[ad_1] When people talk about the recent Spanish audiovisual boom, they often highlight as a key turning point the government’s identification of the industry as a “strategic” one. Gone are the days when naysayers jeered the subsidization of a snoozy cinema sector. Today, young people flock to film schools, international producers are setting up shop…
[ad_1] Just over a decade before hitting this year’s Cannes Film Festival with the musical crime comedy Emilia Perez, Zoe Saldaña supported a different crime film on the Croisette. Guillaume Canet’s star-studded Blood Ties focused on Chris Pierzynski (Clive Owen) getting out of prison for a violent crime and moving into the home of his brother, Frank (Billy…
[ad_1] The Cannes Film Festival not only means much choice in terms of films, but also in terms of where to go, what to do and what not to do on and around the famed Croisette. Alice Vail, director of acquisitions and development at Protagonist Pictures, has experience and insight from past visits. Before coming…
[ad_1] All eyes at this year’s Cannes Film Festival will be on the hotly anticipated premiere of Francis Ford Coppola’s self-funded epic Megalopolis. Laurence Fishburne is part of the ensemble cast and is no stranger to debuting a pricey, high-profile project at Cannes. In 2003, Fishburne hit the Croisette for the Wachowskis’ action sequel The Matrix Reloaded,…
[ad_1] Belgian-Congolese rapper and film director Baloji is back on the Croisette for the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. The director of 2023 Un Certain Regard entry Omen this year is a member of the Caméra d’Or, or Golden Camera, jury. Before heading to Cannes, he shared with THR some tips and insights into his experience at the…
[ad_1] Jake Gyllenhaal leaves Marcello Hernandez asleep in his chair while waiting for a yearbook signature in the promo for this season’s Saturday Night Live finale. When castmember Hernandez approaches Gyllenhaal in the clip, the actor is seated in an empty Studio 8H practicing his lines. “It’s so cool that you’re hosting the finale,” Hernandez…
[ad_1] Hate to be a grouch when legions of social media film bros are breathlessly worshipping at the altar of The Demi-God of Cinema, George Miller, but Furiosa is a big step down from Mad Max: Fury Road. Whereas the 2015 instant action classic had grit, gravitas and turbo-charged propulsion that wouldn’t quit, this fifth…
[ad_1] Of course South Park is going after Ozempic. Paramount+ announced its next South Park special, and it’s titled South Park: The End of Obesity. Here’s the description: “The advent of new weight loss drugs has a huge impact on everyone in South Park. When Cartman is denied access to the life-changing medicine, the kids…
[ad_1] Natasha Lyonne is the latest star to join The Fantastic Four. The actress has joined the cast of the forthcoming Marvel Studios movie in an undisclosed role, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Matt Shakman is directing the high-profile project that is aiming to begin filming mid-summer in England. The Fantastic Four is set to…
[ad_1] [This story contains spoilers from the first two episodes of Doctor Who‘s new season, “Space Babies” and “The Devil’s Chord.”] BBC’s science-fiction powerhouse Doctor Who has launched its new season starring Ncuti Gatwa (Barbie, Sex Education) across the world on Disney+ with a two-episode premiere. Showrunner Russell T Davies first performed the unenviable task…
