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Cannes Film Festival 2024 Poster Unveiled
The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the official poster for its 77th edition. Cannes likes to evoke cinematic history in its official merch, and this year’s poster is no exception. It features a scene from Rhapsody in August, Japanese classic from the late Akira Kurosawa, which premiered out of competition in Cannes in 1991. In […]
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Sony Pictures Classics to Re-Release 4K Version of ‘Run Lola Run’ for 25th Anniversary
Lola better get some new sneakers. Sony Pictures Classics has announced it will re-release Tom Tykwer’s 1999 German action classic Run Lola Run, in a new 4K restored version, in U.S. cinemas this summer, timed to the 25th anniversary of the movie’s original domestic bow. Franka Potente stars as the titular athletic Lola in the […]
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BAFTA Confirms Date for 2025 Awards
BAFTA has confirmed the date for next year’s film awards ceremony, which will be held Sunday, February 16, 2025. The date means the BAFTAs will come exactly two weeks before the 2025 Oscars, set for March 2. Once again, the British awards will take place smack in the middle of the Berlin Film Festival, which […]
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Netflix Adds Cesc Gay-Directed Drama ’53 Domingos’ to Spanish Film Slate
Netflix will produce and release 53 Domingos, the new film from Spanish director Cesc Gay, an adaptation of his own award-winning theater play. The dramedy follows three brothers who meet up to discuss what to do with their octogenarian father who has started behaving oddly. As they debate whether to put him in a nursing […]
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Rupert Everett Honored at Lovers Film Festival in Italy
Rupert Everett landed in Turin, Italy, on Thursday to collect the Star of the Mole, the special award given by the National Cinema Museum to personalities who have left an indelible mark on the world of cinema and society. The award — a pink star — is presented during the Lovers Film Festival, Europe’s oldest […]
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Roger Dicken, VFX Artist on ‘Alien’ and ‘When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth,’ Dies at 84
Roger Dicken, the Oscar-nominated British special effects artist, sculptor and model maker known for his work on Alien and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, has died. He was 84. Dicken died Feb. 18 at his home in North Wales, Mick Cooper, a friend of more than five decades, told The Hollywood Reporter. On his first […]
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How the Beijing Film Fest Played a Crucial Role in the Career of Acclaimed Director Gu Xiaogang
Gu Xiaogang knows firsthand the impact that international film festivals can have. Gu turned to the Beijing International Film Festival back in 2018 in an effort to get his breakthrough feature, Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains, made. He took his film to BJIFF’s project market and he walked away with the funds he needed after […]
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Mubi Picks Up Elizabeth Sankey’s ‘Witches’ Worldwide (Exclusive)
Art house streamer Mubi has picked up worldwide rights for Witches, the new documentary feature from British director Elizabeth Sankey (Romantic Comedy) and will roll out the movie globally following its world premiere in the Viewpoints section of the Tribeca Festival in June. Inspired by Sankey’s own struggles with mental health, the film draws connections […]
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Studio Ghibli to Receive Honorary Cannes Palme d’Or
The Cannes Film Festival will award legendary Japanese anime house Studio Ghibli with its honorary Palme d’Or this year, the first time Cannes has given its highest award to a company instead of an individual. “For the first time in our history, it’s not a person but an institution that we have chosen to celebrate,” […]
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Hugh Grant Settles Illegal Snooping Lawsuit Against Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun
Actor Hugh Grant has settled a lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., the publisher of The Sun newspaper, out of court. The trial was to have determined whether the News Corp. tabloid carried out unlawful information gathering, including tapping Grant’s landline phone, bugging his car and breaking into his home. But Grant in a post on […]
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Guillaume Canet Stars in New French Netflix Thriller ‘Ad Vitam’
French actor Guillaume Canet is starring, writing and producing the new Netflix thriller Ad Vitam. Rodolphe Lauga (It’s Complicated) is directing the action film, which has begun shooting in Paris. Netflix will release the movie worldwide next year. Canet plays Franck Lazareff who, after surviving an attempt on his life, finds his wife has been […]
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Cannes: Baloji, Emmanuelle Béart to Lead Golden Camera Jury
Baloji and Emmanuelle Béart will oversee this year’s Golden Camera jury at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, organizers said on Tuesday. Organizers said French actress Béart and director and songwriter Baloji will serve as president of the jury that selects the best first film from across the official selections of the film festival. “Being a […]
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