Wednesday, 28 February 2018

Darren Aronofsky, Barry Levinson, Alexandre Desplat to Attend r7al, a New Film Festival in Switzerland - Variety


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Darren Aronofsky, Barry Levinson, Alexandre Desplat to Attend r7al, a New Film Festival in Switzerland
Variety
Directors Darren Aronofsky (“Black Swan,” “Mother!”), Barry Levinson (“Rain Man”), Michel Hazanavicius (“The Artist”), Susanne Bier (“The Night Manager”), Thomas Vinterberg (“Festen”) and Hugh Hudson (“Chariots of Fire”) will be among those speaking at ...



Hong Kong Festival Sets Debut Features as Opening Film Pair - Variety


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Hong Kong Festival Sets Debut Features as Opening Film Pair
Variety
The Hong Kong International Film Festival next month will host two debut features, drama “Omotenashi” by Jay Chern, and mystery “Xiao Mei” by Maren Hwang as its opening gala titles. Christian Petzold's recent Berlin competition title “Transit” will ...
Taiwanese Films to Open Hong Kong Film FestivalHollywood Reporter

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LA Times film critics Kenneth Turan and Justin Chang make their 2018 Oscar picks - Los Angeles Times


Los Angeles Times

LA Times film critics Kenneth Turan and Justin Chang make their 2018 Oscar picks
Los Angeles Times
Allison Williams, left, and Daniel Kaluuya appear in a scene from "Get Out." (Justin Lubin / Universal Pictures). Now that voting has closed for the 90th Academy Awards we're left with the crucial questions: Who will win? And who should win? Our ...
Every 2018 Oscar-Nominated Film Based on a BookPaste Magazine
5 Classic Horror Films That Didn't Get Much Oscars AcclaimNew York Times
Oscars 2018: How does a film win the Oscar for Best Picture?The South African

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Oscar winner John Ridley bringing film center, other new uses to Milwaukee's Pabst site - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel


Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Oscar winner John Ridley bringing film center, other new uses to Milwaukee's Pabst site
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee film school, as well as a film post-production facility, will be among the new tenants in a former Pabst brewery building that's being redeveloped by Oscar-winning filmmaker John Ridley. Ridley, a Mequon native ...

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Feras Fayyad: 'I never thought as a film-maker that I would feel endangered' - The Guardian


The Guardian

Feras Fayyad: 'I never thought as a film-maker that I would feel endangered'
The Guardian
My film, Last Men in Aleppo, is one of the nominees for best documentary feature. It was shot during the 2015-2016 siege of Aleppo, when the Assad regime fought to seize control of the city with the help of its ally, Russia. Throughout this time, the ...

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Berlin Film Review: 'Foreboding' - Variety


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Berlin Film Review: 'Foreboding'
Variety
For anyone whose experiences with the last few films from Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa have proven frustrating (and his recent run of form suggests the heady horror days of “Cure” and “Pulse” are gone), the English title of his latest project may ...



Berlin Film Review: 'Adam' - Variety


Berlin Film Review: 'Adam'
Variety
An exploration of how a disabled young adult could manage financially when the person paying his rent is suddenly out of the picture would seem like a compelling storyline. But Solrun's film doesn't really go there. Instead, it obsesses over the mother ...