Monday, 30 April 2018

The Faces of Tribeca Film Festival 2018 - Vulture


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The Faces of Tribeca Film Festival 2018
Vulture
Vulture kicked off this year's Tribeca Film Festival by welcoming some of your favorite actors and filmmakers into our photo and video studio in New York City. Check out the guests below. Cast of Westworld. Photo: Mamadi Doumbouya/Vulture. Evan Rachel ...



Netflix Signs Management/Production Company 42 To First-Look Film Deal - Deadline


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Netflix Signs Management/Production Company 42 To First-Look Film Deal
Deadline
Said Netflix exec Matt Brodlie: “42 have been a great collaborator of ours the past few years. They have a depth of relationships with talent globally and a proven track record of developing and producing quality films. We are excited to be making a ...



Sainsbury's CEO caught on film singing 'we're in the money' - Telegraph.co.uk


Sainsbury's CEO caught on film singing 'we're in the money'
Telegraph.co.uk
Sainsbury's CEO Mike Coupe was heard singing, "we're in the money", between media interviews about the company's merge with ASDA, which could result in branch closures and job losses. Mike Coupe and Sainsbury's have made the following statements. Mike ...

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As Oscars Pile Up, Iranian Film Grows Up - New York Times


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As Oscars Pile Up, Iranian Film Grows Up
New York Times
TEHRAN — As the veteran American director took the stage at Iran's Fajr International Film Festival, the audience stood up, clapping and cheering. Young men wearing round sunglasses and women with purple dyed hair peeking out from under their ...



Chris Pratt meets the Indoraptor on Total Film magazine's Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom cover - GamesRadar


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Chris Pratt meets the Indoraptor on Total Film magazine's Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom cover
GamesRadar
In a little more than a month, dino-sequel Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom will roar into cinemas, picking up four years after the events of the last film. Chris Pratt's Owen Grady is called back into action on Isla Nublar when a volcano erupts ...
Jurassic World 2: Chris Pratt & Indoraptor Grace the Cover of Total FilmScreen Rant

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Donald Trump sued for defamation by adult film star Stormy Daniels - Reuters


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Donald Trump sued for defamation by adult film star Stormy Daniels
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The adult film actress Stormy Daniels on Monday filed a lawsuit accusing U.S. President Donald Trump of defamation for a tweet suggesting she lied about an incident where she was warned not to discuss an alleged sexual encounter ...
Adult film actress Stormy Daniels files defamation lawsuit against President TrumpWISN Milwaukee
Adult film star Stormy Daniels sues Trump for defamationCTV News

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Film Review: 'Gehenna: Where Death Lives' - Variety


Variety

Film Review: 'Gehenna: Where Death Lives'
Variety
... into a commercial resort — something to which the resident spirits take great exception, natch. Trapped in an underground labyrinth, their predicament becomes all too relatable, since the movie itself strands viewers in a dimly lit purgatory that ...



Avengers: Infinity War blasts Star Wars: The Force Awakens' first-weekend record at US box office - The Guardian


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Avengers: Infinity War blasts Star Wars: The Force Awakens' first-weekend record at US box office
The Guardian
On its way to dethroning Star Wars: The Force Awakens as the highest-earning opening film in the US and Canada, Infinity War recorded the highest-ever take for a Saturday ($83m) and Sunday ($61m). Box-office projections had suggested the film would ...
'Avengers' film hits expectationsNorthern Star Online
Film: 'Infinity War' opens with record $250M, passing 'Star Wars'The Mainichi
Film review - Is Avengers: Infinity War a triumph?BBC News
Times of India -Variety -TheWrap
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Tokyo pitches itself as film location - NHK WORLD


Tokyo pitches itself as film location
NHK WORLD
Tokyo metropolitan government officials will participate in a trade show in Cannes, France to pitch their city as a location for film shoots. The officials are stepping up efforts to lure overseas filmmakers to the city through a project known as the ...



