Thursday, 31 August 2017

Venice Film Review: 'West of Sunshine' - Variety


Variety

Venice Film Review: 'West of Sunshine'
Variety
A small-scale film that's very well performed by lesser-known actors and some non-professionals, “West of Sunshine” faces a challenge to break through theatrically in overseas markets (and doesn't yet have domestic release plans), though its exposure ...

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A history of Venice Film Festival's floating red carpet in photos - CNN


CNN

A history of Venice Film Festival's floating red carpet in photos
CNN
(CNN) The Venice International Film Festival has come a long way since "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" opened the event's very first edition, 85 years ago. Gone are the days of categories like "most touching film" -- and their winners being chosen by ...
New Parents George and Amal Clooney Step Out in Venice Ahead of Film Festival PremierePEOPLE.com
Venice Film Review: 'Downsizing'Variety
'Downsizing': From Venice Film Festival to Oscars for Matt Damon and Alexander Payne?Goldderby
South China Morning Post -BBC News -Vanity Fair
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London Symphony review – a silent paean to the city - The Guardian


The Guardian

London Symphony review – a silent paean to the city
The Guardian
It's a sign of the times that the industrial pistons and grimy stevedores you might have seen in the 1920s heyday of the “city symphony” film are hardly anywhere to be seen in Alex Barrett's sprightly revival of the form. Instead, for a 21st-century ...



'Zama' Review: Lucrecia Martel's Challenging, Brilliant Colonial ... - Variety


Variety

'Zama' Review: Lucrecia Martel's Challenging, Brilliant Colonial ...
Variety
If we accept "colonial dystopia" as a viable atmosphere, it's hard to image any filmmaker conjuring it better than Lucrecia Martel.

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10 movies that prove 2007 is the best film year of the 21st century - USA TODAY


USA TODAY

10 movies that prove 2007 is the best film year of the 21st century
USA TODAY
As summer turns to fall and awards players gradually unfurl in multiplexes, we can't help but feel nostalgic for 2007, which produced some of the most critically acclaimed and influential movies of the 21st century so far. A decade later, we rank that ...



New Parents George and Amal Clooney Step Out in Venice Ahead of Film Festival Premiere - PEOPLE.com


PEOPLE.com

New Parents George and Amal Clooney Step Out in Venice Ahead of Film Festival Premiere
PEOPLE.com
The actor-director and his human rights lawyer wife stepped out in Venice, Italy, on Thursday where George is set to premiere his new film, Suburbicon, on Saturday. The couple was all dressed up as they left their hotel and boarded a water taxi ...
Venice Film Review: 'Downsizing'Variety
The Best Looks from the 2017 Venice Film FestivalVanity Fair
Venice Film Festival - and the 2018 Oscars race - officially beginBBC News
Daily Mail -Vogue.com -New York Times
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See Jared Leto in Tense 'Blade Runner' Short Film, 'Nexus: 2036' - RollingStone.com


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See Jared Leto in Tense 'Blade Runner' Short Film, 'Nexus: 2036'
RollingStone.com
"Humanity has only survived this long by crushing the Earth to suit its needs," Niander Wallace (played by actor and Thirty Seconds to Mars' singer Jared Leto) forebodingly says in the new short film Nexus: 2036. One of three short film prequels ...
Jared Leto Stars in 'Blade Runner' Short Film 'Nexus:2036'Billboard

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Venice Film Review: 'Human Flow' - Variety


Variety

Venice Film Review: 'Human Flow'
Variety
The numbers are impressive: shot in more than 20 countries, with 25 film crews and featuring a score of experts involved in humanitarian aid, “Human Flow” must have been a logistical nightmare for the fixers on the ground. The documentary spans the ...
Human Flow review – Ai Weiwei's urgent look at the scale of the refugee crisisThe Guardian

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Film News Roundup: 'Downton Abbey' Star Allen Leech Joins 'Bohemian Rhapsody' - Variety


Variety

Film News Roundup: 'Downton Abbey' Star Allen Leech Joins 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
Variety
The movie, which marks Long's feature film debut, has launched production in New York City. The film co-stars Fiona Fu, Tzi Ma, Lynn Chen, Clifton Davis, Derek Goh, Dan Lauria, Kelly AuCoin (“Billions”), and Kathryn Erbe (“Law & Order: Criminal Intent”).

