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Robert Richardson: The White Devil review – tempestuous DoP’s relationship with A-list directors laid bare
Karlovy Vary film festivalIntimate documentary interviews Scorsese, Tarantino and Stone as well as Richardson’s family – with staggering home movie footage, tooPerhaps he looks more like Gandalf now, in his 70s, with a kind of beatific grandfatherly calm. But legendary cinematographer Robert Richardson – three time Oscar winner for JFK, The Aviator and Hugo –…
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Sky Chief Dana Strong Says ITV Will Remain “Deeply British” As Hollywood Tightens Grip On UK Media
Dana Strong, the chief executive of Sky, has said that ITV will remain a “deeply British” business after her company agreed a £1.6 billion ($2.1 billion) takeover of a crown jewel of UK broadcasting. Sky’s acquisition of ITV’s television and streaming unit, which was announced early on Monday, will effectively put two UK public service…
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Kevin Costner’s ‘Dances With Wolves’ Set for New Restored Director’s Cut That Will Launch at Locarno
Kevin Costner’s 1990 Western “Dances With Wolves,” about an American Civil War soldier who forges a relationship with a group of Lakota Indians, is getting a new 4K restoration that will launch at the upcoming Locarno Film Festival. The cult classic, which earned Costner the best director prize at the 1991 Oscars, along with six…
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How the Sky-ITV Deal Will Transform British Broadcasting
The acquisition — which will combine the U.K.’s biggest free-to-air commercial networks with its biggest pay-TV network — will see another British public service broadcaster come under U.S. ownership.
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UEFA Rips FIFA’s Decision To Suspend USMNT’s Folarin Balogun Red Card As “Unprecedented, Incomprehensible And Unjustifiable”
European soccer body UEFA is the latest to weigh in on FIFA’s controversial decision to overturn U.S. soccer star Folarin Balogun’s red card suspension. In a remarkable message just posted to its site, UEFA tore into world soccer body FIFA, saying it had ‘crossed a red line’ and described the move as “unprecedented, incomprehensible and…
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Couples Weekend review – Alexandra Daddario annd Josh Gad lead spicy comedy of marital melee
Two couples start to fall apart during a midwinter break, involving a lot of shouty dialogue that’s neither realistic nor funnyThe interesting premise in this laborious and dispiriting relationship dramedy sadly leads nowhere; all we get is strained shouty dialogue and mugging performances in a film which succeeds neither in being funny or realistic.Alexandra Daddario…
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The Best Fantasy Franchise of All Time Officially Scores 2 New Releases in 2027
Final Fantasy VII remake and Final Fantasy XIV are both receiving new book tie-in releases next year. Here’s what we know.
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Secret Cinema Boss on ‘Grease’ Returning and Record-Breaking ’Pirates of the Caribbean’ Pre-Sales: ‘When People Step Into This Room, They’re Going To Be Beside Themselves’
When TodayTix acquired Secret Cinema in 2022 for a reported $100 million, it marked a new era for the company, which started life as a ragtag bunch of film enthusiasts trying to bring movies to life. Originally, the screenings were kept secret (hence the name) and staged in out-of-the-way locations with audiences only finding out…
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Film Set in World’s Largest Female Exclusion Zone Among Queer Projects in Development in Karlovy Vary Spotlight
Also pitched were a movie flipping a classic horror trope on its head, an exploration of a pre-colonial world and the story of a gay couple wanting their love to survive war for a mix of genres and geographies at KVIFF Industry Days.
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George Clooney to be Honored With Venice Golden Lion
Clooney is a Venice regular, having premiered such films as ‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘Gravity,’ and ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ on the Lido.