Saudi Arabia Officially Launches First Full Service Film & TV Production Studio Nebras Films - Deadline


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Saudi Arabia Officially Launches First Full Service Film & TV Production Studio Nebras Films
Deadline
“Amidst unprecedented levels of development and reform in Saudi Arabia, Nebras Films' passion, world-class equipment and capabilities are unparalleled in the Middle East,” said Ruokosuo. “We're seeing unprecedented levels of interest in the Kingdom ...



Memento Films Boards Justin Kurzel's 'True History of the Kelly Gang' With Russell Crowe (EXCLUSIVE) - Variety


Variety

Memento Films Boards Justin Kurzel's 'True History of the Kelly Gang' With Russell Crowe (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety
Memento Films International has boarded “True History of the Kelly Gang,” a hotly anticipated project to be directed by Justin Kurzel (“Macbeth”), with Russell Crowe, George MacKay, Nicholas Hoult and Essie Davis to star. Rolling off their success with ...



Woman with Asperger's removed from Western film screening for laughing too loudly - Telegraph.co.uk


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Woman with Asperger's removed from Western film screening for laughing too loudly
Telegraph.co.uk
Angered cinema-goers complained on social media of the "naked intolerance" after witnessing the woman being taken from the cinema after a complaint that she was being too noisy. The BFI has apologised for "getting it wrong" after the woman was ejected ...

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Cannes Defends Selection of Terry Gilliam's 'Don Quixote' Despite Film's Legal Woes - Variety


Variety

Cannes Defends Selection of Terry Gilliam's 'Don Quixote' Despite Film's Legal Woes
Variety
The Cannes Film Festival has defended its decision to select Terry Gilliam's “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” as this year's closing movie despite the ongoing legal dispute over who owns the rights to the film. Producer Paulo Branco and his production ...
Cannes Responds to 'Don Quixote' Lawsuit, Stands by Terry Gilliam and Wants to Premiere His FilmIndieWire

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Turkey's Government Is Censoring the Movies, But the Istanbul Film Festival Is Soldiering On - IndieWire


IndieWire

Turkey's Government Is Censoring the Movies, But the Istanbul Film Festival Is Soldiering On
IndieWire
At a welcome dinner for the 37th Istanbul Film Festival, an actress stood up and in halting, emotional English asked everyone to listen to a story the world needs to hear. This March, a troupe of actors were an hour away from performing a tribute to ...

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Lester James Peries obituary - The Guardian


The Guardian

Lester James Peries obituary
The Guardian
The Sri Lankan film-maker Lester James Peries, who has died aged 99, was, like his Indian contemporary Satyajit Ray, more highly regarded abroad than in his native country. His career was dominated by a constant struggle to obtain finance and, during ...

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Woman with Asperger's removed from Western film screening for laughing too loudly - Telegraph.co.uk


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Woman with Asperger's removed from Western film screening for laughing too loudly
Telegraph.co.uk
... and how they treated her tonight on her 25th birthday celebration as a woman with Aspergers. Shame on the @bfi This was her favourite movie and you forcibly removed her. #wewouldlikeanapology." Her mother, Lydia Parker, added: "This happened to my ...

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Film Review: 'Gehenna: Where Death Lives' - Variety


Variety

Film Review: 'Gehenna: Where Death Lives'
Variety
As a dictionary-style onscreen definition explains at the start of “Gehanna: Where Death Lives,” that G-word is a long-standing term for a “most accursed place [or] destination of the wicked,” although not necessarily to be confused with Hell. (It has ...



Avengers: Infinity War blasts Star Wars: The Force Awakens' first-weekend record at US box office - The Guardian


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Avengers: Infinity War blasts Star Wars: The Force Awakens' first-weekend record at US box office
The Guardian
On its way to dethroning Star Wars: The Force Awakens as the highest-earning opening film in the US and Canada, Infinity War recorded the highest-ever take for a Saturday ($83m) and Sunday ($61m). Box-office projections had suggested the film would ...
'Avengers' film hits expectationsNorthern Star Online
Film review: 'Avengers: Infinity War,' dir. Anthony and Joe RussoDailyuw
Film: 'Infinity War' opens with record $250M, passing 'Star Wars'The Mainichi
The Verge -BBC News -Times of India
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Memento Films Boards Justin Kurzel's 'True History of the Kelly Gang' With Russell Crowe (EXCLUSIVE) - Variety