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Film Series in NYC This Week - New York Times


New York Times

Film Series in NYC This Week
New York Times
With “Twin Peaks: The Return” reaching a finale on Sunday night, the Metrograph is hosting a series that stacks a selection of David Lynch's movies alongside complementary films — and unlike some other “Twin Peaks” preparatory programs, it includes ...



An NFL star produces his film career with 'Crown Heights' - Chicago Tribune


Chicago Tribune

An NFL star produces his film career with 'Crown Heights'
Chicago Tribune
A “Friday Night Lights” episode there. A small role in the Sally Field vehicle “Hello, My Name is Doris.” “When I retired,” he told me the other day at a downtown restaurant, “people started asking me: 'What do you wanna do?' ” I said: “'Films. I ...

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Now casting: Godzilla film seeking people with medical experience - Atlanta Journal Constitution


Atlanta Journal Constitution

Now casting: Godzilla film seeking people with medical experience
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Kyle Chandler, Millie Bobby Brown, Vera Farmiga and Bradley Whitford will star in the film, which is a sequel to the 2014 “Godzilla” movie. What are they looking for? Men and women who are fresh faces to the movie and have real-life medical experience ...



10 movies that prove 2007 is the best film year of the 21st century - USA TODAY


USA TODAY

10 movies that prove 2007 is the best film year of the 21st century
USA TODAY
As summer turns to fall and awards players gradually unfurl in multiplexes, we can't help but feel nostalgic for 2007, which produced some of the most critically acclaimed and influential movies of the 21st century so far. A decade later, we rank that ...



Run-of-the-mill horror film 'Temple' delivers the same old evil spirits - Los Angeles Times


Los Angeles Times

Run-of-the-mill horror film 'Temple' delivers the same old evil spirits
Los Angeles Times
Simon Barrett's scripts for Adam Wingard's “You're Next” and “The Guest” created two of the best genre releases this decade, but there's no evidence of his fingerprints on “Temple.” Not only does this standard horror film from first-time director ...

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An NFL star produces his film career with 'Crown Heights' - Chicago Tribune


Chicago Tribune

An NFL star produces his film career with 'Crown Heights'
Chicago Tribune
That didn't work out, which is another way of saying: It worked out. This year's Sundance Film Festival featured three movies directly made possible by Asomugha's budding career in Hollywood. He raised crucial production funds for the indie “Patti Cake ...

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London Film Festival: A quarter of films directed by women - BBC News


BBC News

London Film Festival: A quarter of films directed by women
BBC News
Female directors account for a quarter of the films that will be shown at this year's London Film Festival. A total of 242 feature films will be shown during the 12-day event, with 60 of those coming from women film-makers. "Strong women is obviously ...
Only a quarter of movies at 2017 London film festival are directed by womenThe Guardian
Social Division to be Hot Topic at 61st BFI London Film Festival ...Variety
BFI London Film Festival Unveils 2017 Lineup | DeadlineDeadline
Metro -SBS
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Box Office: 'Birth Of The Dragon' Marketing Hid The Film's Dirty Secret - Forbes


Forbes

Box Office: 'Birth Of The Dragon' Marketing Hid The Film's Dirty Secret
Forbes
The film is not a Bruce Lee biopic, but rather a heavily fictionalized look at the infamous martial arts showdown that took place between Lee (before he became a movie star) and Wong Jack Man in San Francisco in 1964, allegedly over Man's displeasure ...

