Ready Player One': Can Spielberg's Film Speed Up Adoption of VR?Wall Street Journal
Ars Technica -The Guardian -Toledo Blade
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Long-Lost 1924 Film That Anticipated the Holocaust Is Rediscovered and Restored - Hyperallergic


Hyperallergic

Long-Lost 1924 Film That Anticipated the Holocaust Is Rediscovered and Restored
Hyperallergic
They come from a long-lost film that predates the Nazi period by a decade, Die Stadt Ohne Juden (The City Without Jews). Released in 1924, it was adapted from a satirical novel by Hugo Bettauer, an Austrian Jewish writer and journalist. At a time when ...



The film world's current existential crisis: What is a movie and who gets to decide? - Washington Post


Washington Post

The film world's current existential crisis: What is a movie and who gets to decide?
Washington Post
What is a movie? That question has taken on new relevance in recent days, as arbiters of cinematic taste and taxonomy have drawn uncompromising lines in the sand. Over the weekend, Cannes director Thierry Frémaux announced that films produced by ...
'Ready Player One' in 70mm Film Opens on 22 ScreensHollywood Reporter
Review: 'Ready Player One' Is Spielberg's Best Film In A DecadeForbes
'Ready Player One': Can Spielberg's Film Speed Up Adoption of VR?Wall Street Journal
Ars Technica -The Guardian -Muncie Star Press
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Friday 30 March 2018

4 Film Series to Catch in NYC This Weekend - New York Times


New York Times

4 Film Series to Catch in NYC This Weekend
New York Times
NEW DIRECTORS/NEW FILMS at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art (through April 8). Once a year, the programming teams at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and MoMA come together to offer a joint vision of cinema's future ...

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Sean Penn remembers working with Steve Bannon on 1991 film - EW.com


EW.com

Sean Penn remembers working with Steve Bannon on 1991 film
EW.com
Sean Penn doesn't have fond memories, per se, of working with Steve Bannon in the 1990s. President Donald Trump's now-ousted White House advisor had previously produced 1991's The Indian Runner, Penn's directorial debut. “I would say he exerted the ...
Sean Penn rips former film collaborator Steve BannonNew York Daily News

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The film world's current existential crisis: What is a movie and who gets to decide? - Washington Post


Washington Post

The film world's current existential crisis: What is a movie and who gets to decide?
Washington Post
What is a movie? That question has taken on new relevance in recent days, as arbiters of cinematic taste and taxonomy have drawn uncompromising lines in the sand. Over the weekend, Cannes director Thierry Frémaux announced that films produced by ...
'Ready Player One' in 70mm Film Opens on 22 ScreensHollywood Reporter
Ready Player One's film adaptation isn't even good enough as a kids movieArs Technica
'Ready Player One': Can Spielberg's Film Speed Up Adoption of VR?Wall Street Journal (blog)
Toledo Blade -The Guardian -Muncie Star Press
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The Sweetest Thing writer Nancy Pimental sets record straight on film's true inspiration - EW.com (blog)


EW.com (blog)

The Sweetest Thing writer Nancy Pimental sets record straight on film's true inspiration
EW.com (blog)
To read more Untold Stories, pick up the new issue of Entertainment Weekly on stands Friday, or buy it here now. Don't forget to subscribe for more exclusive interviews and photos, only in EW. Nearly 16 years after being dubbed one of the worst films ...

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