Variety

Memento Films Boards Justin Kurzel's 'True History of the Kelly Gang' With Russell Crowe (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety
Rolling off their success with Luca Guadagnino's “Call Me by Your Name,” Memento and La Cinéfacture – the production banner launched by Memento founder Emilie Georges – are set to co-finance the picture together with Screen Australia and Film4, and in ...



Far East Film Fest Founders Talk 20th Anniversary, Learning to Work With Netflix - Hollywood Reporter


Hollywood Reporter

Far East Film Fest Founders Talk 20th Anniversary, Learning to Work With Netflix
Hollywood Reporter
The specialist film festival has come a long way since its humble beginnings and its unique characteristics continue to attract some of the biggest names in the Asian film industry. It may not have the history of Cannes or the Hollywood firepower of ...

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Bentonville prepares for film festival - Arkansas Online


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Bentonville prepares for film festival
Arkansas Online
BENTONVILLE -- Not many signs around the downtown square hinted that filmmakers, media executives, celebrities and festivalgoers will descend this week upon the city's core. Yet festival organizers, business owners and restaurant managers have been ...
Volunteers prepare for Bentonville Film Festival4029tv

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'Avengers' film hits expectations - Northern Star Online


Northern Star Online

'Avengers' film hits expectations
Northern Star Online
“Avengers: Infinity War” stuns and amazes audiences with an intense action-filled plot presenting a cultivating climax to the Avengers franchise. The most recent installment and third film of the Avengers series brings together every aspect of the ...
Avengers: Infinity War review – surprisingly nimble Marvel franchise fantasyThe Guardian
Film: 'Infinity War' opens with record $250M, passing 'Star Wars'The Mainichi
Avengers: Infinity War has pulled in $250 million for the biggest US opening to dateThe Verge
WKRN News 2 -BBC News -NDTV
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Britain's film renaissance: made in UK, owned in USA? - Financial Times


Financial Times

Britain's film renaissance: made in UK, owned in USA?
Financial Times
The mood inside London's Roundhouse was exultant last month when the UK government announced its new £150m Creative Industries “deal”. Ministers enthused about the strength of a sector that employs more than 2m people and that is growing at “twice the ...



Nantucket Film Festival: Vera Farmiga, Christopher Plummer Starrer Set as Opener - Hollywood Reporter


Hollywood Reporter

Nantucket Film Festival: Vera Farmiga, Christopher Plummer Starrer Set as Opener
Hollywood Reporter
The festival will close with the Gilda Radner doc 'Love, Gilda,' which recently opened the Tribeca Film Festival. The Nantucket Film Festival has revealed the opening and closing night films for its 2018 edition and announced a number of other titles ...



Sunday, 29 April 2018

HEELAN STUDENT'S MOVIES DRAWING ATTENTION FROM MAJOR FILM FESTIVALS - KSCJ


KSCJ

HEELAN STUDENT'S MOVIES DRAWING ATTENTION FROM MAJOR FILM FESTIVALS
KSCJ
A SIOUX CITY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IS MAKING AN IMPACT IN THE MOVIE INDUSTRY, AND HAS ALREADY BEEN INVITED TO SUBMIT A FILM TO ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS FILM FESTIVALS. SEAN MCGARRY IS A SENIOR AT BISHOP HEELAN HIGH SCHOOL WHO RECENTLY WON ...



'Hagerstown boy' wins in city film festival - Herald-Mail Media


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'Hagerstown boy' wins in city film festival
Herald-Mail Media
Filmmaker Erik Kristopher Myers, right, talks with Tom Riford, president of the Maryland International Film Festival-Hagerstown after Myers won the Best Local Film award Sunday at The Grand Piano Ballroom in Hagerstown. By Dave McMillion. Facebook ...

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