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Director Yan Lanouette Turgeon’s turbo-charged biopic about the late and fearless Canadian race car driver will close TIFF on Sept. 19.
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New Operator of L.A.’s Bruin Theatre Says His Antisemitic Comments Are “Distractions From Reopening”
Independent exhibitor Rui Pereira has called Jews “sub human devils,” among other insults. Local Jewish groups are denouncing him.
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"I thought I'd play it safe and bring this guy back," wrote Cohen about the upcoming 'Ali G: Who Iz I?' movie, which is facing rising uproar.
Hollywood Reporter
"Making an American debut is the dream," the actor says of making his English acting debut with the romance adapted from Anna Todd's bestseller.
Variety
The South Asian Screen Office of Canada and IFFSA Toronto, in collaboration with Storiculture, have selected eight South Asian feature film projects for a new pathway to financiers and industry partners at the Toronto Film Festival’s inugural market, under an initiative called South Asian Screen Futures. The slate includes talent tied to recent Sundance, Cannes […]
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For the second year running, Italian and international artists under the Venice4Palestine banner have called for the Venice film festival to help stop what they describe as a genocide of the Palestinian people.
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The announcement comes more than three years after the original series ended.
Variety
Meg Stalter is never not in character. This summer alone, the comedian has spent eight shows a week playing a boozy, bratty Mary Todd Lincoln in Cole Escola’s “Oh, Mary!,” taking over Broadway’s starry title role after Maya Rudolph and following previous Marys including Escola and Jinkx Monsoon. Her 10-week run, which ends in September, […]
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‘Portrait of an Artist: Stephen Curry,’ about the single day and game where the NBA superstar set the new shooting record, will bow Oct. 9 on the giant screen circuit.
Variety
Vuelta’s sales and finance outfit Global Constellation has boarded international sales on “Nino: A Film About Nino Rota,” a documentary exploring the life and legacy of the Oscar-winning Italian composer, ahead of its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, where it will screen in the Official Selection Out of Competition. Directed by Walter Fasano, […]
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The three-time Tony nominee also worked on ‘High Fidelity,’ ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood,’ ‘Cinderella’ and HBO’s ‘Sex and the City.’
Variety
The trial of Lindsay Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse who admitted to strangling her three young children before attempting suicide in January 2023, has become the latest true crime sensation largely due to social media. Amateur sleuths, armchair lawyers and influencers have turned the soon-to-conclude trial into snackable, whodunit content, dissecting every detail […]
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Not Your Daddy’s Films, a social impact organization focused on educating and elevating women and nonbinary filmmakers, is now fiscally sponsored by Film Independent, the non-profit independent media arts organization. News of the partnership comes as Not Your Daddy’s Films celebrates its fourth anniversary. The Los Angeles-based organization was founded in 2022 by Kourtney Bell, […]
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“Manifest,” the drama series about a plane that mysteriously disappeared and then returned five and a half years later — with none of its passengers aging — is about to get a sequel. Netflix announced Friday that it has given a greenlight to “Arrivals: A New Manifest Mystery,” a new sci-fi spinoff that comes from […]
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Thiot worked on some of the biggest and most culturally relevant brand campaigns in recent memory for the studio and marketing agency, which was founded by Ryan Reynolds and George Dewey.
The Guardian Culture
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Hopping from a PowerPoint on hairlines to songs about favourite motorways, Towelling’s set is fun but drops a stitch or twoThe route from the classroom to the comedy stage is well travelled, and ex-maths teacher Tom Towelling makes it the thread of his show here, conducting his audience like so many recalcitrant pupils under his charge. In case that sounds triggering, never fear: this debut show is unlike any other schoolroom you’ve been in. Towelling is one of sev
Variety
This year’s Edinburgh TV Festival was one of the buzziest, a somewhat ironic fact given it’s also the last. From next year the TV festival, which first originated in the Scottish city fifty years ago, is moving to Manchester. The move was inevitably the talk of this year’s edition, with many genuinely emotional at the […]
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HBO Max is firing up its Latin American slate with psychological thriller “Mataviejitas: The Serial Killer,” currently shooting in Mexico City. The new HBO original series is produced by Exile Content and has Mexico’s Humberto Hinojosa (“The Head of Joaquín Murrieta,” “Luis Miguel: The Series”) serving as the showrunner as well as co-directing alongside J.M. […]
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“Michael” star Larenz Tate is expanding his influence behind the camera by joining the team behind Vault, a new streaming and distribution platform focused on empowering indie filmmakers. Tate has teamed up with Kenneth Gifford, founder of the Newark International Film Festival, for the project, along with his brothers and business partners Larron and Lahmard […]
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Kirill Sokolov, the Russian filmmaker known for violent dark comedies such as “Why Don’t You Just Die!” and his recent Hollywood debut “They Will Kill You,” is set to direct his first animated feature. Backed by Lazy Sunday and The Media Company, “Alone in the Ocean” will be based on the “extraordinary life and legendary […]