As Cannes collectively wonders whether Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof will be on the red carpet Friday to premiere his latest work, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” one thing is sure. Iranian cinema is bursting with mounting rage against the regime’s repression. And this rage is becoming a creative catalyst for filmmakers to break new cinematic […]
Janet Planet, A Powerful Coming-of-Age Film Debut From Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Annie Baker, Set for May 30
Sing Sing, Starring Colman Domingo As a Wrongfully Convicted Inmate In a Story About Resilience, Humanity, and the Transformative Power of Art, Set for June 25
Charlottesville, VA – Tuesday, May 14, 2024 – The Virginia Film Festival continues its 2024 VAFF at Violet...
Leading Hong Kong actor Tony Leung has been set as the president of the jury that will decide the main competition prizes at the Tokyo International Film Festival later this year. “Japan is close to my heart in more ways than one. And to be involved in celebrating film in this way, is a big […]
Is Francis Ford Coppola’s controversial magnum opus “Megalopolis” any good? The two hour and 20 minute dystopian drama certainly divided the audience at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday night with its collision course of shocking scenes: a doctored sex tape featuring Adam Driver, Shia LaBeouf dressing in drag and playing a Trumpian figure and […]
PARK CITY, UTAH – JANUARY 18: Director Yance Ford introduces the “Power” premiere at Library Center Theatre. (Photo by Chad Salvador/Shutterstock for Sundance Film Festival)
By Annie Lyons
Power begets power. Perhaps fittingly, that notion underscores Power, director Yance Ford’s essay film interrogating the origins of policing in the United...
The Curtas Vila do Conde film festival, which runs from July 12th to 21st, remains focused on the intersection between cinema and other artistic disciplines, with, as usual in its STEREO section, an emphasis on contemporary trends and movements related to the future of music and cinema.
Barry Keoghan smiled from ear to ear as Andrea Arnold’s latest film, “Bird,” earned a seven-minute standing ovation at its Cannes Film Festival premiere on Thursday. Festival favorite Arnold, who brought the Shia LaBeouf-starring “American Honey” to Cannes in 2016 and her documentary “Cow” in 2021, basked in appreciation as the audience applauded the drama. […]
Untamed Talent, the recently launched Arab world management and production company led by former Mister Smith Entertainment executive Antone Saliba is rebranding as 75East and bringing on board Shams Mohajerani, a former acquisitions executive at Cairo-based MAD Solutions, as its chief manager and producer. The change in name to 75East of the company, which launched […]
Austrian filmmaker Jessica Hausner will serve as jury president of the international competition section at the 77th Locarno Film Festival this August, overseeing the jury that will decide the winner of the Pardo d’Oro, or Golden Leopard. The festival will run Aug. 7-17. Its lineup will be announced on July 10. “A vital and restless […]
George Miller had to grind the pedal to get “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” finished in time for its global release next week. Appearing at press conference at the Cannes Film Festival, auteur Miller discussed the tight deadline sitting beside his cast including Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth and Tom Burke. “We only finished the film […]