Hong Kong-based ACT3 and Philippine production company Blackops Studios Asia have set Cuba Gooding Jr., Luke Ford, Keith Duffy and multimedia artist Qymira in “Lotus,” an international action thriller that marks the first production under the companies’ multi-year, five-film slate deal. The project was introduced to international buyers and distribution partners at the Cannes Film […]
Hong Kong-based ACT3 and Philippine production company Blackops Studios Asia have set Cuba Gooding Jr., Luke Ford, Keith Duffy and multimedia artist Qymira in “Lotus,” an international action thriller that marks the first production under the companies’ multi-year, five-film slate deal. The project was introduced to international buyers and distribution partners at the Cannes Film […]
As more artists drop out of the White House’s Freedom 250 event, Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello are leading a protest music festival. While performing together on Wednesday at Nationals Park in Washington DC, they announced the one-day Power to the People festival will take place Oct. 3 at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, […]
As more artists drop out of the White House’s Freedom 250 event, Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello are leading a protest music festival. While performing together on Wednesday at Nationals Park in Washington DC, they announced the one-day Power to the People festival will take place Oct. 3 at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, […]
Sheffield DocFest is adding to its program just a few days before the start of the 33rd edition of the UK’s leading nonfiction film festival. Announced Friday: Oscar winner Asif Kapadia (Amy, Senna) will take part in what DocFest is calling a landmark conversation about the Up series, which began in the 1960s by chronicling […]
Sheffield DocFest is adding to its program just a few days before the start of the 33rd edition of the UK’s leading nonfiction film festival. Announced Friday: Oscar winner Asif Kapadia (Amy, Senna) will take part in what DocFest is calling a landmark conversation about the Up series, which began in the 1960s by chronicling […]
“The Playoffs” (“Jogada de Risco”) has had its world premiere at SXSW London , the international festival unspooling June 1-6, whose mission is to bring the business, technology and creative communities together. TV Globo, the largest producer of Portuguese-language content in the world, hosted the London premiere of “The Playoffs,” a Globoplay Original series produced […]
“The Playoffs” (“Jogada de Risco”) has had its world premiere at SXSW London , the international festival unspooling June 1-6, whose mission is to bring the business, technology and creative communities together. TV Globo, the largest producer of Portuguese-language content in the world, hosted the London premiere of “The Playoffs,” a Globoplay Original series produced […]
What’s historically been great about the Cannes jury press conference at the end of the festival is that it provides a window into what this conclave was thinking and the choices made for award selections. However, few reporters got the chance to ask hard hitting questions, and the jury was steered by the conference moderator […]
What’s historically been great about the Cannes jury press conference at the end of the festival is that it provides a window into what this conclave was thinking and the choices made for award selections. However, few reporters got the chance to ask hard hitting questions, and the jury was steered by the conference moderator […]
“Afterpiece,” a Hong Kong drama produced by Derek Yee and directed by debut filmmaker Keane T.K. Wong, will world premiere as the opening film of the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival, which runs June 12-21. The film centers on Owen, a once-celebrated stage director who has spent more than a decade in creative paralysis. When […]
“Afterpiece,” a Hong Kong drama produced by Derek Yee and directed by debut filmmaker Keane T.K. Wong, will world premiere as the opening film of the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival, which runs June 12-21. The film centers on Owen, a once-celebrated stage director who has spent more than a decade in creative paralysis. When […]
When director Michael Gallagher was eight years old, 39 people died in his neighborhood in San Diego, California. They were the victims of the infamous Heaven’s Gate cult, who died in a coordinated mass suicide timed with the approach of the Comet Hale-Bopp in March of 1997. That event would leave an indelible mark on […]
When director Michael Gallagher was eight years old, 39 people died in his neighborhood in San Diego, California. They were the victims of the infamous Heaven’s Gate cult, who died in a coordinated mass suicide timed with the approach of the Comet Hale-Bopp in March of 1997. That event would leave an indelible mark on […]
Mubi has taken North American rights to Lukas Dhont’s Coward for North America. The pic world premiered in competition at Cannes earlier this week to a 13-minute standing ovation. Release plans will be announced down the road. The queer romantic drama follows Pierre, a soldier newly arrived at the front who is eager to prove himself. Behind […]
Mubi has taken North American rights to Lukas Dhont’s Coward for North America. The pic world premiered in competition at Cannes earlier this week to a 13-minute standing ovation. Release plans will be announced down the road. The queer romantic drama follows Pierre, a soldier newly arrived at the front who is eager to prove himself. Behind […]
Saturday Night Live’s James Austin Johnson gave the Tribeca Festival a taste, and analysis, of his celebrated stream-of consciousness Donald Trump impression. He often wings it. “It wouldn’t feel like Trump if there wasn’t this queasy feeling in the audience of ‘what is he going to say?’ and so I have to improvise for the […]
Saturday Night Live’s James Austin Johnson gave the Tribeca Festival a taste, and analysis, of his celebrated stream-of consciousness Donald Trump impression. He often wings it. “It wouldn’t feel like Trump if there wasn’t this queasy feeling in the audience of ‘what is he going to say?’ and so I have to improvise for the […]
In the run-up to Brazilian mega creativity forum Rio2C, Netflix Brazil has unveiled five new titles which show it still exploring new genres and launching new industry partnerships. At stake for Netflix is its continuing SVOD dominion over one of its biggest subscriber markets in the world. Its lineup and panels at this week’s Rio2C […]
In the run-up to Brazilian mega creativity forum Rio2C, Netflix Brazil has unveiled five new titles which show it still exploring new genres and launching new industry partnerships. At stake for Netflix is its continuing SVOD dominion over one of its biggest subscriber markets in the world. Its lineup and panels at this week’s Rio2C […]
You think you know what Andy Garcia’s Diamond is going to be right from the opening scenes as we meet ’40s-style, fedora-wearing private eye Joe Diamond (Garcia), who looks, talks and walks like he is in a film noir, the kind of B&W Bogart and Mitchum regularly gravitated to. He’s all business in his aging […]
You think you know what Andy Garcia’s Diamond is going to be right from the opening scenes as we meet ’40s-style, fedora-wearing private eye Joe Diamond (Garcia), who looks, talks and walks like he is in a film noir, the kind of B&W Bogart and Mitchum regularly gravitated to. He’s all business in his aging […]
Andy Garcia’s passion project Diamond sparked a nine-minute ovation in Cannes on Tuesday evening as the star set down at the festival in the company of co-stars Vicky Krieps and Rosemarie DeWitt. Billed as a love letter to L.A. and a homage to the film noir of the past, the quirky whodunnit is written and […]
Andy Garcia’s passion project Diamond sparked a nine-minute ovation in Cannes on Tuesday evening as the star set down at the festival in the company of co-stars Vicky Krieps and Rosemarie DeWitt. Billed as a love letter to L.A. and a homage to the film noir of the past, the quirky whodunnit is written and […]
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