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Only a quarter of movies at 2017 London film festival are directed by women - The Guardian


The Guardian

Only a quarter of movies at 2017 London film festival are directed by women
The Guardian
A quarter of the films shown at the 61st BFI London film festival will be directed by women – a figure the organisers admit is “bad”. But at least the proportion is rising, the festival director, Clare Stewart, said as she announced a programme of 242 ...
Social Division to be Hot Topic at 61st BFI London Film Festival ...Variety
BFI London Film Festival Unveils 2017 Lineup | DeadlineDeadline
Women championed at London Film FestivalBBC News
Metro -SFGate -SBS
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'Lord of the Flies' is getting the 'Ghostbusters' treatment, new film set to swap boys for girls - Washington Examiner


Papermag

'Lord of the Flies' is getting the 'Ghostbusters' treatment, new film set to swap boys for girls
Washington Examiner
The recreation of "Ghostbusters" with a cast of female leads was supposed to signify feminist progress. It looked to me more like a vapid (and money-losing) gesture than a worthwhile endeavor. Gender meant little to the original film, so why exploit ...
Two Male Writers Are Making a Female 'Lord of the Flies' Film and People Aren't HappyPapermag
'Someone missed the point': Lord of the Flies 'all girls' remake spawns social media backlashThe Guardian
Why an all-female film adaptation of Lord of the Flies makes no senseNational Post

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10 movies that prove 2007 is the best film year of the 21st century - USA TODAY


USA TODAY

10 movies that prove 2007 is the best film year of the 21st century
USA TODAY
As summer turns to fall and awards players gradually unfurl in multiplexes, we can't help but feel nostalgic for 2007, which produced some of the most critically acclaimed and influential movies of the 21st century so far. A decade later, we rank that ...



Exclusive Clip from Films Distribution's Toronto Platform Player 'Mademoiselle Paradis' - Variety


Variety

Exclusive Clip from Films Distribution's Toronto Platform Player 'Mademoiselle Paradis'
Variety
Barbara Albert, whose films have competed at Locarno, San Sebastián and Venice, is headed to Toronto for the first time with her latest feature, “Mademoiselle Paradis.” In anticipation of the film's Toronto Festival world premiere, Variety has been ...



Wednesday, 30 August 2017

Egyptian director to make anti-'American Sniper' film - New York Post


New York Post

Egyptian director to make anti-'American Sniper' film
New York Post
Amr Salama, the award-winning director of “Sheikh Jackson,” which will be featured at the Toronto Film Festival next month, says he already has a script called “Iraqi Sniper” to tell a compassionate story about Eastwood's mysterious Arabic villain ...
Egyptian Director Amr Salama Developing Anti-'American Sniper' Film (Exclusive)Hollywood Reporter
Egyptian director Amr Salama to make an anti-'American Sniper' film from opposite point of viewNew York Daily News
American Sniper-Inspired Iraqi Sniper Film is Moving ForwardScreen Rant

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At The Venice Film Festival, A Look At How VR Can Turn On TV Superfans - Forbes


Forbes

At The Venice Film Festival, A Look At How VR Can Turn On TV Superfans
Forbes
NB: If you're attending the Venice International Film Festival, Snatch and 22 other nominated VR experiences (three of them from Future Lighthouse) will be available for screening on “VR Island. Which appears to be an actual Venetian island, not a ...



Film and TV company Miramax lays off 20 staffers in ongoing restructuring - Los Angeles Times


Los Angeles Times

Film and TV company Miramax lays off 20 staffers in ongoing restructuring
Los Angeles Times
Miramax, the onetime indie film powerhouse founded by the Weinstein brothers, has laid off 20 employees in a second round of downsizing this year under a new CEO. The Santa Monica film and television company let go of executives in the sales and ...

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Venice Film Review: 'Eye on Juliet' - Variety


Variety

Venice Film Review: 'Eye on Juliet'
Variety
Between that film and this one, Nguyen signaled his interest in romantic fabulism with “Two Lovers and Bear,” an Arctic sweethearts' duet between Dane DeHaan and Tatiana Maslany that managed modest U.S. distribution; “Eye on Juliet” may prove a harder ...

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